Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....

Registration is open for #DigiMeet2025 on Nov 6!🎉 Join 16 talks & discussions on platform regulation, community building & governance with #EarlyCareerResearchers 🗣️Keynote by Tobias Mast 👉Program + Registration: www.cais-research.de/en/event/dig... @bidt.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

Im Interview erklären Johannes Breuer und Marco Wähner, wie das #TeamRDM Forschende unterstützt, digitale Daten nutzt, Methodeninnovationen vorantreibt & Transparenz sowie Vertrauen in der Forschung stärken möchte. 👉 www.cais-research.de/news/intervi... @marco-waehner.bsky.social @johannesbreuer.com

It does not earn me any money, but at least I can say I am part of the top 0.1% somewhere 😄

If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts. If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%. bsky.jazco.dev/stats

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

On Oct. 4, the OSF will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate & use. Updates include: ✨ Streamlined design for easier navigation ⏱️ Faster load times & improved performance 📁 The return of file access on project overview pages! Read more:

📈Did you know that Economists for Ukraine has created a repository of research papers on #Ukraine and the Russian invasion? It includes categories such as finance, sanctions, trade, agriculture, energy, labor markets, and governance. #EconSky See our database: econ4ua.org/research-rep...

We're making an automation game set in Windows 95 about making PowerPoint factories #gamedev #indiegames

I4R Replication Games coming to Münster! @i4replication.bsky.social @aufdroeseler.bsky.social @fialalenka.bsky.social

Wenn man TV-Interviews zur NRW-Wahl sieht, fällt auf: Der AfD-Begriff „Altparteien“ ist inzwischen im alltäglichen Sprachgebrauch angekommen. Das ist, was Politikwissenschaftler*innen mit Normalisierung meinen (zu der wir uns die Finger blutig schreiben seit Jahr & Tag 🙄).

Warten auf den Ausgang von Berufungsverfahren #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #PDprekär

Köln stabil in die Stichwahl! 🌻

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**. Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

💡 As part of the pre-conference program, CAIS hosted the workshop “AI (Tools) for Research in Media Psychology (and Beyond)” led by Prof. Johannes Breuer. Participants explored current methods and applications in media psychology. #MediaPsych #MePsy25 @johannesbreuer.com

📢 The 14th Media Psychology Conference is underway! Together with Uni Duisburg-Essen, we are co-organizers and our researchers are presenting exciting talks. Over 230 participants from 21 countries are exploring AI, smartphone use, misinformation, and more. #MePsy25 @unidue.bsky.social

Neuer Beitrag im GESIS #Blog über #Sprache als Faktor für eine verlässlichen #Wissenschaft Warum ist Sprache so entscheidend im Kontext wissenschaftlicher #Replizierbarkeit und wie können Forschende sprachbezogenen Herausforderungen begegnen? doi.org/10.34879/ges...

1 week left to apply to join us in Münster from 22–24 October 2025 for the Making Replications Count Hackathon! 🤩 - a fully funded, three-day event to dedicated to building tools that make replication studies easier to find and use! Apply by 7 Sept ➡️ indico.uni-muenster.de/e/marco1

🎉 Prof. Johannes Breuer übernimmt ab 1.9.2025 die Leitung des Teams „Research Data & Methods“. Gemeinsam mit der Universität Duisburg-Essen wurde er zum Professor für Digitale Sozialwissenschaften berufen. 🎉 🔗 www.cais-research.de/news/Johanne... @johannesbreuer.com breuer.com @unidue.bsky.social

🎉 As of today, September 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer heads the "Research Data & Methods" team at CAIS. Together with the University of Duisburg-Essen, he has been appointed Professor of Digital Social Sciences. 🎉 🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/news/joha... @johannesbreuer.com @unidue.bsky.social

#Call #GESISPanel Collect Your Own Linked #WebTracking and #SurveyData with the GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample Panelists participate in repeated surveys and digital behavioral data collections such as web tracking, where participants' web browsing behavior is recorded.

Although the holo deck probably added unavoidable ads in later installments

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...

