Reposted by Nicole SchwitterPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A paper is finished when the embarrassment of submitting it becomes smaller than the embarrassment of still working on it 630254
Reposted by Nicole Schwitterjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 02/09/2026The slop factory is now claiming to have invented iterative, abductive research design… 20th century ethnography would like a word, sir. 311643
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterThomas Lux @thomaslux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Sociology in the tradition of Karl Mannheim says that what you live through in your impressionable years tends to leave a lasting imprint. But which events do people themselves count as formative for their lives? Our data visualization in Socius answers this. 1/6 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 610643
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterMZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 27/08/2026📣 Let’s take a sneak peek at our upcoming talks 😃 Please share! The MZES Speaker Series will begin on 📆 Tue, 08 September 📍 Room A 231 and ZOOM We are very much looking forward to @tizianozgaga.bsky.social Gideon Rahat (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) @jeyalizade.bsky.social (...) 1/5 195
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterThe 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 Nicole SchwitterGESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 06/07/2026*Factorial Survey Experiments* by Ulf Liebe, Jürgen Meyerhoff & @nschwitter.bsky.social. 🗓️ 21 – 23 April 2027 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/factorial-su... 001
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterKatrin Auspurg @kauspurg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The original authors have published a reply to our comment (www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...). They applaud us for checking the robustness of social science research, yet at the same time accuse us of acting as the “replication police.” Here is how we see the story in a nutshell: 1194
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterEva Zschirnt @evazschirnt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026For the 4th time, @bramlancee.bsky.social & I, in collaboration with AMCIS, organise a workshop on survey experiments on 5 Oct. 2026. CfP below ⬇️. We particularly welcome papers/research designs from early career researchers. Deadline for submissions: 23 Aug. @aissr.bsky.social 11010
Nicole Schwitter @nschwitter.bsky.social · 02/06/2026#Wikipedia relies on a small group of elected administrators for key governance and maintenance tasks. Are offline Wikipedia meetups related to who ends up in these roles? In Wikipedia's early years, the answer is yes! 📝 doi.org/10.1609/icws...doi.org From Meetups to Adminship: The Offline Path to Leadership on Wikipedia | Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 094
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterTobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... 06880
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14/05/2026Two new facts stand out: 1. 85% of hallucinated citations in preprints are also in the subsequent journal version (thanks, peer review!) 2. Fake cites more likely to use the names of (male) scholars who are already highly cited, creating a fake-citation Matthew effect. arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723arxiv.orgLLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citationsLarge language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p... 18627297
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so... 25276106
Reposted by Nicole Schwittermaybe: annie rauwerda @annierau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026"openai.com" was once the personal homepage of a guy named glenn (2001), and "tiktok.com" was the quaint shared homepage of a couple as their relationship progressed from dating to married with a baby (2000). THREAD!!! 222413861
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterVerena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026We're excited that @nschwitter.bsky.social will join us for the next session of the TADA Spring Speaker Series to present work on AI-generated images as experimental treatments. When? **Thursday**, April 30, 17:00 (Berlin time) Sign up for our newsletter at tada.cool for the Zoom link! 1166
Nicole Schwitter @nschwitter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026As part of the special issue Explanation and Causality in Sociology, @rubac.bsky.social, @cklamm.bsky.social and I discussed what it takes to do causal inference with text as data - whether we try to explain texts, treat them as causes, or use them as controls 💬🔍👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comText as Data and Causal Inference in Sociology - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und SozialpsychologieThis article discusses and showcases approaches to causal inference with text as data, focusing on the challenges and opportunities that arise when sociological constructs are embedded in language. We... 0268
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterKerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Looking for a measure of #neighborhoods, micro or macro #segregation? I've got something for you! My newly published paper in Sociological Methods & Research presents a machine-learning-based algorithm to delineate neighborhoods with grid-cell or point data: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 24515
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterFlo Bock @flobock.at · 14/04/2026Wenn die Wayback Machine zunehmend nutzlos wird, weil sie blockiert wird, geht vielleicht eines der wichtigsten Dinge im Web verloren. Wie erzählt man Netzgeschichte ohne Archiv?wired.comThe Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in PerilAs major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. 0339
Nicole Schwitter @nschwitter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026contributing one reanalysis to a 500-person 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 paper 0110
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 06/02/2026As Wikipedia celebrates its 25th anniversary, professor and former member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Dariusz Jemielniak urges academics to engage with Wikipedia for "Nature" ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/d41... 03213
