Max Pickartz 📊
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Max Pickartz 📊
@maxpi.bsky.social
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Visiting Max Weber's grave after the measuring culture workshop in Heidelberg
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ChatGPT down... I smell natural experiment!
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ChatGPT down... I smell natural experiment!
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Eine groß angelegte Dunkelfeldstudie untersucht den Anstieg der Jugenddelinquenz in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Ergebnisse wurden heute von @clemenskroneberg.bsky.social im Innenausschuss des NRW-Landtags vorgestellt. Zum ECONtribute Policy Brief 👉: www.econtribute.de/RePEc/ajk/aj...
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Eine groß angelegte Dunkelfeldstudie untersucht den Anstieg der Jugenddelinquenz in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Ergebnisse wurden heute von @clemenskroneberg.bsky.social im Innenausschuss des NRW-Landtags vorgestellt. Zum ECONtribute Policy Brief 👉: www.econtribute.de/RePEc/ajk/aj...
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Join us on Thursday, 23 October, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Andrei Boutyline 🔹 Meaning in hyperspace: Word embeddings as tools for cultural measurement 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...
International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Meaning in hyperspace: Word embeddings as tools for cultural measurement
Welcome to Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Andrei Boutyline, University of Michigan, USA. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please con...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Join us on Thursday, 23 October, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Andrei Boutyline 🔹 Meaning in hyperspace: Word embeddings as tools for cultural measurement 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...
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What is analytical sociology? After having struggled for two weeks in writing a potential answer up, I have to confess: I don't really know.
www.hendrik-erz.de/post/what-is...
What is analytical sociology? After having struggled for two weeks in writing a potential answer up, I have to confess: I don't really know.
www.hendrik-erz.de/post/what-is...
What is Analytical Sociology?
This might be one of the hardest articles I have ever written. But it answers a seemingly simple question: What exactly is analytical sociology? The …
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October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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What is analytical sociology? After having struggled for two weeks in writing a potential answer up, I have to confess: I don't really know.
www.hendrik-erz.de/post/what-is...
What is analytical sociology? After having struggled for two weeks in writing a potential answer up, I have to confess: I don't really know.
www.hendrik-erz.de/post/what-is...
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My job would be so much easier if correlation was causation😔
October 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My job would be so much easier if correlation was causation😔
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The @crestumr.bsky.social AI & Social Sciences seminar resumes.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
September 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The @crestumr.bsky.social AI & Social Sciences seminar resumes.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
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🚔Did George Floyd’s murder change Americans' racial attitudes?
➡️ @amengel.bsky.social & C. D. Kam find attitudes shifted, but unevenly: largest and most lasting for Black Americans and White Democrats, weaker or countervailing for others www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ @amengel.bsky.social & C. D. Kam find attitudes shifted, but unevenly: largest and most lasting for Black Americans and White Democrats, weaker or countervailing for others www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
August 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🚔Did George Floyd’s murder change Americans' racial attitudes?
➡️ @amengel.bsky.social & C. D. Kam find attitudes shifted, but unevenly: largest and most lasting for Black Americans and White Democrats, weaker or countervailing for others www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ @amengel.bsky.social & C. D. Kam find attitudes shifted, but unevenly: largest and most lasting for Black Americans and White Democrats, weaker or countervailing for others www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
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Are digital traces giving us a biased view of polarization? 🤔
New paper by Yijing Chen, @elisaomodei.bsky.social & co-authors shows that APIs capturing only visible engagement (💬 YouTube comments) may suggest stronger segregation than less visible forms (▶️ views).
🔗 bit.ly/3JAp2Fz
New paper by Yijing Chen, @elisaomodei.bsky.social & co-authors shows that APIs capturing only visible engagement (💬 YouTube comments) may suggest stronger segregation than less visible forms (▶️ views).
🔗 bit.ly/3JAp2Fz
August 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Are digital traces giving us a biased view of polarization? 🤔
New paper by Yijing Chen, @elisaomodei.bsky.social & co-authors shows that APIs capturing only visible engagement (💬 YouTube comments) may suggest stronger segregation than less visible forms (▶️ views).
🔗 bit.ly/3JAp2Fz
New paper by Yijing Chen, @elisaomodei.bsky.social & co-authors shows that APIs capturing only visible engagement (💬 YouTube comments) may suggest stronger segregation than less visible forms (▶️ views).
🔗 bit.ly/3JAp2Fz
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This graph is amazing, a better future is completely within pur grasp if we simply care a little.
August 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This graph is amazing, a better future is completely within pur grasp if we simply care a little.
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You can make your treatment variable "as-if random" by sorting the variable randomly in your dataset. Follow for more econometric tips.
Does renaming my independent variable as "def_exogeneous_var" make my regressions causal?
August 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
You can make your treatment variable "as-if random" by sorting the variable randomly in your dataset. Follow for more econometric tips.
