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Sandro Sousa

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Scientist | Socioeconomic inequality, it's emergence & anything in between | Algorithms & Society | Complexity, Networks & Computational Social Science | @cphsodas.bsky.social

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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 08/07/2026
Good news everyone! 🎉 The new version 3.0 of graph-tool is just out with major improvements! See below. graph-tool.skewed.de graph-tool is a comprehensive and efficient Python library to work with networks, including structural, dynamical, and statistical algorithms, as well as visualization. 1/N
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Marika Sartore @marika-sartore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Need some help with funding? We got you! 💸💸💸
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
EM-DAT, the Emergency Events Database, is a widely used global disaster database for tracking natural and technological disasters, which risks shutting down after USAID cuts. I just signed an open letter to support them, so can you: openletter.earth/the-worlds-c... #EMDAT #Funding #OpenData
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The World's collective disaster memory must be preserved
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IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) @idmc-geneva.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Emerging, escalating and entrenched conflicts. For the first time on record, conflict and violence forced people to flee within their countries more often than disasters in 2025.
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
What are the foundations of #ComplexSystems & #NetSci, really? Working in this field? Contribute a small set of papers you consider foundational (DOI only): both the obvious and the overlooked matter. 🕒 <10 minutes 👉 Take the survey: manliodedomenico.com/complexity_m... 🧵 1/ more info 👇
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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....
View over the canal in Nyhavn, Copenhagen
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto
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Complexity and Networks CORE @complexity-core.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
University of Amsterdam | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Synthetic Social Networks for Climate Attitude-Behaviour Diffusion - Application deadline 📆 Apr 30, 2026
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Vacancy — Postdoc Synthetic Social Networks for Climate Attitude-Behaviour Diffusion
<p><strong><span>Do you want to build realistic social network models when the real networks cannot be shared? Are you excited about developing privacy-safe synthetic networks that still preserve the...
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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026
It's beginning! EU journal replacement set to start this fall. Free OA publishing for all authors from 11 supporting countries. This is Germany's DFG press release: "New Publishing Opportunities for Researchers: Germany Joins Open Research Europe" […]
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 16/03/2026
Come be my colleague! Postdoc position at the University of Amsterdam: Open-source AI for Social Sciences & Humanities. Work on open LLM infrastructure, reproducible research tools, and ethical AI for SSH. 🗓 Tight deadline: Apply by April 3 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher in Open AI research for social sciences and humanities
<p>The Humane AI research priority area of the University of Amsterdam is looking for a new PostDoc to amend our existing team (<a href="https://humane-ai.nl/">https://humane-ai.nl/</a>). AI is everywhere. Chatbots, translation tools, shopping assistants, hyper-personalised services - as Large Language Models become widely accessible, they're reshaping how we live, work, play and connect. This rapid shift sparks big questions: Whose norms and values shape this AI-driven society—and who gets left behind? What are the rules that govern the development and deployment of Generative AI different sectors of society, and towards what kind of society will they steer us? Is the risked-based approach to AI. </p>
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DataBeers Copenhagen @databeers-cph.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Exciting day ahead 🚀🚀🚀 See you tomorrow for diverse talks, frosty beers, and a great atmosphere. 🍻 Big thanks to Danish Data Science Academy and the Technical University of Denmark for sponsoring and Absalon for the incredible venue. See you there! #databeers #Copenhagen
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Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) @cphsodas.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
SODAS Lecture on March 13! 📅 Join us for this fascinating lecture, where @marioluissmall.bsky.social will discuss the availability of large-scale data and the spread of computational social science 💻 Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...
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DataBeers Copenhagen @databeers-cph.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We are thrilled to announce our 4th speaker for the event on March 10th! 🚀🚀🚀 Christopher Cox will tell us about the effect of parental leave on mental health in men and women. Join us at #databeers #copenhagen x #Absalon1720 We are SOLD OUT❗️ Remember to cancel your ticket if you can't attend
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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Serving as an editor taught me the limits of academic ideals for open, accessible scholarship, which tend to get smashed into the cliffs of institutional inertia, profit motives, and extractive norms. Some orgs are better than others, but their base tendencies are varying degrees of parasitism 🔥
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Excellent opportunity for a hands-on experience with a complex project, highly recommended!
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Complexity Next Gen @complexitynextgen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
You've seen the projects, the tutors, the location, the program — and it's all 🔥. You have zero excuses. Apply before Feb 28th. We'll know if you didn't. 👀
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Complexity Next Gen @complexitynextgen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The call for participants for Complexity72h is finally open! Apply by February 28 for the best collab ever! Why??? ✨ Amazing projects 👩‍🏫 Fantastic tutors 📍 A great location 👉 Apply now: www.complexitynextgen.org/complexity72... Do you REALLY need anything else to be convinced? We didn’t think so.
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Call for Participants - complexitynextgen
Menu Call for Participants – Call For Scholarships Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 Are you a curious and motivated young researcher interested in complex systems? Are
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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
SFI’s GWCSS program is designed for Ph.D. students pursuing thesis research in computational social science. Participants work closely with peers and faculty to advance their own research and take part in collaborative complexity-based problem solving. Apply by Feb 4, 2026 santafe.edu/gwcss
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
PLEASE SHARE 📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity” Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)). Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles. Links in🧵 #commsky
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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 11/01/2026
As a cognitive scientist, I'm embarrassed at how long it took me to realise that emotion matters a lot, not just for understanding humans, but for understanding any thinking agent. Why? Because emotion is an indicator of what that agent values, and values are essential to rationality. Examples:
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Rav @rvbdrm.com · 09/01/2026
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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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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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/01/2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the US crossed an 'unacceptable line' following attacks on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.
