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Friedolin Merhout

@fmerhout.bsky.social
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Sociologist and Social Data Scientist at University of Copenhagen. Duke University PhD. Intergroup relations & computational social science. He/him/his. fmerhout.github.io Photo: Freja Wille

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
pouring one out for mturk today
“Amazon Mechanical Turk will permanently close on September 30, 2026.”
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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come and join us @sriucl.bsky.social We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science with a research agenda on the environment and/or climate change, and expertise in causal inference. See full details and apply 👉🏼 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL Social Research Institute recruitment poster for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science at the Centre for Quantitative Social Science. Applications close 30 October 2026.
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Jan Schwalbach @janschwalbach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨New article in Nature Scientific Data: The ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection > 3 Million Parliamentary Bills, Laws, and Speeches from 8 Legislatures: doi.org/10.1038/s415... with @lukashetzer.eurosky.social @sopro.bsky.social @chrauh.bsky.social @miklossebok.bsky.social 1/6
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The ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection > 3 Million Parliamentary Bills, Laws, and Speeches from 8 Legislatures - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - The ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection > 3 Million Parliamentary Bills, Laws, and Speeches from 8 Legislatures
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📄 New working paper w. Alex De Juan, @felixhaass.bsky.social & Henry Thomson: We study Weimar Germany in 1932 to ask whether far right electoral success pacifies extremist movements - or can fuel violence when mandates do not translate into power. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Computational Policy Lab at Harvard Kennedy School @comppolicylab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hiring alert! We have 3 exciting roles open in lab leadership & software engineering. Apply today: 1. Associate Director of Research: careers.harvard.edu/job/associat... 2. Software Engineer: careers.harvard.edu/job/software... 3. Senior Software Engineer: careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-s...
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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: Andrew C. Herman, Jens Peter Andersen, Mathias Wullum Nielsen, "Developing Countries Face Falling Circulation Rates and Rising Migration Losses in Science " sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New study @nature.com establishes predictors of White nationalism in the US. Among the predictors are higher worship attendance & belief that non-White and non-Christian groups have too much power, along with being low-SES, conservative, GOP, & politically disaffected. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Predictors and prevalence of support for white nationalism in the United States - Nature
Explicit support for white nationalism is uncommon overall, but higher among young white men, disadvantaged and politically disaffected white people, conservatives, Republicans, and those with primari...
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Mashail Malik @mamalik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
EPSS 2027 call for papers. I'm co-chairing the Migration Politics section with Dominik Hangartner. Submit by November 13th.
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 16/09/2026
Join our hybrid symposium "More than compliance checks and harm prevention? The work of ethics committees in the social and behavioral sciences in a changing research landscape" on Nov 25 (13:00–15:30 CET)!
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
4-year postdoc(s) at Copenhagen Business School on project The Business of Corruption: Why Business Elites Collude or Combat Political Corruption, led by @mkjustesen.bsky.social. Start: summer 2027, deadline 18 September. www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is the kind of writing I was happy to escape from when moving academic environments to the US. When people complain about (quantitative) empirical social science producing obvious findings, is it because they are used to obfuscation open to all kinds of interpretation like this?
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Comparative Inequality Conference is held by @lseinequalities.bsky.social and @lisdata.bsky.social in London 11-12 Feb 2027. Submit your contribution until 15 September. www.lisdatacenter.org/wp-content/u...
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Instituto Juan Linz @institute-juanlinz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨 Madrid people, mark your calendars: the permanent seminar of the Instituto Juan Linz is back! We have a great series of speakers from across the social sciences this year. First talk this Friday with @llschenoni.bsky.social Here is the program for this Fall:
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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14/09/2026
Just arrived in Houston. Looking forward to a week of Data Science, R, and Viz at #PositConf2026 Come say hi if you see me
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So *now* @wsj.com is on #teamsocialscience! And all it took was a few sci-fi hyperbolic threats of human extinction.
