Mark Wittek

🎺 On May 21/22 @lespin.bsky.social , @doriantsolak.bsky.social, and I host “Democracy at Risk? Societal Challenges, Data, and Research Infrastructures in the Age of CSS” in Vienna Keynotes: @lauraknelson.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social computational-social-science.org/workshops/20...

We are hiring at the Dept of Sociology @uniluzern.bsky.social ! Applications for Assistant Professor of Sociology with a focus on “Communication and Sociological Theory" (100%, tenure track) are due May 29, 2026 www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

@marklutter345.bsky.social und ich organisieren eine Ad-hoc-Gruppe auf dem @dgskongress2026.bsky.social in Mainz zu: Computational Social Science und die Zukunft der Soziologie. Wir freuen uns über Beitragsvorschläge (gerne provokant und kontrovers) bis zum 15.4.!

📢 Promotionsstelle zum 01.07.2026 bei GESIS - Standort: Mannheim - Team: GESIS Panel - Aufgabenprofil: survey-methodisch, facettenreich, innovativ & team-orientiert - Vertragslänge: 4 Jahre - Gehaltseingruppierung: TVL 13, 75% - Bewerbungsfrist: 12.04.2026 - gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2553179?...

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #ComputationalSocialScience Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg We offer a job as a Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, limited until 31.03.2029): gesis.jobs.personio....

NYU is hiring two postdocs at the Center for Social Media, AI & Politics: csmapnyu.org/jobs And a grant manager in Sociology with the Social Science Research Hub: uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/15327/g... I'm part of both groups--please share with anyone who is interested!

📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Today Springer published an Open Access book edited by @janlo.de , Marijn Keijzer and myself covering a diverse range of Computational Social Science approaches to questions about social cohesion and polarization. Come and get it at link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 🧵1/4

For the ABM and networks enthusiasts: Special Issue of Social Networks on "Agent-based Modelling for Social Network Research" - co-ed by Andreas Flache, @squazzoni.bsky.social, Károly Takács and me www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Deadlines Extended abstracts: 1 April Full papers: 15 November

Consider submitting a paper to the session I am organizing at ASA this year on “Comparative-Historical Sociology and Computational Social Science.” The submission deadline is February 25.

The deadline is on Saturday, quick quick!

Aalto University is looking for an Assistant Professor in Computer Science, application deadline February 2, 2026! www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts!

We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...

CEU DNDS is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join us in #Vienna! If you work in #NetworkScience or #ComputationalSocialScience, we’d love to hear from you. 👉 bit.ly/44lfXb4

🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you. 💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!

🚨 Come join @ceu-dnds.bsky.social as an 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿! 🚨 We are looking for a young and coming researcher in 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. If that sounds like you (or someone you know), check out the call & apply (or share the link): careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...

I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!

Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021? You can now find out in AJS. Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg Apply now for a job as #ResearchAssociate in Trusted Research Environments & Researcher Training (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, 39,5 h/week) www.gesis.org/en/ins...

My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)! We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓. See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...

Excited to share our new research with Mark Wittek and Lea Ellwardt on health advice networks in Network Science 🎉 Structures of health advice networks differ to those of close ties. Acquaintances and distant contacts play a bigger role than we might think! 💡 doi.org/10.1017/nws....

Assistant or Associate Professor in Computational Sociology at CREST in Paris The position is open to computational sociologists regardless of their research area. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026. All details here: www.shorturl.at/E57le

Don't forget to submit your Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science application this weekend❗ 📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Applications close 26 October 🚨

🔈Job Alert! Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science (SWECSS) is hiring postdoctoral researchers. Positions are available at IAS and the Department of Computer Science (IDA). ⌛Deadline: 31 October IAS: liu.se/en/work-at-l... IDA: liu.se/en/work-at-l... #academicsky #css

📢 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗛-𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 & 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 @ 𝗖𝗘𝗨 – 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! Explore digital tools & projects in the humanities from CEU and partner institutions across Austria. 📍 CEU Auditorium, Vienna 🔗 Event details & registration: bit.ly/47dSGso #DigitalHumanities #CEU

📢Just published! Yunsub Lee (COALESCE Lab) & Xinwei Xu (@socialnetworkslab.bsky.social) show how incorporating more realistic network features dramatically alters Axelrod’s cultural dynamics model, in their new article in Social Networks: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #NetSci #SocialNetworks

Sociological Theory (the journal) invites contributions to a special issue on "Sociological Theorizing in the Global South". Find out more: www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...

🎓 Welcome to our new PhD cohort in Network Science! (top row, L→R) Nathalia, Miguel @msanchezc.bsky.social, Zhina (bottom row, L→R) Jiachen, Dima and Laura Wishing you an inspiring start to your journey—looking forward to all the ideas and discoveries ahead! 💡🌍

Check out the CREST Sociology seminar program for the rest of the year: Ashley Mears, Katia Begall, @oms279.bsky.social, and Mads Meier Jæger! All in person or on-line! Starting next week with Ashley Mears!

