Mario Angst
@marioangst.bsky.social
Lecturer, ZHAW, Institut Urban Landscape
Postdoc, UZH, Digital Society Initiative (outgoing)
(part-time; 🧒🧒)
Sustainability | Digitalization | Governance | Urban | Networks | Policy in the Anthropocene | #RStats & 🐍
Postdoc, UZH, Digital Society Initiative (outgoing)
(part-time; 🧒🧒)
Sustainability | Digitalization | Governance | Urban | Networks | Policy in the Anthropocene | #RStats & 🐍
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Ich will mehr Fahrradpropaganda sehen.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ich will mehr Fahrradpropaganda sehen.
This week, I started a new job as a lecturer at the Institut Urban Landscape at ZHAW (Zürich University of Applied Sciences).
I never would have thought that I'd be working in an architecture department one day. There are some surprising perks to that, I discovered on my first day:
I never would have thought that I'd be working in an architecture department one day. There are some surprising perks to that, I discovered on my first day:
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This week, I started a new job as a lecturer at the Institut Urban Landscape at ZHAW (Zürich University of Applied Sciences).
I never would have thought that I'd be working in an architecture department one day. There are some surprising perks to that, I discovered on my first day:
I never would have thought that I'd be working in an architecture department one day. There are some surprising perks to that, I discovered on my first day:
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A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
The fact that this absolutely gorgeous book by Lori Emerson landed at my doorstep over here in Switzerland today is entirely due to the Fediverse, where I got to follow her musings while she was writing it a bit. So excited to dive in.
June 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The fact that this absolutely gorgeous book by Lori Emerson landed at my doorstep over here in Switzerland today is entirely due to the Fediverse, where I got to follow her musings while she was writing it a bit. So excited to dive in.
Yesterday, I had the privilege to lead through the general assembly of our bike messenger coop (where I serve as president of the board).
It's international year of the #coop this year and yesterday was a good illustration for me why we need more coops in our economy.
It's international year of the #coop this year and yesterday was a good illustration for me why we need more coops in our economy.
May 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Yesterday, I had the privilege to lead through the general assembly of our bike messenger coop (where I serve as president of the board).
It's international year of the #coop this year and yesterday was a good illustration for me why we need more coops in our economy.
It's international year of the #coop this year and yesterday was a good illustration for me why we need more coops in our economy.
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Anyone with experience using R S7 OO system? At the moment, CRAN has only a few packages using it, so 1) is it too early to start using it, and 2) how well the compatibility with earlier versions work?
May 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Anyone with experience using R S7 OO system? At the moment, CRAN has only a few packages using it, so 1) is it too early to start using it, and 2) how well the compatibility with earlier versions work?
May 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
New article recommendation for the @peercommunityin.bsky.social PCI Network Science:
"Measuring changes in polarisation using Singular Value Decomposition of network graphs." by Sage Anatasi and Giulio Dalla Riva.
Recommendation/ article:
networksci.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
"Measuring changes in polarisation using Singular Value Decomposition of network graphs." by Sage Anatasi and Giulio Dalla Riva.
Recommendation/ article:
networksci.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
A new tool in the toolbox to measure polarisation in networks? A...
networksci.peercommunityin.org
May 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
New article recommendation for the @peercommunityin.bsky.social PCI Network Science:
"Measuring changes in polarisation using Singular Value Decomposition of network graphs." by Sage Anatasi and Giulio Dalla Riva.
Recommendation/ article:
networksci.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
"Measuring changes in polarisation using Singular Value Decomposition of network graphs." by Sage Anatasi and Giulio Dalla Riva.
Recommendation/ article:
networksci.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
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The discussion and engagement was so good on this over the last few weeks that I went ahead and added 2 whole new sections to this blog post (worth checking out if you already read this!):
I reflect on the discussions and fun that we had as well as provide more resources and a call to action.
I reflect on the discussions and fun that we had as well as provide more resources and a call to action.
May 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The discussion and engagement was so good on this over the last few weeks that I went ahead and added 2 whole new sections to this blog post (worth checking out if you already read this!):
I reflect on the discussions and fun that we had as well as provide more resources and a call to action.
I reflect on the discussions and fun that we had as well as provide more resources and a call to action.
Yesterday's highlight: Learned that my blog post/ rant about how f**** up scientific publishing is was picked up by a course on scientific writing 🤭. The PhD student in my project is doing the course and she spotted it as part of the reading list. How cool is that 😊.
marioangst.com/en/blog/post...
marioangst.com/en/blog/post...
What’s wrong fucked up with scientific publishing – Mario Angst
marioangst.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yesterday's highlight: Learned that my blog post/ rant about how f**** up scientific publishing is was picked up by a course on scientific writing 🤭. The PhD student in my project is doing the course and she spotted it as part of the reading list. How cool is that 😊.
marioangst.com/en/blog/post...
marioangst.com/en/blog/post...
