Mark Levels
@levels.bsky.social
Professor of sociology & university dean for lifelong development at Maastricht University. Studies societal impact of automation and how to govern it. Program director ROA. Also army vet. Posts opinions, mostly.
Luisterend naar de Pastorale tijdens de #Top2000 komt in mij de behoefte op eindelijk op te biechten: ik vind Shaffy stiekem een enorm overschatte artiest. Dus.
December 31, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Luisterend naar de Pastorale tijdens de #Top2000 komt in mij de behoefte op eindelijk op te biechten: ik vind Shaffy stiekem een enorm overschatte artiest. Dus.
Listening to people who confuse arming and aiding a country fighting for it’s very existence with warmongering, I think quite a lot about Patrick Henry.
December 20, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Listening to people who confuse arming and aiding a country fighting for it’s very existence with warmongering, I think quite a lot about Patrick Henry.
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Paper using machine learning to analyze tweets.
By Badaan et al (@johnjost.bsky.social lab), w/ shoutout to my former PhD student Mark Hoffarth!
Find many asymmetries: conservatives (vs liberals) nastier online.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Badaan et al (@johnjost.bsky.social lab), w/ shoutout to my former PhD student Mark Hoffarth!
Find many asymmetries: conservatives (vs liberals) nastier online.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 15, 2023 at 8:10 PM
Paper using machine learning to analyze tweets.
By Badaan et al (@johnjost.bsky.social lab), w/ shoutout to my former PhD student Mark Hoffarth!
Find many asymmetries: conservatives (vs liberals) nastier online.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Badaan et al (@johnjost.bsky.social lab), w/ shoutout to my former PhD student Mark Hoffarth!
Find many asymmetries: conservatives (vs liberals) nastier online.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 17, 2023 at 9:39 AM
HUMBLEBRAG: exactly four years ago today I held my inaugural lecture as professor at Maastricht University. Today I received word that the university has appointed me permanently. Could not be more proud!
December 7, 2023 at 3:19 PM
HUMBLEBRAG: exactly four years ago today I held my inaugural lecture as professor at Maastricht University. Today I received word that the university has appointed me permanently. Could not be more proud!
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Hey Stata users, I just published a nicer version of my guide for graphing regression results in Medium’s “Stata Gallery”.
The article includes all the code directly in the article—simply copy & paste! 😁
Hope it is useful for you!
medium.com/@jvk221/maki...
The article includes all the code directly in the article—simply copy & paste! 😁
Hope it is useful for you!
medium.com/@jvk221/maki...
Making Regression Coefficient Plots in Stata
A concise guide for making publication-quality graphs of regression results using Stata. The guide covers the most common aesthetic…
medium.com
December 4, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Hey Stata users, I just published a nicer version of my guide for graphing regression results in Medium’s “Stata Gallery”.
The article includes all the code directly in the article—simply copy & paste! 😁
Hope it is useful for you!
medium.com/@jvk221/maki...
The article includes all the code directly in the article—simply copy & paste! 😁
Hope it is useful for you!
medium.com/@jvk221/maki...
For the past two days the epidemiologists and virologists in my mentions have been frantically chattering about an outbreak of a weird type of pneumonia in China.
Watching this with some concern.
Watching this with some concern.
November 23, 2023 at 9:52 PM
For the past two days the epidemiologists and virologists in my mentions have been frantically chattering about an outbreak of a weird type of pneumonia in China.
Watching this with some concern.
Watching this with some concern.
Mon Dieu, ayez pitié de ce pauvre peuple
November 22, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Mon Dieu, ayez pitié de ce pauvre peuple
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Dat krijg je als mainstream partijen, de VVD voorop, xenofobische standpunten van extreem rechts normaliseren en veel media daarin meegaan. Gecombineerd met het door Yesilgöz geboden perspectief op regeringsmacht.
November 22, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Dat krijg je als mainstream partijen, de VVD voorop, xenofobische standpunten van extreem rechts normaliseren en veel media daarin meegaan. Gecombineerd met het door Yesilgöz geboden perspectief op regeringsmacht.
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Ook goed om in herinnering te roepen dat Wilders bij de VVD als leerling van Bolkestein is begonnen. Dezelfde Bolkestein die in 1994 besloot asielzoekers als electoraal verdienmodel te gaan gebruiken. De rest is geschiedenis.
November 22, 2023 at 8:38 PM
Ook goed om in herinnering te roepen dat Wilders bij de VVD als leerling van Bolkestein is begonnen. Dezelfde Bolkestein die in 1994 besloot asielzoekers als electoraal verdienmodel te gaan gebruiken. De rest is geschiedenis.
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Bij de NOS-duiders weer de misvatting dat er meerderheden zijn 'waar de kiezer niet voor gekozen heeft'. Elke zetel is er één en met 76 zetels heb je een meerderheid.
November 22, 2023 at 9:12 PM
Bij de NOS-duiders weer de misvatting dat er meerderheden zijn 'waar de kiezer niet voor gekozen heeft'. Elke zetel is er één en met 76 zetels heb je een meerderheid.
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Interesting - partially randomising grant awarding increases diversity of awardees
‘Promising’ results from first year of innovative grant awarding trial show greater diversity of awardees and institutions given funding
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promisi...
‘Promising’ results from first year of innovative grant awarding trial show greater diversity of awardees and institutions given funding
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promisi...
‘Promising’ results from first year of innovative grant awarding trial show greater diversity of...
