The deadline for this ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ is May 1st!
Join us in Vienna for a 20-month postdoc on the COLINE project, studying the 15-minute city & urban mobility.
๐ฐ โฌ56,000/year + benefits
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Starts Sept 1, 2025
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If you are considering moving to the Netherlands to do a Social Science Post-Doc, consider applying for MCSA and contacting ODISSEI to give you a boost ๐๐
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
If you keep using #Twitter, be aware that the content pushed to your feed is extremely distorted towards right-wing/anti-immigrant ideology. This paper provides clear evidence for that:
"Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election"
arxiv.org/abs/2503.02888
New study says children of immigrants in Sweden at high risk of being overqualified for their jobs. @wooseongkim.bsky.social talks about his recent doctoral thesis on Radio Sweden.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/new-...
Open PhD position with great colleagues now open for applications #demography #sociology
Well just received this email regarding a paper under review:
The Computational Social Science Workshop is coming to the University of Mannheim on May 15-16, 2025!
Registration is now openโdon't miss out! Early career researchers can also present a poster for a chance to win the best poster award of 250โฌ.
๐ computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...
Finally deactivated my X account, after long contemplation on whether it's a harmful move for an early career academic like myself. We need more discussion & research about the effects of social media presence for academic opportunities.
#eXit #eXodus #academia #research
Havenโt look at the news for about 6 hours. Itโs been lovely. Going in now. Wish me strength.
If you are interested in studying good old human activity on pre-Musk Twitter, we are now sharing the complete 375M dataset of our 24h Twitter data collection with researchers. Get in touch!
ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
Please forward to interested scholars.
JFC. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg are in the front row at the #inauguration.
They are sat IN FRONT of Trumpโs Cabinet.
The era of oligarchy.
(๐ธ: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)
Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
Over on X, Musk seems to be pushing his own posts directly onto users' notification pages, even if they do not follow him, in a category comically labeled 'Elon Musk' above the breaking news that 'Elon Musk posted'
He's making those X devs implement new levels of dear leader shit over there
Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR!
Find out more at:
academic.oup.com/esr/pages/General_Instructions
๐จ I'm hiring! Come and work with me at the University of Salford ๐ as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the ERC/UKRI project "Living longer in poorer health? ๐ Understanding the migrant health paradox". 3 x 3-year positions available! Apply by Jan 12th! ๐จ
universityofsalford.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
This is absolutely going into my slides for a class presentation I gave today.
When we give a R&R at @europeansocreview.bsky.social, we (editors) give a list of required revisions, selecting among the reviewers' suggestions, to avoid the "double cheeseburgers+oreo" effect below. In case of conflicting requests, we tell which one to prioritise.
Not always possible, but we try
IAS celebrates its first 10 years as an institute. Read more about what made founder Peter Hedstrรถm start up the institute, and thoughts from current director Maria Brandรฉn on the future for IAS.
liu.se/en/news-item...
Good morning from the Netherlands, where the Christian Right has just joined forces with the Radical Right to facilitate massive cuts to scientific research and education (while making exceptions for religious education, naturally).
Next week I am presenting at the IAS webinar on "Data infrastructure for the study of societal dynamics" @iasliu.bsky.social
Subscribe to their webinar, its a fantastic series
Applications to host a 2025 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due December 1st. Feel free to email me with questions and/or help connecting with others (especially since grant support will be limited): sicss.io/host
Also the importance of oatmeal from Scandi registers ๐คท๐ผ
"Look it's all very complicated" ๐๐ผ
Repost if youโve participated in a Summer Institute in Computational Social Science. Letโs get #SICSS Bluesky going!
๐๐๐๐: The practicalities of using administrative health data for epidemiology research โ what you need to know.
Don't miss this valuable list of important considerations when using routinely collected health data for epidemiologic research.
ijpds.org/news/18-11-2...
The Austrian Research Agency publishes a list of #ERC applications that you can find online. If you are applying, this can be helpful. If you have received a grant, I would urge you to share yours too:
www.ffg.at/europa/heu/e...
I'd like to join please!