Excited to announce the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱! 📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social & @krivitsky.net @insna.bsky.social & @netscisociety.bsky.social Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

Cool job alert for sociologists of science! 📢 The University of San Diego is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor whose work takes a critical approach to science and technology studies—broadly defined. Great job in an awesome city! #SociologyJobs #STSinSociology #TenureTrack #HigherEdJobs

Networks, Migration, Climate, and lots of exciting Statistical Models: Come work with on a potpourri of these topics as a POSTDOC in a joint project between TOULOUSE and ZURICH: it'll be even more exciting than it sounds: tinyurl.com/climatenetmig

Having a great time @netsciconf.bsky.social. Presenting joint work with Tianyu Du, Raphael Heiberger, and Dan McFarland on conventionality and impact in biomedical science. Come by and check out my poster today if you are around. It's also available online: rwth-aachen.sciebo.de/s/aI1ICq6jtf...

Thank you for participating in the Measuring Culture workshop funded by the Academy of Sciences in Heidelberg @hadw-bw.bsky.social. It was an incredible experience for me due to all the brilliant people attending. Special thanks to keynote speakers @nehagondal.bsky.social and @olizardo.bsky.social

New paper out in Social Science History about elite networks in the American administrative state doi.org/10.1017/ssh....

I am very grateful for two days of stimulating intellectual exchange at our workshop funded by the Cologne International Forum. Special thanks to our keynotes @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @christian.czymara.com, and the organisation by @anamacanovic.bsky.social, @maxpi.bsky.social, and Christof Nägel.

✨ Deadline Extended – Submit by May 7! ✨ We're still accepting poster submissions for Data Stories, CEU's annual celebration of data visualization in research. If you’re crafting a compelling, data-driven story, there’s still time to share your work! 🔗 networkdatascience.ceu.edu/data-stories

Data Stories is back! 🎉 Does your research tell a story through data? Share it with us! 👀 🗓️ Submit your visualizations by April 30: networkdatascience.ceu.edu/data-stories Join us May 20 at CEU Vienna (or online!) to celebrate the power of data viz. #DataStories11 #DataViz #CEU

🚀 Postdoc Opportunity! Join us in Vienna for a 22-month postdoc on the COLINE project, studying the 15-minute city & urban mobility. 💰 €49,700/year + benefits 📅 Starts Sept 1, 2025 🔗 Apply by May 1: shorturl.at/e3zDJ Be part of cutting-edge computational social science! 🧠🌍

I'm happy to announce a Ph.D. position open working with Letty Koopman & me at the SNA cluster in Groningen! Application deadline is March 31st. The project will develop multiplex network models that estimate & adjust for measure biases related to friendship. Please share! www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

🎥 New publication on networks and status in filmmaking with Katharina Burgdorf: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Collaborations and references among filmmakers are distributed more unequally over time. Artistic status and collaborations are linked more strongly during the New Hollywood era.

Open postdoc position at @ceu-dnds.bsky.social in Vienna in the Computational Human Dynamics Lab of @martonkarsai.bsky.social on inequalities in 15-minutes cities in collaboration with www.dut-coline.org. Check it out: careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-P... @ic2s2.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social

Two days left to apply! Join us for the Measuring Culture mini-conference; many highlights: extraordinary keynotes, dialog across disciplinary boundaries, springtime in picturesque Heidelberg, free food, and the possibility to visit Max Weber's grave. 👇🏻

📣 Extended Deadline March 15 for "Measuring Culture with Computational Methods" at the @hadw-bw.bsky.social on May 8/9. Amazing keynotes by @nehagondal.bsky.social and @olizardo.bsky.social Beautiful historical venue, no conference fee, free food. Abstract to wittekm@ceu.edu

📣 Extended deadline: March 15 Workshop on online and/or offline data sources to study public opinion, crime, and immigration. Cologne April 28/29. Two great keynotes by @christian.czymara.com and @isabellevdv.bsky.social Interested? Send us an abstract: project.public.opinion@gmail.com

🎺Join us in May 2025 for our conference on "Measuring Culture with Computational Methods" at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences @hadw-bw.bsky.social Including two amazing keynotes by @nehagondal.bsky.social and @olizardo.bsky.social Abstract (max. 750 words) to wittekm@ceu.edu Deadline: 01.03.25

UCD’s School of Sociology is hiring an Assistant Professor (permanent) in Computational Social Science. – Salary Scale: €62,855–€99,533 – Application deadline: 10 Feb – Details: www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list... @ucdsociology.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Last week, I presented our work on Ethno-Religious Minority Infrastructures at @weareceu.bsky.social. Many thanks to @markwittek.bsky.social for the invitation and to the Department of Network and Data Science for a great stay in Vienna! www.linkedin.com/posts/ceu-ne...