⌛ Only one week left to apply! *Deadline 17.3.2026*
Come and work with us on innovative approaches to gain insights into misinformation dynamics across platforms specifically endangering young people.
New post: Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? (No. No it can't. Come on, now.)
davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...
Professur für "Quantitative Methoden
der digitalen Kommunikationsforschung" ausgeschrieben an der @unisalzburg.bsky.social
Bewerbungfrist: 01.04.; Beginn: 01.10.
☀️ The Call for a fantastic Summer School is out: 👇
🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026
We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization
📢 Call for Abstracts — Deadline: January 16.
COMPTEXT 2026 will again be a fantastic place to discover the latest computational methods, tools, datasets
&
to connect with scholars using AI across communication science, political science, history, sociology, IR, and more.
Currently in Volume 19, Issue 4 of Communication Methods and Measures #CMM:
“Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science” by @valeriehase.bsky.social @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis
Read this SI editorial: doi.org/10.1080/1931...
Come work with us - we have a very cool environment, amazing colleagues, and you're never far away from the sea (or a cinnamon bun). Also: 🇩🇰 actually beliefs in work-life balance, fair recruiting and being child friendly 😀
SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "Operationalising the Audiovisual Turn in Digital Journalism." 🗓️Deadline for abstracts: April 16, 2026. More info at:🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1C-sA...
The CSS Lab at LMU Munich has an open PostDoc position - this is my old job and I can 100% recommend it.
👉 Great team led by @marhai.bsky.social, great department, great city ☺️
Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
📣 Job alert! 📣
For my Emmy Noether group on local digital public spheres, I'm hiring 3 predoc research associates who are interested in doing qualitative/mixed-methods research on local communication environments. Apply until 02 Jan 2026!
www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...
Are you applying computational methods in your research or thinking about starting a lab? Join us for the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase by the ICA CM Division @icacm.bsky.social 🌟
Online on Feb 16, 2026, 4:00–5:30 pm CET / 10:00–11:30 am EST 📆
Register 👇
forms.office.com/e/zHBkwUWNFw
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Preprint alert! 🥳
How are social bias and CSS interconnected? 🤔
@aytalina.bsky.social, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @valeriehase.bsky.social, and I argue that social bias shapes CSS as a field and as a methodology. Progress in CSS depends on engaging with both dimensions! osf.io/preprints/so...
📢 CCR needs a new Editor in Chief! 📢
@vanatteveldt.com is rotating out so we are inviting (self)nominations to lead our journal through its next phase. Deadline 15 January, see link for details: journal.computationalcommunication.org/announcement...
Very interesting study, @mshu.bsky.social !
Have a multilingual cross-country text analysis project? We just published a paper in @computationalcommunication.org with advice for validating your empirics! 👉 doi.org/10.5117/CCR2....
Today is the day 🎁
The #dsa regime for researchers to get access to platform data to study societal impact and risks starts TODAY.
This has been a loooooong time coming. And the proof of the pudding will be in the eating …
#dataaccess #commsky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/new-...
Screenshot of Abstract describing the Special Issue on Bias in Computational Social Science in the Journal Communication Methods and Measures
Interested in understanding #bias in #CSS?
✨Here's our Special Issue editorial in Communication Methods and Measures:
"Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science"
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1931... (with @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis)
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...
Thrilled to share: our Special Issue in Social Science Computer Review (@sscratsage.bsky.social) on digital behavioral data quality is out now. Many thanks to all contributing authers and my co-editors @clauwa.bsky.social and Bernd Weiß:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Congrats! :) 🎈
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Max! :)
Congrats again, Johannes!! :)
@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de
j0b.de/veca
75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards
📆31/08
Very excited to be at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social this week to talk about bias in CSS.
Thanks to @ahrabhikat.bsky.social for hosting us 👩💻.
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-...
🚀 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
