Nils Brandenstein

Post-Doc in psychology @ Heidelberg University. Part time classical men’s style and cocktail enthusiast 👨‍💼🍸

[Mikey Biddlestone @BiddlePsych]

🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” https://t.co/vjjZhdLW83🧵👇1/16

[Nils Brandenstein @NilsB94]

@RuthgerRighart Hi Ruthger,
yes we used Python for the ML model and visualization. You can find
our analysis code on GitHub: https://t.co/SUTbFMzzDI or the OSF (link in paper)!

[Nils Brandenstein @NilsB94]

In a recent study (just published in @SSCRatSage) together with my brilliant co-authors @C_Sindermann_ and @ChrisMontag77, we explored the capabilities of machine learning models to estimate political opinions based on Twitter (X) user networks.

A short 🧵

[Nils Brandenstein @NilsB94]

Want to know more? Check out our full study:
https://t.co/LqNUpJw5qU

[Nils Brandenstein @NilsB94]

6/7 Our study highlights the potential of using advanced ML models and social media data to study political attitudes and behavior — especially in complex political systems like Germany’s multiparty setup. 🗳️🤖

[Nils Brandenstein @NilsB94]

Extremely happy to see the largest undertaking of my PhD finally published! 🥳

Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors @jan_rummel @_AckermannK @delameurthe, this wouldn’t have been possible without you!

[Communications Earth & Environment @CommsEarth]

The behavioral factors responsible for individual greenhouse gas emissions in Germany interact and differ mainly across life domains such as mobility and diet.
@NilsB94 @_AckermannK @delameurthe @jan_rummel

Read more! 👉
https://t.co/Lj8OWKuesw

[EASP @easpinfo]

The 2023 EASP Outstanding Service to the Field of Social Psychology Award goes to @InMindMagazin @InMindFR @InMindMag!

[Professor Karen Douglas @Karen_Douglas]

New paper! Across 28 countries and 56,072 participants, we used machine learning to rank-order the importance of 115 individual- and country-level predictors of conspiracy theorising. https://t.co/nL6KVlt16c

[Nils Brandenstein @NilsB94]

@_AckermannK @jale_tosun @jan_rummel Thank you, too @_AckermannK! It was (and still is) a pleasure working with you on projects. 😊

Congrats again and all the best for your new journey!

[ZPol @ZPol_journal]

Gute Nachrichten: Der Beitrag "Das Wetter ist politisch – Starkregen, Hochwasser und Flut vor der Bundestagswahl 2021" von Sebastian Pink und Johannes Schmidt ist nun @Springer_VS online. Jetzt hier lesen: https://t.co/0jwHiaOc65

[Lena Steindorf @lena_steindorf]

Happy St. Nicholas Day!
Don’t forget to fill our “conference-stockings” with your abstract! Submissions for #MWconfHD2023 are open until December 31! @jan_rummel and I are looking forward to seeing you in Heidelberg next summer. Our conference homepage:
https://t.co/19MvEHPMSO

[Anna-Lena Schubert @AnnaLSchubert]

📣In meiner Abteilung ist eine Promotionsstelle (TVL-13, 75 %)🎓in einem Forschungsprojekt zu den neurokognitiven Grundlagen der Intelligenz ausgeschrieben: https://t.co/Iv5OdV2LIk

Bitte gerne teilen und retweeten! Ich stehe für Rückfragen jederzeit zur Verfügung. #PhDposition

[𝐷𝑖𝑛𝑜.𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠( ) @JustaNormalDino]

Is it really necessary to use #empiricalData for your #opinionDynamics model?
In our paper we first run experiments of opinion change and then derived the model finding multiple #newEffects able to explain how #polarization may appear
🧵+ 📜 (thread + paper)
👇👇👇

[Jan Rummel @jan_rummel]

I am excited that @lena_steindorf and I will host a conference on mind wandering @UniHeidelberg next summer. We will have great keynotes by @KalinaChristoff, @myrthefaber, and @the_mindwanders and fun social side events! Submissions are now open, so please RT😊. #MWconfHD2023