New tutorial in the @kodaqs.bsky.social toolbox on procesing YouTube data with our tubecleanR mini-package by @juliankohne.bsky.social and me: kodaqs-toolbox.gesis.org/github.com/g... #computationalsocialscience #commsky

🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨 Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics. We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities. 🔗 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

I guess I can make it official now: On September 1st, I will start a new position as professor of "Digital Social Science" @unidue.bsky.social ( @ifp-ude.bsky.social ) and leader of the team "Research Data & Methods" at @cais-research.bsky.social ! I am looking forward to many exciting new projects!

If you're interested in learning #JuliaLang and are currently an #RStats user (or even if you're not!), then here's a little introduction to getting started! 📊 Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu... #QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social

🧠🧠🧠 PsyArXiv needs you! Please sign up to join our moderator team. First cohort is getting trained on next Monday, with more trainings to come. Easy way to give back to this crucial community resource. Students, postdocs, faculty, all welcome - come one and all!

9.2% of all citations go to just 0.32% of psychology articles. To have the most impact, post-publication peer-review should focus on these influential articles with ≥30 citations per year. @error.reviews will systemically sample from such articles. Blog post: mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...

We extracted all publications in all psychology journals from 2015 to 2025 and looked at their citations. The modal number of citations of psychology articles is zero. Identifying errors in just a small number of highly-cited publications will have an outsized impact on scientific knowledge.

One week left to apply!

Metascience 2025 recordings are now available! #Metascience25 gathered researchers, funders, policymakers & more to explore how the research process can improve. The program included preconference symposia & plenary sessions on topics from policy change to AI in research. 🎥 cassyni.com/s/metasc...

Oh come on… it’s not the private emails and holiday photos that is the problem here. Address the real problem. Make big tech and AI companies pay for the exorbitant use. System level solutions please. www.404media.co/uk-asks-peop...

Im so tired

#Stellenangebot 🚀 📅 Frist: 21. August 2025 Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in PräDoc/PostDoc (all gender) für das DFG-Projekt „SocEnRep - Automatisierung von Reproduzierbarkeit in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften“ (in Kooperation mit @gesis.org, @rwi.bsky.social, @uniulm.bsky.social).

#Stellenangebot 🚀 📅 Frist: 21. August 2025 Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in PräDoc (all gender) für das Team Research Data & Methods (RD&M) 👉 www.cais-research.de/aktuelles/st... #Karriere #Digitalisierungsforschung #TeamCAIS #CAIS #Bochum

We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following. It still became a polarization machine. Then we tried six interventions to fix social media. The results were… not what we expected. arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385

#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

❗️Our next workshop will be on August 14, 6 pm CEST, on marginaleffects package by @vincentab.bsky.social ! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

#dataquality #KODAQS 🎉 The KODAQS Data Quality Toolbox Has Launched! 🎉 Designed to support researchers with assessing the quality of their data, the Toolbox provides practical coding examples of quality indicators, and resources that make achieving reliable, high-quality data easier than ever.

Our (@malte.the100.ci, @ianhussey.mmmdata.io) commentary "cognitive dissonance in large language models is neither cognitive nor dissonant" has just been accepted for publication at PNAS! Check out the thread below for a summary of our arguments. osf.io/preprints/ps...

🚀 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

Bird sounds.

“We haven’t figured that out yet” 💀 (Also please don’t use it as your therapist)

For the DFG-funded project "SocEnRep - Automation of Reproducibility in Economics and Social Sciences" we are looking for a researcher (75% - 100%). Start: Oct 1st, Application until: Aug 21st. stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=08fd14 Feel free to spread the word and contact me with questions!

For the team "Research Data & Methods" at @cais-research.bsky.social we are looking for a Ph.D. student (75%) to start on October 1st, 2025. The application deadline is August 21st: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76 Feel free to spread the word anc contact me if you have any questions!

2 new job opportunities at the @cais-research.bsky.social: - PhD student, team "Research Data & Methods" stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76 - Researcher, DFG project "SocEnRep - Automation of Reproducibility in Economics and Social Sciences" stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76