@lorenzspreen.eurosky.social
Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ifK at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy. Views are my own. https://synosys.github.io/
@lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialAs we write in our recent report “Fractured Reality”:
@lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialCollectively shaping digitalization requires public infrastructure, citizen science, discussions on normative principles, interoperability, technical know-how, governance, as well, most importantly, an active role for the social sciences and humanities in collaboration with the technical sciences.
@lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialIt is becoming increasingly apparent that societies must create conditions to stop being merely spectators (and exploitation objects) of digitalisation. Instead of allowing it to further concentrate wealth, influence, and surveillance, open corporate silos and simultaneously build public capacity.
@cathleen.eurosky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social🎉 Here it is: eu.boell.org/en/2026/10/0...
English version of our Open Social Web Alliance paper is finally out. As mentioned to many of #Disinfo2026 folks. Feedback very welcome! #oswa
@deisseroth.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialThank you to everyone sharing in this moment!
I’m so grateful to all my trainees & collaborators…
dlab.stanford.edu/group-members
(pic: Peter and I together in 2017)
Reading for all those asking:
for technical details: dlab.stanford.edu
for everyone: deisseroth.org/projections
@maxplanck.deReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialTwo of the 2026 #Medicine #NobelPrize winners, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, made their prize‑winning discoveries during their time at Max Planck Institutes: our warmest congratulations! 🎉(and yes, we’re feeling just a tiny bit 'nobel' today, too!😉) @mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
@nobelprize.orgReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialBREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
@socarxiv.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialSocArXiv now has a limit of two papers per week. If authors submit more than that we assume they are LLM-generated and reject them all. Normal humans who need to upload a batch of papers, which sometimes happens, must make arrangements. Also today, ArXiv set a two papers per month limit.
@rasmuskleis.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialInterested in, or already using (for academic or industry research) digital twins? In this analysis, digital twins' responses "correlate weakly [0.20] with human responses". Not nothing but.. not great if goal is reliable knowledge or basis for consequential decisions www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@eurosky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social
@dirkwulff.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social📣 Delighted to share that I have joined WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) as Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral Science. Announcements for at least one postdoc-level position will follow soon. Please reach out if you are interested.
@iasliu.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social[TODAY] Join us on Thursday, 1 October, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundatable on Computational Social Science, with Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social.
💠 The complexity of platform power 💠
More info: liu.se/en/event/int...
@aster.idReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialThe modern research ecosystem of online tools and communities is controlled by for-profit companies. But we think that researchers should be the priority - not the product. So, we're announcing Aster ID: not-for-profit Atmosphere account hosting for researchers.
@kenbenoit.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialquallmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN: the R package Seraphine Maerz and I are building for LLM-assisted qualitative coding.
This release adds robustness, more models, and multimodal input. 🧵
@dierkes.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialWe're hiring at School of Social Sciences at Univ of Mannheim
Full Professorship (W-3) in Social Data Science and Social Science Methodology
Apply by Oct 22 2026
www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/about/job...
@methodsnet.bsky.social
@ankuepfer.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social📽️What do MPs communicate beyond their words? Our DFG project (w/ @chrisguarnold.bsky.social + @pluggedchris.bsky.social) studies not just what MPs say, but how and why they say it: voice, gestures, eye contact. We draw on 30,000+ hours of video from the German Bundestag and all 16 state parliaments.
@vortexegg.comReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialI've been messing around with the new @mysky.social feed since it was announced, and it seems pretty good. Out of the box it feels comparable to the For You feed (the current best of breed), except MySky is highly user-configurable, including a neat debug view to see why you are seeing certain posts
@lrossi.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialI've joined the editorial board of a Disinformation: An Interdisciplinary Journal (journals.sagepub.com/home/DIN ) . I'm in very good company and I'm sure this will evolve into an interesting venue for a lot of relevant research!
@lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialSuch a cool paper! 👇
@kunkakom.bsky.socialReposted by @lorenzspreen.eurosky.socialWe are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
