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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 #ISAWCS27 deadline on October 14! Join @isa-sociology.org in Gwangju 🇰🇷 by submitting to our session "Sociology Meets AI: Rethinking Knowledge Production, Research Methodology, and Scientific Standards," co-organized with #hschwaerzel & @jkhoehne.bsky.social 👉 isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20...

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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

❗️📢 Tue, Sep 22, 10:00-11:00 CET 📍 A 231 and ZOOM Mannheim Research Colloquium on Survey Methods #MaRCS with @jclaass.bsky.social "What Comes After Data Collection? Processing, Enriching, and Analyzing Different Types of Digital Traces" 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Are you struggling how to classify voluminous digital traces ⁉️ Check out the preprint "Epistemology of traces" by @jclaass.bsky.social #MRevilla and myself ⬇️ Secure your #KnowledgeProduction and #DataIntegrity 🤓😎 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What if the biggest threat to your survey could also become your best testing tool? 🤔 @jclaass.bsky.social and @jkhoehne.bsky.social are ready to make the case - and show you how. 👉 t1p.de/GSS26-C8

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨 Upcoming #CS3Meeting 🚨 @jclaass.bsky.social talks about processing, enriching, and analyzing #digital #traces on 🗓️July 14, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn more about interpreting #traces obtained through web tracking and data donation! 🔍 🌐 Sign up now: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Don't forget to sign up! 🚨 Registration for our upcoming #CS3Meeting with @angelomoretti.bsky.social about small area estimation is open until Sunday (June 28). 👉 ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

📢 Registration now open! 📢 Join @angelomoretti.bsky.social for our next #CS3Meeting on June 29, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn about #small #area #estimation and new data forms, such as satellite imagery, mobile phone records, and social media data. 🚨 Sign up here: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Vienna is wonderful, and so was the #DACH-CSS conference at @weareceu.bsky.social @csh.ac.at! 🇦🇹 Great discussions about democracy, LLMs, and the integrity of #CSS research. Looking forward to next year!

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🚨 Last chance to register for tomorrow's #CS3Meeting! 🚨 👉 Sign up to learn more about #APIs in #CSS with a particular focus on #reproducibility. Free registration is open until the end of today: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📢 Register now!! 📢 Join Johanna Hölzl for our next #CS3Meeting on May 19, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn about the generalizability, reliability, and validity of #APIs (e.g., #YouTube @nytimes.com) and their implications for reproducibility in #CSS. 🚨 Sign up here: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) @gles.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

New paper using GLES data 👇

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📢📢 Last chance to sign up for the next #CS3Meeting 📢📢 Free registration is open until tomorrow evening 👉 ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🚨 Upcoming #CS3Meeting 🚨 @jkhoehne.bsky.social talks about processing and analyzing audio data on April 22, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn more about how to gain insights from audio files, automated transcriptions, and text-as-data methods! 🎙️🎧📊 Sign up now: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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

Bots in web surveys - threat or opportunity? 🤖 In our #GESISsummerschool course, learn how bots operate, how to detect and prevent them, and even how to use them for pretesting, all while considering ethics and data integrity. Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-C8 #LLMs #websurveys @gesis.org

GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology
Applied Introduction to Bots in Web-based Studies
10 to 14 August 2025 | Hybrid (Cologne & online)
Jan Karem Höhne & Joshua Claassen (both University Hannover)

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📢 Our study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections is now published in @pvs-journal.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s116... 👉Socioeconomic factors explain where the AfD runs, but not its success ❗Mainstream party competition is central to counter PRRP success

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DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Neu im #DVPWblog: Sven Hillen @sfb1472.uni-siegen.de und Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social zeigen zur Bundestagswahl 2025: In engen Wahlkreisen wurde die Erststimme strategisch gegen die AfD gebündelt – besonders von politisch Interessierten. 👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/blockie... #PoWi #BTW2025

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🚨 Last chance to sign up for the next #CS3Meeting 🚨 Melanie Revilla talks about integrating new types of data into web surveys on January 28, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CET). 🗓️ Sign up until Tuesday (January 27): ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🚨 Upcoming #CS3Meeting 🚨 Melanie Revilla talks about integrating new types of data into web surveys on January 28, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CET). A great chance to learn how to enrich web surveys with digital data, such as images! 👉 Sign up now: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Great paper @jclaass.bsky.social ‼️ Well done🤓😎 Check out our prediction models on @harvarddataverse.bsky.social for detecting bots in your web survey⬇️ doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🚨 #Bots and #LLMs threaten the integrity of online surveys and public opinion research, but we can identify LLM-generated text in open narrative responses by fine-tuning #BERT. New #OpenAccess article with @jkhoehne.bsky.social @rubac.bsky.social @carohaensch.bsky.social. 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0894...

