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Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you interested in learning about the Societal and Environmental Risks of AI (SER-AI)? Then you should consider attending the SER-AI symposium. During this event, researchers from computer and social science will meet to talk about the impacts AI has in our cognition, democracies, and planet.

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 28/05/2026

🌍 Why join us? • International & collaborative environment • Research with real societal impact • Strong professional development opportunities • Based in Amsterdam’s vibrant innovation ecosystem

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 28/05/2026

🔬 In this role, you’ll work on: • Building and supporting innovative research engineering solutions • Collaborating with researchers across disciplines • Contributing to OPTIMA: the Observatory for Political Texts, Images, and Multimedia • Advancing FAIR and open research infrastructure

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 28/05/2026

🚀 We’re hiring at the Societal Analytics Lab at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam! We’re looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher / Research Engineer to join our team. If you’re passionate about research infrastructure, FAIR & Open Science, and interdisciplinary collaboration, this could be a great fit.

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Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Tired of looking for a way to safely share, search, and analyze research data? Then do not miss my @comptext.bsky.social workshop: 📅Tomorrow, April 23rd between 9:30 and 12:30 hrs. 📍119 Seminar Room, Teaching and Learning Building, University of Birmingham.

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 12/03/2026

Are you looking for more than just a line on your resume? At the Societal Analytics Lab, we’re looking for ambitious, curious, and driven students/recent grads to join our Internship Program! 📍 Location: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 🔗 All information here: societal-analytics.nl/services/int...

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Internship Opportunities

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 26/02/2026

A great example of how collaboration across countries supports shared standards for multilingual research on opinionated texts. More to come — stay tuned! 🚀

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 26/02/2026

What we worked on: • Reproducible server setup & documentation (societal-analytics.nl/blogs/202602...). • Open science workflows. • Interoperability with MEDem’s Text-as-Data model. • Drafting a handbook chapter + joint article.

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Install AmCAT in your own server

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 26/02/2026

Together, we deployed a new instance of AmCAT (amcat4.labs.vu.nl) for the @medem.bsky.social project in Vienna — strengthening infrastructure for open & reproducible computational content analysis.

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AmCAT

Amsterdam Content Analysis Toolkit

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 26/02/2026

We were happy to have @janabernhard.bsky.social visit us as part of a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) within COST Action OPINION! 🧵👇

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 24/02/2026

Next March 10th, we will be hosting the Film Club, a montly event to watch research-related movies and discuss them with pizza and drinks 😉 🍕 This time, we will be watching "The Thinking Game". 📍 Who can join? VU Amsterdam researchers. 📝 Register here: forms.office.com/e/AMhWei8365 See you there!

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 18/12/2025

Come and learn what the Lab achieved during 2025. But hey, a celebration is not complete without some fun activities! So, we will also screen the movie “Coded Bias” and finalize the event with drinks. When: February 10th between 15:00 and 18:00 hrs. All info: societal-analytics.nl/events/20251...

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 10/12/2025

Are you an academic working at FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social ? Do you want to learn to use R for data managing, visualization, and analysis? Then, you may want to enroll to our R-Workshops. We only have 15 places. 👇🏽 All info here: societal-analytics.nl/events/20251...

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silviamajo.bsky.social @silviamajo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Join us for the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase @icacm.bsky.social Registration is free and open to colleagues interested in computational methods! DM me if you have questions 1/2

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 30/09/2025

#AmCAT is proudly developed by the @societal-analytics.nl You can learn more about it in the: * Book: amcat.nl/book/ * Blog post: societal-analytics.nl/blogs/202501...

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 22/05/2025

Congrats @sof14g1l.bsky.social (our Lab Manager/ Researcher)! 👏 Check out her cool research beneath and do not forget to help her reach out the right people by re-posting. If you find this work important, you can also donate: steun.vu.nl/ai-beleid

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 11/04/2025

On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction". In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives. We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 11/04/2025

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 02/04/2025

Interested in learning the basics of #MachineLearning in #R ? Then our next workshops are for you! Introduction to Unsupervised Machine Learning [April 25th, 9:30-12:30hrs] [Hybrid] Introduction to Supervised Machine Learning [May 2nd, 9:30-12:30hrs] [Hybrid] More info here 👇

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[hybrid]R-Workshop: Machine Learning in R

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 14/03/2025

We have a new webpage! In it you can find more about our services! Every month, we will upload posts about: * How to use VU IT infrastructure * Good-to-know information regarding our tools * And more! societal-analytics.nl

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 07/03/2025

The Societal Analytics Lab aims to expand VU research infrastructure and foster methodological innovation. For this, we set up our own server with different AI products, such as LLMs. Ollama is our most resent product, reach out to us if you want to try it out! www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 25/02/2025

Hello 🦋! We are the Societal Analytics Lab. We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods. If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member: www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · 25/02/2025

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