Nominations for the ODISSEI Open Science Award 2026 are now open!
We’re looking for researchers or teams in computational social science who are leading by example: making their research outputs open, FAIR, and impactful.
⏱️ Deadline to nominate: 30 September 2026
👉 edu.nl/nxcmy
The UK govt is Palantir’s 2nd biggest customer.
Why? Or, more to the point, how?
Our latest @thenerve_news investigation reveals a web of cronyism into the highest levels of govt.
But Palantir also has a spin machine that uses political journalists to launder its PR
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📣 Submit your paper to the ODISSEI Conference!
We're celebrating 10 years of advancing Dutch social science research infrastructure. Open to all (computational) social science researchers, in the Netherlands and beyond.
🔗 Submit your abstract: edu.nl/hyyyk
Last week to apply for the *Behave Summer school on Agent Based Modelling*.
Very happy to be involved this year by presenting works from @erc-segue.bsky.social and other collaborations on the last day...
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NEW: Nicolás Soler, Tom Emery, Agnieszka Kanas, "Family Networks and Childcare Choices: A Predictive Machine Learning Approach" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
The sociology of sociologists is fascinating
Our @iasamsterdam.bsky.social Festival session was a hit! Thanks to @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social (Complexity Science Hub), Laure Michon (City of Amsterdam), & @drtomemery.bsky.social (ODDISEI) for their insights on how network science can evolve to meet the challenges of the next decade.
I talked to @chrisbail.bsky.social about all things #SICSS for the ODISSEI podcast. We are running our 5th edition of SICSS which Chris founded alongside @msalganik.bsky.social
Chris explained how he was there right from the beginning of analyzing social media data
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We’re excited to share the Action Plan Towards FAIR Implementation in Dutch SSH 🎉
FAIR principles are widely endorsed, but implementation is hard. This plan identifies key challenges and points to actionable solutions. Many thanks to all contributors who shaped it!
📄 Read more: edu.nl/x847c
Article: Family Networks and Childcare Choices: A Predictive Machine Learning Approach | Sociological Science | Posted June 2, 2026
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University of Brescia, Department of Information Engineering
via Branze 38, Brescia, Italy, 31 August-11 September 2026 (hybrid)
Jointly organised by the Department of Social and Political Sciences, ...
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NEW: Palantir’s revolving door.
A new investigation by @thenerve.news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption.
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Carole Cadwalladr
Sociologists, I haven’t seen a thread talking about what’s going on in the ASA, and I would like to
My thoughts are contradictory and sad. I think:
- the ASA “reform” limiting member resolutions was a disaster (I campaigned against it, basically by myself, last time, & I did make some enemies)
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