Mark Wittek

Computational Social Science of Social Cohesion and Polarization This open access book explores the decay of social cohesion in democratic societies through the lens of Computational Social Science (CSS)

Today Springer published an Open Access book edited by @janlo.de , Marijn Keijzer and myself covering a diverse range of Computational Social Science approaches to questions about social cohesion and polarization. Come and get it at link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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For the ABM and networks enthusiasts: Special Issue of Social Networks on "Agent-based Modelling for Social Network Research" - co-ed by Andreas Flache, @squazzoni.bsky.social, Károly Takács and me

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Deadlines
Extended abstracts: 1 April
Full papers: 15 November

Consider submitting a paper to the session I am organizing at ASA this year on “Comparative-Historical Sociology and Computational Social Science.” The submission deadline is February 25.

The deadline is on Saturday, quick quick!

Aalto University is looking for an Assistant Professor in Computer Science, application deadline February 2, 2026!
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts!

🎺 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...

We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...

CEU DNDS is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join us in #Vienna!

If you work in #NetworkScience or #ComputationalSocialScience, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 bit.ly/44lfXb4

🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc!

Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you.

💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!

Assistant Professor (f/m/d) Assistant Professor (f/m/d)

🚨 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...

I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!

Why 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/...

At GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase Scientific career at GESIS

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg

Apply now for a job as #ResearchAssociate in Trusted Research Environments & Researcher Training (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, 39,5 h/week)

www.gesis.org/en/ins...

My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)!

We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓.

See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...

Excited to share our new research with Mark Wittek and Lea Ellwardt on health advice networks in Network Science 🎉
Structures of health advice networks differ to those of close ties. Acquaintances and distant contacts play a bigger role than we might think! 💡

doi.org/10.1017/nws....

Assistant or Associate Professor in Computational Sociology at CREST in Paris
The position is open to computational sociologists regardless of their research area. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026. All details here: www.shorturl.at/E57le

we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025

Don't forget to submit your Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science application this weekend❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Applications close 26 October 🚨

🔈Job Alert!
Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science (SWECSS) is hiring postdoctoral researchers. Positions are available at IAS and the Department of Computer Science (IDA).

⌛Deadline: 31 October
IAS: liu.se/en/work-at-l...
IDA: liu.se/en/work-at-l...

#academicsky #css

📢 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗛-𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 & 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 @ 𝗖𝗘𝗨 – 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!

Explore digital tools & projects in the humanities from CEU and partner institutions across Austria.

📍 CEU Auditorium, Vienna
🔗 Event details & registration: bit.ly/47dSGso

#DigitalHumanities #CEU

Use of aggregated relational data in agent-based modeling Aggregated relational data (ARD) provides valuable information for inferring structural features of personal social networks at scale. Following recen…

📢Just published! Yunsub Lee (COALESCE Lab) & Xinwei Xu (@socialnetworkslab.bsky.social) show how incorporating more realistic network features dramatically alters Axelrod’s cultural dynamics model, in their new article in Social Networks: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #NetSci #SocialNetworks

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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Sociological Theory (the journal) invites contributions to a special issue on "Sociological Theorizing in the Global South".
Find out more:
www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...

🎓 Welcome to our new PhD cohort in Network Science!

(top row, L→R) Nathalia, Miguel @msanchezc.bsky.social, Zhina
(bottom row, L→R) Jiachen, Dima and Laura

Wishing you an inspiring start to your journey—looking forward to all the ideas and discoveries ahead! 💡🌍

Sociology seminar announcement poster featuring the CREST (Center for Economics and Statistics) logo at the top with a modern glass building in the background. The poster displays four upcoming seminars, each with a portrait photo of the speaker on the left and event details on the right: September 18, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Ashley Mears (University of Amsterdam) presenting "Learning to Like the Likes and the Hate: The Labor of Internet Fame in the New Attention Economy" - shown with a professional headshot of a woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a black top with knit vest. October 23, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Katia Begall (Radboud University) presenting "Of Apples and Trees: A Dyadic Approach to the Intergenerational Transmission of Household Work" - featured with a photo of a woman with glasses and hair in a bun, wearing a light blue shirt while presenting. November 27, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Oscar Stuhler (Northwestern University) presenting "Agency Expressions in Organizational Communication" - accompanied by a headshot of a young man with dark wavy hair and wire-rimmed glasses wearing a dark sweater. December 11, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Mads Meier Jæger (University of Copenhagen) presenting "Breath, Depth, or Consecration? Omnivorousness Tastes in Music and Perceptions of Status and Competence" - shown with a photo of a man with reddish hair and round glasses in an office setting with bookshelves. All seminars are noted as "in person and on-line" events.

Check out the CREST Sociology seminar program for the rest of the year: Ashley Mears, Katia Begall, @oms279.bsky.social, and Mads Meier Jæger! All in person or on-line! Starting next week with Ashley Mears!

Excited to announce the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱!
📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile
Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social & @krivitsky.net

@insna.bsky.social & @netscisociety.bsky.social
Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

Cool job alert for sociologists of science! 📢

The University of San Diego is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor whose work takes a critical approach to science and technology studies—broadly defined. Great job in an awesome city!

#SociologyJobs #STSinSociology #TenureTrack #HigherEdJobs

Networks, Migration, Climate, and lots of exciting Statistical Models: Come work with on a potpourri of these topics as a POSTDOC in a joint project between TOULOUSE and ZURICH: it'll be even more exciting than it sounds: tinyurl.com/climatenetmig

Having a great time @netsciconf.bsky.social. Presenting joint work with Tianyu Du, Raphael Heiberger, and Dan McFarland on conventionality and impact in biomedical science. Come by and check out my poster today if you are around. It's also available online: rwth-aachen.sciebo.de/s/aI1ICq6jtf...

Thank you for participating in the Measuring Culture workshop funded by the Academy of Sciences in Heidelberg @hadw-bw.bsky.social. It was an incredible experience for me due to all the brilliant people attending. Special thanks to keynote speakers @nehagondal.bsky.social and @olizardo.bsky.social