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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Misinformation research has a causality problem: lab experiments are limited; observational studies confounded.

We used causal inference on 9.9M tweets, quantifying effects in the wild while blocking backdoor paths.

Does misinfo get higher engagement? Are following discussions more emotional? 🧵

Excited to share our new study in #IJPP

Had some nice and engaging conferencing this fall at the ECREA PolCom Interim Conference and the Annual Conference of @oegpw.bsky.social

@polsciuibk.bsky.social & @unisalzburg.bsky.social

Thanks #ICA25 for a great panel on Science in Political Contexts. It was a pleasure to present our latest findings to such an engaged and insightful audience.
w/ @jamoeberl.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social

@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver!

From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨

Presenting in the coziest corner of #ICA25 including a weird neck tilt to see the screen ✅
w/ the one and only @andiisto.bsky.social, co-authored with @solecheler.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer.

Come watch me do that move again!
📅 Monday, 10:30
📍 Mineral G (again)
🗣️ „Science on the Political Stage“

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

Congratulations! 😊

I won something at #ica25 🥹❤️

📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25
Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂
Come say 👋 if you are around!

Only one week left until the ICA! 🤩 We are pleased to present an overview of the Polcomm programme. Make a note of the sessions you cannot miss!

🚨 We’re hiring! Join our lab at @ipk-univie.bsky.social as a predoc on mediated communication using computational methods! The team is also nice 🤗
📍 Vienna
🗓️ Start: September 2025
📌 Apply by June 26

#AcademicJobs #PhD #CommSci #CCL #CSS #Computational #CCS

Had an amazing time at #COMPTEXT2025. So many inspiring presentations, fruitful discussions, and amazing people. Very happy about that — and that everything worked out from the perspective of an organizer as well 😊
@comptext.bsky.social @compcommlab.bsky.social

Die FPÖ hat heute das größte Stimmenplus, aber im Vergleich zur bundesweiten Sonntagsfrage hat sie bei Wiener LT/GR-Wahlen noch nie so unterperformt.

The success of COMPTEXT 2025 was made possible by the indefatigable and amazing work of the local organising team led by @fabiennelind.bsky.social + @hajoboo.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @compcommlab.bsky.social. The COMPTEXT Association is grateful for their work and to our sponsors (bit.ly/430VUye)!

Absolutely fascinating and packed panel on enhancing and (critically) evaluating LLM performance at #COMPTEXT2025 this morning.
w/ great work by @zacdgreene.bsky.social,
Laura Liebig, Lukas Erhardt, and @christianpipal.bsky.social.

Excellently chaired by @amplanitzer.bsky.social! 👏

#COMPTEXT2025 Day 2 Checklist ✅

Good morning! A few things to remember for today:
🎫 Name badge & dinner ticket
💾 USB with slides if presenting
☔️ Rain is expected
🗣️ Panels start at 9:00
🎤 Plenary session at 16:45
📸 Group photo at 18:15
🍽️ Dinner at 19:00
📍How to find us👇

Learning about efficient LLM training at @comptext.bsky.social with @cklamm.bsky.social #COMPTEXT2025 🤓

Rooms are packed to capacity as tutorials on cutting-edge AI research techniques unfold at #COMPTEXT2025 @valeriehase.bsky.social, @frodewald.bsky.social / @hdnrch.bsky.social / Petro Tolochko

#COMPTEXT2025 registration is open! ✨ If you’re more of a visual type, no worries – we’ve got a quick „walkthrough video“ 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ for you. ▶️

📣 PolCom Vienna @ #COMPTEXT2025
Happy to see six of our team members at COMPTEXT this week - organizing, chairing, and sharing their latest research on text-, image-, and video-as-data. Come say 👋 if you are around! 🙂

Congrats on this amazing recognition of your hard work, @andiisto.bsky.social! Impressive! ✨👏

Universität Wien übernimmt führende Rolle bei MEDem.
Österreich soll künftig das Hauptquartier der neuen Forschungsinfrastruktur @medem.bsky.social stellen. Die europäische Forschungsinfrastruktur verfolgt das Ziel, umfassende und innovative Demokratieforschung zu ermöglichen. 🏛️

⏰ Less than 2 days left! ⏰
Registration for #COMPTEXT2025 closes April 10 at 23:59 CEST!
Join us in Vienna (April 24–26) for cutting-edge research on text-, image-, and video-as-data, hands-on workshops, and a brilliant community.
Don't miss your chance—this is the final call! 🚂🧳
👉 bit.ly/4hJ7thP

7th Annual Conference 2025 - The COMPTEXT Project 7th ANNUAL COMPTEXT Conference 2025 Please find the information on registration to COMPTEXT 2025 below. The COMPTEXT Association offers travel grants to PhD students, based on a motivation statement, ...

COMPTEXT 2025 – The Countdown is On! 🥳

✅ The preliminary program is now available! Check out the amazing sessions, workshops, and speakers lined up for this year's event.

Don't miss out – register today and secure your spot!

👉 Register here comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c... 👈

Registration for presenters, co-authors, and all interested parties is still live for COMPTEXT 2025 until April 10! Members enjoy discounts, so please join us at bit.ly/3DvZiYl! Register here: bit.ly/4hJ7thP. See you all in Vienna!

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

Beinhalten Wahlergebnisse so etwas wie einen klaren Regierungsbildungsauftrag? Dieser Frage sind @carolinaplescia.bsky.social, Alejandro Ecker und ich auf Basis neuer Daten der @gles.bsky.social nachgegangen. Ein kurzer Thread 👇

Great list, thank you! I am currently working on trust in science and would love to be included here, if possible