Lisa Oswald
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social
PostDoc online cognition & political behavior, MPIB Berlin | PhD political communication, Hertie School | Social Data Science, OII Oxford | psychologist
Pinned
It's out!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.
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And... we're off
Join us next Spring at the University of Potsdam for the third Applied Causal Graphs workshop: applied-causal-graphs.de
Now that the date and place are set and two of the keynote speakers are fixed, all we need is an abstract from you.
Join us next Spring at the University of Potsdam for the third Applied Causal Graphs workshop: applied-causal-graphs.de
Now that the date and place are set and two of the keynote speakers are fixed, all we need is an abstract from you.
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And... we're off
Join us next Spring at the University of Potsdam for the third Applied Causal Graphs workshop: applied-causal-graphs.de
Now that the date and place are set and two of the keynote speakers are fixed, all we need is an abstract from you.
Join us next Spring at the University of Potsdam for the third Applied Causal Graphs workshop: applied-causal-graphs.de
Now that the date and place are set and two of the keynote speakers are fixed, all we need is an abstract from you.
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A new field experiment conducted on Reddit explains why some people lurk quietly and why others become extremely active in online political discussions.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4oOdywQ
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4oOdywQ
Disentangling participation in online political discussions with a collective field experiment
A field experiment examines patterns of online political discussion participation and the challenges of addressing inequality.
scim.ag
December 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A new field experiment conducted on Reddit explains why some people lurk quietly and why others become extremely active in online political discussions.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4oOdywQ
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4oOdywQ
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We @uni-konstanz.de are hiring a full professor in machine learning for our MSc program in Social and Economic Data Science: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/6...
Full Professorship (W3) in Machine Learning
Deadline: January 31, 2026
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We @uni-konstanz.de are hiring a full professor in machine learning for our MSc program in Social and Economic Data Science: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/6...
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Join us in Konstanz! For anyone interested, feel free to DM if you have questions.
We @uni-konstanz.de are hiring a full professor in machine learning for our MSc program in Social and Economic Data Science: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/6...
Full Professorship (W3) in Machine Learning
Deadline: January 31, 2026
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Join us in Konstanz! For anyone interested, feel free to DM if you have questions.
Für eine deutsche Zusammenfassung, hier ein kurzes Interview beim DLF www.deutschlandfunk.de/online-disku...
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Für eine deutsche Zusammenfassung, hier ein kurzes Interview beim DLF www.deutschlandfunk.de/online-disku...
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Online political discussions are characterized by a minority of users dominate the discussion, while most remain silent.
Those who perceived a discussion as toxic/polarized tend to remain silent: But toxicity engages power users (namely men interested in politics) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Those who perceived a discussion as toxic/polarized tend to remain silent: But toxicity engages power users (namely men interested in politics) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Online political discussions are characterized by a minority of users dominate the discussion, while most remain silent.
Those who perceived a discussion as toxic/polarized tend to remain silent: But toxicity engages power users (namely men interested in politics) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Those who perceived a discussion as toxic/polarized tend to remain silent: But toxicity engages power users (namely men interested in politics) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It's out!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It's out!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.
Reposted by Lisa Oswald
Whose voices are heard in online discussions? Most people stay silent... and the drama may drive power users to post even more. A Reddit field experiment by
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social @small-schulz.bsky.social
& @lorenzspreen.bsky.social reveals why and explores ways to change it. tinyurl.com/3pwksmpu
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social @small-schulz.bsky.social
& @lorenzspreen.bsky.social reveals why and explores ways to change it. tinyurl.com/3pwksmpu
Inequalities in online discourse
tinyurl.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Whose voices are heard in online discussions? Most people stay silent... and the drama may drive power users to post even more. A Reddit field experiment by
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social @small-schulz.bsky.social
& @lorenzspreen.bsky.social reveals why and explores ways to change it. tinyurl.com/3pwksmpu
@lfoswaldo.bsky.social @small-schulz.bsky.social
& @lorenzspreen.bsky.social reveals why and explores ways to change it. tinyurl.com/3pwksmpu
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2️⃣4️⃣🎁🎄 Doing something new for Advent this year: one great data journalism piece per day until Dec 24. I’m teaching a data journalism course @hertieschool.bsky.social next semester, so this is partly selfish homework. But maybe interesting for others too.
