*JOB* As part of the @assured.bsky.social project, we are searching for a person to work in our Secure Data Center team at @gesis.org to create safe researcher trainings. www.gesis.org/en/institute... The position is open until filled, so do not hesitate to reach our directly if you are interested!

The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting. That is the title of Xiaotong Chu's timely and important PhD dissertation which she defends today. Go Tong!🚀 Proud supervisors: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @lukotto.bsky.social and 🙋 www.uva.nl/content/even...

📢 We're hiring a Doctoral Student in Research Software Engineering for Digital Behavioral Data! Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us. 👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...

Social-Media-Daten zwischen Forschung und Infrastrukturen - nachhaltige Archivierung, Erschließung und Bereitstellung: An der @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social finden vom 17.-19.03.2026 die Social Media Access Days statt. Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen bis zum 31.10.2025. www.dnb.de/DE/Professio...

On Monday September 22, Katharina Kraft, Maximilian Haag and @lukotto.bsky.social present the GESIS Panel.dbd, GESIS Surf and the GESIS AppKit in the workshop “Unlocking Digital Behavioral Data: New Frontiers in Web Tracking and App-Based Social Science Research”: www.conftool.com/dgskongress2...

The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut! Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/ins...#jobs#stellenangebote

Research by Joachim Piepenburg and @lukotto.bsky.social presented at the European Survey Research Conference 2025 www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/pro... #ESRA

Honored and thrilled for receiving the award from my „home division“. 🤩🤩🤩🤩

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Interested in… …negativity, incivility, intolerance? …comparative and experimental data on the perception and effects of attack politics? … personality, contextual influences? Get all this with a discount! 📚📚📚🤩🤩🤩

#GESISGuides #DBD #DigitalBehavioralData Lux, V., & Wieland, M. (2025). How to Set up and Monitor App-based Data Collections (GESIS Guides to DBD, 22). doi.org/10.60762/ggd...#GESISGuides#DBD#DigitalBehavioralDatahis guide addresses that gap by offering practical recommendations to manage the active data collection phase.

We still have places available for this #GESISworkshop! 🌱 Join Julia Romberg, @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social, and @mmmaurer.bsky.social to explore adapters — an efficient alternative to fine-tuning your large-language models. ➡️ More information & registration at t1p.de/adapters-lig...

🎺COME WORK WITH US @LMU Munich on a new research project: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/d.... (postdoc/3 years/full-time). We will develop and evaluate an agile and needs-oriented Research Data Management certificate course for researchers in psychology. Application Deadline: *May 31*

Come join us in Mannheim as Professor for Survey Methodology! ✨ #academicsky #polisci www.uni-mannheim.de/media/Univer...

*Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection* by @lukotto.bsky.social. 🗓️ 09 – 11 July 2025 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/mobile-data-...

*Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection* by @lukotto.bsky.social. 🗓️ 09 – 11 July 2025 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/mobile-data-...

Research by Joachim Piepenburg, @berndweiss.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, Judith Gilsbach and @barbarabinder.bsky.social with GESIS Panel.dbd data at the General Online Research Conference 2025: www.conftool.org/gor25/index.... #GOR25

🤩📖 I am so thrilled to see this book taking shape and coming out in July. If you're interested in ❎ negative campaigning, 🥊incivility, 👥 intolerance, and unique data and designs on these topics (comparative experiments (ARG, AUS, GER, USA, ITA), conjoint design, etc.), please consider reading it!

As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy. @dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️ www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...

Out now: GESIS Guides to DBD #14: Overview of Ethical Considerations when Working with Digital Behavioral Data by @jolukito.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Mareike Wieland, @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, and @johannesbreuer.com. www.gesis.org/filead...

🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀 Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested? ✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...

📱 Interested in collecting data with smartphones? Join this #GESISworkshop with @lukotto.bsky.social @gesis.org for a hands-on guide to planning, conducting & analyzing mobile, intensive-longitudinal surveys. ➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25

Wahlkampfzeit ist TV-Duell-Zeit! Wir untersuchen Wahrnehmung und Wirkung aller Sendungen, in denen die Kanzlerkandidaten aufeinandertreffen, beginnend mit Sonntag, 9.2., 20.15 Uhr. Mitmachen kann jeder via einer eigens dafür entwickelten App: rptu.de/s/tvduell Die Info bitte gerne weit streuen!

