Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutFabian Pawelczyk @fpawel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Our 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 3109
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutVincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Germany'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. 🧵 411442
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutJonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 08/10/2026We'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/32925academicjobsonline.orgBoston 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... 11017
Reposted by Friedolin Merhouteustudies.bsky.social @eustudies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Saarland 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...uni-saarland.deSOUNDSSOUNDS ist eine wegweisende interdisziplinäre Initiative, die innovative Datenquellen nutzt, um gesellschaftliche Veränderungen systematisch zu untersuchen. 011
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutHendrik Erz, PhD @hendrik-erz.de · 06/10/2026And if you need a how-to, I spent a few weeks writing an extensive guide: hendrik-erz.de/resources#ac...hendrik-erz.deResourcesA list of useful resources I have collected over the years 031
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutBastian 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... 01215
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For 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 1190149
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutChaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026pouring one out for mturk today 210513
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutBurak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Come 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/... 25868
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutJan 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 1/6doi.orgThe ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection > 3 Million Parliamentary Bills, Laws, and Speeches from 8 Legislatures - Scientific DataScientific Data - The ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection > 3 Million Parliamentary Bills, Laws, and Speeches from 8 Legislatures 16834
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutDanbischof @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... 14522
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutComputational Policy Lab at Harvard Kennedy School @comppolicylab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hiring 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... 012
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutSociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: 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...sociologicalscience.comhttps://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-43-1132 032
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutSamuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New 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...nature.comPredictors and prevalence of support for white nationalism in the United States - NatureExplicit 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... 0178
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutMashail Malik @mamalik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026EPSS 2027 call for papers. I'm co-chairing the Migration Politics section with Dominik Hangartner. Submit by November 13th. 142
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutEPSS @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... 1/2epssnet.orgCall for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 ConferenceSubmit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact. 18659
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutJohannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 16/09/2026Join 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)! 143
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/09/20264-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... 12625
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This 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? 030
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The 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... 079
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutInstituto 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: 22214
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Really inspiring lineup. Will any of these talks be streamed for remote attendees? 120
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutThomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14/09/2026Just arrived in Houston. Looking forward to a week of Data Science, R, and Viz at #PositConf2026 Come say hi if you see me 0203
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So *now* @wsj.com is on #teamsocialscience! And all it took was a few sci-fi hyperbolic threats of human extinction. 1428
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutDᴜsᴛɪɴ Sᴛᴏʟᴛᴢ @dustinstoltz.com · 08/09/2026We're hiring a medical sociologists at Lehigh! DL: September 29th careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311683/...careercenter.asanet.orgAssistant Professor of Sociology - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania job with Lehigh University | 1311683Seeking a medical sociologist for tenure track position at R1 university. 0911
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutSinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Two fully funded PhD positions in UCD Sociology: 1: www.ucd.ie/sociology/st... 2: www.ucd.ie/sociology/st...ucd.iePhD Researcher position - opportunity 1 - UCD School of Sociology 034
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Denmark transliterating Å to Aa is the peak power move. 020
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 08/09/2026EU 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. 45424
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutThe Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Join 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...liu.seInternational Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Jennifer Watling NealUsing 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... 033
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’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. 18423
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutM.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'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-...crockettlab.orgJoining the Lab — Crockett Lab 03321
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Mood of the day, courtesy of @hannesrichert.bsky.social www.hannesrichert.de/product-page... 010
Reposted by Friedolin Merhoutjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 04/09/2026“Just use OLS”: undefeated advice for applied quants 0173
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ah, so no reference to medieval Germanic wardens of richesen.wikipedia.orgOttokar - Wikipedia 010
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutThe 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 03626
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutRense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is very cool! Sociology, particle accelerator style, with 160 coauthors, 25k participants, and 90 countries. doi.org/10.1177/0003...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 272
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 28/08/2026On 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 052
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutCentre for Research on social InequalitieS @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Kiking 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 052
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If they find any tricks on how to make students speak up, I’d love to know too 😄 010
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There is a lot to ask about, even with just 8 universities in the mainland. 110
Friedolin Merhout @fmerhout.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Delighted 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 020
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026This 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. 489506587326
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026This 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.” 244357996
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutLSE 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/... 01211
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutMaria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Check 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! 2024285
Reposted by Friedolin MerhoutTobias 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! 🙏international.au.dk2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University 28075