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Sebastian E. Wenz
@sewenz.bsky.social
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Social Scientist. Senior researcher at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne.

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johnholbein1.bsky.social
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?

These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.

So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
idiv-research.bsky.social
Registration is now open! 📢
Join us for the Science:TBD Symposium — a space for exchange and discussion around emerging questions that resonate beyond disciplinary boundaries.
📍 3 & 4 March 2026, Leipzig
📝 Register now: www.idiv.de/science-tbd

#Science #Biodiversity #Symposium #ResearchCommunity
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
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
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
hannesrusch.bsky.social
📢 Call for Hidden Papers & Data on Ingroup Favoritism in Dictator Games

We look for unpublished and hard-to-access experimental studies for our meta-analysis!

Inclusion criteria: no deception, adults, manipulation of group membership of dictator game recipients.

All tips and data very welcome!
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
michelenuijten.bsky.social
I wrote a blog for the Meta-Research Center expressing my infinite frustration about not getting data. What else is new, you might think? Well, I added an extra layer of annoyance directed at the journals who do NOTHING to enforce promised data sharing.

metaresearch.nl/blog/2026/2/...
Promised Data Unavailable? – I’m Sorry, Ma’am, There’s Nothing We Can Do — Meta-Research Center
This blogpost has been written by Michèle Nuijten. Michèle is an assistant professor of our research group who investigates reproducibility and replicability in psychology. Also, she is the developer ...
metaresearch.nl
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
brueggemann-o.bsky.social
More details (in German only) about the event that also celebrated the Award for Student Engagement and the Promotion of Democracy:
www.uni-konstanz.de/universitaet...
Demokratiepreis und Wissenschaftspreis verliehen
www.uni-konstanz.de
February 3, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
fhollenbach.org
🧵 New version of our paper (@bcegerod.bsky.social) is finally online: "How Many is Enough? Sample Size in Staggered Difference-in-Differences Designs"
We show that even well-identified DiD studies are often underpowered; sample sizes needed are surprisingly large
Paper: osf.io/preprints/os... 1/6
February 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
thomasp85.com
Until we as a species can settle on which modifier key we should use to switch between "newline" and "submit" when hitting ↩ I see no future for us
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
conjugateprior.org
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.
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
kjhealy.co
The fact that CRAN now automatically generates DOIs is really great. Trivial to slurp up via Zotero and then cite package authors like they should be.
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
flociologist.bsky.social
I've always appreciated what FreDA offers on women's and men's attitudes toward family processes! @freda-panel.bsky.social #sociology #demography
January 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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isa-rc28.bsky.social
Call for Abstracts: multidisciplinary conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees’ multidimensional integration” (Bamberg)
Extended abstracts Submission deadline: 30 April 2026
Submission email: unetra@lifbi.de
Further information: www.lifbi.de/de-de/Start/...
Multidisciplinary Conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees‘ multidimensional integration”LIfBi > Start > Aktuelles & Medien > Veranstaltungen > _info_
Diese Webseite ist die Online-Präsentation des – Leibniz Institut für Bildungsverläufe
www.lifbi.de
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
isa-rc28.bsky.social
ECSR Thematic Conference "Life Course and Social Stratification", University of Trento (Italy), 23-24 April 2026
Submit your abstract to: csis@unitn.it
Deadline for abstract submissions: 22 February 2026
For full details, please visit the conference website: sites.google.com/unitn.it/ecs...
Life Course & Social Stratification
Call for Abstracts for the ECSR Thematic Conference Life Course and Social Stratification 23-24 April 2026, University of Trento, Italy The Life Course approach has gained powerful traction across th...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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gesis.org
#GESISPanel #DBD #Digitalization
Dealing with #AI - Topics from the first wave of data from GESIS Panel.dbd

In the survey, more than 2.000 people were asked: “What would reassure you about the increasing spread of AI technologies?”
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
gesis.org
#DatensatzdesMonats #datasetofmonth #Wissenschaftsbarometer2025 #ScienceBarometer2025

Das Wissenschaftsbarometer untersucht fortlaufend das Interesse, das Informationsverhalten und das Vertrauen der Öffentlichkeit in Wissenschaft und Forschung.

