Sebastian E. Wenz
@sewenz.bsky.social
Social Scientist. Senior researcher at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne.
www.sewenz.com
www.sewenz.com
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🎅8️⃣ Does the news reflect what we die from? By @hannahritchie.bsky.social @antea04.bsky.social and Edouard Mathieu ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
Does the news reflect what we die from?
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?
ourworldindata.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎅8️⃣ Does the news reflect what we die from? By @hannahritchie.bsky.social @antea04.bsky.social and Edouard Mathieu ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
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Post-publication peer review is at it best when it's thoughtful, scrupulous, steeped in detail – and challenges key claims of the paper. @janhove.bsky.social's discussion of a recent paper on multilingualism exemplifies this.
A recent study purports to have found that multilingualism protects against accelerated ageing. I've taken a closer look at it, and it doesn't look good.
New blog post: "Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Some critical comments"
janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...
New blog post: "Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Some critical comments"
janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Post-publication peer review is at it best when it's thoughtful, scrupulous, steeped in detail – and challenges key claims of the paper. @janhove.bsky.social's discussion of a recent paper on multilingualism exemplifies this.
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Our latest episode explores how social data science is evolving in a digital age - driven by rapid advances in #AI & large language models. Our guest is Prof Frauke Kreuter, a global leader in social data science and Chair of Statistics & Data Science at LMU Munich.
🎧 www.therandomsample.com.au
🎧 www.therandomsample.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Our latest episode explores how social data science is evolving in a digital age - driven by rapid advances in #AI & large language models. Our guest is Prof Frauke Kreuter, a global leader in social data science and Chair of Statistics & Data Science at LMU Munich.
🎧 www.therandomsample.com.au
🎧 www.therandomsample.com.au
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"Low-rank Covariate Balancing Estimators under Interference"
Always neat to see CBPS in the wild
arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.13944
#statssky #causalsky
Always neat to see CBPS in the wild
arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.13944
#statssky #causalsky
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Low-rank Covariate Balancing Estimators under Interference"
Always neat to see CBPS in the wild
arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.13944
#statssky #causalsky
Always neat to see CBPS in the wild
arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.13944
#statssky #causalsky
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Leibniz Gemeinschaft is hiring:
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Leibniz Gemeinschaft is hiring:
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience
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Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
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Curious what 2026 holds? Check out www.gesis.org/en/gles/over... for an overview of upcoming @gles.bsky.social surveys.
GLES - German Longitudinal Election Study | Overview
The GLES provides long-term insights to electoral behavior and political attitudes in Germany. Learn more about study design, data access, and research.
www.gesis.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Curious what 2026 holds? Check out www.gesis.org/en/gles/over... for an overview of upcoming @gles.bsky.social surveys.
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This is a fantastic dataset for studying the evolution of political attitudes and party preferences in Germany.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is a fantastic dataset for studying the evolution of political attitudes and party preferences in Germany.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
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I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...
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New publication in @actasociologica.bsky.social!
@filippogch.bsky.social and I use a novel decomposition method (@ang-yu.bsky.social and Elwert) to study if and how *childcare arrangements* under age 3 shape disparities in children’s cognitive skills
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/5
@filippogch.bsky.social and I use a novel decomposition method (@ang-yu.bsky.social and Elwert) to study if and how *childcare arrangements* under age 3 shape disparities in children’s cognitive skills
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/5
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journals.sagepub.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New publication in @actasociologica.bsky.social!
@filippogch.bsky.social and I use a novel decomposition method (@ang-yu.bsky.social and Elwert) to study if and how *childcare arrangements* under age 3 shape disparities in children’s cognitive skills
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/5
@filippogch.bsky.social and I use a novel decomposition method (@ang-yu.bsky.social and Elwert) to study if and how *childcare arrangements* under age 3 shape disparities in children’s cognitive skills
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/5
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⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️
✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨
When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?
🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅
Check it out here: 🧵
✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨
When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?
🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅
Check it out here: 🧵
The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️
✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨
When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?
🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅
Check it out here: 🧵
✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨
When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?
🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅
Check it out here: 🧵
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not to mention a bunch of other stuff: janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...
Jan Vanhove :: Blog - Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Some critical comments
janhove.github.io
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
not to mention a bunch of other stuff: janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...
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Who's the Causal GOAT in 2025?
Help us find out who's the most influential name in the causal community, what's been the best causal book of 2025, and...
...more!
Our The Best of Causality and Causal AI 2025 survey just dropped!
1/
#CausalSky #EconSky #StatSky #EpiSky #MLSky
Help us find out who's the most influential name in the causal community, what's been the best causal book of 2025, and...
...more!
Our The Best of Causality and Causal AI 2025 survey just dropped!
1/
#CausalSky #EconSky #StatSky #EpiSky #MLSky
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Who's the Causal GOAT in 2025?
Help us find out who's the most influential name in the causal community, what's been the best causal book of 2025, and...
...more!
