What do people think about AI-driven persuasion? In a new working paper with @adrauc.bsky.social, we show the hidden costs of attempts at automated opinion change in politics. arxiv.org/abs/2603.27413
PaCSS (Politics and Computational Social Science) is back! APSA preconference at BU joint with Political Communication, deadline for submission is May 8. Should be great!
cssi.umass.edu/pacss2026
We opened a new PhD position in our department focusing on CSS research on and with AI agents. Please share the job ad and contact us if you have questions: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2594220?...
Join us for the last SODAS Lecture of the spring on May 8! 📅
In this lecture, @sebstier.bsky.social will explore advances in user-centered data collection approaches, using examples from the field of political communication 📣
Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...
📣 CFP DGPuK Methods 2026 (@gesis.org, Köln)
🧠 Measuring Media Use & Effects: Computational Opportunities & Challenges
topics: theorizing media use & effects in algorithmically shaped environments, concepts and measurement, ethics & bias ...
🗓️ 30 Sep–2 Oct | ⏳ Deadline: 15 May
🔗https://t1p.de/q6ram
📣 1 week left to apply!
CFP – DGPuK Methods 2026 (Cologne, Sept 30–Oct 2, @gesis.org):
How can we make sense of clicks, scrolls & streams – and what do they tell us about media effects? Join the conversation on computational methods, bias & ethics.
🗓️ May 15
t1p.de/q6ram
Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar.
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo...
@gesis.org
Join us in week one! Many great collegues from the CSS department (e.g., @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social, @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social) will be involved!
📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open!
🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026
📍 GESIS Mannheim or online
More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program.
@gesis.org
🚨CfA🚨 We're looking for a postdoc joining us in summer in Berlin. 3-year position @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiedatascience.bsky.social. Pursue your own research agenda in data science for public policy - ML/AI, causal inference, computational methods. Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out!
