Data Science Lab - Hertie School

Congratulations @paugc.bsky.social 👏
Well done! Very happy for you!

Organised by Cornelius Erfort, @eliaskoch.bsky.social, and @hannahrajski.bsky.social the workshop created an environment for researchers at all career stages to exchange ideas, present ongoing work, and receive feedback in an open academic environment.

Research at work: insights from the Zweitstimme workshop Organised by Cornelius Erfort, Elias Koch, and Hannah Rajski the workshop created an environment for researchers at all career stages to exchange ideas, present ongoing work, and receive feedback in a...

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At the recent Zweitstimme.org Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour at the Hertie School, researchers from across Europe shared new insights on elites, participation and polling, highlighting how data, methodology and communication are reshaping the study of democratic politics.

During latest Research Group meeting, we had an engaging discussion with Jackson Luckey, a visiting doctoral researcher at the Hertie School. Jackson’s research examines political, regulatory, and economic barriers to building housing and other goods...
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How do classroom LLM workflows translate to real industry practice?

That question drove our final #NLP lab with Dr. Sascha Göbel, exploring #LLM workflows & agents through LangChain and LangGraph – concepts meets hands-on.

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🚨📆🤓 One more week to apply for our Data4Good Festival @hertieschool.bsky.social! Now in its third year, we’re bringing a fresh set of datasets for this round’s hackathon challenge. If you teach undergrads who might want to join us in Berlin in January, please help us spread the word.

Great insights on startup success! 🚀 Understanding founder traits & ecosystem navigation is key. Data-driven approaches are the future! Smart moves lead to innovation! 💡 #Startups #Innovation

What makes a startup succeed? At Hertie School’s Entrepreneurship Evening, experts Dr. Fabian Braesemann (Oxford) & Dr. Susanne Perner (TU Berlin) shared data-driven insights on founder traits, success factors & navigating innovation ecosystems.

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In a talk at the @hertieschool.bsky.social, @ankuepfer.bsky.social, explored how eye contact functions as a form of confrontation in parliamentary settings, and what this reveals about party competition, gender dynamics, & interactions with the far right.

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How can the EU build stronger resilience amid global power shifts & unprecedented threats to its democracy, economy, security? Join us on 10 Dec for a discussion w/ excellent speakers @dschwarzer.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @georginaewright.bsky.social

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🎓Level up your skills

Our festival features workshops led by professors, data scientists, & industry practitioners.

Learn about:
🔍 Data workflows
⚙ Best practices
📈 Latest trends & tech
🛠 Hands-on techniques

Perfect for #students at any level.
Apply now👉
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Join us at the last Data Science Brown Bag this year for a talk by @ankuepfer.bsky.social “Look Who’s Confronting: Opposition Status, Gender, & the Far Right.”
He’ll share insights on how politicians use eye contact as confrontation in parliamentary debates.
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At the @hertieschool.bsky.social Data Science Lab event, @clarakraemer.bsky.social & @maltetoetzke.bsky.social of @tumunich.bsky.social revealed how millions of LinkedIn posts can uncover the innovation networks that drive climate technologies forward.

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“The best weekend of my degree.”

Hear what past participants had to say about gaining skills, making friends from across Europe, and building real-world solutions.

Ready to join the next generation of data changemakers?
🔗 Apply now and learn more: www.hertie-school.org/en/data4good...
#Data4Good

📢 Applications for the Data4Good Festival 2026 are now open!
Join bachelor students from across Europe for a weekend of innovation, creativity, and fun in Berlin.

📅 Deadline: 12 Dec, 2025
📝 Apply now with your team, each member must register separately.
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At our latest Brown Bag seminar, Drew Dimmery, PhD @ddimmery.com, Professor of Data Science for the Common Good at the @hertieschool.bsky.social, invited us to rethink how we approach solving methodological problems.

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Many thanks to @hertiedatascience.bsky.social for the invite, the great discussions, and this blog piece about my talk yesterday!

Playing games with AI: What behavioural game theory reveals about large language models <p>Recently, the Data Science Lab at the Hertie School welcomed Elif Akata, a PhD researcher at Helmholtz Munich and the University of Tübingen, for a thought-provoking discussion on her recent paper,...

What happens when AI systems are asked to play social games instead of solving isolated tasks?

@elifakata.bsky.social recent talk at the Hertie School explored how LLM reason, coordinate, & sometimes struggle when interacting with humans & other agents.

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How can data help shape the future of cycling in our cities? <p>The event brought together researchers, policymakers and advocates to explore how new forms of data can inform planning, improve infrastructure and turn evidence into action for safer, more sustain...

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Daniel Velázquez Cortés (Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) Marcelo Lampkowski (ICLEI Europe) Thomas Kjær Rasmussen (DTU - Technical University of Denmark) Danielle Gatland (HeiGIT) Ralph Buehler (Virginia Tech)
Climate Action To Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe (CATALYSE)

The event brought together researchers, policymakers and advocates to explore how new forms of data can inform planning, improve infrastructure and turn evidence into action for safer, more sustainable urban mobility.

How can data help shape the future of cycling in our cities?
That was the guiding question of the workshop Data-Driven Approaches for Understanding & Advancing Urban Cycling, organised by @silkekaiser.bsky.social & Carol Sobral, with Professor @lynnhkaack.bsky.social at the @hertieschool.bsky.social

Join us next week for the Brown Bag Seminar!
We’re excited to host Professor @ddimmery.com for a discussion on how to design studies that preemptively address challenges, improving inference and generalization before data collection even begins.

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At our latest #ResearchGroup meeting, we had an insightful discussion with Camilo Pedraza Jiménez, a PhD researcher at the @hertieschool.bsky.social. Camilo specializes in computational and quantitative methods, including causal inference, ML, & geospatial analysis, to study environmental protection

Join us for an insightful discussion with @elifakata.bsky.social, a PhD researcher at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social. She will discuss her recent paper, “Playing Repeated Games with Large Language Models.”

📅 17 November
⏲️ 2-3 PM CET
📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social

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Blog about my talk yesterday and rare laughing professional picture of me here

Thanks again @hertiedatascience.bsky.social for having me and for the great discussion