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amaliaab.bsky.social
Sociology. Social norms. Experiments. Interdisciplinary social science | Ramón y Cajal Researcher at @IPP_CSIC | Former MPI Bonn and Uni Mannheim (she/her) https://alvarezbenjumea.com/
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The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social

🚨We’re hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science! 📍The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS) 📅 Apply by June 3 🔗 liu.se/en/work-at-l...

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢 Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply! Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ! sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

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#jobs 🚨🚨🚨 4 postdocs in Münster: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/5... I‘m involved in one appointment. More details will follow soon!

We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science 📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden ⏰Deadline June 3 🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 Please apply // help us spread the word

📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a 2-year fixed-term faculty position in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? [email protected] 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...

Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

Very happy to see this out!

Nos vemos en la UAM esta tarde!

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

I just signed this and I hope many of my colleagues will too. As academics we need to stand up against the erosion of basic human rights of trans people and other sexual minorities. We need to make sure that our trans students and colleagues know that they are not alone in this.

Ioana is an amazing co author and now and amazing podcaster as well

New research from ASR! Authors Ioana Sendroiu, University of Hong Kong; Amalia Álvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social‬ @csic.es; and Fabian Winter, University of Zurich, track how temporal mappings of climate change relate to individuals’ actions to address the climate crisis. bit.ly/42NeNDJ

¿Any recommendations on scales measuring relative deprivation and economic insecurity?

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

I can hardly think of a better position and a better supervisor.

💥💥💥Deadline is approaching fast!!! Apply if you’re interested in promotion inequality! Also open to adjacent disciplines! 💥💥💥

📢 My paper w Aron Szekely on honour-based violence is published online (Open Access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... We explain this puzzling phenomenon applying game-theory and testing it using large-scale data on norms and actual femicides. @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

‼️If you haven't seen the call already, this is your reminder‼️ 3-year postdoc in computational social science at Aarhus University to study societal norms about political power 🫅 I'll be @comptext.bsky.social in Vienna (April 24-26) if you want to meet up and hear more about the position ☕🗣️

We are looking for a new colleague (Research Fellow) at Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim. Very lively, active and intellectually fruitful environment. Join us! Please share! www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/i...

Gave a talk to our PhD students today, and feeling appreciative of all the recent methods work on improving common practices. Thanks to all the authors who work to make their work accessible, especially on social media. A few articles we discussed:

For our next #IPPSeminar, we have the great privilege of announcing Catherine de Vries (@catherinedevries.bsky.social) Wednesday, April 9 at 12:00 AM in Herbert Simon Room @cchscsic.bsky.social Save the Date! And don't forget you can watch it live on our YouTube channel! 📽️ tinyurl.com/2ysv33tw

Come be my colleague in one of the best post-doc positions in German academia (imo)! Lovely people, excellent infrastructure, great conditions. Feel free to contact me for questions. #polisky #polscijobs

Looking for a PhD candidate to join a project at the intersection of health comms & computer science! We’ll use LLMs to create synthetic patient populations to test vaccine uptake interventions & build a training tool for better vax communication. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-... Please repost!

On my way to Mannheim to present joint research with @valentimvicente.bsky.social on the costs associated with expressing far-right political preferences (in Spain). www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/de/events...

Ah Deutsche Bahn, how much I have missed you!

Esta tarde en Palau Macaya, desigualdad de riqueza y herencia universal con @artolam.bsky.social UC3M, Iñigo González Ricoy UB, @leire-salazar.bsky.social CSIC. Moderación @elenacostas.bsky.social KSNET. Comenta estudiante de 1º Bach. Regístrate!! palaumacaya.fundacionlacaixa.org/es/p/una-her...

On air! #IPPSeminar with @macarenaares.bsky.social from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social has started! Remember that you can follow it live: tinyurl.com/2awebete

Don’t miss tomorrow’s #IPPSeminar! @macarenaares.bsky.social from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social will discuss how class and ideology shape political socialization across generations. From 12:00 AM in the Herbert Simon Room of the @cchscsic.bsky.social Follow it live: tinyurl.com/2awebete Join us!

Si os interesa el tema, yo creo que es una oportunidad excelente!

Next May, I’ll be teaching a two-day seminar on experimental social sciences. I already have a draft of the syllabus, but is there anything you consider essential that I might be overlooking? Any recent books, papers or just advice on what to teach is very welcome. Thanks!

For everyone interested in working with computational tools, this is an amazing Postdoc position at the Political Science Department in Aarhus If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.

Los días 1 y 8 de abril estaremos en la Fundación "la Caixa", Palau Macaya Barcelona, hablando sobre política social para los jóvenes con expertos de ciencia política, sociología, economía y filosofía política, además de con jóvenes: palaumacaya.fundacionlacaixa.org/es/p/-que-po...

Are you interested in age or cohort or period effects? I have just updated my primer on the topic! Now with a new framing, a handy flow chart to determine which approach may be suitable, and a new empirical example. What do people in Germany think about mothers who work? osf.io/preprints/ps...

A new study in the prestigious ​American Sociological Review offers​ a groundbreaking look at how our beliefs about the past, present, and future of climate change influence whether we take meaningful steps—or remain on the sidelines. Read more: t.uzh.ch/1Pw

📣Busco candidato/a para solicitar beca JAE INTRO ICU del @csic.es para estudiantes de grado o máster (600 €/mes 7 meses). 🗒️Ofrezco Plan de formación en el @ipp-csic.bsky.social sobre "Normas sociales en la política". 🗓️Solicitud hasta 16 abril. 🔗 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...

Note that these were private messages exchanged with colleagues and friends, not your standard social media search (which would have been enough concerning)

Glad to have been part of this project. I think the results here shed light on the intricacies of replication and how we can improve the process. Thanks for all the hard work @breznaunate.bsky.social, Eike Mark Rinke, and @kunkakom.bsky.social!