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Max Pickartz ๐Ÿ“Š

@maxpi.bsky.social

interested in sociology, computational social sciences, criminology, causal inference, spatial analysis and more | #rstats | he/him

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Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

08.02.2026 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7049    ๐Ÿ” 2135    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 646    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4570
Poster for the โ€œSociological Ash Wednesdayโ€ event at the University of Cologne on 18 February 2026, 16:00โ€“18:00, in lecture hall A2, with a background photo of the Cologne skyline and cathedral at sunset over the Rhine. Large white text announces the title โ€œSOZIOLOGISCHER ASCHERMITTWOCHโ€, with green banner slogans reading โ€œUniversitรคre Diskursrรคumeโ€ and โ€œZwischen Freiheit und Beschrรคnkungโ€. The lower left lists a panel discussion with Claudia Diehl (Konstanz), Naika Foroutan (Berlin), Markus Ogorek (Kรถln), Uwe Schimank (Bremen) and Richard Traunmรผller (Mannheim), moderated by Janโ€‘Martin Wiarda, and organisation credit to Clemens Kroneberg with a website link. The logos of the University of Cologne, the Adenauer School of Government and the WiSo Facultyโ€™s 125โ€‘year anniversary (1901โ€“2026) appear at the top and bottom of the poster.

Poster for the โ€œSociological Ash Wednesdayโ€ event at the University of Cologne on 18 February 2026, 16:00โ€“18:00, in lecture hall A2, with a background photo of the Cologne skyline and cathedral at sunset over the Rhine. Large white text announces the title โ€œSOZIOLOGISCHER ASCHERMITTWOCHโ€, with green banner slogans reading โ€œUniversitรคre Diskursrรคumeโ€ and โ€œZwischen Freiheit und Beschrรคnkungโ€. The lower left lists a panel discussion with Claudia Diehl (Konstanz), Naika Foroutan (Berlin), Markus Ogorek (Kรถln), Uwe Schimank (Bremen) and Richard Traunmรผller (Mannheim), moderated by Janโ€‘Martin Wiarda, and organisation credit to Clemens Kroneberg with a website link. The logos of the University of Cologne, the Adenauer School of Government and the WiSo Facultyโ€™s 125โ€‘year anniversary (1901โ€“2026) appear at the top and bottom of the poster.

Cologne sociologist Clemens Kroneberg invites to the Sociological Ash Wednesday on 18 February at the University of Cologne.
This yearโ€™s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world.
bit.ly/soziologisch...

16.01.2026 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Democracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSS โ€“ Computational Social Science

๐ŸŽบ On May 21/22 @lespin.bsky.social , @doriantsolak.bsky.social, and I host โ€œDemocracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSSโ€ in Vienna

Keynotes: @lauraknelson.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social

computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...

20.01.2026 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœจ Weโ€™re excited to announce the Spring 2026 IAS Seminar Series, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all! #AcademicSky

19.01.2026 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great opportunity for B.A. and M.A. students around the world to submit CSS research!

15.12.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh no. My predictive model shows that all papers in polisci will be survey experiments by 2070

03.12.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ergebnisse unserer Dunkelfeldstudie @fseiffert.bsky.social @alexandra-heyden.bsky.social @maxpi.bsky.social waren Anlass einer Landtagsdebatte: shorturl.at/Wr7z9 Zur medialen Berichterstattung hier eine Stellungnahme: lnkd.in/eheeBg2q @unicologne.bsky.social @econtribute.bsky.social

25.11.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats! :)

21.11.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ChatGPT down... I smell natural experiment!

18.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

or SPSS ;)

04.11.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oder Als Handlungstheorie am IAS ;)

31.10.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eine groรŸ angelegte Dunkelfeldstudie untersucht den Anstieg der Jugenddelinquenz in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Ergebnisse wurden heute von @clemenskroneberg.bsky.social im Innenausschuss des NRW-Landtags vorgestellt. Zum ECONtribute Policy Brief ๐Ÿ‘‰: www.econtribute.de/RePEc/ajk/aj...

30.10.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
24.10.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Meaning in hyperspace: Word embeddings as tools for cultural measurement Welcome to Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Andrei Boutyline, University of Michigan, USA. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please con...

Join us on Thursday, 23 October, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Andrei Boutyline ๐Ÿ”น Meaning in hyperspace: Word embeddings as tools for cultural measurement ๐Ÿ”น More info: liu.se/en/event/int...

21.10.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congratulations :)

20.10.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What is Analytical Sociology? This might be one of the hardest articles I have ever written. But it answers a seemingly simple question: What exactly is analytical sociology? The โ€ฆ

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What is analytical sociology? After having struggled for two weeks in writing a potential answer up, I have to confess: I don't really know.

www.hendrik-erz.de/post/what-is...

17.10.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

My job would be so much easier if correlation was causation๐Ÿ˜”

13.10.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

@hendrik-erz.de

17.09.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The @crestumr.bsky.social AI & Social Sciences seminar resumes.

Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.

Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.

09.09.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿš”Did George Floydโ€™s murder change Americans' racial attitudes?

โžก๏ธ @amengel.bsky.social & C. D. Kam find attitudes shifted, but unevenly: largest and most lasting for Black Americans and White Democrats, weaker or countervailing for others www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

29.08.2025 06:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are digital traces giving us a biased view of polarization? ๐Ÿค”

New paper by Yijing Chen, @elisaomodei.bsky.social & co-authors shows that APIs capturing only visible engagement (๐Ÿ’ฌ YouTube comments) may suggest stronger segregation than less visible forms (โ–ถ๏ธ views).

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/3JAp2Fz

29.08.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This graph is amazing, a better future is completely within pur grasp if we simply care a little.

29.08.2025 06:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You can make your treatment variable "as-if random" by sorting the variable randomly in your dataset. Follow for more econometric tips.

18.08.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Poster for the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) Programme Autumn 2025 at Linkรถping University. The text explains that the seminars feature international scholars, are open to all, and will be broadcast on Zoom.

Poster for the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) Programme Autumn 2025 at Linkรถping University. The text explains that the seminars feature international scholars, are open to all, and will be broadcast on Zoom.

โœจ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!

#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS

19.08.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Interested in spatial clustering of crime or other โ€˜rareโ€™ events? Make your life easier. Whatever @mattashby.com does is always solid work. Worth checking out! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

05.08.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“Gastbeitrag im Kรถlner Stadt-Anzeiger: โ€žViele Veedel, drei Wahlmusterโ€œ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

Ich zeige, wie sich Kรถln politisch in 3 Wahlmuster aufteilt โ€“ mit einer Trennlinie 4,5 Kilometer rund ums Rathaus.

Kรถln steht dabei stellvertretend fรผr westdeutsche GroรŸstรคdte.

Mehr gibt's in meinem Buch โ€žWo wir wie wรคhlen"!

04.08.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ How do social ties shape one of the worldโ€™s most secretive elections?

New paper by our PhD candidate Leonardo Rizzo et al. reveals hidden influence in the papal conclave through network analysis.

๐Ÿ“˜ Social Networks
๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/450YDJn

#NetworkScience

28.07.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If someone asks a question about "AGI", the only reality-based response is to demand a definition of "AGI" before replying. #acl2025

28.07.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 173    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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IC2S2'25 Norrkรถping - YouTube This playlist contains all keynotes from IC2S2'25 in Norrkรถping, Sweden.

All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

25.07.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

For those who are going to spend another night in Norrkรถping, please join us there๐Ÿ‘‡

24.07.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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