Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI and Chair for Societal Computing at Saarland University. Co-Director at https://i2sc.net.
Ingmar Weber
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The SOUNDS initiative is hiring for ๐ช๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป/ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ
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The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position:
๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (๐ณ/๐บ/๐ ) ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ: ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฌ๐ญ)
Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100%
Duration: 2 years
@ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de
#BowlingAlone documented a quiet shift from collective to solitary practices.
In Bowling with ChatGPT ( #TheWebConference2026), we study whether a similar shift is unfolding in interactions with conversational AI.
arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2602.01114
New deadline is Jan 23. If you're based in a low- or middle-income country and work on computational social science, particularly using online data, please consider applying.
I'm currently at #ICWSM / @icwsm.bsky.social
Ping me if you're on the job market as we are/will be hiring for SOUNDS - Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (www.sounds-observatory.org).
This is a fairly large (EUR 29M) initiative at Universitรคt des Saarlandes around using data and computational methods to understand and support societal tranformations. As part of this initiative, *five* professorships will be created. Talk to me about details.
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"Social Media Participation in an Activist Movement for Racial Equality" by @munmun10.bsky.social, Shagun Jhaver, Benjamin Sugar, and @ingmarweber.de ๐ฅ