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterLisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I'm hiring a postdoc! @goetheuni.bsky.social Focus: CSS, political behavior, political communication & transforming information environments. 📍 Frankfurt | ⏳ 3 years | 📅 Deadline: 14 April 2026 Full job ad here: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... (search for “political behavior” to find it)uni-frankfurt.de Goethe-Universität — Zentrale Einrichtungen Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E... 06351
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Empires rise and fall, but some things endure: Nick Cox speaking Stata 45910
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterNicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026🚨 TADA Speaker Series Spring 2026 schedule is here! 🚨 We've assembled a fantastic lineup of researchers exploring the future of survey research in the age of LLMs. Mar 18 - May 27, online at 17:00 CEST. Join us! More info & signup: tada.cool 03823
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterThomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Our new paper is out today in @pnasnexus.org with colleagues at Yale (@matthewshu.com, Danny Karell, @keitarookura.bsky.social) We wanted to understand how using AI-generated summaries to learn about history influenced attitudes compared to existing resources like Wikipedia. 1/4 1209
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterChris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and identify new research partners across academic fields? Apply to one of the 2026 Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (described in yellow in the attached map) here: sicss.io/locations 03431
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterOzan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A new publication at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We find that religious markers (esp. beards) can reduce perceived trustworthiness in Turkey. (That's why you often see me clean shaven ;-)pnas.orgReligious markers reduce perceived trustworthiness in a Muslim-majority country | PNASFirst impressions often hinge on visible cues, leading people to infer the trustworthiness of strangers from their appearance and dress. While reli... 23820
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023... 10411187
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterNate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 29/01/2026www.nature.com/articles/d41... #wikipedia @wikipedia.org #openscience #citizensciencenature.comWikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years onThe online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it. 063
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterMark Wittek @markwittek.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🎺 On May 21/22 @lespin.bsky.social , @doriantsolak.bsky.social, and I host “Democracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSS” in Vienna Keynotes: @lauraknelson.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...computational-social-science.orgDemocracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSS – Computational Social Science 02013
Reposted by Nicole Schwitterdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage 92124493984
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterShahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The kind of research that makes one jealous. “How does India Cook #Biryani” 1185
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026We should no longer trust data collected on MTurk link.springer.com/article/10.3... My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences. 1012158
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterLisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025It's out!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe. 57733
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern... 4310307
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterTaha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now! @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 16226
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterTobias 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 17221
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025All research is exploratory if you’re confused enough 524555
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterDavid Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com: 1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science. 2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comRepresentation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human BehaviourDruckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre... 313861
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterWikipedia @wikipedia.org · 01/12/2025AI is powered by Wikipedia, the world’s greatest online knowledge resource. For 25 years, editors around the world have shaped the knowledge that shapes the future. #Wikipedia25 517334
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something. 9154921380
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterJonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Why 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/... 24216
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterPatrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 17/11/2025I enjoyed writing this piece for the LSE Impact Blog on Musk's latest swing at Wikipedia, and its future in a hostile AI-skewed political landscape 👇 095
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I think about this post every day 🧪 3633110
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterJohannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 08/11/2025"dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap" hadley.github.io/genzplyr/hadley.github.iodplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different. 22312
Nicole Schwitter @nschwitter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Can AI-generated images work as visual vignettes in survey experiments? I argue yes - and discuss how . in my new @sscratsage.bsky.social paper: doi.org/10.1177/0894... 03311
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterDr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching 5245181434
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterLisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so... What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade? 28339
Reposted by Nicole SchwitterWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 29/10/2025Happy 13th birthday, Wikidata! Facts do not live in isolation; they form a web of connections that shape understanding. Thirteen years ago, Wikidata was created to store and link facts across Wikipedia and its sister projects. ➡️ w.wiki/Jg 14613