🎓 We’re hiring! Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺 🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments 🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇 #AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch

Heute Abend, 19 Uhr, auch online: im Digitalen Salon des @hiigberlin.bsky.social geht es um wichtiges Thema: die ökologischen Kosten der KI-Systeme und welche politischen und technischen Weichenstellungen für klimafreundliche Lösungen erforderlich sind leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/w...

2/2 Uns fehlt ein Bild! "...ruft die Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz deshalb alle Berliner*innen auf, zu Hause in ihren Fotoalben und Fotosammlungen zu schauen." www.ghwk.de/de/blog/samm...

Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information. It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/ verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...

My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)! We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓. See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...

@democracyreporting.bsky.social is searching for a Data Protection Consultant to conduct consulting for developing a Rresearch Data Protection Framework specifically tailored to the processing of social media data for research purposes democracy-reporting.org/en/office/gl...

Two Postdoctoral Researcher Positions in Sociology/Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg (Germany) Position 1 – Computational Text Analysis / LLMs — uol.de/job790en Position 2 – Survey Research / Experiments — uol.de/job791en

Submission deadline (31 Oct) for Social Media Access Days coming closer. Looking forward to your abstracts: www.dnb.de/DE/Professio.... w/ @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #NFDI4DataScience @berd-nfdi.bsky.social @gesis.org @trovdimi.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

JOB: Zum Thema Forschungsdatenmanagement im Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung suchen wir eine Elternzeitvertretung: www.gesis.org/institut/kar... Die Stelle ist eng in die Arbeiten der GESIS Data Services eingebunden und bietet weitere Vernetzungen in die Bildungsforschung. Bei Fragen gerne melden!

#DataCollection #ResearchTools #OpenScience #GESISMethodsHub #Mastodon #Telegram 👉 Looking for online data for your research? Methods Hub has you covered. 👉 Capture Mastodon data for social media analysis: doi.org/10.71627/rtoot#DataCollection#ResearchTools#OpenScience

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Arbeiten Sie bei GESIS und profitieren Sie von vielen Vorteilen. youtu.be/t1KcoQxuvmQ... Wir suchen zum 15.01.26 für Team #CEWS in #Köln eine*n Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*in #Forschungsdatenmanagement für #Geschlechterforschung: www.gesis.org/instit...

*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!

#COVID #conspiracy #scapegoating Out now: Jedinger, Alexander, Marcus Eisentraut, and Lena Masch. 2025 (online first). "The COVID-19 pandemic and the search for scapegoats: Examining the link between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and ethnic prejudice." Psychological Reports. doi.org/10.1177/0033...

Studentische Kolleg*in an der @hhu.de gesucht: Ab Januar suche ich eine stud. Hilfskraft mit 17 Stunden/Woche für zunächst 12 Monate (Verlängerung bis 3 Jahre ist durch Projektlaufzeit gesichert). Details in der Stellenbeschreibung #JoinTeamHHU #Stellenangebot #HHU #eLearning #digitaleLehre

Safe travels to my GESIS colleagues @yapete.bsky.social and @dede1989.bsky.social who are attending #aoir2025 in Brazil this week! Enjoy your time with great talks, inspiring people and new connections there!

A publicly-sourced archive of more than 10,000 national park signs and monument placards went public as part of a massive volunteer project to save historical and educational placards from around the country that risk removal by the Trump administration. 🔗 www.404media.co/save-our-sig...

ENDSPURT!! Knapp 800 Unterschriften in nur wenigen Tagen - helft uns dabei,die 1k zu knacken! Unterzeichnet unseren Brief an die Bildungsministerkonferenz (15.10.) & verbreitet den Link: c.org/PSwFM4FJFx Gegen das Prekariat der PDs & für 1 besseres #WissSystem!! #PDprekär #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan

#ASConference25 Societal Challenges and the important infrastructures for the Social Sciences on the way to get answers. Sebastian Stier shows how to unlock digital behavioral data. as25.sociology.uni-m...

Today I discussed academic freedom (and the role of research infrastructure). Thanks to the team at @cais-research.bsky.social for hosting this event!

[Admin] Hallo alle miteinander, hier bei @realscientists.de ist spontan eine Woche frei geworden: die ab dem 20. Oktober. Wenn ihr schon immer mal eine Woche lang diesen Account bespielen wolltet, ist JETZT eure Gelegenheit dazu.

Today is fully dedicated to all the exciting research happening at @gesis.org. Beatrice Rammstedt opened the GESIS research day this morning and now we have various sessions on computational and survey methods and current social science research.

What are threats to academic freedom, and what can we do to strengthen it? We will explore these questions with Ina Brandes (NRW), @kwelle.bsky.social (GESIS), Manfred Bayer (TU Dortmund), and Tim Majchrzak (CAIS) at the panel that I am hosting this Friday 🙌

📢 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...

📢Registration is now open for #IDCC26 Multiple tickets options are now available⬇️ 🐦Early bird 🗺️Lower Middle-Income Countries 🧑‍🎓Student ☀️One day tickets (Tuesday or Wednesday) 🎫Book by 31 October 2025 to take advantage of the Early Bird rate⬇️ dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...