search.gesis.org/res...
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
sewenz.bsky.social
Wow. 🤯

"When two years of academic work vanished with a single click"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#science #research #LLM #ChatGPT #AI #academicchatter #academia #openscience #replicability #nature
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
dgarcia.eu
We are looking for a doctoral researcher to work with us on a supercool project in collaboration with linguists. The deadline is Feb 15th, contact me if you have any questions!

stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
Doctoral Position in Social Data Science
Deadline: 15.02.2026
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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pselb.bsky.social
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
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ckronenberg.bsky.social
For absolutely no reason, let me remind people of this banger of a paper by @caroartc.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social
My colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take:

osf.io/9sxnc/files/...

We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
georgiatomova.bsky.social
Users of survey data, lovers of DAGs, and general methodological enthusiasts, gather round!

I'm so excited to share this new paper, joint work with my brilliant colleagues @rjsilverwood.bsky.social, @pwgtennant.bsky.social, and Liam Wright.

🧵
How can the use of different modes of survey data collection introduce bias? An introduction to mode effects using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs)
Abstract. Survey data are self-reported data collected directly from respondents by a questionnaire or an interview and are commonly used in epidemiology.
academic.oup.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
New preprint 🥳
The city of Leipzig conducts large-scale surveys of adolescents. In 2023, the gender gap in life satisfaction has significantly widened, with girls declining more steeply than boys. What's up with that?>
(work with @rmcelreath.bsky.social and @gregork.bsky.social)
Mean life satisfaction in the survey years 2010, 2015 and 2023, separately for female and male gender. In general, girls have lower scores but in 2023, they are drifting even further down The city of Leipzig in Germany conducts large-scale school surveys of adolescents in secondary education schools. Following the regular surveys in 2010 and 2015, the 2020 survey had to be rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this latest survey wave, the gender gap in general life satisfaction has significantly grown. While in 2010 and 2015 girls were somewhat less satisfied than boys (0.26 to 0.33 SD), in 2023 this gender gap had doubled (with girls 0.57 SD less satisfied). Why? Here, we probe various explanations, aiming to provide a template for researchers who are asking reverse causal questions (“What caused this?”). First, we find that the widening of the gender gap is much more pronounced among students with a migration background. This could plausibly be explained by a shift in the composition of the underlying population, with a strong increase of Syrian students, and a relative decrease of Vietnamese ones. Second, among students without a migration background, part of the increasing gender gap could potentially be attributed to survey mode: In 2023, for the first time, the survey was conducted on tablets—and unexpectedly, girls (but not boys) reported significantly lower satisfaction when surveyed on tablet rather than on paper. Third, beyond these two patterns, we still find significantly widening gender gaps in satisfaction with leisure time activities and relationships to friends. Thus, there may be a substantive increase in the gender gap in satisfaction in those two domains that is not readily attributable to changes in population and survey mode.
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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johnholbein1.bsky.social
If someone paid you $4.75 every night you slept 7+ hours, would you sleep more?

And--more importantly--would that increase in sleep change your behavior in other meaningful ways?

This new paper ran an experiment to find out.
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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zew.de
🚨 We’re hiring! Join the #DigitalEconomy team at #ZEW 🚀
The team led by @bertschek.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc (6-year position, option for a permanent contract). Develop an independent research agenda in an academically vibrant environment.

➡️ jobs.zew.de/jobposting/3...
Grafik mit der Überschrift ‚ZEW Career: 6-Year Postdoc with Option for a Permanent Contract (f/m/d, 100%)‘. Links hält eine Person eine Box mit der Aufschrift ‚WIR ZEW‘, rechts ist ein Symbol einer Lupe mit einer Person darin zu sehen.
January 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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nfdi.de
📣 Join us on Wed, 25 Mar 2026, 10 –16 h at #GESIS Mannheim.

We will explore:
✓ Research integrity & responsible #AI use
✓ Quality standards in AI-assisted publishing
✓ Future opportunities for the scholarly publishing system

📝 Register now: indico3-jsc.fz-juelich.de/event/262/
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 AM