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Starting to feel like "don't look at the coefficients, just calculate whatever metric is relevant to your research question" is a highly underappreciated stats hack and also I may have to get myself a marginaleffects T-shirt.
April 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Starting to feel like "don't look at the coefficients, just calculate whatever metric is relevant to your research question" is a highly underappreciated stats hack and also I may have to get myself a marginaleffects T-shirt.
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1965 gab es ja schon einmal ein Sechseläuten mit Steckenpferden, eine Tradition, die man wiederbeleben könnte.
April 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
1965 gab es ja schon einmal ein Sechseläuten mit Steckenpferden, eine Tradition, die man wiederbeleben könnte.
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New article! Young people’s conceptions of political agency in relation to climate change, from Dora Rebelo, Tânia R. Santos, Ana Dias Garcia, Anabela Carvalho, Carla Malafa & Maria Fernandes-Jesus.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
April 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New article! Young people’s conceptions of political agency in relation to climate change, from Dora Rebelo, Tânia R. Santos, Ana Dias Garcia, Anabela Carvalho, Carla Malafa & Maria Fernandes-Jesus.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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„“one of the most cartoonishly evil plans that one could think of”
Reddit-User mit KI-Bots getäuscht- das fragwürdige Experiment der Universität Zürich #dnip https://dnip.ch/2025/04/28/reddit-user-mit-ki-bots-getaeuscht-das-fragwuerdige-experiment-der-universitaet-zuerich/
Reddit-User mit KI-Bots getäuscht- das fragwürdige Experiment der Universität Zürich #dnip https://dnip.ch/2025/04/28/reddit-user-mit-ki-bots-getaeuscht-das-fragwuerdige-experiment-der-universitaet-zuerich/
April 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
„“one of the most cartoonishly evil plans that one could think of”
Reddit-User mit KI-Bots getäuscht- das fragwürdige Experiment der Universität Zürich #dnip https://dnip.ch/2025/04/28/reddit-user-mit-ki-bots-getaeuscht-das-fragwuerdige-experiment-der-universitaet-zuerich/
Reddit-User mit KI-Bots getäuscht- das fragwürdige Experiment der Universität Zürich #dnip https://dnip.ch/2025/04/28/reddit-user-mit-ki-bots-getaeuscht-das-fragwuerdige-experiment-der-universitaet-zuerich/
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If you fear that the LLM you are using might behave more ethically than you (from the pre-registration doc on OSF):
osf.io/atcvn?mode=&...
osf.io/atcvn?mode=&...
April 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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New AI ethics scandal brewing... turns out a team at University of Zurich had dozens of undisclosed AI bot accounts debating with people on /r/ChangeMyView from November 2024 to March 2025 simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/...
META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments
[r/changemyview](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/) is a popular (top 1%) well moderated subreddit with an extremely well developed [set of rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/wiki/rules...
simonwillison.net
April 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New AI ethics scandal brewing... turns out a team at University of Zurich had dozens of undisclosed AI bot accounts debating with people on /r/ChangeMyView from November 2024 to March 2025 simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/...
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Lugano will Kryptohauptstadt Europas werden. Im Mittelpunkt steht das Kryptounternehmen Tether – seine Währung wird gerne für Betrug und Geldwäsche benutzt. Daniel Stern von der @woz.ch über Risiken und Nebenwirkungen und fragwürdige Abhängigkeiten.
hoerkombinat.podigee.io/s1e83-new-ep...
hoerkombinat.podigee.io/s1e83-new-ep...
#83: Kaum zu fassen – Lugano im Krypto-Delirium
Ein Kooperations-Podcast mit WOZ, Tsüri, das Lamm, Surprise und WAV Recherchekollektiv. In jeder Folge bespricht das Audio-Duo Hörkombinat einen aktuellen Artikel mit einem/einer Journalist:in und erg...
hoerkombinat.podigee.io
April 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lugano will Kryptohauptstadt Europas werden. Im Mittelpunkt steht das Kryptounternehmen Tether – seine Währung wird gerne für Betrug und Geldwäsche benutzt. Daniel Stern von der @woz.ch über Risiken und Nebenwirkungen und fragwürdige Abhängigkeiten.
hoerkombinat.podigee.io/s1e83-new-ep...
hoerkombinat.podigee.io/s1e83-new-ep...
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An alle, die an #OpenData in und aus der #Schweiz interessiert sind. Ich habe ein Starterpack erstellt. Alles tolle Leute. Folgt denen! Da ich nicht alle kenne, bitte gern unten reinschreiben, wen man noch ergänzen sollte 🙂
go.bsky.app/GRtmEja
go.bsky.app/GRtmEja
November 10, 2024 at 7:40 PM
An alle, die an #OpenData in und aus der #Schweiz interessiert sind. Ich habe ein Starterpack erstellt. Alles tolle Leute. Folgt denen! Da ich nicht alle kenne, bitte gern unten reinschreiben, wen man noch ergänzen sollte 🙂
go.bsky.app/GRtmEja
go.bsky.app/GRtmEja
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Who really holds power in sustainability governance - those with strong ties or wide networks? This PSJ article draws on Swiss wetlands to show how social capital shapes inclusion.