Aktionswoche zum Umgang mit Daten: Love Data Week (09.02.-13.02.2026) Auch 2026 bietet forschungsdaten.info einen Überblick zu Veranstaltungen im deutschsprachigen Raum. forschungsdaten.info/fdm-im-deuts... #FDMPower #LoveData26 #Forschungsdaten #Forschungsdatenmanagement #FDM #RDM #OpenScience

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...

This article overviews the current landscape of needs related to public data. We recognize that it isn't just about data rescues or data preservation. All the pieces and organizations need to work together to protect the public data system. cep.org/blog/preserv...

🏨Venue announcement!🏨 #IDCC26 will be hosted in the Hotel Esplanade Zagreb next year from 16-18 February. Check out the venue now, ahead of an exciting announcement next week.... ➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/venue-and-accommodation

It's from this wonderful #RDM coffee table book by @nfdixcs.bsky.social which will make its way to our department's social room, thanks to @kwelle.bsky.social 😊 🔗 nfdixcs.org/meldung/new-...

Don't forget: We are counting on you to help #SaveOurSigns this holiday weekend. Check out our priority list and take some pics! Only you can prevent censorship!

📢 Call for Applications: KODAQS Academy Certificate Program! 6-month online course for early-career researchers on how to handle social science data with high-quality standards. 📆 Oct 2025 - Mar 2026. 🔗www.gesis.org/en/ges... @florianbemmann @gesis @gesistraining @kodaqs #kodaqs #dataquality

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy 🎓 Join GESIS Cologne as a #Postdoc in Platform Data & Computational Social Science! 💻 Work internationally, shape DSA data access, and develop your research. Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/ins...#jobs#stellenangebote

New job ad @gesis.org: 👉 Research on Platform Data and #CSS 👉 Coordinate access to online platform data (#DSA) 👉 100% TV-L 14, 4 years with possible tenure ❗good German language abilities No Deadline, apply soon 👇!

To all the #DSA experts and data access enthusiast out there, before you go on holiday, sign up & save the date for the #dsa40 data access days in Berlin, September 25 & 26! 2 days with keynotes, panels, expert insights and practical guidance 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...

*JOB* join us at @gesis.org to work on new approaches for making data from online platforms usable for (computational) social science. Feel free to reach out to @sebstier.bsky.social or me for details about this position.

If you're @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 and are looking for a faculty position, get in touch. @uni-saarland.de is hiring. Right now, there's an open call in Computer Science @saarland-informatics-campus.de: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... Soon, there'll be open calls in the Social Sciences.

*JOB* join the amazing Computational Social Science group at GESIS. Postdoc position with tenure option in Köln / Cologne.

🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

The discussions about big platforms are intense. The systemic risks are real. Now the #DSA Delegated Act is finally here to ensure data access for researchers. Time to put this system to work. W @lkseiling.bsky.social, we show how @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/time-to-deli...

Die Termine für drei @heicad.bsky.social Lectures im Juli, November und Januar stehen fest! Am 17.07.2025 kommt Prof. Dr. Lothar Wieler vom @hpi.bsky.social auf den Campus des UKD, um einen Vortrag über Precision Public Health (PPH) im digitalen Zeitalter zu halten. 1/3

We invite paper submissions to our workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences @gesis.org ⏳November 26-28, 2025 🎓Keynotes Prof. Dr. Monika Kuffer (University of Twente) Dr. Ana Andries (University of Surrey). ⏱️Deadline August 6th ✉️abstracts (max. 500 words) to [email protected]

The German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space announced their shortlist for their prioritization process for large research infrastructures - and we are on it! So keeping fingers crossed that we can build RIDLOP - Research Infrastructure for Data from Large Online Platforms soon.

📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond: Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.

We welcome the @ec.europa.eu’s adoption of the Delegated Act on Data Access. This is a significant milestone in the implementation of the provisions of Article 40 in the Digital Services Act. 🔗 www.cnam.ie/european-com...

One of the most crucial pieces of legislation to implement the Digital Services Act came out today: the Delegated Act on data access.The act clarifies the procedures for platforms to share internal, non-public data to vetted researchers digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...

Interested in social media research & archiving? Abstracts for Social Media Access Days due 31 October: www.dnb.de/DE/Professio.... w/ @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #NFDI4DataScience @berd-nfdi.bsky.social @gesis.org @trovdimi.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

🔍 #CallForParticipation for #DigiMeet2025! Are you a #EarlyCareerResearcher exploring digitalization & society? Join us on Nov 6 for insights on Platform Governance & Power. ℹ️ About the virtual event: www.cais-research.de/en/event/dig... Submit your abstract by July 31: easychair.org/account2/sig...

Pride month, data 📈 📉 📊 🌈 edition

#PrideMonth #LGBTQIAinResearch #InclusiveData #ScienceForAll #GESIS At GESIS, initiatives like proud@GESIS, our LGBTQIA+ employee network, continue to support visibility and inclusion both internally and in the wider research community.

Hey #ica25 I know I've plugged this pretty hard all conference, but it would really help us if you could fill in this brief questionnaire which will inform the prioritisation of the platforms, data types, collection mechanisms, etc. that we are going to develop in the @internetobservatory.org.au