Florian Keusch

@floriankeusch.bsky.social

520 followers 230 following 60 posts

Austrian in Mannheim; Prof. of Social Data Science & Methodology at U of Mannheim; survey methodologist; (mobile) web surveys; passive mobile data collection

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Sociology 26%

Political science 26%

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Break @ DK Bananza @breakfield01.bsky.social · 2d

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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 4d

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Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · 10d

There was an, ehm, “interesting” presentation on this by Qualtrics at last year’s AAPOR conference.

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 A recent @pnas.org article raised serious concerns about LLM-based manipulation of online surveys.

Good news: We’re not helpless. In a new #OpenAccess article with @jkhoehne.bsky.social #bwolf, we show that LLM-driven bots can be detected using simple prompt injections.

🌐 doi.org/10.1080/1364...

Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · 14d

This…
Increasingly, the Internet/social media feels like such a horrible place. And then a video like this pops up and gives me hope that not all is lost.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 14d

Today in “Dudes Rock”:

A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 14d

Today in “Dudes Rock”:

A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Reposted by Florian Keusch

Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Got a great paper on how AI is reshaping public opinion research? Submit it to POQ's special issue on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Survey Research!

Papers are being reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis starting now – full details here: s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/clarivate-sc...

Reposted by Fabio Giglietto, Étienne Ollion, Florian Keusch

International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 25d

IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org

✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · 28d

interesting paper on application of total survey error framework to biomedical data doi.org/10.21203/rs....

Total Survey Error in Biomeasure Data Collection

BackgroundThe integration of biomeasures into social surveys has grown rapidly, enabling new insights into biosocial processes by combining probability-based survey data with biological indicators. Ho...

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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · 29d

In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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Demetri @phdemetri.bsky.social · Nov 26

I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Nov 26

About to kick off a peer review workshop with our brilliant @sriucl.bsky.social PhD students right now. Thanks to my colleague Alina Pelikh for hosting and I wish something like this was available when I started out.

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MZES Social Science Data Lab @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social · Nov 26

🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"

👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)

🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms

Hybrid event [A5, 6, Room A231 + Zoom]
Dezember 03, 2025, 13:45-15:15

Abstract
The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) marks a turning point for the study of digital platforms by establishing a legal framework for researcher access to platform data, including from major social media companies. Article 40 of the DSA outlines how researchers can request such access, opening unprecedented possibilities for empirical investigations into the digital public sphere. Yet, the practical implementation of this right to data access raises important challenges. Questions of eligibility, the scope of accessible data, and the ethical and technical standards required for secure processing are central to understanding what this new regime will mean in practice. This talk provides an overview of the DSA’s data-access provisions, explains their relevance for the research community, and discusses what opportunities—and limitations—emerge for studying systemic risks, algorithmic effects, and platform governance. It reflects on early experiences with Article 40 implementation and considers what it will take to build a sustainable infrastructure for independent, policy-relevant research on digital platforms in Europe.

Presenter
Jakob Ohme leads the interdisciplinary "Digital News Dynamics" research group at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin, exploring the impact and dissemination of professional journalism on digital platforms versus other sources like influencers or AI. His work emphasizes the changes digital and mobile communications bring to news consumption and political engagement, particularly across different generations. Jakob Ohme is dedicated to advancing digital methodologies in political communication and journalism research, notably through the innovative use of digital trace data. He's also a Co-Principal Investigator in the #DSA40 Collaboratory, foc…

Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 25

If you work with individual-level data from Very Large Online Platforms or Search Engines (VLOPSEs), then you probably want to read - and hopefully sign - this letter!

DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · Nov 25

We've published an Open Letter urging EU policymakers to reject the Digital Omnibus' proposed Amendment to Article 12(5) GDPR, which would undermine citizens' data access rights & the researchers who depend on them for #DataDonation research.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.

the background depicts the proposed amendment, the foreground reads "Open Letter: The Amendment to Article 12, paragraph 5 GDPR in the Omnibus Proposal Undermines Evidence-Based Policymaking"

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DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · Nov 21

Heads up! If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in survey and data science (read: all things quantitative social science) at the University of Michigan, please check out these upcoming info sessions!

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · Nov 21

🚨 Last chance to sign up for the next #CS3Meeting 🚨

Zaza Zindel talks about Social media as a tool for survey recruitment on November 25, 03:15 to 04:00 PM (CET).

🗓️ Sign up until Monday: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Nov 20

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Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 18

Yes. Some of the cheap vendors are already struggling because they cannot compete with the new wave of even cheaper data (‘silicon samples’).

Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 18

These panels already exist:
amerispeak.norc.org (@norc.org)
uasdata.usc.edu/index.php (@dornsife.usc.edu)
ssrs.com/ssrs-solutio... (@ssrsresearch.bsky.social)
www.lissdata.nl (NL)
www.gesis.org/en/gesis-pan... (D @gesis.org)
and many more...

AmeriSpeak | NORC at the University of Chicago

amerispeak.norc.org

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Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 18

I really see a potential threat for studies that recruite samples via social media platforms (but these samples were wacky even before LLMs) or some river sampling. Not for well managed (nonprobability) online panels and certainly not for high-quality probability panels.

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Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 18

But how would this work in reality? Say I build multiple bots, then I would need to register for each of that bot in a panel. If a panel follows the ESOMAR guidelines then they do double-opt-in verification and might even require a bank account or at least a unique email.

Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 18

But there are a number of high quality probability based online panels where I think the influence of LLMs and AI-respondents will be very limited. These are not cheap for a reason..

Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social · Nov 18

True for nonprobability online access panels that allow self-selection and river sampling-like approaches. Many of them had major quality issues even before LLMs.

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Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences - GESS @gessunimannheim.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Online Application: Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences

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Joy Wilke @joywilke.bsky.social · Nov 13

come work with us! @bluelabs.bsky.social is hiring a survey scientist. we're looking for someone who loves working with survey data and wants to solve tricky problems facing the polling industry. please share widely!

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Survey Scientist

Remote or Washington D.C.

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · Nov 13

📢 New insights on #GenAI interviewing agents asking sensitive open questions compared to a text-based web survey.

Answers to male agent include more topics, but no evidence of social desirability.

👉 New #OpenAccess paper with @jkhoehne.bsky.social #cneuert in #IJMR.

🌐 doi.org/10.1177/1470...