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Indira Sen @indiiigo.bsky.social · 18h

Come join next Wednesday if you want to rant about society's love-hate relationship with LLMs!

MZES Social Science Data Lab @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 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...

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Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges

Hybrid event [A5, 6, Room A231 + Zoom]
Oktober 22, 2025, 13:45-15:15

Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to revolutionize the social sciences—for example, by accelerating content analysis or enabling realistic social simulations. In this workshop, I will discuss how LLMs can be applied and audited for social science applications, including the generation of synthetic survey responses and content analysis. I will also address how biases in LLMs can hinder these applications and explore ways to better surface and understand these biases. Finally, I will present a hands-on use case demonstrating how LLMs can be guided using demographic personas for both content analysis and simulated surveys.

Presenter(s)

Indira Sen is a Junior Faculty member at the University of Mannheim’s Business School in the Chair of Data Science for the Social and Economic Sciences. Her work lies at the intersection of NLP and Computational Social Science, specifically in developing and evaluating representative and equitable language technology, including Large Language Models.

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Sander Wagner @sanderwagner.bsky.social · 3d

New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.

It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨‍💼💰👩‍💼 are by studying many local labour markets.

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 2d

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
📚 Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
🪑@dariusribbe.bsky.social @mtplk.bsky.social
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#GenderSky #Governance #PoliticalMethodology #qualitative #quantitative

Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research

European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), 15–17 June 2026, Newcastle University

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Anica Waldendorf @awaldendorf.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to announce the launch of a new working group at Nuffield College, the Generative² Social Science Lab (co-organised with @pablogerbas.bsky.social). We will have our first meeting tomorrow at 11:00am, come join us! More details here: github.com/gen2socscila...

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The Generative² Social Science Lab is a collaborative research forum based at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. - gen2socscilab/Generative2-Social-Science-Lab

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Tae Kyeong Meixner-Yun @taekyeong.bsky.social · 8d

Video calls are now fundamental to how we interact. But does gender status bias persist when we move from in-person to video calls? Together with Klarita Gërxhani and @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, we examined this using a preregistered experiment and follow-up interviews.

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Mirko Wegemann @mwegemann.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very much looking forward to present new joint work with @awaldendorf.bsky.social on the "Politics of Language" at #APSA2025 tomorrow morning (8am). Please reach out for a coffee during the conference :)

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Aug 1

Send in your papers for Europe’s biggest political science conference before November 7th

The inaugural EPSS conference now has a section for Gender and Sexuality politics chaired by @anacweeks.bsky.social & myself

epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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Jona de Jong @jonadejong.bsky.social · Jul 9

New publication in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social with Delia Baldassarri. We show that in the US, social relationships remain politically heterogeneous, and that heterogeneous close ties and acquaintances lower partisan animosity through distinct mechanisms. A thread on the main findings:

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Hendrik Erz @hendrik-erz.de · Jun 24

+++ ANNOUNCEMENT +++

I'm currently on the job market, looking for Postdoc opportunities (end of 2025/early 2026).

If you are — or know someone who is — in need of a political sociologist/computational social scientist, please get in touch or share my CV!

More info: www.hendrik-erz.de

Hendrik Erz

PhD Student at the IAS, Linköping University (Sweden)

www.hendrik-erz.de

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Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · Apr 1

Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?

Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.

CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · May 19

The event will include discussions on topics that matter most to participants. Our goal is to create a space for meaningful exchange and shared reflection.

If you have suggestions for discussion themes, we’d love to hear them! Feel free to get in touch here or via email at [email protected]

Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · May 19

🔈 The next Women’s Forum event will take place on June 4th, the first day of the INAS Conference at Columbia University.

This year, we’re pleased to offer a hybrid format, so you can join us either on-site or online!

inas.sociology.columbia.edu/content/wome...

We look forward to seeing you there!

Women's Forum For Analytical Sociology | INAS 2025 Conference

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · May 16

🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.

We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.

What we find is disturbing:

osf.io/preprints/os...

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · Apr 24

This year’s INAS will be hybrid – and so will the Women’s Forum! We will offer online and offline activities so you can join in even if you are not travelling to NYC. Sign up for the Women’s Forum for updates and join our Slack channel for more information.

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Isabell Stamm @isabellstamm.bsky.social · Apr 17

📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!

Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.

www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

Stellenausschreibung VI-153/25: Research Associate (PostDoc) - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen - 2nd qualifi... – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin

www.jobs.tu-berlin.de

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Said Hassan @saidhassan.bsky.social · Apr 23

🗓️ Excited to share our Sociology Seminar Series for this term at Nuffield College! @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

Join us every Wednesday at 4 pm from next week

#Sociology #Stratification #Inequality

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Apr 14

*JOB OPENING*

Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.

tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf

Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)

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Sophia Hunger @sophiahunger.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨

Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org

Image of a building of the University of Bremen with the text "Summer School for Women in Political Methodology" and "20 to 26 July at the University of Bremen" writen on it.

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Have you checked out our latest issue?

It's a unique ✨Themed Issue✨ that's packed with outstanding research on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · Apr 8

@politicsoxford.bsky.social introduces Oxford Computational Political Science Group - a non-partisan research initiative dedicated to advancing the study and application of computational methods in political science: ow.ly/yi8E50VwkTk

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Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨Publication Alert

Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉

Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇

Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · Mar 19

Hi everyone! We are also on Bluesky!

With the Women's Forum, we aim to enhance recognition of the work, perspectives, and expertise of women within the analytical sociology community.

Find out more on our webpage and join our mailing list: analyticalsociology.com/womens-forum

International Network of Analytical Sociology - Women’s Forum

The International Network of Analytical Sociology is an association of sociologists who identify with the Analytical Sociology approach to social explanation.

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · Feb 27

New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia:
osf.io/preprints/os...

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Feb 28

Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social .

We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.

Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.

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Abstract: How does anti-immigrant rhetoric by mainstream politicians affect norms of tolerance? How does this compare to similar statements made by radical-right politicians? Drawing on experimental evidence, we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians. Subsample analyses suggests that this is because statements by mainstream-right politicians erode norm perceptions of right-wing individuals, while those by radical-right politicians induce backlash among left-wing individuals, who hold closer to the norm in place. The latter effect (backlash by the left) disappears when similar statements are made by mainstream right politicians. We argue that this difference occurs because mainstream politicians represent the views of a larger part of the population or have a higher status. Our results highlight the pivotal role of mainstream politicians in enforcing or eroding democratic norms, and that similar political statements can have different effects depending on their sender.

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Audrey Alejandro @audreyalejandro.bsky.social · Feb 12

📢 Call for papers 📢 Workshop "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" that I organise with colleague @dandekadt.bsky.social at LSE in November 2025.

Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 !

Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3CCijaY

@lsemethodology.bsky.social

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs

We show:

1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...

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