By @marioangst.bsky.social & Martin Nicola Huber
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
By @marioangst.bsky.social & Martin Nicola Huber
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
April 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Who really holds power in sustainability governance - those with strong ties or wide networks? This PSJ article draws on Swiss wetlands to show how social capital shapes inclusion.
By @marioangst.bsky.social & Martin Nicola Huber
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
By @marioangst.bsky.social & Martin Nicola Huber
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
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This is a fantastic list of papers on properly dealing with control variables (and other related methodological issues) in social science (and #polisky specifically)! I put it all in a public Zotero group library here www.zotero.org/groups/59433...
April 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is a fantastic list of papers on properly dealing with control variables (and other related methodological issues) in social science (and #polisky specifically)! I put it all in a public Zotero group library here www.zotero.org/groups/59433...
Nice read in the latest GAIA.
Kaiser, M. (2025). Knowledge and action ‐ should scientists be responsible for both? Response to K. Kastenhofer in GAIA 33/4 (2024): From a normal and a post-normal science ethos towards a survival science ethos? Gaia, 34(1), 7–9. doi.org/10.14512/gai...
Kaiser, M. (2025). Knowledge and action ‐ should scientists be responsible for both? Response to K. Kastenhofer in GAIA 33/4 (2024): From a normal and a post-normal science ethos towards a survival science ethos? Gaia, 34(1), 7–9. doi.org/10.14512/gai...
Knowledge and action ‐ should scientists be responsible for...: Ingenta Connect
doi.org
April 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Nice read in the latest GAIA.
Kaiser, M. (2025). Knowledge and action ‐ should scientists be responsible for both? Response to K. Kastenhofer in GAIA 33/4 (2024): From a normal and a post-normal science ethos towards a survival science ethos? Gaia, 34(1), 7–9. doi.org/10.14512/gai...
Kaiser, M. (2025). Knowledge and action ‐ should scientists be responsible for both? Response to K. Kastenhofer in GAIA 33/4 (2024): From a normal and a post-normal science ethos towards a survival science ethos? Gaia, 34(1), 7–9. doi.org/10.14512/gai...
📜 We've got a new article out 📜
*Angst M, Müller NN, Walker V. Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data. Network Science. 2025;13:e4. doi:10.1017/nws.2025.4* (open access)
doi.org/10.1017/nws....
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*Angst M, Müller NN, Walker V. Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data. Network Science. 2025;13:e4. doi:10.1017/nws.2025.4* (open access)
doi.org/10.1017/nws....
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Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data | Network Science | Cambridge Core
Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data - Volume 13
doi.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📜 We've got a new article out 📜
*Angst M, Müller NN, Walker V. Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data. Network Science. 2025;13:e4. doi:10.1017/nws.2025.4* (open access)
doi.org/10.1017/nws....
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*Angst M, Müller NN, Walker V. Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data. Network Science. 2025;13:e4. doi:10.1017/nws.2025.4* (open access)
doi.org/10.1017/nws....
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🇪🇺 Want to analyze text from the EU public consultations?
📦: I just published a first version of a Python package {eu-consultations} to scrape and extract text of public consultations: github.com/marioangst/e...
📦: I just published a first version of a Python package {eu-consultations} to scrape and extract text of public consultations: github.com/marioangst/e...
GitHub - marioangst/eu_consultations: eu-consultations: A Python package for scraping textual data from EU public consultations
eu-consultations: A Python package for scraping textual data from EU public consultations - marioangst/eu_consultations
github.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🇪🇺 Want to analyze text from the EU public consultations?
📦: I just published a first version of a Python package {eu-consultations} to scrape and extract text of public consultations: github.com/marioangst/e...
📦: I just published a first version of a Python package {eu-consultations} to scrape and extract text of public consultations: github.com/marioangst/e...
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Here is the pre-print. I got it down from one gazillion words into a mere 20000 (plus references)
Policymaking integration, policy coherence, and whole-of-government approaches: a qualitative systematic review of advice for policymakers
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-7...
Policymaking integration, policy coherence, and whole-of-government approaches: a qualitative systematic review of advice for policymakers
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-7...
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Here is the pre-print. I got it down from one gazillion words into a mere 20000 (plus references)
Policymaking integration, policy coherence, and whole-of-government approaches: a qualitative systematic review of advice for policymakers
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-7...
Policymaking integration, policy coherence, and whole-of-government approaches: a qualitative systematic review of advice for policymakers
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-7...