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MZES Social Science Data Lab
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MZES Social Science Data Lab. An event series for data and methods in the social sciences. Check out our tutorials on our blog Methods Bites: https://socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
🚨 Content alert 🚨

New recording and workshop materials published!

➡️ Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges
👤 @indiiigo.bsky.social (University of Mannheim)

📺 youtu.be/p5wPJHK-74M
🗒️ github.com/SocialScienc...
Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges
YouTube video by MZES Methods Bites
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design' by
@eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design"

👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)

🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design"

👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)

🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges' by
@indiiigo.bsky.social
(University of Mannheim)

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges"

👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)

🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges"

👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)

🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨 Content alert 🚨

New workshop materials published!

➡️ Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany

👤 Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolter, Michael Bergmann, Arne Bethmann

🗒️ github.com/SocialScienc...
GitHub - SocialScienceDataLab/roundtable-developments-LargeScale: Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany by Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolt...
Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany by Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolter, Michael Bergmann, Arne Bethmann - GitHub - SocialScienceDa...
github.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany' by Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolter, Michael Bergmann, Arne Bethmann

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany"

👤 Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolter, Michael Bergmann, Arne Bethmann

🗓️ Wed, September 24, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨 Upcoming: "Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany"

👤 Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolter, Michael Bergmann, Arne Bethmann

🗓️ Wed, September 24, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Assessing the Reproducibility of Observational Social Research' by
@lschaechtele.bsky.social (LMU Munich)

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Assessing the Reproducibility of Observational Social Research"

👤
@lschaechtele.bsky.social (LMU Munich)

🗓️ Wed, September 10, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
September 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Assessing the Reproducibility of Observational Social Research"

👤
@lschaechtele.bsky.social (LMU Munich)

🗓️ Wed, September 10, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
September 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Fall 2025 Events

Six input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)!

🗓️ Details & Zoom:
socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

👥 Organizers:
@rubac.bsky.social,
@denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
September 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 Content alert 🚨

New recording and workshop materials published!

➡️ Forecasting the German Federal Election 2025 - Different Modelling Approaches
👤 @hannahrajski.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim) & @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social (Witten/Herdecke Uni)

📺 youtu.be/iQXUQ3NsKsk
🗒️ github.com/SocialScienc...
Forecasting the German Federal Election 2025 - Different Modelling Approaches
YouTube video by MZES Methods Bites
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
🚨 Content alert 🚨

New recording and workshop materials published!

➡️ Analyzing Survey Data with Weights – A Practical Introduction
👤 Stefan Zins (Institute for Employment Research)

📺 youtu.be/uAHYkvoWY-Q
🗒️ github.com/SocialScienc...
Analyzing Survey Data with Weights – A Practical Introduction
YouTube video by MZES Methods Bites
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
CANCELLED: Unfortunately, @indiiigo.bsky.social SSDL talk tomorrow has been cancelled for this semester. The talk will take place next semester instead. We will share the new date and details as soon as they are confirmed.

🔗 Stay updated: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events
May 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Shuffled and Permutated Personas: How Reliable are LLMs at Emulating Personas?"

👤 @indiiigo.bsky.social Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)

🗓️ Wed, May 28, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
May 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Forecasting the German Federal Election 2025 - Different Modelling Approaches' by @hannahrajski.bsky.social (University of Mannheim) & @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social (Witten/Herdecke University).

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Forecasting the German Federal Election 2025 - Different Modelling Approaches"

👤 @hannahrajski.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim) & @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social (Witten/Herdecke Uni)

🗓️ Wed, May 21, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Forecasting the German Federal Election 2025 - Different Modelling Approaches"

👤 @hannahrajski.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim) & @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social (Witten/Herdecke Uni)

🗓️ Wed, May 21, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🚨 Content alert 🚨

New recording and workshop materials published!

➡️ Surveying Diversity: Integrating Queer Perspectives in Survey Research
👤 @lisadevries.bsky.social (German Institute for Adult Education)
📺 youtu.be/zfKwaJtuA9c
🗒️ github.com/SocialScienc...
Surveying Diversity: Integrating Queer Perspectives in Survey Research
YouTube video by MZES Methods Bites
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Analyzing Survey Data with Weights – A Practical Introduction' by Stefan Zins
(Institute for Employment Research, IAB).

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Analyzing Survey Data with Weights – A Practical Introduction"

👤 Stefan Zins (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)

🗓️ Wed, April 30, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
April 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Analyzing Survey Data with Weights – A Practical Introduction"

👤 Stefan Zins (Institute for Employment Research, IAB)

🗓️ Wed, April 30, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
April 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Surveying Diversity: Integrating Queer Perspectives in Survey Research"

👤 @lisadevries.bsky.social (German Institute for Adult Ed.)

🗓️ Wed, April 9, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events
April 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Digital Data, Contextual Complexities, and Lessons for Social Scientists"

👤 @nschwitter.bsky.social (University of Mannheim)

🗓️ Wed, March 5, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
February 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Spring 2025 Events

Five input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)!

🗓️ Details & Zoom: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👥 Organizers: @rubac.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
Methods Bites
Blog of the MZES Social Science Data Lab
socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
February 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🆕 Content alert on Methods Bites & Workshop Video Recording

▶️ "Computationally Analyzing Politicians’ Body Language Using Pose Estimation"

👤 Oliver Rittmann (MZES, University of Mannheim)

🔗 Blogpost: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/article/comp...
🔗 Video Recording: youtu.be/w6orbDvQSN4
January 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Using YouTube Data for Social Science Research: Studying American Local Politics with Government Meeting Videos' by Tyler Simko @simko.bsky.social (Princeton University).

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Using YouTube Data for Social Science Research"

👤 @simko.bsky.social (Princeton University)

🗓️ Wed, Dec 4, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
December 4, 2024 at 7:35 AM