Early results from an innovative new trial in how the British Academy awards its Small Research Grants suggests that introducing partial randomisation into the selection process could lead to a more e...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 16, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Interesting - partially randomising grant awarding increases diversity of awardees
‘Promising’ results from first year of innovative grant awarding trial show greater diversity of awardees and institutions given funding
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promisi...
‘Promising’ results from first year of innovative grant awarding trial show greater diversity of awardees and institutions given funding
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promisi...
In 2016, we kicked off a long term research program on how to govern the way #AI automation impacts work. Our Technequality program brought together a consortium of top social-scientists from top-notch EU universities. We predicted that mass job destruction was plausible and explored options.
November 7, 2023 at 5:54 PM
In 2016, we kicked off a long term research program on how to govern the way #AI automation impacts work. Our Technequality program brought together a consortium of top social-scientists from top-notch EU universities. We predicted that mass job destruction was plausible and explored options.
Polling data like these make many of us quite nervous, this side of the Atlantic.
Voters in six key swing states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — trust Donald Trump more than President Biden to manage the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College polls. nyti.ms/3QMPWuS
November 6, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Polling data like these make many of us quite nervous, this side of the Atlantic.
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We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on political trust and skepticism in my ERC-funded research project CRITICALTRUST.
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Please contact me if you have any questions!
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Please contact me if you have any questions!
October 26, 2023 at 3:21 PM
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on political trust and skepticism in my ERC-funded research project CRITICALTRUST.
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Please contact me if you have any questions!
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Please contact me if you have any questions!
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seems like big news in Markov chains
Quantitative bounds on convergence times are very difficult to get outside the case of reversible chains. This is a new approach.
arxiv.org/abs/2310.10876
Quantitative bounds on convergence times are very difficult to get outside the case of reversible chains. This is a new approach.
arxiv.org/abs/2310.10876
October 22, 2023 at 6:14 PM
seems like big news in Markov chains
Quantitative bounds on convergence times are very difficult to get outside the case of reversible chains. This is a new approach.
arxiv.org/abs/2310.10876
Quantitative bounds on convergence times are very difficult to get outside the case of reversible chains. This is a new approach.
arxiv.org/abs/2310.10876
I have been teaching sociology classes on social order for 15 years and could not make sense of the seemingly erratic disruptive actions of the international populist right, unless I accepted one assumption:
The chaos is the main objective.
The chaos is the main objective.
October 6, 2023 at 6:19 AM
I have been teaching sociology classes on social order for 15 years and could not make sense of the seemingly erratic disruptive actions of the international populist right, unless I accepted one assumption:
The chaos is the main objective.
The chaos is the main objective.
This seems about right
October 3, 2023 at 9:14 PM
This seems about right
WANT
My book, Modeling Social Behavior, comes out in just 5 days in North America and the EU. Zounds! It's very good and you should get it, but you don't have to take my word for it - the 1st chapter is free on the PUP website.
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AMZN: www.amazon.com/dp/069122414...
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AMZN: www.amazon.com/dp/069122414...
September 28, 2023 at 8:13 PM
WANT
Amazed by the current #ai panic. In this interview from 2019 (in which I discuss our research on the impact of ai on work) I warned that underestimating ai’s disruptive potential would be a mistake. It got lukewarm and sceptic responses, if any. Now, the other extreme.
Don’t panic. Just prepare.
Don’t panic. Just prepare.
September 28, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Amazed by the current #ai panic. In this interview from 2019 (in which I discuss our research on the impact of ai on work) I warned that underestimating ai’s disruptive potential would be a mistake. It got lukewarm and sceptic responses, if any. Now, the other extreme.
Don’t panic. Just prepare.
Don’t panic. Just prepare.
Anyone know how I can get more invite codes? I posted on the old site I still have some (I do) but demand is much larger than supply now…
September 24, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Anyone know how I can get more invite codes? I posted on the old site I still have some (I do) but demand is much larger than supply now…
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BlueSky Resources for Scientists
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If you’ve created a science-related feed and want it included, please let me know.
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BlueSky Science-Related Feeds
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September 5, 2023 at 12:23 PM
BlueSky Resources for Scientists
There are now more than 50 science-related feeds in this list, with more being added every day!
If you’ve created a science-related feed and want it included, please let me know.
#AcademicSky 🧪
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There are now more than 50 science-related feeds in this list, with more being added every day!
If you’ve created a science-related feed and want it included, please let me know.
#AcademicSky 🧪
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Please repost so I can cast a wide net…
Thx 😊
I would like to follow academics in the following fields on this platform:
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August 30, 2023 at 5:32 PM
PLEASE HELP
I would like to follow academics in the following fields on this platform:
- sociology
- economics
- econometrics
- political science
- IR
- natsec
- history
- epidemiology
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Who do you recommend?
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Thx 😊
I would like to follow academics in the following fields on this platform:
- sociology
- economics
- econometrics
- political science
- IR
- natsec
- history
- epidemiology
- law
- statistics
Who do you recommend?
Please repost so I can cast a wide net…
Thx 😊
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In contrast to what many people think, the number of asylum seekers in the Netherlands in the past 40 years is not increasing, but follows the ups and down in conflict areas.
August 30, 2023 at 11:56 AM
In contrast to what many people think, the number of asylum seekers in the Netherlands in the past 40 years is not increasing, but follows the ups and down in conflict areas.
On the day of the funeral of the great Sinéad O’Connor, remember how small acts of true human kindness make the world a little better.
August 8, 2023 at 9:14 AM
On the day of the funeral of the great Sinéad O’Connor, remember how small acts of true human kindness make the world a little better.