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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 10h

And just like that, the #GESISfallseminar 2026 has come to an end yesterday! More than 4 weeks, many courses, countless discussions and exchanges – onsite and online. Thanks to all participants and lecturers for being part of it! We hope you enjoyed the weeks as much as we did. Until next time! 👋

GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026

The End
Lots of learning.
Many ideas exchanged.
New perspectives.
New connections made.
And quite a few screens, too..

Thanks to everyone who joined us – onsite and online!

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🌍 Lost in translation? Take a closer look 👉 t1p.de/Questionnair... @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Week 4 of the #GESISfallseminar: done and dusted! 💨 A week of hands-on learning about LLMs, causal machine learning, and intensive longitudinal methods – as well as plenty of opportunities for exchange. We're ready for the final week on Monday and hope everyone has a great weekend! 👋 @gesis.org

Slide of online course Mobile Data Collection.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🗣️📝 Qualitative Interviews sind mehr als nur Fragen stellen! Lerne effektive Sampling-Strategien, Leitfadenentwicklung, Interviewtechniken und vieles mehr in unserem #GESISworkshop mit Nicole Bögelein & Katharina Leimbach. Melde dich hier an ➡️ t1p.de/QualiIntervi... #QualitativeForschung

GESIS Workshop
Durchführung qualitativer Interviews mit Nicole Bögelein & Katharina Leimbach.

27 – 29 Januar 2027 in Köln

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

✨ Start the new year with fresh skills and sharper methods! 🌐 Introduction to R 🗣️ Conducting Qualitative Interviews (in German) Entire Program ➡️ gesis.org/training @gesis.org

Upcoming Workshops January 2027:

🌐 Introduction to R
11 to 19 Jan | Online
🗣️ Conducting Qualitative Interviews (in German)
27 to 29 Jan | Cologne

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🍽️ Monday’s lunch get-together kicked off the final week for the onsite participants of the #GESISfallseminar with good food, conversations and the chance to get to know each other better – all fuelled up with good energy for the remaining days ahead 😊 @gesis.org

Get-together participants, staff and lecturers.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧠🤖📸 Week 4 of the #GESISfallseminar is underway! We’re welcoming participants to three courses, offered onsite and online: Advanced Text Analysis with Python, Causal Machine Learning, and Mobile Data Collection and Analysis. Welcome to everyone joining us this week, including our lecturers! 👋

Welcome slide for online course Mobile Data Collection and Analysis: Intensive Longitudinal Methods.

Welcome from lecturer Hauke Licht in onsite class From Embeddings to LLMs: Advanced Text Analysis with Python.

Welcome slide for online course Causal Machine Learning.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wrapping up Week 3 of the #GESISfallseminar! Two online courses, one onsite course, hands-on sessions, new methods – and a lovely get-together with our onsite participants. Thanks for being part of it! We're ready for Week 4 starting on Monday! 👋

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🧩 Every life course tells a story. Sequence analysis helps you identify and compare those stories using longitudinal data. Find out how with @emstruffolino.bsky.social & @raabm.bsky.social. 👉 t1p.de/SequenceAnal... @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📣 Last Call for #GESISworkshop on Field Experiments! ⏳ Registration Deadline: 5 October! 👉 t1p.de/field_experi...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🧠🤖📸 Week 3 of the #GESISfallseminar started today! We were back with three courses – onsite and online: Machine Learning for Text Analysis, Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation, and Computer Vision for Image & Video Data Analysis. A warm welcome to all our Week 3 participants and lecturers! 👋

Onsite course Introduction to Machine Learning for Text Analysis with Python.

Welcome slide for online course Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation.

Welcome slide for online course Computer Vision for Image and Video Data Analysis with Python.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🕸️➡️📊 From the web to workable data! Week 2 of the #GESISfallseminar is coming to an end! With @iuliacioroianu.bsky.social, participants explored Web Data Collection with R and Python – with plenty of coding, challenges and discoveries. A big thank you to everyone who made it such an active one!

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🗣️💬 Unser #GESISworkshop zu Gruppendiskussionen mit Thomas Kühn läuft! Die Teilnehmenden arbeiten an Konzeption, Moderation, Gruppendynamiken und Datenanalyse. Morgen geht es um Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Methode sowie ihre Kombination mit anderen Verfahren. @gesis.org

Gruppenprozesse verstehen:

Teilnehmer*innen bei einer Projektpräsentation

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Debug less. Code smarter. Run faster. ⚡ ⏳ Registration Deadline: 28 Sep 2026! 👉 t1p.de/r-programmin...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🤖📋 Can AI become a survey methodologist? At our #GESISsummerschool, @lydiarepke.bsky.social explored how AI can support questionnaire evaluation and help design better questions – without replacing survey methodologists. 👉 Read more about The Algorithm Behind SQP 3.0: sqp.gesis.org 👇

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026

Call for Papers: JSSAM Special Issue on Adaptive Survey Design – Emerging Innovations and Practical Applications. Submit by 28 Feb 2027. Details: academic.oup.com/jssam #SurveyMethodology #AdaptiveSurveyDesign #SurveyStats