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Dᴜsᴛɪɴ Sᴛᴏʟᴛᴢ @dustinstoltz.com · 08/09/2026
We're hiring a medical sociologists at Lehigh! DL: September 29th careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311683/...
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Assistant Professor of Sociology - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania job with Lehigh University | 1311683
Seeking a medical sociologist for tenure track position at R1 university.
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Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Two fully funded PhD positions in UCD Sociology: 1: www.ucd.ie/sociology/st... 2: www.ucd.ie/sociology/st...
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PhD Researcher position - opportunity 1 - UCD School of Sociology
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
EU friends: pls be aware that you cannot share certain types of data on Zenodo because Zenodo does actually not comply with GDPR. @lakens.bsky.social 's blog has a great summary. It's a pretty serious reason to avoid Zenodo for researchers who work with data, if I understand the issue correctly.
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Join us on Thursday, 10 September, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Jennifer Watling Neal @jennawneal.bsky.social 🔹 Using Networks to Improve Interventions 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...
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International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Jennifer Watling Neal
Using networks to improve interventions Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Jennifer Watling Neal, Michigan State University. The seminar is open to the public...
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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’ll write a longer blog post about it soon, but I’ll believe OpenAI agents have formed a hacking collective and it’s not just a PR stunt when they ransomware a Swiss bank, not another AI outfit about to be acquired by a hardware providider; when Interpol not MIRI investigates.
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'll be considering PhD applicants for a Fall 2027 start date. I'd love to hear from prospective students interested in critical projects about AI, knowledge production, cultural narratives, and epistemic power. More info about our lab, and how to apply, here: www.crockettlab.org/joining-the-...
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Joining the Lab — Crockett Lab
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Mood of the day, courtesy of @hannesrichert.bsky.social www.hannesrichert.de/product-page...
Hannes Richert comic “Muss”
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 04/09/2026
“Just use OLS”: undefeated advice for applied quants
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
✨ We’re excited to announce the Fall 2026 IAS Seminar Series, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Seminars take place every Thursday and are open to all! #AcademicSky #CSS #socsky #sociology
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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is very cool! Sociology, particle accelerator style, with 160 coauthors, 25k participants, and 90 countries. doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On the way out of town after 2.5 days of collective effervescence of the sociological experimentalist community #ACES2026 Thanks to @sciencespo.bsky.social for hosting. Big shoes to fill for @mschaeffer.bsky.social @dianagalos.bsky.social & me next year @ucph.bsky.social for #ACES2027 #ACES
Lunch in the courtyard of Sciences Po on the last day of the Annual Conference in Experimental Sociology 2026
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Centre for Research on social InequalitieS @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Kiking off #ACES2026 at @scpo-research.bsky.social - Three days of cutting-edge research in experimental sociology organized by Sciences Po (CRIS, Médialab, CEVIPOF) and the Akademie für Soziologie. We welcome you for inspiring discussions! aces2026.sciencesconf.org #SocialSciences
ACES 2026 - Annual Conference on Experimental Sociology - Opening words with Martin Aranguren
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Delighted to be back at beautiful @sciencespo.bsky.social for the Annual Conference of Experimental Sociology #ACES2026 #ACES organized by Martin Aranguren @edelmann.bsky.social Lou Safra & Mélusine Boon-Falleur. 100+ proposals, 80 participants, for one exciting program aces2026.sciencesconf.org
Martin Aranguren opening the Annual Conference of Experimental Sociology 2026 at Sciences Po
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026
This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”
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Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#sociology job
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
💡 We're hiring for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science Read more and apply before 11 October 👉️ www.lse.ac.uk/methodology/...
LSE Department of Methodology hiring — Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science; applications close 11 October 2026; apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk and follow @lsemethodology.
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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Check it out! Lea is live and open to the public 🥳 Lea is an experiment to build better social media by researchers and for researchers, where we own our own data and can build our own feeds, events, and communities. This is still very much a proof-of-concept; we welcome ideas + collaborators!
