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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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Fabian Pawelczyk @fpawel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our research group under the supervision of Kevin Munger is starting a presentation series at EUI called PING (Politics and the INternet Group). We’re accepting applications for the fall term. Come present and hang out in Florence! I will link the website and call in the comments. Pls share widely
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Vincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Germany's Die Linke won last month's Berlin election on a pledge to socialize ~220k flats owned by large landlords. A thread on why housing expropriation is a successful campaign promise, how Berlin's flats became an asset class, and what expropriation would do. 🧵
Front page of die tageszeitung (taz), 21 September 2026: Die Linke supporters cheer under the headline 'CDU enteignet' ('CDU expropriated'). Photo: Jörg Carstensen/imago.Bar chart of the 2026 Berlin state election (second votes): Linke 25.7% (2023: 12.2%), CDU 18.8% (28.2%), AfD 16.3% (9.1%), Greens 14.3% (18.4%), SPD 12.1% (18.4%), BSW 4.7%, FDP 2.5% (4.6%).
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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 08/10/2026
We're hiring 📣 Assistant Professor in the sociology of Health & Aging as part of @bostonu.bsky.social cluster hire on 'The Future of Healthy Aging' Pref for someone with expertise in quantitative or computational approaches More info & apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32925
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Boston University, Office of Research
Job #AJO32925, Assistant Professor Faculty Position in the Department of Sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences, with a focus on the Future of Healthy Aging, Office of Research, Boston Univers...
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eustudies.bsky.social @eustudies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saarland University hiring W3 professorship in Computational Social Science and W2 professorship in political science, sociology, or communication science who pursue their questions computationally. W2906: www.uni-saarland.de/verwaltung/b... W2905: www.uni-saarland.de/verwaltung/b...
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SOUNDS
SOUNDS ist eine wegweisende interdisziplinäre Initiative, die innovative Datenquellen nutzt, um gesellschaftliche Veränderungen systematisch zu untersuchen.
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Hendrik Erz, PhD @hendrik-erz.de · 06/10/2026
And if you need a how-to, I spent a few weeks writing an extensive guide: hendrik-erz.de/resources#ac...
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Resources
A list of useful resources I have collected over the years
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Bastian Betthaeuser @betthaeuser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS/Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 3 December: ⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate drive.google.com/file/d/1DT8i... ⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher drive.google.com/file/d/1AiRo...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November
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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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https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-43-1132
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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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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And the price of being Danish too!
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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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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Really inspiring lineup. Will any of these talks be streamed for remote attendees?
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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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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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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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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Denmark transliterating Å to Aa is the peak power move.
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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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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ah, so no reference to medieval Germanic wardens of riches
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Ottokar - Wikipedia
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Is the company really called Otokar?
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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
If they find any tricks on how to make students speak up, I’d love to know too 😄
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Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There is a lot to ask about, even with just 8 universities in the mainland.
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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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