M. Anranter and T. Stollenwerk (oikoplus.com) standing in a seminar room, smiling at the camera. Behind them, a projected slide reads “[un]reliable science.” Michael stands with arms crossed wearing a light-colored shirt, Thomas leans slightly forward wearing a dark shirt. Overhead lights and a whiteboard are visible in the background. Project link: https://oikoplus.com/portfolio/unreliable-science/

Big thanks to @stollenwerk.bsky.social & M. Anranter for presenting findings from their project “[un]reliable science” about the long afterlife of retracted scientific publications. One of the many findings: #LLMs aren’t going to be the one solving this problem – possibly the opposite. 😬

Who talked about climate action? 🌱➡️Our multilingual multi-country 🇪🇺election campaign analysis shows the party families and countries that made this topic visible on social media. Details? Visit our poster #Klimatage 2026

We opened a new PhD position in our department focusing on CSS research on and with AI agents. Please share the job ad and contact us if you have questions: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2594220?...

Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026!

Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields

📅Apply by 29 April 2026

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Online Protest and Repression in Authoritarian Settings by Aytalina Kulichkina, Annie Waldherr and Nanda Wijermans

📢 New publication!

My dissertation paper "Online Protest and Repression in Authoritarian Settings" co-authored with 🌟 @anniewald.bsky.social and Nanda Wijermans 🌟 is now out in @jasssjournal.bsky.social

Read the full #openaccess article: www.jasss.org/29/2/4.html

#ABM #CSS #dreamcollab

PhD Candidate AI Ethics

Hiring a PhD student with Master's in CS & expertise in AI ethics at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin

Focus: critical empirical analysis of systems & scientific practices in AI, esp. related to creation & use of evals, data, & infrastructures

Apply here 👉 www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

I'm hiring a postdoc! @goetheuni.bsky.social

Focus: CSS, political behavior, political communication & transforming information environments.

📍 Frankfurt | ⏳ 3 years | 📅 Deadline: 14 April 2026

Full job ad here: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... (search for “political behavior” to find it)

COMPTEXT registration is now open until 30 March. Really looking forward to seeing you in Birmingham!

💻🤝 Applications are open for the Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon 2026 (#DHH26)!

Collaborate, innovate & work across disciplines in one of DH's most exciting annual events.

🔜 Deadline: 14 April 2026

➡️ Read more here: www.dariah.eu/2026/03/18/h...

How to keep social media audiences engaged for the environment? 🗣️👍🌱@veronikaebner.bsky.social presents exciting ongoing work on the potential of solutions-oriented communication at the @cidape.bsky.social Conference on Political Emotions and Climate Change

Applications are still open until the end of the week!

a hex sticker showing the autrian parliament with palace athene

Happy to release the initial version of ParlAT, an #rstats package wrapping the API of the Austrian Parliament @parlament.gv.at . If you are a researcher, student, journalist, simply someone interested in the AT Parliament, ParlAT hopefully comes as a helpful tool. werkstattcodes.github.io/ParlAT/

Welcome aboard! 🛶
We’re excited to welcome Matt Minich (University of Wisconsin–Madison), who has joined the department as an ÖAW APART-USA Research Fellow.
A former social scientist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Matt is now researching digital health communication here in Vienna 🇦🇹

International Communication Association

Good news! 🎉
The registration issue has been resolved — everything should now work smoothly.
🔗 Direct link: www.icahdq.org/event/Hackat...

🗓 Registration is open until April 5, 2026
Looking forward to seeing you at the ICA Hackathon 2026 @SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! 🚀💡

🚀 dashboardr is out!

An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax.

Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included).

📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/

Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨

Monday next week, 5 pm, I’ll deliver my UZH inaugural lecture. Title:

„Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective“

The talk is open to the public: you can join either on-site or via live-stream. Details, see:

www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨

7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).

Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky

It's time for a few professional updates. Together with the team behind the PolarVis project and with @flxvctr.bsky.social we have been invited by @cais-research.bsky.social to organize three workshops in Bochum. The workshops - between February and May - will expand on our understanding o visual

New year, new (job) opportunities: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy.

What: excellent conditions, start-up and transition packages, interdisciplinary and supportive environment, wonderful colleagues.

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📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”

Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).

Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.

Links in🧵

#commsky

It's out!!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Big thank you to my coauthors @small-schulz.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, and to all participants who discussed 20 political issues over 4 weeks in 6 subreddit, 3 experimental conditions and let us observe.

We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!

🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized

🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)

WHAT-IF researchers during their coffee break in Konstanz

Developing the first simulation prototype based on the systematic literature review in beautiful Konstanz 🏔️ ☀️

with Stephen Tyndel, Giordano de Marzo, @aytalina.bsky.social, @dgarcia.eu & Taehee Kim

Are you applying computational methods in your research or thinking about starting a lab? Join the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase by the ICA CM Division @icacm.bsky.social 🌟
Online on Feb 16, 2026, 4:00–5:30 pm CET / 10:00–11:30 am EST 📆
Register 👇
forms.office.com/e/zHBkwUWNFw

📊New dataset release with @marvins.bsky.social, @jamoeberl.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social

AUTNES Automatic Content Analysis of the Media Coverage on the 2024 NRW is now publicly available for scientific use via @aussda.bsky.social
👉 data.aussda.at/dataset.xhtm...

#OpenData #ElectionStudies

🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026

We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization

📢 Call for Abstracts — Deadline: January 16.

COMPTEXT 2026 will again be a fantastic place to discover the latest computational methods, tools, datasets
&
to connect with scholars using AI across communication science, political science, history, sociology, IR, and more.

Group picture of researchers at the WHAT-IF workshop in Vienna: Rupert Kiddle, David Garcia, Giordano de Marzo, Nikolaus Pöchhacker, Aytalina Kulichkina, Annie Waldherr, Taehee Kim, Jula Lühring, Max van Drunen, Wouter van Atteveldt, Sophie Reisinger, Max Pellert, Daisuke Nakamura, Constantine Boussalis

(How) can AI help build better online spaces? ✨

Last week, 16 researchers from 8 institutions gathered in Vienna to explore exactly that question. Between the Christmas markets, the WHAT-IF team discussed how LLMs can power agent-based simulations to tackle online hostility and harmful content 👇

Screenshot of a publication entry titled “Linkage studies” by Jakob-Moritz Eberl and Nina Ameseder. The item is marked as a chapter with restricted access. It belongs to the collection “Political Science and Public Policy 2025” and was published on 28 December 2025. The page range is 382 to 385. A DOI link is provided. Keywords include quantitative methods, data linkage, media effects, methodology, and interoperability.

And, finally, "L" like "Linkage Studies" by @jamoeberl.bsky.social and Nina Ameseder

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Screenshot of a publication entry titled “Knowledge gap” by Marvin Stecker and Fabienne Lind. The item is categorized as a chapter with restricted access. It is part of the collection “Political Science and Public Policy 2025” and was published on 28 December 2025. The page range is 348 to 351. A DOI link is shown. Keywords listed are knowledge gap, political knowledge, media effects, inequalities, political contested issues, and knowledge acquisition.

"K" like "Knowledge Gap" by @marvins.bsky.social and @fabiennelind.bsky.social

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