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✨ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
✨ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS
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Interested in spatial clustering of crime or other ‘rare’ events? Make your life easier. Whatever @mattashby.com does is always solid work. Worth checking out! 👇👇
Announcing sfhotspot, an #RStats package to make it as easy as possible to identify and map concentrations of crime (or concentrations of any other points in space).
Introduction: lesscrime.info/post/sfhotsp...
Package website: pkgs.lesscrime.info/sfhotspot/
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Introduction: lesscrime.info/post/sfhotsp...
Package website: pkgs.lesscrime.info/sfhotspot/
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August 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Interested in spatial clustering of crime or other ‘rare’ events? Make your life easier. Whatever @mattashby.com does is always solid work. Worth checking out! 👇👇
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📍Gastbeitrag im Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: „Viele Veedel, drei Wahlmuster“🗞️
Ich zeige, wie sich Köln politisch in 3 Wahlmuster aufteilt – mit einer Trennlinie 4,5 Kilometer rund ums Rathaus.
Köln steht dabei stellvertretend für westdeutsche Großstädte.
Mehr gibt's in meinem Buch „Wo wir wie wählen"!
Ich zeige, wie sich Köln politisch in 3 Wahlmuster aufteilt – mit einer Trennlinie 4,5 Kilometer rund ums Rathaus.
Köln steht dabei stellvertretend für westdeutsche Großstädte.
Mehr gibt's in meinem Buch „Wo wir wie wählen"!
August 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📍Gastbeitrag im Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: „Viele Veedel, drei Wahlmuster“🗞️
Ich zeige, wie sich Köln politisch in 3 Wahlmuster aufteilt – mit einer Trennlinie 4,5 Kilometer rund ums Rathaus.
Köln steht dabei stellvertretend für westdeutsche Großstädte.
Mehr gibt's in meinem Buch „Wo wir wie wählen"!
Ich zeige, wie sich Köln politisch in 3 Wahlmuster aufteilt – mit einer Trennlinie 4,5 Kilometer rund ums Rathaus.
Köln steht dabei stellvertretend für westdeutsche Großstädte.
Mehr gibt's in meinem Buch „Wo wir wie wählen"!
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🕊️ How do social ties shape one of the world’s most secretive elections?
New paper by our PhD candidate Leonardo Rizzo et al. reveals hidden influence in the papal conclave through network analysis.
📘 Social Networks
🔗 bit.ly/450YDJn
#NetworkScience
New paper by our PhD candidate Leonardo Rizzo et al. reveals hidden influence in the papal conclave through network analysis.
📘 Social Networks
🔗 bit.ly/450YDJn
#NetworkScience
July 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🕊️ How do social ties shape one of the world’s most secretive elections?
New paper by our PhD candidate Leonardo Rizzo et al. reveals hidden influence in the papal conclave through network analysis.
📘 Social Networks
🔗 bit.ly/450YDJn
#NetworkScience
New paper by our PhD candidate Leonardo Rizzo et al. reveals hidden influence in the papal conclave through network analysis.
📘 Social Networks
🔗 bit.ly/450YDJn
#NetworkScience
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All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
IC2S2'25 Norrköping - YouTube
This playlist contains all keynotes from IC2S2'25 in Norrköping, Sweden.
www.youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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For those who are going to spend another night in Norrköping, please join us there👇
Want to keep the conversations flowing at #ic2s2? A crowd is heading to a focal bar: Arbis Kafé & Salonger (outside), a short walk from the conference venue. maps.app.goo.gl/ekmuCNQeWy4e...
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For those who are going to spend another night in Norrköping, please join us there👇
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Sarah Williams capped our keynote series with a powerful call: make data a force for empowerment and public good. What insight resonated most with you? #ic2s2
July 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sarah Williams capped our keynote series with a powerful call: make data a force for empowerment and public good. What insight resonated most with you? #ic2s2
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Absolutely mind blowing results on the impact of genAI on science by @yianyin.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Absolutely mind blowing results on the impact of genAI on science by @yianyin.bsky.social
If you're interested in the causal effect of the George Floyd killing on sentiment toward the police on YouTube, join my #ic2s2 talk tomorrow in the session Media and Online Discourse I (Vingen 1+2)
July 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you're interested in the causal effect of the George Floyd killing on sentiment toward the police on YouTube, join my #ic2s2 talk tomorrow in the session Media and Online Discourse I (Vingen 1+2)
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If you're interested in where the U.S. parties might be headed, come to my #ic2s2 talk in the session Political Narratives II (Vingen 1+2) at 2:30pm! I'm at position 2.
I'll be sharing how the influence of the two parties has evolved over 130 years, and how it might go in the future!
I'll be sharing how the influence of the two parties has evolved over 130 years, and how it might go in the future!
July 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you're interested in where the U.S. parties might be headed, come to my #ic2s2 talk in the session Political Narratives II (Vingen 1+2) at 2:30pm! I'm at position 2.
I'll be sharing how the influence of the two parties has evolved over 130 years, and how it might go in the future!
I'll be sharing how the influence of the two parties has evolved over 130 years, and how it might go in the future!