Our The Best of Causality and Causal AI 2025 survey just dropped!
1/
#CausalSky #EconSky #StatSky #EpiSky #MLSky
Help us find out who's the most influential name in the causal community, what's been the best causal book of 2025, and...
...more!
Our The Best of Causality and Causal AI 2025 survey just dropped!
1/
#CausalSky #EconSky #StatSky #EpiSky #MLSky
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I haven't seen a starter pack with people doing research on migration related topics, so here it is!
Likely to be missing a bunch of folks. Feel free to create another list and add more scholars!
#sociology #polsky #socsky
go.bsky.app/2uhhmeA
Likely to be missing a bunch of folks. Feel free to create another list and add more scholars!
#sociology #polsky #socsky
go.bsky.app/2uhhmeA
August 27, 2024 at 7:03 PM
I haven't seen a starter pack with people doing research on migration related topics, so here it is!
Likely to be missing a bunch of folks. Feel free to create another list and add more scholars!
#sociology #polsky #socsky
go.bsky.app/2uhhmeA
Likely to be missing a bunch of folks. Feel free to create another list and add more scholars!
#sociology #polsky #socsky
go.bsky.app/2uhhmeA
It's funny 'cause it's true.
psychologists be like "need for tree climbing scale - short version, 37 items"
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's funny 'cause it's true.
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New paper in the American Journal of Sociology (with Michael Grätz), and a very good way to close an important chapter!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Does Expanding Free Secondary Education Moderate the Relationship Between Genes and Socioeconomic Outcomes? Evidence from the Education Act of 1944 in England | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, N...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
New paper in the American Journal of Sociology (with Michael Grätz), and a very good way to close an important chapter!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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We ask the students to submit a digital appendix with the papers they cite as a PDF, highlighting the parts they cite. So we see they read the sources (at least in parts)
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM
We ask the students to submit a digital appendix with the papers they cite as a PDF, highlighting the parts they cite. So we see they read the sources (at least in parts)
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview
OSF
osf.io
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview
On a related note:
Jabkowski, P., Kohler, U., & Kołczyńska, M. (2025). Against All Odds: On the Robustness of Probability Samples Against Decreases in Response Rates. Survey Research Methods, 19(1), Article 1. doi.org/10.18148/srm...
Jabkowski, P., Kohler, U., & Kołczyńska, M. (2025). Against All Odds: On the Robustness of Probability Samples Against Decreases in Response Rates. Survey Research Methods, 19(1), Article 1. doi.org/10.18148/srm...
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
On a related note:
Jabkowski, P., Kohler, U., & Kołczyńska, M. (2025). Against All Odds: On the Robustness of Probability Samples Against Decreases in Response Rates. Survey Research Methods, 19(1), Article 1. doi.org/10.18148/srm...
Jabkowski, P., Kohler, U., & Kołczyńska, M. (2025). Against All Odds: On the Robustness of Probability Samples Against Decreases in Response Rates. Survey Research Methods, 19(1), Article 1. doi.org/10.18148/srm...
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The Department of Psychology @uzh-ch.bsky.social has an open position for a tenured Lecturer (Research) «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship»
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#psychjobs
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#psychjobs
UZH: Lecturer Research «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship»
The Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich invites applications for a tenured Lecturer Research position for «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship». We are seeking an enthusias...
jobs.uzh.ch
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Department of Psychology @uzh-ch.bsky.social has an open position for a tenured Lecturer (Research) «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship»
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#psychjobs
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#psychjobs
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And since last week the corresponding dataset paper is also published
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
🥳Excited to share our first social media data doi.org/10.4232/1.14... of Telegram COVID-19 protest mobilization 2020–2022 in Germany, covering 5.6M messages from 900+ public channels & groups, conducted by @hdschulze.bsky.social @buehling.bsky.social @maxzehring.bsky.social
DP-R|EX Data publication
Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020–2022 (TGCPD) How did the movement against COVID-19 containment measures take shape? The newly released Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset (TGCPD) provides a uniqu...
dprex.hypotheses.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And since last week the corresponding dataset paper is also published
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
New Paper in @computationalcommunication.org
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New Paper in @computationalcommunication.org
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
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For my causal inference intro course I'm looking for a paper with a simple survey experimental approach: treatment vs. control. Nothing else.
But on a timely topic. Any suggestions, ideas?
I find it hard to find "simple survey" experiments these days.
But on a timely topic. Any suggestions, ideas?
I find it hard to find "simple survey" experiments these days.
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For my causal inference intro course I'm looking for a paper with a simple survey experimental approach: treatment vs. control. Nothing else.
But on a timely topic. Any suggestions, ideas?
I find it hard to find "simple survey" experiments these days.
But on a timely topic. Any suggestions, ideas?
I find it hard to find "simple survey" experiments these days.
Reposted by Sebastian E. Wenz
Neues Policy Paper veröffentlicht!
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
t1p.de
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Neues Policy Paper veröffentlicht!
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de