As part of the special issue Explanation and Causality in Sociology, @rubac.bsky.social, @cklamm.bsky.social and I discussed what it takes to do causal inference with text as data - whether we try to explain texts, treat them as causes, or use them as controls 💬🔍👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Spring 2026 Events Four input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)! 🗓️ Details & Zoom: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/ 👥 Organizers: @rubac.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz

The Computational Social Science Workshop is coming to the University of Mannheim on May 15-16, 2025! Registration is now open—don't miss out! Early career researchers can also present a poster for a chance to win the best poster award of 250€. 👉 computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...

Join us as Stephanie Eckman (PhD), Dr. Barbara Felderer, Prof. Peter Lugtig, and Dr. Henning Silber discuss data quality and representation. @peterlugtig.bsky.social @stephnie.bsky.social @rubac.bsky.social @jessdaik.bsky.social