🚀 We’re hiring at the Societal Analytics Lab at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam! We’re looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher / Research Engineer to join our team. If you’re passionate about research infrastructure, FAIR & Open Science, and interdisciplinary collaboration, this could be a great fit.

Tired of looking for a way to safely share, search, and analyze research data? Then do not miss my @comptext.bsky.social workshop: 📅Tomorrow, April 23rd between 9:30 and 12:30 hrs. 📍119 Seminar Room, Teaching and Learning Building, University of Birmingham.

Are you looking for more than just a line on your resume? At the Societal Analytics Lab, we’re looking for ambitious, curious, and driven students/recent grads to join our Internship Program! 📍 Location: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 🔗 All information here: societal-analytics.nl/services/int...

We were happy to have @janabernhard.bsky.social visit us as part of a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) within COST Action OPINION! 🧵👇

Next March 10th, we will be hosting the Film Club, a montly event to watch research-related movies and discuss them with pizza and drinks 😉 🍕 This time, we will be watching "The Thinking Game". 📍 Who can join? VU Amsterdam researchers. 📝 Register here: forms.office.com/e/AMhWei8365 See you there!

Come and learn what the Lab achieved during 2025. But hey, a celebration is not complete without some fun activities! So, we will also screen the movie “Coded Bias” and finalize the event with drinks. When: February 10th between 15:00 and 18:00 hrs. All info: societal-analytics.nl/events/20251...

Are you an academic working at FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social ? Do you want to learn to use R for data managing, visualization, and analysis? Then, you may want to enroll to our R-Workshops. We only have 15 places. 👇🏽 All info here: societal-analytics.nl/events/20251...

Join us for the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase @icacm.bsky.social Registration is free and open to colleagues interested in computational methods! DM me if you have questions 1/2

aytalina@aytalina.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Are you applying computational methods in your research or thinking about starting a lab? Join us for the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase by the ICA CM Division @icacm.bsky.social 🌟 Online on Feb 16, 2026, 4:00–5:30 pm CET / 10:00–11:30 am EST 📆 Register 👇 forms.office.com/e/zHBkwUWNFw

#AmCAT is proudly developed by the @societal-analytics.nl You can learn more about it in the: * Book: amcat.nl/book/ * Blog post: societal-analytics.nl/blogs/202501...

MEDem@medem.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Day 2 of the #MEDemConference at @gesis.org starts with powerful tool demos: 🔍 AmCAT @sof14g1l.bsky.social on enabling large-scale text analysis of media & political debates. 🌐 HarDIS @sziaja.bsky.social on harmonizing and sustaining cross-national democracy data (surveys, parties, experts).

Congrats @sof14g1l.bsky.social (our Lab Manager/ Researcher)! 👏 Check out her cool research beneath and do not forget to help her reach out the right people by re-posting. If you find this work important, you can also donate: steun.vu.nl/ai-beleid

Sofia Gil-Clavel@sof14g1l.bsky.social · last yr.

The first research project where I am PI, “Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in government agencies”, was selected by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to seek sponsorship! Everything is in Dutch, but it can be translated with the Google translate plugin.

On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction". In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives. We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.

On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction". In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives. We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.

Interested in learning the basics of #MachineLearning in #R ? Then our next workshops are for you! Introduction to Unsupervised Machine Learning [April 25th, 9:30-12:30hrs] [Hybrid] Introduction to Supervised Machine Learning [May 2nd, 9:30-12:30hrs] [Hybrid] More info here 👇

We have a new webpage! In it you can find more about our services! Every month, we will upload posts about: * How to use VU IT infrastructure * Good-to-know information regarding our tools * And more! societal-analytics.nl

The Societal Analytics Lab aims to expand VU research infrastructure and foster methodological innovation. For this, we set up our own server with different AI products, such as LLMs. Ollama is our most resent product, reach out to us if you want to try it out! www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

Hello 🦋! We are the Societal Analytics Lab. We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods. If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member: www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

Hello 🦋! We are the Societal Analytics Lab. We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods. If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member: www.societal-analytics.nl/contact