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I2SC advances critical research on questions at the intersection of society and technology, encompassing both: computing of society, and computing for society.

At: @uni-saarland.de
Chair: @ingmarweber.de
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Digital technologies reshape politics & religion alike — but how do European politicians reference religion online?

Our #PoliSci study together with @davidschweizer.bsky.social & Eva-Maria Euchner examines EP candidates’ X (Twitter) profiles in 🇩🇪🇸🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧. Read more:
Frontiers | Is secular–religious party competition moving online? Digital religious profiles of candidates running for the European Parliament
New digital technologies alter various societal spheres, including the landscape of religion and politics. “Christianity influencers,” faith tweets, digital ...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Was #climate policy central in the 2024 European election campaign – and how divided were parties along left-right lines?

Find out in our #PoliSci study by Daniela Braun, Djamila Jabra & @janpollex.bsky.social:
Climate Change and Political Parties: Higher Salience and More Diversification Over Climate Change in the 2024 EP Elections?
The EU faced several crises during the Parliament’s last term, notably the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, advanced by the new Commission President von der Ley...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The SICSS Saarbrücken 2025 has officially come to an end. We are grateful to all participants and speakers who made this event such a success, and we look forward to seeing how the conversations and collaborations will continue beyond these two weeks! @uni-saarland.de @i2sc.net @ingmarweber.de
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Day 9 of SICSS Saarbrücken was packed with energy and progress as participants dove deeper into their group projects. The groups presented updates on their work, pitching new insights and demonstrating how much they had accomplished in such a short period.
September 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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We compared #EU issues' salience in the 2019 & 2024 EP elections and found out: Mainstream parties turned more negative on EU policies, while Eurosceptics became somewhat less negative on the EU polity.

Read more in our #PoliSci publication: oaj.fupress.net/index.php/qo...
Party competition on European issues in the 2024 EP elections | Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES)
oaj.fupress.net
September 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🤝 Political trust is fundamental for representative democracy 👉 but what makes a government legitimate? And why does legitimacy matter?

Find out in our latest #TEPSAexplainer with #ActEU Daniela Braun 🔗 youtu.be/r_8oudinAtk
@uni-saarland.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social
What makes a government LEGITIMATE? | Daniela Braun
YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
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September 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
By day seven of SICSS Saarbrücken, participants were in 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲, diving deep into their collaborative work, even missing coffee breaks. They also presented their initial research questions along with their plans for data collection and analysis.
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
On the 6th day of SICSS Saarbrücken, Daniela Braun (@uni-saarland.de) and @rosanavarrete.bsky.social (@uam.es) presented on “𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦: 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 (𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ)?” @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @o3pol.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Always a pleasure to attend the Heidelberg Laureate Forum #HLF @hlforum.bsky.social & meet smart people. Catch me today (Tue) if you'd like to learn about our work at @i2sc.net. And be sure talk to Manon if you'd like to learn about her work about better AI safety evaluations.
September 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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We are looking for a project manager for our large-scale project SOUNDS!

Learn more: bit.ly/SOUNDS-Manager

#compsocsci #PoliSky #PoliSci #hiring #JobAlert
September 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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How do different types of regional organizations react to current challenges and crises? Find out in our #PoliSci publication together with @lisa-h-anders.bsky.social & Alexander Libman which explores this question by bringing together contributions from EU studies and comparative regionalism.
Crises, Adaptation, and Resilience—Exploring Crises Responses of Regional Organizations from the Perspective of EU Studies and Comparative Regionalism - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
How do different types of regional organizations react to current challenges and crises? This special issue of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift explores this question by bringing together contribut...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On Saturday, SICSS-Saarbrücken participants took a step away from lectures and hands-on sessions to explore the rich industrial heritage of the region.
September 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
On the fifth day of SICSS Saarbrücken, participants attended a lecture by @blurky.bsky.social (@oii.ox.ac.uk) on “𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑠 – 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦𝑠.” The lecture introduced key concepts of network analysis, illustrated with insightful examples.
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On the fourth day of SICSS Saarbrücken, Abhisek Dash (MPI-SWS) presented on "𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 : 𝐴 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑘𝑦".
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
On the third day of SICSS Saarbrücken, we had the pleasure of learning from @ezagheni.bsky.social (@mpidr.bsky.social), who shared his expertise on “𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎”.
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
On the second day of SICSS Saarbrücken, participants attended a lecture by @zsavvas90.bsky.social (TU Delft) on “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴”, where he provided a deep dive into methods for analyzing multimodal content shared on social platforms.
September 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) at Saarbrücken has officially begun at @i2sc.net. The program runs from 8 - 19 September.

@uni-saarland.de @ingmarweber.de @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social @jianlongzhu.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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🚨📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Political Science at the University of Antwerp!

💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025

www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Postdoctoral scholarship holder in computational political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🚨Job Offer🚨PhD Student Position
The @lshtm.bsky.social, in partnership with the @mpidr.bsky.social is opening an 18-month Research Assistant position, with the successful candidate embarking on a PhD program at LSHTM.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@ezagheni.bsky.social #phd #jobs #demography
September 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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💡📚 Passionate about emotions, gender & migration?
We’re hiring a Research Associate for the #PROTEMO project at @uni-saarland.de! 🌍

Focus: migrant women’s experiences of domestic violence & how emotions, security & politics intersect.

📝 Apply by 10 Sept 2025
👉 www.protemo.eu/news-post/we...
September 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Humboldt-Professor @ingmarweber.de! Was ein großartiger Erfolg! 🎉

#AvHProfessor
29 Mio. Euro Förderung für das Kompetenzzentrum SOUNDS:
Ziel der Forschungsstelle ist es, Informatik und Sozialwissenschaften zusammenzubringen, um gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen datenbasiert zu analysieren.

Mehr dazu: www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/gese...

© UdS / Thorsten Mohr
Millionenförderung des Landes: Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft mit neuen Datenquellen analysieren
Satellitenbilder, soziale Medien oder Barcode-Scanner in Geschäften bieten einen reichen Datenschatz, der bisher in den Sozialwissenschaften noch wenig genutzt wird. Neue KI-gestützte Methoden helfen ...
www.uni-saarland.de
September 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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💥New study with Daniela Braun @politicsunisaar.bsky.social in dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management @barbarabudrich.bsky.social:

Who engages with environmental issues in a multi-level system? An exploratory analysis of German parties’ issue emphasis
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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29 Mio. Euro Förderung für das Kompetenzzentrum SOUNDS:
Ziel der Forschungsstelle ist es, Informatik und Sozialwissenschaften zusammenzubringen, um gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen datenbasiert zu analysieren.

Mehr dazu: www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/gese...

© UdS / Thorsten Mohr
Millionenförderung des Landes: Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft mit neuen Datenquellen analysieren
Satellitenbilder, soziale Medien oder Barcode-Scanner in Geschäften bieten einen reichen Datenschatz, der bisher in den Sozialwissenschaften noch wenig genutzt wird. Neue KI-gestützte Methoden helfen ...
www.uni-saarland.de
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🚨Open Positions!🚨
Postdoc/Research Scientist Positions
Migration | Population Dynamics | Computational Demography
Application Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
See job description here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #Jobs
@ezagheni.bsky.social @perrottadaniela.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM