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Martin Arvidsson

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Assistant Professor at the Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University > Social networks and collective behavior > AS ∩ CSS martin-arvidsson.github.io

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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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EUSN Conference 2026 @eusnconference.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Kicking off #EUSN2026 here in Norrköping! 🇸🇪 We're so excited to welcome everyone for the pre-conference day. Registration is running smoothly, and attendees are already participating in some fantastic workshops to bridge their knowledge gaps! You can find full program at liu.se/en/event/eus...
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Very lucky to have been able to collaborate on this Annual Review piece on luck with @fabriberna.bsky.social, William Foley and @l-sage.bsky.social. We propose that the role of luck in life can be upper-bounded with machine learning and lower-bounded by adding up causal effects of random events.
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EUSN Conference 2026 @eusnconference.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
⏰ Early-bird registration for EUSN 2026 closes April 30, 2026. Still time to secure the discounted rate — register now!
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Ozan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A new paper w Manzo, Birkelund & Raub is out in Rationality and Society: 1/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... Taking the opportunity of the 25th anniversary of the European Academy of Sociology (www.european-academy-sociology.eu), the statement assesses current challenges for the discipline ...
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Shaping the Future of european Sociology The European Academy of Sociology is a distinguished fellowship of scholars dedicated to advancing excellence in sociology. Bringing together expertise from di...
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Martin Arvidsson @martinarvidsson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
📢 New paper with @pablobellode.bsky.social and @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social in Network Science. We study how population structure can generate asymmetric exposure to cross-cutting media content in online networks. doi.org/10.1017/nws.... 🧵👇
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The structural origins of the conservative online media niche, US Twitter 2022 | Network Science | Cambridge Core
The structural origins of the conservative online media niche, US Twitter 2022 - Volume 14
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Luca Maria Aiello @lajello.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thrilled to announce CS2Nordics: the First Nordic Conference on Computational Social Science. Copenhagen, September 21-22, 2026. We invite all CSS researchers in the Nordics as well as in the international research community to submit 2-page abstracts by June 19: nosocss.org/conference.h....
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Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)
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Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026
How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ...
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Join us on Thursday, 26 March, at 14.30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with John Levi Martin: 🔹 Signaling, Performing, and (occasionally) Exploding: The logic of skilled political action in the Weimar Parliament 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/ana...
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Analytical Sociology Seminar: John Levi Martin
"Signaling, performing, and (occasionally) exploding: The logic of skilled political action in the Weimar parliament" Welcome to the Analytical Social Seminar with John Levi Martin, University of Chic...
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Miriam Hurtado Bodell @mhbodell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
How can computational text analysis be used for building and testing social theory? @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social, @anamacanovic.bsky.social, @anmen.bsky.social & I write about how CTA is commonly used & how it might be used by sociologists in the future Out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Computational Text Analysis for Building and Testing Social Theory - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
Digitization and advances in natural language processing have transformed how sociologists can measure, model, and interpret social life through text. We provide an overview of computational text anal...
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Marijn Keijzer @mrnkzr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
How does social influence shape collective outcomes? When does it lead to lock-in on inferior options? In our 🚨 new preprint 📝 osf.io/preprints/so... we make three contributions w/ @alexgelas.bsky.social Alex Jochim @leostnbrk.bsky.social Peter Steiglechner & @pantelispa.bsky.social 🧵1/4
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Maël Lecoursonnais @lecoursonnais.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🧵 New WP! w/ @selcanmutgan.bsky.social Most segregation research examines neighborhoods, schools, or workplaces separately. But do individuals' exposure align across domains and persist over the life course? We fill this gap using 27 years of 🇸🇪 data. Pre-print: osf.io/eunwc_v1 (1/5)
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EUSN Conference 2026 @eusnconference.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
⏰ The abstract deadline for EUSN 2026 has been extended to March 5, 2026! You now have a few extra days to submit your abstract: wcc.ep.liu.se/index.php/eu...
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The 8th European Conference on Social Networks 2026
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EUSN Conference 2026 @eusnconference.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
⏰ Reminder: The EUSN 2026 abstract deadline is March 1, 2026 — just around the corner. Submit your abstract now!
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Why does a worse candidate win? Or an inferior song dominate? New article with @alexgelas.bsky.social, @pantelispa.bsky.social & Gaël Le Mens. We show that often once A becomes even slightly more popular than B, people choose A much more often. www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Dean Eckles @eckles.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
⚙️ Working at the intersection of causality and networks? We're organizing a satellite event at @netsciconf.bsky.social in Boston on June 1st. The focus is networks science and causal inference. Submit your work by March 10th! causnets.github.io
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CausNetS: Toward a Causal Network Science
A NetSci 2026 Satellite
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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research
Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?
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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Chapter 5: @martinarvidsson.bsky.social, Hedström, Jarvis & @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social on the intersection of Analytical Sociology and Computational Social Science. Computational tools are most powerful when used to identify and test mechanisms, not just describe or predict aggregate patterns.
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Jona de Jong @jonadejong.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Do ordinary Republicans and Democrats really avoid each other in everyday life? In a new working paper with Delia Baldassarri, we present descriptive and experimental evidence to challenge the view that partisanship drives the formation of social relationships. osf.io/preprints/so... 1/15
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Huge congratulations to @eliscl.bsky.social, who successfully defended his PhD thesis "Contagious Secularization: Social Influence and Membership Dynamics in Religious Organizations”! Excellent work, Dr. Carlberg Larsson 🥂
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EUSN Conference 2026 @eusnconference.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the 8th European Social Networks Conference (EUSN 2026) is now open! 📣 📍 EUSN 2026 will take place 11–15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden. 📝 Please submit your abstract here: wcc.ep.liu.se/index.php/eu... ⏰ Deadline: 1 March 2026
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
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Luca Maria Aiello @lajello.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Computational Social Scientists in the Nordics, unite! 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸 The brand new Nordic Society for CSS welcomes all researchers and practitioners based in the Nordics. The Society will promote student mobility, events, and education initiatives. Join for free: nosocss.org/join.html.
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Women in Network Science (WiNS) Society @wins-society.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
WiNS seminars are back for the Spring edition! 🎉 We’ll kick things off next Monday (Jan 12, 11 am ET) with Laura Fürsich from Linköping University, discussing segregation dynamics. Follow us to stay up to date on our biweekly seminars and more!
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist? How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅 🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
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Marc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
How can analytical sociology harness the computational social science revolution? 🔆 👉Observe behavior in actual social environments, capture interdependent dynamics, follow up cumulative effects 🔗Access chapter 5 on strengthening mechanism-based explanations of macro phenomena osf.io/preprints/so...
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Ben Jarvis @benjarvis.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
New paper out with @kchihaya.bsky.social and @eduardotapia.bsky.social. We show how a tendency to move near kin can preserve patterns of segregation, using a combination of discrete choice models and micro-simulations applied to the case of immigrants and their descendants living in Stockholm.
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Ozan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
📢 Analytical sociology is coming home! Call 4 INAS26 is open 🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔) ☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26 🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
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INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021? You can now find out in AJS. Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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EUSN Conference 2026 @eusnconference.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
📢 The deadline to submit workshop and session proposals to EUSN 2026 has been extended till 9 December! ℹ️ For more information, see: liu.se/en/event/eus... 📝 Please send your submissions to: eusn2026@liu.se
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11-15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by @iasliu.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline for workshop and session proposals: 1 December 2025 More information: liu.se/en/event/eus...
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The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026)
The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11–15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Linköping University. The conference brings together scholars and ...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷 Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social Details here (please RT) www.shorturl.at/E57le
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Martin Arvidsson @martinarvidsson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🧵1/6 New paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social with @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social and Peter Hedström! We identify a social-influence mechanism that widens individuals' behavioral repertoires and breaks the link between individuals' initial preferences and the collective outcomes they bring about.
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Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data
Article: Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data | Sociological Science | Posted October 23, 2025
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🔈Job Alert! Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science (SWECSS) is hiring postdoctoral researchers. Positions are available at IAS and the Department of Computer Science (IDA). ⌛Deadline: 31 October IAS: liu.se/en/work-at-l... IDA: liu.se/en/work-at-l... #academicsky #css
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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
📢 Join the SweCSS Community! If you would like to stay informed about upcoming events, job opportunities, and news from The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS), you are welcome to join our mailing list. #css #academicsky 👉 Sign up here: liu.se/en/research/...
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The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science
This is a research hub and training centre at the forefront of Computational Social Science, a rapidly growing field that leverages computational tools to advance our understanding of human behavior a...
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Christoph Riedl @criedl.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
How does behavior spread? New insights on complex contagion in social networks with causal evidence from a country-scale field experiment @davidlazer.bsky.social sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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Amir Goldberg @amirgo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The Stanford GSB is hiring in macro & micro OB! If you do sociology, psychology, OB, strategy, management, computational social science, please apply. On the macro side, mid-career folks are especially invited to apply. See here👇 www.gsb.stanford.edu/jobs/faculty...
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Faculty Positions in Organizational Behavior
Learn about tenured and non-tenured faculty positions open in the organizational behavior area at Stanford GSB.
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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
That’s a wrap on IC2S2’25! 🎉 Thank you for an unforgettable week of ideas and discussions. Congratulations to our award winners, and safe travels home. Mark your calendars: #ic2s2 ’ 26 heads to Burlington, Vermont, in the US. See you next year!
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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Attending #IC2S2 or following along from home? Here's a feed of all the posts using the relevant hashtags or mentioning the conference account! (I'm feeling very strong FOMO and am relying on all of you there in person to post as much as possible!)
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Dean Eckles @eckles.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Nice new paper in PNAS providing further evidence that random/long ties help social contagions — even many that would be labeled "complex contagions" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @davidlazer.bsky.social
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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 08/07/2025
This is a fairly technical but highly relevant paper on how we can model complex systems at various levels of detail without losing causal content. Think gas: instead of tracking every molecule, we can focus on big-picture properties like temperature and pressure. www.auai.org/uai2017/proc...
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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#IC2S2 2025 is just around the corner! July 21–24 in Norrköping, Sweden. Bookmark tutorials, keynotes, and must-see sessions and connect with fellow attendees using #IC2S2. Full program here: www.ic2s2-2025.org/program/ See you in Norrköping! 🇸🇪
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Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Networks, Migration, Climate, and lots of exciting Statistical Models: Come work with on a potpourri of these topics as a POSTDOC in a joint project between TOULOUSE and ZURICH: it'll be even more exciting than it sounds: tinyurl.com/climatenetmig
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UZH: Postdoctoral research position - modeling migration networks and the impact of climate change
The Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich, established in 1966, is one of the leading institutes in Europe known for its excellent theory-driven empirical research with a strong focus on...
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European Sociological Review @europeansocreview.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The deadline for submissions to the special issue honoring Richard Breen has been postponed to August 31st
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
As some of you guessed, the two models are statistically indistinguishable. The answer is Model 1, but there was no way to tell from the data. I was very surprised when I first saw this. Here we show that this confounding of heterogeneity and reinforcement is general: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Reinforcement generates systematic differences without heterogeneity | PNAS
Inequality in outcomes may emerge through a reinforcement process in which stochastic variation in values is determined by prior values but may als...
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Selcan Mutgan @selcanmutgan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🧵1/8 In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation. Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have? 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027
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Marc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science 📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden ⏰Deadline June 3 🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 Please apply // help us spread the word
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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
⏰ Early‑bird registration for #IC2S2’25 in Norrköping ends May 9—lock in your spot (and the discount) today: www.ic2s2-2025.org/register/
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