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2️⃣4️⃣🎁🎄 Doing something new for Advent this year: one great data journalism piece per day until Dec 24. I’m teaching a data journalism course @hertieschool.bsky.social next semester, so this is partly selfish homework. But maybe interesting for others too.
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Our survey on research practices in Computational Communication Science is still open for participation!
#CommSky
#CommSky
Within our @meta-rep.bsky.social project on research practices in Computational Communication Science (CCS), we are conducting a survey among CCS researchers. We would be grateful if you could participate (takes 10 to 15 minutes) and/or share the link: www.soscisurvey.de/AutoFrontCCS/
#CommSky
#CommSky
Questionnaire | page 1
www.soscisurvey.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Our survey on research practices in Computational Communication Science is still open for participation!
#CommSky
#CommSky
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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.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.
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Christmas markets in Cologne in 2025
Each Christmas tree 🎄 shows the location of one of the 9 Christmas markets. I created a Christmas tree flat icon as an SVG and imported it into mapbox.com Studio. Finally, I discovered the particle-based snow setting. ❄
#30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Icons
Each Christmas tree 🎄 shows the location of one of the 9 Christmas markets. I created a Christmas tree flat icon as an SVG and imported it into mapbox.com Studio. Finally, I discovered the particle-based snow setting. ❄
#30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Icons
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Christmas markets in Cologne in 2025
Each Christmas tree 🎄 shows the location of one of the 9 Christmas markets. I created a Christmas tree flat icon as an SVG and imported it into mapbox.com Studio. Finally, I discovered the particle-based snow setting. ❄
#30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Icons
Each Christmas tree 🎄 shows the location of one of the 9 Christmas markets. I created a Christmas tree flat icon as an SVG and imported it into mapbox.com Studio. Finally, I discovered the particle-based snow setting. ❄
#30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Icons
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📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Reposted by Lisa Oswald
Join us as postdoc at the Inequality Discourse Observatory at the University of Konstanz: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
One postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: November 15th, 2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us as postdoc at the Inequality Discourse Observatory at the University of Konstanz: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
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Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
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How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
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Wer’s glaubt
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Wer’s glaubt
Emotionen und politische Überzeugungen prägen, wie Desinformation wahrgenommen wird. Digitale Plattformen verstärken diese Dynamiken. Umstritten bleibt, wie groß der Schaden ist.
www.bpb.de
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Wer’s glaubt
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Ralph Hertwig und Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social zu den psychologischen Faktoren von Falsch- und #Desinformation im aktuellen Heft „Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung:
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...
#APuZ #Fakten #Fiktion
Hat mich gefreut, hier etwas beitragen zu dürfen @bpb.de www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch... mit Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social
Propaganda und Desinformation
Propaganda, Desinformation, Fake News, alternative Fakten – viele Schlagworte prägen die öffentliche Debatte, in der die Grenzen zwischen Information, Manipulation und Meinung ausgelotet werden.
www.bpb.de
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hat mich gefreut, hier etwas beitragen zu dürfen @bpb.de www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch... mit Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social
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For the first time in [err] many years I won't be teaching causal inference to Data Science Master's students at the Hertie School next semester. So, if you're Berlin-based, Berlin-reachable, or just Berlin-curious and for some reason you'd like to be me in Spring 2026, then now's your chance. 1/2
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For the first time in [err] many years I won't be teaching causal inference to Data Science Master's students at the Hertie School next semester. So, if you're Berlin-based, Berlin-reachable, or just Berlin-curious and for some reason you'd like to be me in Spring 2026, then now's your chance. 1/2
Great 5(!)-year postdoc position in FFM!
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Great 5(!)-year postdoc position in FFM!
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🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Details
GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
www.gesis.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
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My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
July 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
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We wrapped up the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social).
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
July 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We wrapped up the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social).
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making.
1/🧵👇
Reposted by Lisa Oswald
FINALLY 😌
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
Delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
The Commission has adopted a delegated act outlining rules granting access to data for qualified researchers under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
July 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
FINALLY 😌
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
The Delegated Act is here.
The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA
#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...