The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources(SOUNDS) initiative is hiring a Postdoc for Computational Social Science. Apply by 24.04.2026 Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... SOUNDS: www.sounds-observatory.org @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @saarland-informatics-campus.de

The SOUNDS initiative is hiring for 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻/ 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻/ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦 (𝗺/𝘄/𝗱). Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social

The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position: 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗳/𝗺/𝘅) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗿𝗲𝗳: 𝗪𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟭) Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100% Duration: 2 years @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de

We're #hiring: This time we're looking for a project lead assistant for our large-scale #compsocsci project SOUNDS!

Another day, another job ad: We're also looking for a student assistant for a new project at our chair! #hiring

And another job ad: We're looking for four student assistants! #hiring

We are looking for a teamlead for our large-scale project SOUNDS! #compsocsci #PoliSky #PoliSci #hiring #JobAlert

We are looking for a project manager for our large-scale project SOUNDS! Learn more: bit.ly/SOUNDS-Manager #compsocsci #PoliSky #PoliSci #hiring #JobAlert

The materials for the summer school are available here: github.com/Societal-Com...

On the second day of SICSS Saarbrücken, participants attended a lecture by @zsavvas90.bsky.social (TU Delft) on “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴”, where he provided a deep dive into methods for analyzing multimodal content shared on social platforms.

The amount of data available is greater than ever, yet remains mostly unused by social scientists & #PoliSci researchers. The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) aims to change that - and receives 29 million Euro in funding from Saarland's state gov!🎉 Read more: bit.ly/SoundsPM

🚨Job Alert W2 (TT W3) Professorship in Computer Science "AI for People & Society" @saarland-informatics-campus.de/@uni-saarland.de is looking to appoint an outstanding individual in the field of AI for people and society who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas:

I am happy to share that our work titled "Exploring LLMs for Automated Generation and Adaptation of Questionnaires" has been accepted to the ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Conference 2025. Check our work: doi.org/10.1145/3719... @cui.acm.org #CUI2025 #ACM

📢 New on the Observatory of Online Politics blog! 🎯 TikTok and its role in the 2025 German Elections By @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & Ariq Suryo Hadi P. Read more politics.i2sc.net/blogposts/ti...

We are bringing TEDx to Saarbrücken. Join us on 14th June 2025 for interesting talks and discussions with Speakers from interdisciplinary fields. 📅When: June 14, 2025, 13:00 - 18:00 PM 📍Where: CoHub, Neumarkt 15, 66117 Saarbrücken Signup for the event: dock11.saarland/events/tedx-...

Only 3 more days until the deadline!!! Apply now to SICSS Saarbrücken: sicss.io/2025/saarbru...

Great meeting today with the newest members of @o3pol.bsky.social! Excited to dive into cutting-edge research on online politics and explore how digital spaces shape political behavior. Stay tuned for more!

Lügen lohnt sich: Wer im Internet die Unwahrheit sagt, hat oft Erfolg in der Politik. Über längere Zeiträume sind die Folgen von Falschaussagen noch nicht wissenschaftlich beobachtet worden. Dies will die „Beobachtungsstelle für Online-Politik“ an der Saar-Uni ändern (© privat): tinyurl.com/2339gxbz

Are you interested in Computational Social Science? The Saarbrücken Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science is now open for applications. Two weeks of lectures, keynote presentations, networking, and more. Check out sicss.io/2025/saarbru... for more details. Deadline April 25, 2025.

Elections 2021 vs. 2025: The Normalization of Disinformation Two days before the German election, I’m sharing an article from our Observatory of Online Politics on how democracy's resilience against disinformation in 2021 may no longer be enough in 2025. politics.i2sc.net/blogposts/19...

In 4 days we will have elections in Germany... What can we learn about parties' social media activity during rhe campaign? The great @alexhartland.bsky.social tell us more about it.

🖊️New blogpost🖊️ Ahead of the German elections next Sunday, what can we learn about the parties’ online presence? Despite the efforts of some platforms, we are not completely in the dark. Thanks to Bluesky's open API, we know Green and Die Linke MdBs are unsurprisingly increasingly active here. 1/

Bevorzugte Twitter die Tweets rechter Politiker? Internationale Studie dazu endet unfreiwillig 2023

The recording for this talk is now available here: youtu.be/Hy4IFZnwyFI

New publication alert! We look at how engagement received by parties and politicians in 12 countries shifted after Musk took over the platform and until June 2023. Check it out at journalqd.org/article/view.... @ingmarweber.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @giucarny.bsky.social

Check out this new work by @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social and team from I2SC!

Join us tomorrow (Friday, January 24th) for the final talk in the I2SC Lecture Series for this semester by Kiran Garimella from 12:00-13:00 in building E 1.7, Room 3.23.

traveling to Luxembourg today --> giving a talk on Friday in Saarbrücken at the Saarland University Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing --> hanging out in Paris for the weekend Please join for the talk if you're nearby!

Join us tomorrow (Friday, January 10th) for the fifth talk in the I2SC Lecture Series (and the first in 2025!) by @mariaa.bsky.social from 12:00-13:00 in building E 1.7, Room 3.23.

The recording of the lecture is now available. You can watch the lecture here: youtu.be/Nxq0ZS4zgEQ

Join us tomorrow (Friday, December 13th) for the fourth talk in the I2SC Lecture Series by @dgarcia.eu from 12:00-13:00 in building E 1.7, Room 3.23.

As we embrace the Advent season and prepare for the holidays, we’re excited to share a new publication from @rosanavarrete.bsky.social : "Social Media, Misinformation, and Attitudes Towards Democracy in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemic" recently featured in German Politics.

Join us tomorrow (Friday, November 29th) for the third talk in the I2SC Lecture Series by Marten Düring from 12:00-13:00 in building E 1.7, Room 3.23.