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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Thrilled 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
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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 23/12/2025
🏹 Job alert: Four PhD Positions in Natural Language Processing, AI and LLM Security (CPH) at Aalborg University 📍 Copenhagen 🇩🇰 📅 Apply by Feb 1st 🔗 bit.ly/4pLX1La
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Four PhD Positions in Natural Language Processing, AI and LLM Security (CPH)
The Technical Faculty of IT and Design, Department of Computer Science, Section for Copenhagen, Natural Language Processing The Department of Comput...
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Elisa Omodei @elisaomodei.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🚨 Come join @ceu-dnds.bsky.social as an 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿! 🚨 We are looking for a young and coming researcher in 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. If that sounds like you (or someone you know), check out the call & apply (or share the link): careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
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Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Really cool initiative appreciating the work of early career researchers... Other research groups could definitely copy! 👏
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Ouch, what an embarrassment! 🤮
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Guess which one of these vehicles has a motor that prevents it from going too fast for the safety of others?
giant, illegally modified truck with oversized wheels that extend beyond the side of the truck, front bumper design that will kill pedestrians. and a speed limited e bike
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Migration has been part of human history for ages and gets more complex and intense with rising conflict and extreme weather. Last week, we took on the challenge of making sense of displacement patterns during the #Complexity72h workshop. To know more, take a 👀 arxiv.org/abs/2506.22120
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Walking Through Complex Spatial Patterns of Climate and Conflict-Induced Displacements
Extreme weather events are projected to intensify global migration, increase resource competition, and amplify socio-spatial phenomena, including intergroup conflicts, socioeconomic inequalities, and ...
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
You will own NOTHING and be HAPPY! At least with games, you can stop this madness of digital goods becoming inaccessible by design, by signing this petition: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Slides from my keynote lecture "What drives the productivity of scientific labor?" at the 2025 Oxford Summer School on Economic #Networks. Part 1 of 2: why and how do elite scientists dominate scientific discourse? aaronclauset.github.io/slides/Claus...
Title slide: "What drives the productivity of scientific labor?" a talk by Aaron Clauset at the Oxford Summer School on Economic Networks 2025Summary slide arguing that prestige is a structural variable in the scientific ecosystem, and that it is differences in working environment (not pedigree) that explains why elite researchers dominate scientific discourse. Ends with a question: how exactly does environment do this?Summary slide arguing that working environment (specifically, institutional prestige) explains differences in scientific productivity because there's just more available academic labor at elite places, and researchers use this labor to write more papers. Ends with a question: how much does it matter who you collaborate with? That leads into part 2 of the slides
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It's #SICSS O'clock!!!! Hundreds of students all over the world are learning about computational social science *for free* thanks to the hard work of so many brilliant young scholars who dedicated their time this summer to train the next generation-- from Colombia to Kenya! sicss.io
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Silicon Valley doing what it's best at, manufacturing demand!
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Maybe it's called a corpse flower because that's a dead ballerina stuffed in a bucket.
San Diego's enormous corpse flower looking like aN upside down ballerina.
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Still, in the last 50 years it didn't change that much, regardless of having dem or rep governments. Will it mean something, or not? It reminds me of this: youtu.be/35DSdw7dHjs?...
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"The World is a Corporation" (Network, 1976)
YouTube video by Pedro Palatnik
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Dan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Open science: share all your data GDPR: do not even think about sharing all your data Open science: just anonymize your data Differential privacy experts: good luck with that
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Joana G Sa @joanagsa.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
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Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump
Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.
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NERDS @nerdsitu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
📢 Call for PhD and Postdocs: Using data science to improve epidemic preparedness nerds.itu.dk/2025/03/25/c... We are looking for Phds and Postdocs to join @jonassjuul.bsky.social at @itu.dk in Copenhagen improving inference, forecasting, and mitigation in future pandemics. Deadline May 1st.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I was happy to sign this scientific consensus statement on bias and discrimination in AI. www.aibiasconsensus.org
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Scientific Consensus on AI Bias
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Awesome initiative asking for a code of conduct at the International School and Conference on Network Science (#NetSci), if you support the idea, consider signing & sharing with peers forms.gle/fV6XrYyTZ1Fz... @netplace.bsky.social
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Petition for a Code of Conduct at NetSci2025
March 5, 2025 Dear all, This initiative originates at NERDS (IT University of Copenhagen), and we are launching a petition to establish a Code of Conduct at NetSci2025. We are collecting signatures ...
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Reform and cultural change in academic publishing are overdue. This is a fantastic initiative, particularly by steering away from the prestige signalling of high-impact journals and bringing affordability back to the open-access agenda. The next step: having funders and hiring departments onboard!
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Complexity and Networks CORE @complexity-core.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We are glad to present 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄) 🎉 complexity-core.github.io 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄 is a newly-created umbrella organization that aims to gather resources and initiatives directed to the Complexity and Network Science community.
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Complexity & Networks CORE
A hub for the Complexity and Network Science community to gather and share resources.
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Sandro Sousa @sandrofsousa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Can't wait to be back at @complexity72h.bsky.social, let the sleepless nights come :D #Complexity72h
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Someone should write this black on white the day after H-index and impact factors started to drive decision-making processes in many scientific fields. Now the community behind the Complex Systems Society writes it and calls for similar initiatives.
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