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026

#cometoGESIS #workwithus #Gastforschungsaufenthalt #researchvisit We invite Ph.D. students and early career postdocs to come to GESIS. Visiting researchers of the Junior Research Program are involved in our research to publish with GESIS staff, and to develop research ideas and joint projects.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📣 New month, new chances! Discover our latest #GESISworkshops: 📊Causal Inference with Instrumental Variables and Regression Discontinuity Designs 📝 Grounded-Theory-Methodologie (in German) #causalinference #regression #GTM @gesis.org Find yours ➡️ gesis.org/workshops 🧵👇

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Welcome to our #GESISfallseminar Web Data Collection courses! 💻 This week, @iuliacioroianu.bsky.social will guide participants through #webscraping and #APIs, with hands-on tutorials and exercises using #Python and #R. We’re looking forward to a week of online data collection! @gesis.org

GESIS Fall Seminar 2026
Web Data Collection with R/Python!
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Week 1 of the #GESISfallseminar is a wrap! 🎉 This week's participants explored key questions, data collection & analysis methods in the field of Computational Social Science. Are you interested as well? There are still spots in some courses in the next few weeks – join us! 🎓 ➡️ gesis.org/fallseminar

GESIS Fall Seminar Courses Weeks 3 & 4/5:

Introduction to Machine Learning for Text Analysis with Python | Mannheim

Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation | Online

Computer Vision for Image and Video Data Analysis with Python | Online

Causal Machine Learning | Online

Mobile Data Collection and Analysis: Intensive Longitudinal Methods
| Online

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One dataset. Many possible decisions. Register for our upcoming multiverse #GESISworkshop. 👉 t1p.de/MultiverseAn... @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🎉 The GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026 is underway! Today, our first two blended-learning courses kicked off with R and Python – self-learning sessions in the morning, followed by live sessions. A warm welcome to everyone! 👏 @gesis.org

Screenshot of an online GESIS Fall Seminar 2026 session. A presentation slide reads “GESIS Fall Seminar 2026 – Welcome to Introduction to Computational Social Science with R/Python!” with the GESIS and Leibniz logos and an image of the GESIS building. A Zoom-style video grid shows participants, including GESIS Training staff and lecturers and several course participants above.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You still need saving? 🛟 Propensity Score Matching might be the rescue your research has been waiting for. ⏳ Registration deadline: 21 September 2026! 👉 t1p.de/propensity_s... #PSM @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Conducting surveys across languages? 🌍 Translation quality can make or break cross-cultural comparability. Our #GESISworkshop covers best practices for questionnaire translation, as well as the opportunities and risks of integrating #LLMs into your workflow. ➡️ t1p.de/Questionnair... @gesis.org

GESIS Workshop
Questionnaire Translation: Best Practices and LLM-Based Approaches
08 December | Online
Brita Dorer, Ulrike Efu Nkong, Dorothée Behr (all GESIS)

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Methodisch sicher durch Expert*inneninterviews – Anmeldung noch bis 21. September möglich. 👉 t1p.de/expert-inter... @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

📢 The 3rd MethodsNET Conference 2026 is coming up! Join researchers across qualitative, quantitative, computational & mixed methods, 28–30 Oct in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (hybrid options). 📅 Register by 30 Sept @methodsnet.bsky.social 👉 methodsnet.org/conference/3rd-methodsnet-conference-2026/

Attend the 3rd MethodsNET Conference in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium from 28 to 30 October 2026.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📊 Der beste Zeitpunkt, mit quantitativer Datenanalyse anzufangen? Jetzt! 👇 t1p.de/quan-datenan... ⏳ Anmeldeschluss: 17. September! #Rstats #Stata

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Do you want to increase the quality of your survey data? 📈 In this #GESISworkshop, Thomas Knopf (@kodaqs.bsky.social) & Julian Urban (@unipotsdam.bsky.social ) show you how to detect & handle data quality issues in R. Registration ➡️ t1p.de/DataQualityA... #DataQuality #Rstats @gesis.org

GESIS online Workshop
Data Quality Assessment for Survey Responses: Be Careful of the Careless
24 to 25 November 2026
Julian Urban & Thomas Knopf

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Planst du, latente Variablen mit kategorialen Daten zu analysieren? Nimm am #GESISworkshop zur Item-Response-Theorie mit Sebastian Weirich & Nicklas Hafiz teil! Lerne #IRT-Anwendungen, um substanzielle + methodische Fragen zu beantworten. Info & Registrierung ➡️ t1p.de/item-respons... @gesis.org

GESIS Workshop
Anwendung von Modellen der Item-Response-Theorie in R
15 – 17 September 2026 | Online
Sebastian Weirich und Nicklas Hafiz (beide IQB Berlin)

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

💻 Your commute just got a lot shorter. Our #GESISfallseminar course on #ABM is now online! Curious about complex interactions between individuals? 🧐 Learn how to simulate these interactions and their outcomes using #NetLogo and other languages. 👉 t1p.de/AgentBasedMo... @gesis.org

GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science
Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation
14 – 18 September 2026 | Online
Daniel Mayerhoffer (University of Amsterdam)

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Looking back at 3.5 weeks of #GESISsummerschool 2026 in Cologne and online 📸. Thanks to everyone who made it happen: our participants, lecturers, guest speakers, @gessunimannheim.bsky.social & @esrasurvey.bsky.social. Here's to new approaches, new connections – and to next summer! ☀️

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🔗 Ready to connect the dots? Integrate survey data with nonprobability samples, admin records & digital traces – and put it into practice with #R. 👉 t1p.de/SurveyDataIn... @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Does your method really work? 🤔 Find out with simulation studies – with @matteoq21.bsky.social & Tra My Pham. 👉 t1p.de/simulation_s... @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

👥 Gute Gruppendiskussionen beginnen lange vor der ersten Frage! ⏰ Anmeldeschluss: 24. August! Sichere Dir jetzt noch Deinen Platz! 👉 t1p.de/gruppendisku...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

⏳ Die Anmeldung für den Kurs „Qualitative Netzwerkanalyse“ ist noch bis 17. August möglich. Alle Infos und Anmeldung 👉 t1p.de/qual-netzwer...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science starts soon – we can't wait! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. A few spots are still available. @gesis.org

GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026
🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026
📍 Mannheim or online

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Day 3 at #GESISsummerschool is going strong! Our #DAGs online course welcomed Beyers Louw, while Applied Intro to Bots continued hybrid and Causal Inference Using Survey Data brought participants together onsite. Plenty of brainpower heating up – tomorrow, Cologne’s temperatures will match! ☀️🧠🥵

Course 7: Causal Inference Using Survey Data
with Heinz Leitgöb and Tobias Wolbring.

Course 8: Applied Introduction to Bots in Web-based Studies
with Jan Karem Höhne and Joshua Claassen.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

⏳ Last chance to join! Turn machine learning into a tool for causal discovery, not just prediction. 👉 t1p.de/CausalMachin...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Week 4 of #GESISsummerschool is underway! ☀️ Monday brought our get-together lunch & @klaramueller.bsky.social 's Lunch Talk on tackling bias in unexpected event designs. Meanwhile, participants are diving into causal inference & web bots. Tomorrow, our DAGs short course joins us! @gesis.org

Lunch Talk by Klara Müller: "Tackling Bias in Unexpected Event Designs".

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

An inspiring week 3 at #GESISsummerschool comes to an end! 🎉 A big thank you to all participants & lecturers for making this week such a success. We hope you enjoyed the sessions, lively discussions, and connecting with fellow researchers. Looking forward to our final week on Monday! @gesis.org

Group picture course 5 "Latent Variable Modeling in Survey Research: Classical and New Approaches".

Lecturers and participants in action. Course 4: Data Science Techniques for Survey Researchers.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Don't forget to secure your spot for Web Data Collection with #Python! 👉 t1p.de/WebDataColle...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Last Chance to Register! Don't miss your chance to register and learn online with @iuliacioroianu.bsky.social. 👉 t1p.de/WebDataColle...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If field experiments are on your research agenda, now is the time to secure your spot in our #GESISworkshop. Registration Deadline: 5 October. 👉 t1p.de/field_experi...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Don't forget to register for this course to master state-of-the-art computer vision methods at the #GESISfallseminar! ⏳ The course with @andreucasas.bsky.social offers plenty of opportunities for hands-on exercises and consulting on your own project. 👉 t1p.de/ComputerVision

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hierarchische Daten verdienen die richtige Methode. In unserem #GESISworkshop lernst du, sie gezielt einzusetzen. 👉 t1p.de/einf_mod_26 Anmeldeschluss ist der 03. September! @gesis.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A great first day of Week 3 at #GESISsummerschool! From shared lunch vibes 🍽️ to sharp insights 🧠: Fabienne Kraemer discussed whether repeated interviews shape survey responses, and Leon Fröhling explored the journey from survey data to LLM personas. More discussions, exchange & learning to come!

Talk 1: Fabienne Kraemer, "Do Repeated Interviews Shape Survey Responses? Evidence on Panel Conditioning".

Talk 2: Leon Fröhling, “From Survey Data to LLM Personas: Methods, Applications, and Challenges”.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📣 New month, new chances! Discover our latest #GESISworkshops: 👥📝 Conducting Qualitative Interviews (in German) 📊🧩 Advanced Multilevel Modeling #qualitativeinterviews #QualitativeForschung #multilevelmodeling @gesis.org Find yours ➡️ gesis.org/workshops 🧵👇

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wrapping up a wonderful week 2 at #GESISsummerschool! Big thanks to all participants, lecturers & sponsors @infas.de & @veriangroup.com for making it possible. From insightful sessions to a fun brewery night, it’s been a great time. Safe travels, and excited for the adventures week 3 holds!

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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