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Tobias Widmann @twidmann.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏
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2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We got new research out today y'all--if you study TikTok, buckle up because we found something wilddddd... arxiv.org/abs/2608.09917 (accepted @ ICWSM 2027)
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WhichTok? Comparing Three TikTok Data Acquisition Tools
TikTok's global growth has made it a prime platform for both entertainment and political discourse, prompting increased social science research. However, this rapidly evolving research field faces a f...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This morning at #ASA2026: a session on implications of AI for qualitative, quantitative, and computational research organised by @tinalaw.bsky.social from ASA Methodology Section.
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Jason Radford, PhD @jsradford.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Come by tomorrow if you're at ASA. 8am workshop on using National Internet Observatory data for your own research: how participants are recruited, what data exists, how to write a project application that clears ethics review, and a look at the secure enclave you'd work in. #ASA2026 #ASA #sociology
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Eric I Schwartz @eischwartz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Looking sharp @nyupress.bsky.social! #asa2026
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Standing room only at the Political, Social, and Welfare Consequences of Economic Inequality session w/ @joelabriola.bsky.social @elizabeth-breen.bsky.social @bmackenna.bsky.social @siyaolu.bsky.social @rourkeobrien.bsky.social @dont-d.bsky.social @schechtlm.eurosky.social #asa2026
Elizabeth A. Breen (UC Berkeley) presenting County-level Structural and Relational Determinants of Deaths of Despair
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Standing room only at the Political, Social, and Welfare Consequences of Economic Inequality session w/ @joelabriola.bsky.social @elizabeth-breen.bsky.social @bmackenna.bsky.social @siyaolu.bsky.social @rourkeobrien.bsky.social @dont-d.bsky.social @schechtlm.eurosky.social #asa2026
Elizabeth A. Breen (UC Berkeley) presenting County-level Structural and Relational Determinants of Deaths of Despair
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
At #ASA2026 in NYC? Need something to do 8-9:30am Monday? Studying socio-economic poverty or inequality? Want to learn about the LIS/LWS microdata? Please do join us for some or all of the session. @lisdata.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Another day another book forum #ASA2026. This time @allisonpugh.bsky.social's The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World. www.allisonpugh.com/the-last-hum...
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Fumiya Uchikoshi @ufsoc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
For rising job market candidates in the social sciences with an international or area studies focus, I highly recommend taking a look at the Harvard Academy Scholars Program! Application deadline is September 18, 2026. academy.wcfia.harvard.edu
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Terrific discussion on @ebharrington.bsky.social's Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism #ASA2026 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Cool work by @ucph.bsky.social’s Lyon Portolani presenting on the effect of armed conflict for national identification using quasi-experimental methods this morning at #asa2026 @asanews.bsky.social Effects differ based on target and perpetrator, pooling episodes of violence hides this heterogeneity.
Lyon Portolani presenting “Armed Violence and National Identity” at ASA 2026
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Rachel Blaifeder @rblaifeder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hey there, #ASA2026! Looking forward to conferencing in my hometown over the next few days. Stop by the Cambridge University Press booth to check out our latest offerings in political sociology, historical sociology, elements, textbooks, and more!
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Jason Radford, PhD @jsradford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
For all of you sociologists coming to #ASA2026 this weekend, I'm giving a how-to workshop on using data from the National Internet Observatory to study what people are doing online. We have data on people's searches, what they're talking to chatbots about, and what's on their phone. #ASA #Sociology
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/08/2026
Sociology friends! If you're headed to #ASA2026, join me for two events for Holding It Together--a book salon on Saturday featuring Allison Daminger, Dawn Dow, Dan Hirschman, Jennifer Randles, and Jaclyn Wong, and a book signing/chat on Sunday at the PRH booth. I'd love to see you there!
Book Salon: Saturday, August 8, 2-3:30pm Eastern, Sheraton, Metropolitan Ballroom West 

Book Signing: Sunday, August 9, 3-4pm at the PRH booth, following similar events for Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve on Saturday and for Stefan Timmermans on Sunday
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Eric I Schwartz @eischwartz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#asa2026 👇https://nyupress.org/sociology/
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