Die Demokratie muss gegen ihre Opponenten aus Rechtsextremisten und Rechtspopulisten verteidigt werden. Dafür braucht es einen breite Unterstützung aus der demokratischen Mitte, es braucht euch #Mannheim! #Niewiederistjetzt #Wirsindmehr

In March/April, I will teach a workshop on designs and methods for mobile data collection. You will learn about the advantages and pitfalls of mobile intensive-longitudinal designs, the GESIS AppKit as a new tool for mobile data collection and dealing with intensive-longitudinal data.

🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly! 📅 Application deadline: January 20

📢 Job alert: Interested in (designed) digital data, e.g., from web trackers or Smartphones? Please consider applying for this PostDoc position (with possible tenure) at #CSS GESIS: hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

We started the #DSA40Collaboratory Data Access Tracker to collect rejected, pending, and accepted data access requests under #DSA40 - please list your experience and share with colleagues widely @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

#Hiring: Ich suche eine:n Oberassistent:in (100%, 5 J. befristet) für das neue Institut für digitale Kommunikation und Medieninnovation (IDCMI) der @unifr.bsky.social & FHGR. www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/asset... @sgkm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @polcomm.bsky.social

Let's come together, Mannheim!

*** Assistant Professorship in Political Communication with Tenure Track *** Our department (IKMZ - University of Zurich) is hiring! More info: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... Thank you for spreading the word and/or applying!

Starting on March 1st, our Department Computational Social Science at GESIS is looking for a Team Leader for the “Digital Society Observatory” (15 TV-L, 4 years with possible tenure): hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge... @sebstier.bsky.social @schochastics.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social

Finally, the data sources must be brought together to estimate effects. @lukotto.bsky.social et al. contributed "Linkage Analysis Revised – Linking Digital Traces and Survey Data" ( doi.org/10.1080/1931... ), an overview of current options in linkage analysis.

Are you interested in doing media effects research in the digital and social media environment? We have a special issue for you in CMM doi.org/10.1080/1931.... @loespouwels.bsky.social, @theoaraujo.bsky.social, @vanatteveldt.com, @bachl.bsky.social and Patti Valkenburg share our perspective here:

🚨 Just Published 🚨Read this 🚨 The awesome Xiaotong Chu let this exciting new paper on who is persuaded by online political ads. Using multi wave survey data and tracking data 👏🏽 PI @skruikemeier.bsky.social polcomm comsky cssksy polisky 🗳️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Job opening at GESIS Training Position: Research Associate (PostDoc) at KODAQS Data Quality Academy. Candidate: PhD (or last months of ABD) w/ expertise in quantitative methods of empirical social research, esp. Survey Methodology. Apply until 23 Oct: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

My team at GESIS is looking for a new PhD student to work on a Horizon Europe project on delivering evidence based policy suggestions based on harmonized survey data. We are cool, and this is interesting: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

As a research group, we want to share our expertise with the community. Here are some blueprints on how to do a thesis in computational communication science, how to do sentiment analysis, how validate topic models, & how to do agent-based modeling. We hope it helps you as much as it helped us. 🥸

Job opening: we have opened a new postdoc position in our Computational Social Science group at GESIS in Cologne: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge... The postdoc will work on data quality of digital behavioral data in an interdisciplinary team.

Exciting postdoc position at the GESIS CSS Department with a focus on data quality and digital behavioral data👇

Okay, Bluesky, here we go: We published a policy paper on #DSA40 today, with 20 points for successful researcher access to platform data #DigitalServicesAct: It must be fair, free, and accessible. commsky DE: doi.org/10.34669/wi.... EN: doi.org/10.34669/wi.... Support it: forms.gle/BbrpeFb4BTFy...

New publication! Since communication has changed dramatically in the last decades, one of the most powerful designs in communication research - linkage analysis - has been adapted, developed, and diversified! How? Find out in our new paper with Lukas Otto and Rens Vliegenthart. commsky cssky polcom

Two postdoc positions on AI & Politics at the University of Amsterdam: www.academictransfer.com/nl/332516/tw...