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Job Opening: Professorship in Computational Social Science within SCOPE at RPTU
Sept. 28, 2026 • Felipe Barreto-Storandt
The Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) invites applications for a Professorship in Computational Social Science in the Department of Psychology. The pos...
SCOPE at the OPINION COST Matters Panel: From Silence to Influence in the Digital Space
At the network's final conference in Zagreb, a collaborative SCOPE study revealed how populist parties are successfully using digital communication to capture the youth vote.
Aug. 26, 2026 • Olga Zagovora
On 25 August 2026, the OPINION COST Network held its closing day at their final conference at VERN’ University in Zagreb. The conference and network brought together researchers and stakehol...
SCOPE Research and International Collaborations Presented at the COST OPINION Conference in Zagreb
Three different presentations highlights the networks and collaborations within the SCOPE potential area.
Aug. 25, 2026 • Olga Zagovora
SCOPE Research and International Collaborations Presented at the COST OPINION Conference in Zagreb On 24 August 2026, the SCOPE team and its international research collaborators presented t...
Empowering Social Science Research: Highlights from the INTERACT Machine Learning workshop.
Participants collaborate during the SCOPE workshop Machine Learning for Social Sciences with facilitator Dr. Mykola Makhortykh, translating complex social constructs into computational models.
July 6, 2026 • Felipe Barreto-Storandt
From July 1 to July 3, researchers, staff, and students gathered for an intensive three-day workshop, Machine Learning for Social Sciences , facilitated by Dr. Mykola Makhortykh from the Un...
SCOPE Affiliates Presents Research at the ICA in Cape Town and Wins Top Paper Award
June 8, 2026 • Felipe Barreto-Storandt
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Wenn Expertenwissen auf hitzige Debatten trifft: Podiumsdiskussion beleuchtet Verhältnis von Wissenschaft, Politik und Medien
Feb. 16, 2026 • Ines Welzenbach-Vogel
Jetzt anmelden Sollte Politik stärker auf Wissenschaft hören? Wem vertrauen Menschen in Krisenzeiten? Und was passiert, wenn wissenschaftliche Fakten plötzlich zum Streitpunkt wer...
SCOPE member Aidar Zinnatullin Presents Poster at Data Quality Workshop in Munich
Jan. 27, 2026 • Felipe Barreto-Storandt
RPTU postdoctoral researcher and SCOPE member Aidar Zinnatullin attended the Data Quality Workshop: “Unstructured Data and the Need for Quality Metrics” in Munich (LMU Munich) on January 22,...
Dr. Frank Mangold discusses web tracking methods at the RPTU
Jan. 22, 2026 • Felipe Barreto-Storandt
Yesterday, the Department of Psychology at RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau hosted Dr. Frank Mangold from GESIS for a engaging session during their departmental colloquium. Dr. Man...
Conference: Computational Methods in Science Communication Research
On September 25 and 26, 2025, the conference Computational Methods in Science Communication Research – Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Applications took place at RPTU’s Landau campus.
Sept. 26, 2025 • Dr. Berend Barkela
Over two days, scholars from a wide range of disciplines including communication and political science, sociology, and computer science came together in an interdisciplinary exchange. Presen...
Workshop Offered Deep Dive into Natural Language Processing
A three-day course guided researchers from the foundations of text analysis to advanced applications using transformer-based models.
Aug. 11, 2025 • Talisa Schwall
The SCOPE project’s CSSM workshop series continued its training agenda with a three-day immersive workshop on Natural Language Processing (NLP) from August 6-8, 2025. Led by instructor Indira Sen (...