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Societal COmmunication in times of PErmacrisis - a consortium of researchers investigating how profound & long-lasting crises influence information processing, social cohesion, and political decision-making. Visit: scope.projects.rptu.de

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DFG-funded Research Unit "Beyond Crazy" @beyond-crazy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We are delighted (and soooooo happy) that the DFG will fund the first four years of our Research Unit “𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀”. We will seek 8 Ph.D. candidates and a postdoctoral coordinator to start in Spring 2027.
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Aidar Zinnatullin @zinnatullin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We’re hiring a W3 Professor in Computational Social Science at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, based in Psychology in Landau. Application deadline: 14 October 2026 Details: jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/0... Please share with anyone who might be interested.
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W 3-Professur für "Computational Social Science" (m/w/d)
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Henning Best @besthenning.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Easy. It's availiable free of charge @gesis-dataservices.bsky.social @glen-study.bsky.social collects survey data on social responses to climate change and the environment, up to four times a year. #climatecrisis #climatechange
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RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau @rptu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Klicks für Konflikte: Digitale Kommunikation bringt unsere politische Kultur ins Wanken – oder? 📱 Antwort darauf geben der Medienpsychologe Stephan Winter und der Experte für politische #Kommunikation Christian von Sikorski im #Forschungsmagazin der RPTU. rptu.de/s/uohweb
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SCOPE @scope-rptu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today, SCOPE is excited to join the SOUNDS kick-off meeting at @uni-saarland.de! SOUNDS brings together researchers from various disciplines to better understand societal transformations through novel digital data sources. SCOPE is looking forward to new interdisciplinary exchanges and synergies!
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SCOPE @scope-rptu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New publication by our SCOPE member @zinnatullin.bsky.social. "What drives affective polarization? A systematic literature review", published in European Political Science. doi.org/10.1017/S168...
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What drives affective polarization? A systematic literature review | European Political Science | Cambridge Core
What drives affective polarization? A systematic literature review
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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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SCOPE @scope-rptu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New study by @scope-rptu.bsky.social researchers! Michaela Maier, @maierjuergen.bsky.social & @alessandronai.bsky.social provide convincing evidence across a huge variety of data sets that the "classical" measure of negative campaigning is reliable and valid. tinyurl.com/3yvs5a38
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Unreliable and Invalid? Not So Fast: A Multistudy Empirical Assessment of the ‘Directional’ Measure of Negative Campaigning - Alessandro Nai, Jürgen Maier, Michaela Maier, 2026
The ‘directional’ definition of negative campaigning (i.e. when candidates leverage critiques against their political opponents) has been criticized for lacking...
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🚨 Happy that this piece is finally out in @polstudies.bsky.social ! Across 9 (!) studies and multiple data sources, we ask a simple question: is the “directional” definition of Negative Campaigning still valid and reliable? TLDR: yups! Paper: tinyurl.com/3yvs5a38 Open data: osf.io/un4f8
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SCOPE @scope-rptu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🌟 SCOPE hosted the Computational Methods in Science Communication Research conference! Thanks to Ines Vogel & Berend Barkela for organizing 👏 Scholars explored AI, automation & text analysis in science communication. Highlight: Dr. Weber’s hands-on LLM workshop. Great interdisciplinary exchange! 🚀
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