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Are you interested in learning about computational social science *for free* and identifying new opportunities for interdisciplinary research? The Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science will run in >20 places around the world: sicss.io/locations #SICSS

Please hear out my beloved former student assistant, whose family in Gaza is facing hardship. Abeer’s initiated a crowdfunding campaign to offer them support in these unbearable times. If u can, please consider learning more & lending a hand. Every bit of help counts. Details👇

🌟Don't miss out on this opportunity! Become part of the 'Segregation through Life & Space’ research project as a #PhD candidate. Contribute to shaping urban inequality research & discovering the untold stories behind segregation. Apply now: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-PhD…

New deadline! 30 April Send in your best information manipulation and interference research methods papers!

Looking forward to receiving and reading your work on scholars' migration and scientific mobility. Please retweet. #BiblioDemography

This year’s annual METHatMIG workshop is right around the corner. I’m looking forward to interesting presentations, great discussions and, more generally, to welcoming all these esteemed colleagues at GESIS . #MethAtMigWS #MigrationResearch

🚨 Final #CallforPapers!🚨Time is ticking—only a few days left until the abstract submission deadline on April 30. Don't miss out on the opportunity to present your work on #disinformation #InformationManipulation #FIMI #foreignInterference, at Research VUB, June 3-4. Brussels Institute for Social & Population Studies

🚨 Explore #Disinformation research with a volunteer internship at @VUB's AIMS Lab! 🎓 Open to Master's grads or above residing in Belgium. 🗣️ Language skills requied! Apply now: brispo.research.vub.be/en/volunteer-p… @researchVUB DE-CONSPIRATOR #FIMI

📣Registration is now OPEN for our final conference, happening on May 27-28, in Leuven! 🎉 Join us for 2 days of discussions on migration dynamics, hashtag#policy recommendations and more! ⚠ Register & secure your spot: hummingbird-h2020.eu/forms/HBM27052…

👩‍🏫 👨‍🏫 Looking for a professorship in artificial intelligence? Look no further. The VUB AI Lab needs you! The vacancy is open to candidates active in any subarea of AI. Apply before 21/06/2024. jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Pro…. If you are not applying, please spread the word!

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 The Hugo Observatory is looking for a #Postdoctoral Researcher to work on the Albatross_eu project 📚Profile expected: #EnvironmentalScience, #Geography, #Sociology or other related field 👓 Expertise in #ClimateImpact Studies 🌍 Deadline to apply 🗓️: June 2 All details ⬇️

📢Call for papers for the workshop ‘Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies’. When? 14-15 November 2024 Where? Universiteit Leiden 🔜Submit your abstracts by 15 June here: forms.gle/X1NSsbAmm4ychP…

Lecture: Free the Map, a new cartography of migration (13/5, RUG). Maps are not neutral. Many migration maps depict migration as a big, red invasion. This is state cartography at its ugliest. High time to free the map and show diverse visual stories. Info: linkedin.com/posts/sggronin…

"New publication" posts may seem effortless, but most represent years, rejections&revisions. We show how #AI not only mirrors #gender & #racial #bias but also has clear signs of Islamophobia, esp. in #migration context. Our ongoing #NLP work will deepen insights. HumMingBird Project

Are you working on irregular migration as a government official, NGO worker, academic, or journalist? Help us map how stakeholders collaborate across sectors and levels of governance by filling out this MIrreM (Measuring Irregular Migration) survey: uwk-krems.limesurvey.net/322588

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🚨 Big news on arXiv! 🚨 Over 30 female Quantum Professors have united to release a powerful Manifesto of Values. They reflect on gender issues in quantum physics and call for change with a clear set of values. Let's support and amplify their voices! #WomenInSTEM #QuantumPhysics

Rankings don't reflect quality, but mainly reputation/ scale. If you control for scale, the "quality differences" between Flemish universities disappear. KU Leuven, UGent, UAntwerpen and VUB are absolute top compared to similar size universities brusselstimes.com/belgium/125974…