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Be part of cutting-edge computational social science! π§ π
If you are considering moving to the Netherlands to do a Social Science Post-Doc, consider applying for MCSA and contacting ODISSEI to give you a boost ππ
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
Diagram showing Twitter activity data. It compares how much people have talked about different political parties in Germany versus how often were pushed to people's "for you" feed, indicating a clear bias towards the anti-immigration AfD and BSW parties.
If you keep using #Twitter, be aware that the content pushed to your feed is extremely distorted towards right-wing/anti-immigrant ideology. This paper provides clear evidence for that:
"Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election"
arxiv.org/abs/2503.02888
New study says children of immigrants in Sweden at high risk of being overqualified for their jobs. @wooseongkim.bsky.social talks about his recent doctoral thesis on Radio Sweden.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/new-...
Open PhD position with great colleagues now open for applications #demography #sociology
Screenshot of an email that reads: "Dear Authors, As you may know, the new presidential administration in the United States has issuedβ―Executive Orders, including one that impacts foreign aid.β― As part of these Executive Orders, USAID-funded projects have received stop work orders.β―Given the circumstance, we must stop all work on Global Health: Science and Practice. As such, I regret that we will have to postpone processing submitted papers. We know that a lot of work has gone into preparing your paper. Please feel free to take your manuscript elsewhere. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this challenging time.β―β― Sincerely, Natalie Culbertson Managing Editor Global Health: Science and Practice Journal"
Well just received this email regarding a paper under review:
The Computational Social Science Workshop is coming to the University of Mannheim on May 15-16, 2025!
Registration is now openβdon't miss out! Early career researchers can also present a poster for a chance to win the best poster award of 250β¬.
π computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...
Finally deactivated my X account, after long contemplation on whether it's a harmful move for an early career academic like myself. We need more discussion & research about the effects of social media presence for academic opportunities.
#eXit #eXodus #academia #research
Havenβt look at the news for about 6 hours. Itβs been lovely. Going in now. Wish me strength.
If you are interested in studying good old human activity on pre-Musk Twitter, we are now sharing the complete 375M dataset of our 24h Twitter data collection with researchers. Get in touch!
ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
Please forward to interested scholars.
A picture of Zuckerberg, Bezos, his girlfriend, and Musk standing in the Rotunda
JFC. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg are in the front row at the #inauguration.
They are sat IN FRONT of Trumpβs Cabinet.
The era of oligarchy.
(πΈ: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)
Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
Over on X, Musk seems to be pushing his own posts directly onto users' notification pages, even if they do not follow him, in a category comically labeled 'Elon Musk' above the breaking news that 'Elon Musk posted'
He's making those X devs implement new levels of dear leader shit over there
Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR!
Find out more at:
academic.oup.com/esr/pages/General_Instructions
π¨ I'm hiring! Come and work with me at the University of Salford π as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the ERC/UKRI project "Living longer in poorer health? π Understanding the migrant health paradox". 3 x 3-year positions available! Apply by Jan 12th! π¨
universityofsalford.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
This is absolutely going into my slides for a class presentation I gave today.
When we give a R&R at @europeansocreview.bsky.social, we (editors) give a list of required revisions, selecting among the reviewers' suggestions, to avoid the "double cheeseburgers+oreo" effect below. In case of conflicting requests, we tell which one to prioritise.
Not always possible, but we try
IAS celebrates its first 10 years as an institute. Read more about what made founder Peter HedstrΓΆm start up the institute, and thoughts from current director Maria BrandΓ©n on the future for IAS.
liu.se/en/news-item...
Good morning from the Netherlands, where the Christian Right has just joined forces with the Radical Right to facilitate massive cuts to scientific research and education (while making exceptions for religious education, naturally).
Next week I am presenting at the IAS webinar on "Data infrastructure for the study of societal dynamics" @iasliu.bsky.social
Subscribe to their webinar, its a fantastic series
Applications to host a 2025 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due December 1st. Feel free to email me with questions and/or help connecting with others (especially since grant support will be limited): sicss.io/host
Also the importance of oatmeal from Scandi registers π€·πΌ
"Look it's all very complicated" ππΌ
ππππ: The practicalities of using administrative health data for epidemiology research β what you need to know.
Don't miss this valuable list of important considerations when using routinely collected health data for epidemiologic research.
ijpds.org/news/18-11-2...
The Austrian Research Agency publishes a list of #ERC applications that you can find online. If you are applying, this can be helpful. If you have received a grant, I would urge you to share yours too:
www.ffg.at/europa/heu/e...
I'd like to join please!
I'd like to be added please! Perhaps also @elemus.bsky.social and @drsven.bsky.social
