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Lukas Otto

@lukotto.bsky.social
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Communication Researcher @GESIS political communication | mobile & computational methods | intensive longitudinal data | negativity & incivility | emotion | trust & cynicism

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think you can tell how much fun we had with this one! Easily one of the most interesting analyses and papers I’ve been part of.
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Attend from anywhere online! 💻🌍 Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar. More infos & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo...
GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science
Mobile Data Collection and Analysis: Intensive Longitudinal Methods
21 to 25 September 2026 | Online
Lukas Otto (GESIS) & Julius Klingelhoefer (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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Julius Klingelhoefer @klingelhoefer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We still have spots available for the @gesistraining.bsky.social Fall Seminar on Intensive Longitudinal Methods taught by @lukotto.bsky.social and me. Check it out here: training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Do people watch the news they do not trust? We tried to bring nuance to this question in a new paper (w Frank Mangold, Michaela Maier). Like others before us, we argue that “media distrust” comes in two flavors: skepticism and cynicism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Don't scroll past this opportunity! 👇 Registration is still open: t1p.de/MobileDataCo... 👀 Check also the interview with @lukotto.bsky.social & @klingelhoefer.bsky.social on mobile collection methods at t1p.de/Training-NL-...!
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🚨New publication Do emotions matter for attentional processes when dealing with political information? Yes, but it's complicated. In an experience sampling study during an election campaign, we examined how people reacted to campaign communication. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Angry and Alerted, Happy and Informed? An Experience Sampling Study on the Relationship Between Sentiment, Affect, and Attention Toward Campaign Communication - Lukas P. Otto, Fabian Thomas, Michaela ...
This study examines how emotional reactions to campaign communication relate to attentional processes and, ultimately, to general interest in a political campai...
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...
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Post Doctoral Researcher (SDC-28) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
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DGPS: Media Psychology @mepsy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🔎 Capturing media use and related variables is a crucial task in #MediaPsychology, which can be supported by smartphone-based approaches.📲 Our Youth Representative @klingelhoefer.bsky.social will host a workshop on "Mobile Data Collection and Analysis" together with @lukotto.bsky.social this fall. 👇
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱 Yes! So much looking forward to this tomorrow. Thanks to @joebayer.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social and colleagues for putting together such a fantastic program! 📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar. More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo... @gesis.org
GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science
Mobile Data Collection and Analysis: Intensive Longitudinal Methods
21 to 25 September 2026 in Mannheim
Lukas Otto (GESIS) & Julius Klingelhoefer (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📣 Our April newsletter is out! 🤩 Registration for #GESISfallseminar is open. 🔍 Interview with @lukotto.bsky.social & @klingelhoefer.bsky.social on mobile collection methods. ✨ Updates on #GESISworkshops on causal inference methods + Call for Individual Training. 👀 ➡️ t1p.de/Training-NL-...
NEWS April 2026
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org
GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026
🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026
📍 Mannheim or online
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 25/03/2026
#gutenachrichten #goodnews #evaluierung GESIS erhält sehr gute Bewertung bei der Leibniz-Evaluierung ^ Zur vollständigen Pressemeldung: t1p.de/heh2o Zum Wortlaut der Stellungnahme des Senats der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft: t1p.de/k87o9
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📄 📣 New #Data-DrivenCampaigning research led by @xiaotongchu.bsky.social w/ contributions from @solecheler.bsky.social & co-authors reviews evidence on effects and outlines a research agenda on message tailoring, voter awareness, cross-national contexts and more. 🔗 academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...
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Effects of data-driven campaigning: an integrative framework, literature review, and research agenda
Abstract. The positive and negative consequences of data-driven campaigning (DDC) in the digital era have been hotly debated among policymakers and scholar
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Web tracking data has great potential for social science research 🚀 It also comes with its own challenges though! In this hands-on #GESISworkshop, you'll learn everything you need to know about preprocessing, handling, and analysing web tracking data. More infos at t1p.de/WebTrackingD...
GESIS Workshop
Preprocessing and Analyzing Web Tracking Data 
4 to 5 May 2026 (Hybrid: Cologne | Online)
Sebastian Stier, Frank Mangold, Helena Rauxloh (all GESIS)
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Christina Viehmann @christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L
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Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science (CSS-117) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 22/01/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy #TrustedResearchEnvironments Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg Apply now for a job as a Associate in Trusted Research Environments (Salary group 11 TV-L, working time 39,5 h/week, unlimited contract) gesis.jobs.personio....
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Scientific career at GESIS
At GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase
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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀 One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing 🫶 Please reach out if you have any questions. @polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📖This is huge! Congrats to @alessandronai.bsky.social, @dominiquewirz.bsky.social and @maxgroemping.bsky.social on this success and the amazing resource for PolCom scholars. 📖 📱Also check out our (w Mareike Wieland) entry on experience sampling.📱
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵
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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY ...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰 ...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI. More info: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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DIAS Professorship in Digital Society and Democracy
Application deadline: March 15, 2026, 11.59 PM/23.59 CET/CEST.
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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
*JOB* As part of the @assured.bsky.social project, we are searching for a person to work in our Secure Data Center team at @gesis.org to create safe researcher trainings. www.gesis.org/en/institute... The position is open until filled, so do not hesitate to reach our directly if you are interested!
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting. That is the title of Xiaotong Chu's timely and important PhD dissertation which she defends today. Go Tong!🚀 Proud supervisors: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @lukotto.bsky.social and 🙋 www.uva.nl/content/even...
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De overtuigingskracht van politieke targeting
Xiaotong Chu promoveert op het proefschrift: 'The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. S. Kruikemeier en prof. dr. S.K. Lecheler. Copromotoren zijn dr. L.P. Otto en prof. ...
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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📢 We're hiring a Doctoral Student in Research Software Engineering for Digital Behavioral Data! Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us. 👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Social-Media-Daten zwischen Forschung und Infrastrukturen - nachhaltige Archivierung, Erschließung und Bereitstellung: An der @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social finden vom 17.-19.03.2026 die Social Media Access Days statt. Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen bis zum 31.10.2025. www.dnb.de/DE/Professio...
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Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days
Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days
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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
On Monday September 22, Katharina Kraft, Maximilian Haag and @lukotto.bsky.social present the GESIS Panel.dbd, GESIS Surf and the GESIS AppKit in the workshop “Unlocking Digital Behavioral Data: New Frontiers in Web Tracking and App-Based Social Science Research”: www.conftool.com/dgskongress2...
GESIS Pre-Conference Workshop at the DGS Congress
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Christian Strippel @strippel.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut! Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread
Book cover for “The Psychology of Attack Politics"
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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience
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GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/07/2025
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/ins...
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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Research by Joachim Piepenburg and @lukotto.bsky.social presented at the European Survey Research Conference 2025 www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/pro... #ESRA
Presentation: Measurement or intervention? On the promises and pitfalls of mobile intensive-longitudinal research designs
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Honored and thrilled for receiving the award from my „home division“. 🤩🤩🤩🤩
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
⚡️⚡️⚡️ Interested in… …negativity, incivility, intolerance? …comparative and experimental data on the perception and effects of attack politics? … personality, contextual influences? Get all this with a discount! 📚📚📚🤩🤩🤩
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/06/2025
#GESISGuides #DBD #DigitalBehavioralData Lux, V., & Wieland, M. (2025). How to Set up and Monitor App-based Data Collections (GESIS Guides to DBD, 22). doi.org/10.60762/ggd... This guide addresses that gap by offering practical recommendations to manage the active data collection phase.
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We still have places available for this #GESISworkshop! 🌱 Join Julia Romberg, @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social, and @mmmaurer.bsky.social to explore adapters — an efficient alternative to fine-tuning your large-language models. ➡️ More information & registration at t1p.de/adapters-lig...
GESIS Workshop
Adapters: Lightweight Machine Learning for Social Science Research
02 to 04 June 2025 | Online
Julia Romberg, Vigneshwaran Shankaran, Maximilian Maurer (all GESIS)
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Mario Gollwitzer @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🎺COME WORK WITH US @LMU Munich on a new research project: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/d.... (postdoc/3 years/full-time). We will develop and evaluate an agile and needs-oriented Research Data Management certificate course for researchers in psychology. Application Deadline: *May 31*
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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (m/w/d)
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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Come join us in Mannheim as Professor for Survey Methodology! ✨ #academicsky #polisci www.uni-mannheim.de/media/Univer...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
*Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection* by @lukotto.bsky.social. 🗓️ 09 – 11 July 2025 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/mobile-data-...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
*Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection* by @lukotto.bsky.social. 🗓️ 09 – 11 July 2025 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/mobile-data-...
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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Research by Joachim Piepenburg, @berndweiss.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, Judith Gilsbach and @barbarabinder.bsky.social with GESIS Panel.dbd data at the General Online Research Conference 2025: www.conftool.org/gor25/index.... #GOR25
Presentation: "Understanding Participation in Web Tracking Studies: A Comparison of Probabilistic and Nonprobabilistic Sampling Strategies"
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🤩📖 I am so thrilled to see this book taking shape and coming out in July. If you're interested in ❎ negative campaigning, 🥊incivility, 👥 intolerance, and unique data and designs on these topics (comparative experiments (ARG, AUS, GER, USA, ITA), conjoint design, etc.), please consider reading it!
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy. @dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️ www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...
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Will Europe Sacrifice the Digital Services Act in Negotiations with Trump? | TechPolicy.Press
Jakob Ohme, LK Seiling, and Claes H. de Vreese write that European leaders must protect the DSA to ensure a democratic future.
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 24/03/2025
Out now: GESIS Guides to DBD #14: Overview of Ethical Considerations when Working with Digital Behavioral Data by @jolukito.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Mareike Wieland, @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, and @johannesbreuer.com. www.gesis.org/filead...
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀 Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested? ✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📱 Interested in collecting data with smartphones? Join this #GESISworkshop with @lukotto.bsky.social @gesis.org for a hands-on guide to planning, conducting & analyzing mobile, intensive-longitudinal surveys. ➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25
GESIS Workshop
Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection
31 March to 02 April 2025 | Online
Lukas Otto (GESIS)
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Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wahlkampfzeit ist TV-Duell-Zeit! Wir untersuchen Wahrnehmung und Wirkung aller Sendungen, in denen die Kanzlerkandidaten aufeinandertreffen, beginnend mit Sonntag, 9.2., 20.15 Uhr. Mitmachen kann jeder via einer eigens dafür entwickelten App: rptu.de/s/tvduell Die Info bitte gerne weit streuen!
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Joss Roßmann @joross.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Die Demokratie muss gegen ihre Opponenten aus Rechtsextremisten und Rechtspopulisten verteidigt werden. Dafür braucht es einen breite Unterstützung aus der demokratischen Mitte, es braucht euch #Mannheim! #Niewiederistjetzt #Wirsindmehr
Aufruf zur Kundgebung "Wir sind die Brandmauer" am 1. Februar am Alter Messplatz in Mannheim.
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In March/April, I will teach a workshop on designs and methods for mobile data collection. You will learn about the advantages and pitfalls of mobile intensive-longitudinal designs, the GESIS AppKit as a new tool for mobile data collection and dealing with intensive-longitudinal data.
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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly! 📅 Application deadline: January 20
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