You'll work with us comparing Wikipedia and Grokipedia, using Python-based data collection and automated text analysis (NER, entity linking, sentiment/regard classification).
Perfect if you enjoy #text-as-data, #NLP, and interdisciplinary research on AI, online knowledge, and politics!
We, @krangelie.bsky.social and I are hiring a Master's student (Computer Science / Comp. Social Science / related) for our "GrokiWiki" project @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
📍Berlin | 🕐10h/wk | Start May '26
📅Apply by 31 March
👉 bit.ly/3PphI2e
#Berlin #StudentJob #CSS #CS #Python #NLP
Thanks @janabernhard.bsky.social for the invitation! This was really fun!
And here's the package, if anyone is interesterd: github.com/thieled/coor...
New #aBitOfCCS episode 🎙️
I talked with Miriam Milzner & @thieled.bsky.social about detecting coordinated disinformation in the age of AI.
They introduce coorsim, an open-source R package that finds semantically similar coordinated posts!
🎧 Listen here: aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
Help us improving as ECPR PolCom Standing Group by taking part in this quick survey:
📊 Help shape the future of ECPR PolCom! We're asking members to share feedback in a short survey (5–10 min) on our activities and initiatives. Your input matters—participate here: uantwerpen.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🌍 A drizzle, not a storm: Polarisation around climate change in dutch political and media debates.
Join us at the next ECR Club session with Edwin Jans (Wageningen University). #polcom #ecpr
🗓 Tue, 10 Feb 2026
🕚 11:00–11:45 GMT
🎤 Chair: Mariken van der Velden
🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Don't miss our exciting first @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social X @ecreaeu.bsky.social #ECR session of the year!
Tue, Jan 13, 12:00 CET
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Join our ECR Club session on 9 Dec, 12:00: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Exciting research on emotional responses to elite communication by Roy Aulie Jacobsen. Also, particularly happy to have wonderful @pjost.bsky.social on board as discussant!
#ecpr #polcom
🚨 Call for Papers!
The Polcomm Section invites submissions for #APSA2026, taking place September 3–6.
Next year’s theme is “Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect & Rebuild.”
👉 Submit now: buff.ly/PRvg2Wq
Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Development status is still fresh and a little bit experimental. I am happy to hear about your #experiences across different OS and from CPU-only users. And please, be patient in case of issues -- my primary role is being a researcher :)
The package takes care of (most of) the backend installations🦾, sentence tokenization ✂️, text cleaning 🪥, language detection, and translation 👅.
It uses your CUDA GPU if available!
Let me know about your experiences and use github for troubleshooting: github.com/thieled/easi...
Are you an R-user looking for a ✨reproducible and free✨ solution to use #machine-translation in your #text-as-data project? Try out my new #rstats package #easieRnmt that wraps around the EasyNMT py-library for local machine tranlsation: github.com/thieled/easi...
We hope you enjoyed Day 1 of #ecprgc25 as much as we did! 🙌
We’re excited to continue on Day 2 our #PolCom section “Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion” with another strong line-up of panels:👇🧵 [1/x]
Good morning, Thessaloniki! Kicking off our #polcom section at #ecprgc25🎉
Day 1 panels:
📌 The Role of Social Media in Political Discourse — Tue 08:30–10:15
📌 Framing and Political Persuasion Strategies — Tue 10:45–12:30
All panels in Polytech. S., Fl. 2, W. B 1(301)
Excited to see you there!
🏃 #ica25 public service announcement:
#RunningWithPresidents Round 1
🗓️ Friday 06.30 in front of Hyatt Regency.
⏰ Yes early, but #BeatTheHeat #jetlag etc.
📍 App 5k, gentle pace.
🌇 Route scouted by @dscheykopp.bsky.social
Let folks know. Everyone is welcome 🎽
I'm really sad but won't have enough time on day1 -- are there plans for day2 yet?
We, @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social are super excited to launch a new virtual format for early career researchers in political communication (ECPR or ECREA members) for discussing their drafts!
Thanks @olgaeisele.bsky.social and @alenakluknavska.bsky.social for organizing & ECREA for joining forces!
We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
🏆 Think your best PolCom article in the past year was better than others' best article? Let's find out!
10 days to submit to the Kaid-Sanders Award for the Best Political Communication Article of the Year: 📬 c.baden@mail.huji.ac.il
Details: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKe...
A mirror selfie of a fully--yet efficiently packed--conference traveller / cyclist.
Same guy in the train. unmounted bike transformed into a neatly stored piece of bulky luggage in the background.
Best way of conference traveling: Bring a bike 🚲!
Omw (with a 🐰 detour) to Vienna for @comptext.bsky.social and to grab my PhD certificate in efficient packing. 😏🧳
Still cannot believe it, but it's a wrap: I successfully defended my PhD yesterday at @univie.ac.at 🍾🎓✨
Thank you to my wonderful reviewers @lindabos.bsky.social & Nina Springer; to my supervisor Birgit Sauer; and @fabiennelind.bsky.social for the organizaion 🪄! Vienna treated me so well. 💖
Visiting @univie.ac.at this week for @thieled.bsky.social’s defense. If anyone is up for a meeting, let me know! Always happy to chat with junior scholars specifically.
awesome, congratulations Christina!
Any #trailrunners 🏃♂️🏞️ traveling to #ica25 who want to team up against team grizzly? 🐻🐾
count me in! 🙌
It is so interesting to see how fast things are moving suddenly in the world of social media & #journalism. Such as increasing adaption of #bluesky sharing on newspaper sites ⬇️. I really would not have expected this a few weeks ago… #commsky