We are researchers building a community of machine learning, text-as-data, and NLP enthusiasts in the social science domain, along with friends from all related fields. Our goal is to create a supportive environment that brings like-minded researchers together for collaboration and knowledge exchange.
🌱 Spring Speaker Series 2025 🌱
We will host again 6 amazing speakers from around the world. They will present their outstanding text-as-data work to us and we'll discuss their papers in depth.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We are always here to help! You can send us a message on Twitter, Bluesky, or by mail.
Prashant Garg (Imperial) @prashantgarg.bsky.social
2025-03-19, 5 pm CEST (online)
Miriam Schirmer (Northwestern) @miriamschirmer.bsky.social
2025-04-02, 5 pm CEST (online)
Christoffer Dausgaard (UCPH) @chdausgaard.bsky.social
2025-04-16, 5 pm CEST (online)
Tanise Ceron (Bocconi) @taniseceron
2025-04-30, 5 pm CEST (online)
Lukas Hetzer (CCCP) @lukashetzer.bsky.social & Jan Schwalbach (GESIS) @janschwalbach.bsky.social
2025-05-13, 5 pm CEST (online) TUESDAY
Catarina Pereira (UZH)
2025-05-28, 5 pm CEST (online)
Previous talks
Michael Burnham (Princeton) @ML_Burn
2024-10-16, 5 pm CEST (online)
Alexis Palmer (NYU) @LexiPalmer_
2024-10-30, 5 pm CEST (online)
Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford) @humeyrabiricik
2024-11-13, 5 pm CEST (online)
Caterina Chiopris (Harvard) @CChiopris
2024-11-27, 5 pm CEST (online)
Tobias Hofmann (FU Berlin)
2024-12-12, 5 pm CEST (online)
Sarah Masud (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology) @_themessier
2024-04-10, 5 pm CEST (online)
Paulina Garcia Corral (Hertie School) @_paugc
2024-04-24, 5 pm CEST (online)
Andreas Küpfer (TU Darmstadt) @ankuepfer
2024-05-08, 3 pm CEST (online)
Jana Lipps (ETH Zurich)
2024-05-22, 5 pm CEST (online)
Jens Wäckerle (University of Cologne) @Jwaeckerle
2024-06-05, 5 pm CEST (online)
Philine Widmer (ETH Zurich) @phinifa
2023-10-18, 5 pm CEST (online)
Indira Sen (GESIS) @indiiigosky
2023-11-01, 5 pm CEST (online)
Alejandro Beltran (The Alan Turing Institute) @beltranalexj
2023-11-15, 5 pm CEST (online)
Moritz Laurer (VU Amsterdam) @MoritzLaurer
2023-11-29, 5 pm CEST (online)
Michael Jacobs (University College London)
2023-12-13, 35 pm CEST (online)
Rebecca Kittel (European University Institute) @rebecca_kittel
2024-01-10, 5 pm CEST (online)
Musashi Hinck (Princeton University) https://github.com/muhark
2024-01-24, 5 pm CEST (online)
NLP-supported (e-)deliberation: interdisciplinary challenges and real-world applications
Gabriella Lapesa (GESIS & Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf) @GabriellaLapesa
2024-02-07, 5 pm CEST (online)
Dirk Wulff (Max-Planck Institut) @dirkuwulff
2024-02-21, 5 pm CEST (online)
Ashrakat Elshehawy (University of Oxdord) @AshElshehawy
2023-03-08, 3:30 pm CEST (online)
Battle of Words: Dynamics of Echo Chambers among European Elites
Joris Frese (European University Institute) @fresejoris
2022-03-22, 5 pm CEST (online)
Tobias Widmann (Aarhus University) @TobiasWidmann
2023-04-19, 5 pm CEST (online)
Political Metaphors in U.S. Governor Speeches
Léo Picard (University of Basel) @leops95
2023-05-03, 5 pm CEST (online)
Gloria Gennaro (University College London) @gloriagennaro
2023-05-17, 5 pm CEST (online)
Visuals within Multimodal Studies
Erik Bucy (Texas Tech University) @erikpbucy
2023-05-31, 5 pm CEST (online)
Kohei Watanabe (Lazard Asset Management) @koheiw7
2022-09-20, 10-11am CEST (online)
Delia Zollinger (University of Zurich) @dpzollinger
2022-10-04, 5-6pm CEST (online)
Ludovic Rheault (University of Toronto) @LudovicRheault
2022-10-18, 5-6pm CEST (online)
Ashrakat Elshehawy (University of Oxford) @AshElshehawy
2022-11-01, 5-6pm CEST (online)
Anne Lauscher (Bocconi University) @anne_lauscher
2022-11-15, 5-6pm CEST (online)
Jana Bernhard (University of Vienna)
2022-11-29, 5-6pm CEST (online)
Hauke Licht (University of Cologne) @hauke_licht
2022-12-13, 5-6pm CEST (online)
Maiken Roed (Lund University)
2022-04-12, 5-6pm (online)
Fabienne Lind (University of Vienna) @FabienneLind
2022-04-26, 5-6pm (online)
Christian Pipal (University of Amsterdam) @christianpipal
2022-05-10, 5-6pm (online)
Roman Senninger (Aarhus University) @r_senninger
2022-05-24, 5-6pm (online)
Connor Jerzak (University of Texas)
2022-06-07, 5-6pm (online)
Erin Rossiter (University of Notre Dame) @erinrossiter
2022-06-21, 5-6pm (online)
Johannes Gruber (European University Viadrina) @JohannesBGruber
2022-07-05, 5-6pm (online)
Federico Bianchi (Stanford University) @federicobianchy
2022-07-19, 5-6pm (online)
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