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Florian Keusch
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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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poqjournal.bsky.social
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...
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Check out our new paper on the demographic foundations of trust in science in @poqjournal.bsky.social

The tldr is that w/ all of the radical shifts in trust in the US over the last 50+ years, the demographic predictors of trust in science have been rock steady(!)

academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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theo.io
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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tiffanytimbers.bsky.social
"Ten simple rules for teaching data science": arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874

A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
Teaching data science presents unique challenges and opportunities that cannot be fully addressed by simply borrowing pedagogical strategies from its parent disciplines of statistics and computer scie...
arxiv.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.

I'm an immigrant.

I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
New preprint! So, what's a multiverse analysis good for anyway?>

With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social

juliarohrer.com/wp-content/u...
What’s a multiverse good for anyway? Julia M. Rohrer, Jessica Hullman, and Andrew Gelman Multiverse analysis has become a fairly popular approach, as indicated by the present special issue on the matter. Here, we take one step back and ask why one would conduct a multiverse analysis in the first place. We discuss various ways in which a multiverse may be employed – as a tool for reflection and critique, as a persuasive tool, as a serious inferential tool – as well as potential problems that arise depending on the specific purpose. For example, it fails as a persuasive tool when researchers disagree about which variations should be included in the analysis, and it fails as a serious inferential tool when the included analyses do not target a coherent estimand. Then, we take yet another step back and ask what the multiverse discourse has been good for and whether any broader lessons can be drawn. Ultimately, we conclude that the multiverse does remain a valuable tool; however, we urge against taking it too seriously.
February 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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barbarabinder.bsky.social
Who opts into a data donation study asking for Google Search histories – and more importantly, who actually donates their data? Sina Chen and I found that Green Party and FDP voters were more likely to follow through, hinting at political skew in donated data 👇
The figure shows the predicted probabilities by party vote, derived from the partially observed bivariate probit model, separately for willingness and completion, and the joint probability. Voters of the CDU/CSU, the AfD, the SPD, the LINKE, and BSW exhibit predicted probabilities of willingness to participate close to the sample average of 50%. Green Party voters show a higher predicted probability of willingness to participate, while the elevated probabilities among FDP voters are not statistically different from those of CDU/CSU voters. In contrast, voters of other parties and non-voters, including those who did not disclose their vote choice, display lower predicted probabilities of willingness. When it comes to donation completion, both Green Party and FDP voters stand out with higher predicted probabilities. As a result, the joint predicted probabilities indicate that voters of the Greens and FDP are the most likely to both opt-in and follow through with the data donation, even when controlling for age, gender, and education.
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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gesistraining.bsky.social
🚀 KODAQS Data Quality Academy Certificate Program 2026 – Now Open for Applications!

6-month program for early-career researchers: data quality, processing & networking. Online blended learning, Mar–Sep.

Apply by 8 Feb ➡️ www.gesis.org/en/gesis-tra...
KODAQS Data Quality Certificate Program – Call for Applications for 2026 Cohort Structured certificate program that teaches data quality assessment and enhancement •Course: 16 March to 25 September 2026 •Application deadline: 8 February 2026 •Provided by the Competence Center for Data Quality in the Social Sciences (KODAQS)
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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umpamdk.bsky.social
Today, we celebrate the 80th year of the @um-src.bsky.social at ISR by launching a new web panel starting Fall 2026. It is called M-Panel and will be collecting a national sample representative of the U.S.
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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jclaass.bsky.social
🚨 #Bots and #LLMs threaten the integrity of online surveys and public opinion research, but we can identify LLM-generated text in open narrative responses by fine-tuning #BERT.

New #OpenAccess article with @jkhoehne.bsky.social @rubac.bsky.social @carohaensch.bsky.social.

👉 doi.org/10.1177/0894...
January 20, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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jkhoehne.bsky.social
Last call📢📢 Don't be late😉

MASS workshop meets up with WEB DATA OPP in Barcelona from June 4 to 5 2026😎🤓 Join @floriankeusch.bsky.social @peterlugtig.bsky.social #BellaStruminskaya #MelanieRevilla and me. APPLY APPLY APPLY📮⬇️

massworkshop.org
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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johannesbreuer.com
Postdoc position in CSS/Sociology at @unidue.bsky.social:
www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
EG 13 TV-L for three years
Please apply before Feb 5th 2026
Research cluster Anja Weiß, Institute for Sociology, University of Duisburg-Essen #computationalsocialscience
Stellenausschreibung
www.uni-due.de
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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jkhoehne.bsky.social
Gentle reminder📢📢 MASS workshop meets up with WEB DATA OPP in Barcelona from June 4 to 5 2026😎🤓 Join @floriankeusch.bsky.social @peterlugtig.bsky.social #BellaStruminskaya #MelanieRevilla and me. Check out the call⬇️ and apply‼️

massworkshop.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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um-src.bsky.social
We invite applications for a Research Assistant Professor in the Survey Methodology Program. We are seeking candidates who are developing methods for acquiring & integrating non-traditional sources & applying AI & emerging technologies to survey methodology myumi.ch/R3AWy @umisr.bsky.social
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January 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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gesis.org
Call for Applications for the Data Quality #Academy Certificate Program 2026

The call for applications for the #KODAQS Academy’s certificate program is open: www.gesis.org/en/ges...

The program is aimed at early-career researchers from various disciplines who work with social science data.
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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breakfield01.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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bradytwest.bsky.social
We are hiring a Research Assistant Professor within the Survey Methodology Program, located in the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Click on the link below for more details, and join an outstanding group of faculty!

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December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
floriankeusch.bsky.social
There was an, ehm, “interesting” presentation on this by Qualtrics at last year’s AAPOR conference.
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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jclaass.bsky.social
🚨 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...
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
floriankeusch.bsky.social
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.
joshsternberg.com Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · Dec 12
Today in “Dudes Rock”:

A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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poqjournal.bsky.social
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...
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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ic2s2.bsky.social
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
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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klauspforr.bsky.social
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...
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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socarxiv.bsky.social
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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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM