Read a new paper from Patterns, a Cell Press journal and hear what the author, Frederic Gerdon, had to say about their work Frederic Gerdon Ruben Bach @floriankeusch Frauke Kreuter hubs.li/Q01px4xJ0

Only three weeks into my new position and already happy to announce a great talk by Eva Achterhold from Universität München in the @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social workshop series. Tune in via zoom or join us at MZES at 13:45 on Oct 26 to learn all about fairness in algorithms!

Please share widely: job ad for the position of a Full Professor of Evidence-based Political Research at the University of Mannheim. We are searching for a new colleague with a causal-analytical research agenda and a focus on IR, Comparative Government or Political Behavior. 1/2

🚨 Next week @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social: 🗓️ Wed, Dec 07, 13:45-15:15 CET (on site & via Zoom) ▶️ "Extracting political data & relations from Wikidata" by theresa gessler (inactive) @gessler.bsky.social 📺 Register for the livestream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… 🔗Details: mzes.uni-mannheim.de/socialscienced…

In the new issue of PLS: “A preregistered vignette experiment on determinants of health data sharing behavior: Willingness to donate sensor data, medical records, and biomarkers” by Henning Silber Frederic Gerdon Ruben Bach et al. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1017/pls.20….

🚨 New: Spring 2023 Events 🚨 Mark your calendars for these exciting events with: 👥 Ruben Bach & Andreas Küpfer (@ankuepfer.bsky.social) 👤 Zaza Zindel 👤 Christopher Klamm 👥 Reinhard Schunck & Nora Huth-Stöckle 👥 Hannah Bucher, Anne Stroppe & @axburg1 🗓️ Details, ICS files, and Zoom links: mzes.uni-mannheim.de/socialscienced…

🚨Join us for Part II of "Getting started with Python" by Andreas Küpfer (@ankuepfer.bsky.social) & Ruben Bach 🗓️Wed, Feb 22, 13:45-15:15 CET (hybrid) 🔗mzes.uni-mannheim.de/socialscienced…

"Equipping the Offline Population with Internet Access in an Online Panel: Does It Make a Difference?" In our new German Internet Panel paper published in Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Ruben Bach, Jessica Daikeler and I propose that the answer might be "Not really". Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/jssam/…

🆕 Content alert 🚨 ▶️ Materials for Andreas Küpfer (@ankuepfer.bsky.social) and Ruben Bach 's workshop "Getting started with Python (Part II)" 📄 Slides + Code: github.com/SocialScienceD… 📺 Youtube: youtu.be/E4oUmrV34jg

🚨Join us next week for Zaza Zindel's input talk on "Social media ads for web survey participant recruitment" 🗓️Wed, Mar 08, 13:45-15:15 CET (hybrid) 🔗mzes.uni-mannheim.de/socialscienced…

📢 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 📃 Methods of Computational Social Science 📝 From the #DeZIM Workshop Series 📆 25 May 2023 with theresa gessler (inactive) @gessler.bsky.social, Alexander Wenz and Ruben Bach More information here 👇 mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/events/s… DeZIM-Institut

Fantastic to see so many #ESRA23 folks taking the train to Milan 🚂

Glad for the opportunity to share our thoughts on how social science can contribute to studying social impacts of algorithmic decision-making! This post draws on our paper (Frauke Kreuter Ruben Bach C. Kern) where you can find a more thorough discussion: doi.org/10.1177/205395… #AI

📚 New paper on the impact of modeling decisions in statistical profiling of job seekers! Ruben Bach Christoph Kern, Hannah Mautner, and Frauke Kreuter examine regression and ML models for predicting unemployment risk. Find insights about AI objectivity! doi.org/10.1017/dap.20…

Don't forget that you can still apply for a great position in a research project on the interplay of children's and parents' networks! More information below👇

DataFest Germany is back!! Ready to elevate your data science journey? Then you should not miss out on this year's #DataFest2024 hosted at University of Mannheim from April 5-7 ! Want to find out more? datafest.de #DataFestGermany #networking #DataScience #AI

Thrilled to release the Fall 2024 Event Schedule of the MZES Social Science Data Lab (jointly organized with Ruben Bach and Andreas Küpfer (@ankuepfer.bsky.social))! Check out the thread for an overview 👇 More details and Zoom links for all events on our web site: …alsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

🚨 Upcoming: "Robust Causal Inference using Double/Debiased Machine Learning: A Guide for Empirical Research" 👤Achim Ahrens (Immigration Policy Lab ETH Zurich) 🗓️ Wed, Sep 18, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… 🔗…alsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

🚨 Upcoming: "Using Data Donations to Collect Digital Trace Data: Promises and Pitfalls for the Social Sciences" 👤 @hase_va (Universität München) 🗓️ Wed, Nov 20, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… 🔗 …alsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/