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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 1d

You mean 'aware' in a good way or bad way? 😉

Funding agencies I have worked with have generally always been massively indifferent and anyone raising it in a committee often just burns their own reputation by doing so.

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 1d

Just curious, who is seriously using google points as a serious metric? I rarely if ever see it but maybe I am just naive.

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 1d

Really Exciting to see Taiwan 🇹🇼 in the @ggp.bsky.social. There is now data from 3 Continents and 20 Countries.

Well done to all involved!!

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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 4d

WORK! At Utrecht University (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) We're recruiting a PhD student in experimental sociology! More info: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

PhD Position in Experimental Sociology

Do you want to apply innovative methods to study fundamental sociological questions?

www.uu.nl

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · 6d

Try it yourself at the ODISSEI Conference 2025!

🧠 LLMs for data annotation
🗝️ SANE for sensitive data
💻 Software showcase with metasyn & SURF Cloud.

Hands-on workshops to explore tools, ask questions & boost your research.

Claim your spot 👉 odissei-data.nl/event/odisse...

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 15d

A very good list of questions. I would add "why does it have to be a physical card?" to the list though.

Seems largely redundant and 99% of what they want to achieve by just having a centralized ID register which aligns NIN etc.

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 15d

My take (from Friday) on the digital ID proposals. I don't think it's relevant to say, "but other countries have ID cards, why can't we?" The critical questions here are implementation-based and it seems like they are up for grabs

www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...

Unpacking Digital ID - can the government deliver on its ambitions? — Careful Industries

A look at what has been proposed, how it might work, and whether it will be effective.

www.careful.industries

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 18d

Making this about immigration plays directly into the opposition’s playbook, undermines the central purpose of such a system, and ultimately means that politically it will be killed.

Make this about service delivery. Tories and Reform are utterly crap at that and the country is desperate for it

Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 18d

This is great news, but advocates should be making absolutely clear that the core purpose this is to improve service delivery and rights provision.

It’s not about fraud and security.

It’s about making society better. That’s it, no mission creep.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer says digital ID cards an ‘enormous opportunity’ for the UK

PM to set out plans for compulsory ‘Brit card’ but faces opposition from civil liberty groups over privacy concerns

www.theguardian.com

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · 20d

🚀 Ready to dive into the future of social science research?

Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences.

🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social

Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · Sep 11

Interested in using @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social microdata for your research?

💻 The ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant funds 6 projects per round and offers step-by-step support.

Join the Q&A on 23 Sept (15:00–16:00 CET) to learn more & ask questions: odissei-data.nl/event/microd...

Microdata Access Grant 2025-2 Q&A - ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations

Together with CBS, ODISSEI hosts an Information Event and Q&A Session to clarify the questions regarding the programme.

odissei-data.nl

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · Sep 9

Academia is filled with missed meetings, deferred deadlines, vague promises half met, and obligations ducked.

Marcel is, for my money, the most effective Director in Social Science. Always delivers, always clear, always diligent.

Happy 25th Anniversary and I hope you are at Centerdata until 2050

ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎉 This week, Marcel Das marks 25 years as the director of Centerdata!

To celebrate, we invited him to the ODISSEI Podcast to discuss the LISS Panel: how it operates, the studies it supports, and why it matters for research.

🎧 Listen here: odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/ope...

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next week I am giving a talk at the ADR UK Conference. If you will be in Cardiff and want to grab a coffee then let me know.

adruk2025.bsky.social @adruk2025.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hot off the press: the #ADRUKConf25 Conference Proceedings are here!

Link to view: ijpds.org/issue/view/43

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · Sep 5

✨ There’s still time to nominate for the ODISSEI Open Science Award 2025! ✨

Celebrate researchers making computational social science more open, reusable & impactful. ⏰ Deadline: 26 Sept.

Nominate here 👉 odissei-data.nl/2025/06/26/c...

ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · Jul 15

🔍 Nominations open: ODISSEI Open Science #Awards 2025! 🏆

Celebrating researchers & teams making social science more transparent, reproducible & reusable.

Know someone making a difference? Or part of a project that should be recognised? 👉 edu.nl/48uy8

#OpenScience #FAIR

Call for Nominations: ODISSEI Open Science Award 2025 - ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations

ODISSEI Open Science Awards 2025

edu.nl

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Open eScience Call 2025 is open for submissions to researchers from all disciplines for in-kind support from eScience Center research software engineers:
www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...

Interested?`Register now for our information event on September 4th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-inf...

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨ 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

Poster for the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) Programme Autumn 2025 at Linköping University. The text explains that the seminars feature international scholars, are open to all, and will be broadcast on Zoom.

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Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen @andbjn.bsky.social · Jul 29

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We find that social ties persist and resurface — former classmates become neighbors, colleagues become family.
Connections across life stages create dense, overlapping social paths.

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · Jul 27

I have a job running on an allocation that is open until midnight and I am praying that it finishes.

I have never felt more like Cinderella.

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