Do teens become more tolerant because they make friends across #ethnic lines — or because of #socialinfluence from coethnic friends? 📝 Both matter, and neither personal dislike nor strong #ethnicidentity block these effects. New #SAOM study of #networks and attitudes of 380 German #adolescents:

Today Springer published an Open Access book edited by @janlo.de , Marijn Keijzer and myself covering a diverse range of Computational Social Science approaches to questions about social cohesion and polarization. Come and get it at link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 🧵1/4

Jonas Stein? Doctor Jonas Stein! R&S former Managing editor, now Dr. Jonas Stein, in the midst of brilliantly defending his thesis, supervised by R&S Editor in Chief, Prof. Andreas Flache. 🔗 Reconciling epistemic and identity diversity share.google/s9XwzsqS84CK...

🎙️ New episode of Knitting Networks! Tom A. B. Snijders, emeritus at Oxford & Groningen, and a key figure in statistical models for networks. A journey from math to sociology, theory to method. 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2mrB... @aespinosarada.bsky.social @franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social

Academic housekeeper (she/her) With #EqualPay and no #GenderInequality in workload, is #labor #discrimination in #academia overcome? No, say Yabut & Arapoc. Low-promotable academic housework – committee, community, admin – falls more on the shoulders of married women. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1043...

...she posted incidentally on #PeerReviewWeek. 🤌 more to the point, I saw yday someone signing their review, regardless of double-blindness. never occurred to me you can do this; considering signing mine from now on, for the fun of it

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@celsenbroich.bsky.social's talk with a nod to Sakoda pushed #ssc2025 keynote bar through the roof. During the talk about generative processes, context realism, and modeller's agency in #ABM, a number of agents were generated which might or might not be turtles, gremlins or paper planes

🚨 3-year postdoc opening in Brno (Czechia)! Join Sylvie Graf and me to study polarization & intergenerational relations. Start: Sept 2025 (flexible) 📅 Deadline: June 30 More details here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/349285 Please help spread the offer. #postdoc #psychology

managing editor's personal pick ☺️ for those unfamiliar with the topic, a compelling historical account; for scholars, a strong example of theoretical argument tested with a qualitative case; and an enjoyable read overall. would fit well in an applied political science curriculum.