Jetzt an der LMU: Master Computational Social Science (M.Sc.)
Bewerbungen für die 2. Kohorte sind offen. Der interdisziplinäre Studiengang verbindet Kommunikationswissenschaft, Soziologie und Politikwissenschaft mit daten- und computergestützten Methoden. Info-Sprechstunde: 27. April.
Early Bird Registration ends on May 8th! Be sure to register by this date to secure the lower registration price. We have worked closely with local hotels to secure discounted rooms, which you can access at this link: ic2s2-2026.org/accommodation/
🇦🇹 Do you want to add your own survey question to the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel #ASEP? There is now a call for open modules for ASEP wave 2 (autumn 2026): www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pa...
📣 The program of the #GESISsummerschool is out & registration is open!
🗓️ 22 July – 14 Aug 2026
Venue (depending on course):
🏢 GESIS Cologne
💻 Online
More info at gesis.org/summerschool. Full program & registration at t1p.de/GSS26-Program.
In this paper, we develop a framework for rare-event data collection grounded in information and estimation theory, outline design strategies aligned with research objectives, and address key data quality issues.
🎧 New podcast episode: making use of ODISSEI infrastructure!
@drtomemery.bsky.social talks with @kasiakarpinska.bsky.social about how ODISSEI can improve your research and make it easier 💡
➡️ They also introduce the ODISSEI Early Career Board
🔗 Listen to the podcast episode here: edu.nl/dvdcf
As part of the special issue Explanation and Causality in Sociology, @rubac.bsky.social, @cklamm.bsky.social and I discussed what it takes to do causal inference with text as data - whether we try to explain texts, treat them as causes, or use them as controls 💬🔍👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper co-authored with Marcel Günther on rare-event data collection is now available online and forthcoming in the Encyclopedia of Measurement in the Social Sciences:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
it set this one back when everyone was doing it
go.bsky.app/3H1Pf9z
12th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) — Burlington, Vermont, July 28-31, 2026. Hosted by the Vermont Complex Systems Institute at the University of Vermont.
This article discusses and showcases approaches to causal inference with text as data, focusing on the challenges and opportunities that arise when sociological constructs are embedded in language. We...
Interested in causal inference with survey data? Join the GESIS Summer School course with @tobiaswolbring.bsky.social and me:
training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
@gesistraining.bsky.social