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Last call📢📢 Don't be late😉 MASS workshop meets up with WEB DATA OPP in Barcelona from June 4 to 5 2026😎🤓 Join @floriankeusch.bsky.social @peterlugtig.bsky.social #BellaStruminskaya #MelanieRevilla and me. APPLY APPLY APPLY📮⬇️ massworkshop.org

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Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Wie konnte die #AfD bei den #Integrationsratswahlen 2025 in NRW ausgerechnet unter Wähler:innen mit Einwanderungsgeschichte große Erfolge erzielen? 🤔 (1/2)

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Gentle reminder📢📢 MASS workshop meets up with WEB DATA OPP in Barcelona from June 4 to 5 2026😎🤓 Join @floriankeusch.bsky.social @peterlugtig.bsky.social #BellaStruminskaya #MelanieRevilla and me. Check out the call⬇️ and apply‼️ massworkshop.org

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📣 New open-access article on political knowledge among naturalized German citizens in International Migration Review. “Becoming an Informed Citizen — the Relationship Between Naturalization Regimes, Language, and Political Knowledge Among Naturalized Citizens”. doi.org/10.1177/0197...

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

(1/3) 💫New open-access article on trust among German citizens with migrant backgrounds in International Review of Sociology. “Understanding trust among German citizens with migrant backgrounds – a latent profile approach”. doi.org/10.1080/0390...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🚨 A recent @pnas.org article raised serious concerns about LLM-based manipulation of online surveys. Good news: We’re not helpless. In a new #OpenAccess article with @jkhoehne.bsky.social #bwolf, we show that LLM-driven bots can be detected using simple prompt injections. 🌐 doi.org/10.1080/1364...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🚨 Last chance to sign up for the next #CS3Meeting 🚨 Zaza Zindel talks about Social media as a tool for survey recruitment on November 25, 03:15 to 04:00 PM (CET). 🗓️ Sign up until Monday: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📢 New insights on #GenAI interviewing agents asking sensitive open questions compared to a text-based web survey. Answers to male agent include more topics, but no evidence of social desirability. 👉 New #OpenAccess paper with @jkhoehne.bsky.social #cneuert in #IJMR. 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/1470...

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)

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Georg Ahnert @ahnert.eurosky.social · 21/10/2025

Thrilled to talk about how seemingly small decisions in silicon sampling can have a large impact on simulated survey responses 👀 Join us on Oct 29th! 👈

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🚨 Upcoming #CS3Meeting 🚨 @wanlo.bsky.social talks about analytic flexibility in silicon samples on October 29, 3:15 to 4:00 PM CET). Great opportunity to gain novel insights into how survey responses can be generated with #LLMs. Sign up now: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🚨 Who is willing to participate in video-based web surveys? 🎥 👉 Especially younger, male, and extraverted respondents as well as those with high survey interest. Check out our new #OpenAccess paper with #tlenzner @jkhoehne.bsky.social @conradziller.bsky.social in #mda. 🌐 doi.org/10.12758/mda...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🚨🚨 Application deadline ends tomorrow! We're hiring a research associate at the intersection of survey methodology and computer science at DZHW (Hannover, Germany). Do your PhD in an interdisciplinary setting with excellent supervision. 👉 Apply here: karriere.dzhw.eu/jobposting/b...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

📢One week left to apply! DZHW is hiring a research associate at the intersection of survey methodology and computer science (Hannover). Do your PhD in an interdisciplinary setting with excellent supervision. I'd apply myself if I weren't already on the team🤓 👉 karriere.dzhw.eu/jobposting/b...

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🚨🚨Attention please!! I'm looking for a research associate at the intersection of survey methodology and computer science at DZHW in Hannover (Germany). Do your PhD in an interdisciplinary research setting and with an excellent supervision. Apply now⬇️ bit.ly/dzhw_promoti...

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Looking forward to my first @ecpr.bsky.social conference! 💫 📣 On Wednesday, I will present joint work with @ackermannk.bsky.social on attitudes toward noncitizen voting. 📣 On Friday, I will present results from my interviews with local politicians in the US. Excited to meet everyone! #ECPRgc25

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I’m presenting my paper on political trust among German citizens with migrant backgrounds today at #EPSA2025 (@epsanet.bsky.social). Come join us at 11.20 in room -1.A.04! 📣

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

❕📣 My first paper is now published! “They don’t have the time for that, participating in politics” - How local politicians interpret political integration in the USA. It is available as open access in the Journal of International Migration and Integration. doi.org/10.1007/s121...

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Leaving Berlin after an inspiring #GOR25! Great discussions on #web #tracking & #bot #detection, and a fantastic #GOR #party. Already excited for next year!

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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

💬 Tomorrow, I will present my paper on local politicians' attitudes toward noncitizen voting at the @dvpw.bsky.social -conference on citizen's trust and societal polarization in times of transformation at the @uni-saarland.de.

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Did you miss last week's CS3 meeting powered by #DZHW⁉️ No problem at all.. Just download #ARadinger et al.'s slides here⬇️ jkhoehne.eu/cs3-lab/

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Don't forget to sign up for the next #CS3Meeting by Wednesday‼️ #ARadinger et al. from #GESIS talk about human and machine-enabled questionnaire translation on Thursday (16th Jan) from 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CET). Register now⬇️⬇️

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Jan Karem Höhne @jkhoehne.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

#CS3Meeting alert🚨 #ARadinger et al. from #GESIS talk about Questionnaire translations from scratch vs. based on machine translation output on January 16, 2025 (3:15 to 4:00 PM CET). Sign up now⬇️ ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

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