Professor of Computational Social Science @University of Mannheim & Scientific Director Department Computational Social Science @GESIS
https://sebastianstier.com
Reposted by David Lazer, Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier
Reposted by Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier
🗓️ 04-05 May 2026
🏢 Hybrid: Cologne | Online
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Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Sebastian Stier
📅24/03–09/06/2025
👥512 interviews
🗳️Political background & nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy & representation, sociodemographic background
🌍Includes CCS Module IV (@ccs-project.bsky.social)
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
We discuss the production-consumption gap on social media and its implications for research and public opinion.
Brilliantly led by @lfoswaldo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
✨Here's our Special Issue editorial in Communication Methods and Measures:
"Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science"
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1931... (with @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis)
Reposted by Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier
Im Rahmen der Vortrags- und Diskussionsreihe "Show & Tell – Social-Media-Daten in der Forschungspraxis" der #NFDI findet eine Serie von drei Sessions zum Thema „#Datenzugang für die Forschung im #DigitalServicesAct – neue Chancen, neue Herausforderungen“ statt.
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Special Issue Explores the Quality of Digital Behavioral Data, by Weiß, B., Leitgöb, H., & Wagner, C
Most DBD are not generated for research purposes but are a side product of our daily activities. A new special issue addresses key questions:
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The position is open until filled, so do not hesitate to reach our directly if you are interested!
Reposted by David Lazer, Sebastian Stier, Samuel Coavoux
We offer researchers the opportunity to conduct their studies for free!
We grant:
Access to ~ 7,000 participants
Free participation in surveys & web tracking
Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Details: www.gesis.org/en/gesis-pan...
We look forward to your proposals!
Reposted by Jana Lasser, Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier
#GESISMethodsHub: An open portal for computational social science research—find tools, tutorials, and code, directly usable in your browser. Methods Hub makes it easy to learn, apply, and reproduce computational methods in the Social Sciences.
methodshub.gesis.org/
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
Reposted by Katrin Weller, Sebastian Stier
Societal Challenges and the important infrastructures for the Social Sciences on the way to get answers. Sebastian Stier shows how to unlock digital behavioral data.
as25.sociology.uni-m...
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Sebastian Stier
In a new article, @adrauc.bsky.social, @kunkakom.bsky.social, and I examine when and why people support stronger AI regulation in political competition.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reposted by Ingmar Weber, Katrin Weller
Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us.
👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
Reposted by Damian Trilling, Sebastian Stier, Florian Keusch
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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www.gesis.org/en/gesis-pan...
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toolreview.shinyapps.io/adapted_app/
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Full call text and link to apply: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
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[SHK GESIS Web Tracking (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-33)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
Reposted by Andrew K Przybylski, Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier
🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/news/joha...
@johannesbreuer.com @unidue.bsky.social
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Accepted proposals will be fielded in 2026
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doi.org/10.1177/1077...
Reposted by Sebastian Stier, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
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📌 In @europeansocreview.bsky.social, we show that soldier funerals as nationalist spectacles increase the likelihood of spontaneous retributive violence against minority members.
📖 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
🎓 Join GESIS Cologne as a #Postdoc in Platform Data & Computational Social Science!
💻 Work internationally, shape DSA data access, and develop your research.
Apply now:
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