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davidbroska.bsky.social @davidbroska.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Excited to continue learning about the latest #CSS at @ic2s2.bsky.social! I’ll be at the Social Prediction Session, presenting the mixed subjects design on combining human and LLM data in experiments. Paper with Michael Howes and @austin-van-loon.bsky.social. Come join us! doi.org/10.1177/0049...

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Stanford Sociology @stanfordsoc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

New in Sociological Methods & Research: Soc PhD candidate @davidbroska.bsky.social, @austin-van-loon.bsky.social, & Michael Howes show how combining human subjects and large language models can yield precise estimates at low cost, with implications for scientific productivity doi.org/10.1177/0049...

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Looking forward to presenting my Class Gap work at the RNIM Online Seminar on Zoom this Friday! Anyone can register to attend here: sites.google.com/view/rnim-se...

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Austin van Loon @austin-van-loon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My work with David Broska and Michael Howes on augmenting human subjects with LLM simulations was discussed in the Stat Modeling blog! 👀 statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/12/b...

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Better and worse ways to mix human and LLM responses in behavioral research (but you still have to figure what you’re measuring) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

NYU Social Psychology is looking for people passing through NYC next year who want to give a research TALK in our Speaker Series. We welcome self-nominations and scholars from all career stages (you can apply multiple times). Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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davidbroska.bsky.social @davidbroska.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Mixed feelings about silicon subjects (LLM predictions of human behavior) as replacements for human subjects? Consider the mixed subjects design. 🚨Now published at Sociological Methods and Research🚨 doi.org/10.1177/0049...

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Dan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

New from Microsoft Research & Harvard Business School colleagues "Shifting Work Patterns with Generative AI" by Eleanor Wiske Dillon, Sonia Jaffe, Nicole Immorlica, Christopher T. Stanton arxiv.org/abs/2504.11436

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Amir Goldberg @amirgo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

New paper from the computational culture lab, forthcoming @amjsoc.bsky.social! Building on (largely untested) sociological intuitions, we show how positions in the organizational network relate to identification with the organization, using a language model: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations

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Emily Hu @xehu.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our paper is out today in @pnas.org! 🎉 In a large-scale experiment on a YouTube-like platform, we find that giving people politically “slanted” video recs doesn’t shift beliefs or viewing behaviors. In other words, online filter bubbles may not be as polarizing as we think…

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Austin van Loon @austin-van-loon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🚨 ACCEPTED AT SMR 🚨 Confused by colleagues who seem to want to study LLMs instead of humans? Frustrated by skeptics (e.g., myself 8 months ago) who dismiss LLMs as a potential source of data on human behavior? Check out our paper for a new way forward: osf.io/j3bnt_v3/

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer! We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc. Please apply and share ! #predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky apply.interfolio.com/163492

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

UNB's St. John campus is hiring a TT position in Sociology with an emphasis on quantitative methods. Although there are rules about prioritizing Canadian candidates, I would encourage US folks to apply. universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

The Department of Social Science at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John invites applications for a tenure track position in Sociology. This position is at the rank of Assistant Professor and is housed within an interdisciplinary department that includes Social Work, Sociology, Communication Studies and Education. The Department of Social Science offers major, double-major, minor, specializations, and honours programmes in Sociology. The position will commence as of July 1, 2025 and is subject to budgetary approval.

The discipline is seeking a scholar with demonstrated expertise in quantitative methods. The discipline is especially interested in candidates whose research program also engages with one or more of the following topics: immigration and migration, global determinants of health and well-being, mental health and addictions, and social policy. Candidates will be expected to teach at both the introductory and advanced levels and to work with graduate and honours students. Course assignments will include a core course in quantitative methods. Candidates should have a Ph.D in Sociology or cognate discipline or be near completion. Candidates with a Ph.D. nearing completion will be considered for appointment as Lecturer.

Applicants are requested to submit electronically (as a single PDF) a curriculum vitae, statement of their research interests, and a teaching dossier (that includes evidence of teaching competence, as indicated by teaching evaluations, testimonials from individuals familiar with the candidate's capabilities) to socsci@unb.ca
Applicants should arrange for 3 reference letters to be sent by referees directly to socsci@unb.ca. Questions concerning this position may be directed to the department chair, June M. Madeley at jmadeley@unb.ca

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