This is a call for expressions of interest only, ahead of possible future 18-month research appointments.
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Call: https://t.co/Kjedi992kw
Please circulate/share with potentially interested candidates.
Happy to announce that Birgit Müller @UFZ_de will be lecturing our @LaStatale@BehaveLab_unimi summer school 2026 students in agent-based @netlogo#policy#computational modelling! Join our school in the beautiful Brescia or online! https://t.co/4Cf7DZlMGw
Why do STEM/humanities gender gaps persist? My new study on Italian high school students found that self-concept and high-school track play a major role, while implicit stereotypes only matter for girls in science-oriented schools.
Link to the paper 👇
https://t.co/vO0WrCRBWX
No protests in the streets — yet resistance grows.
A new #ABM study models how #OnlineProtest dynamics on #SocialMedia quietly accumulate dissent potential among ordinary users even under #AuthoritarianRepression.
Read the full #OA article in #JASSS: https://t.co/sR6vffb88L
How are large language models impacting the submission and review process at high-impact journals? Severely.
Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, AI-generated and AI-assisted papers, identified by Pangram, drove a 42% increase in submission volume at Organization Science (figure below). While the journal rejected the majority of these submissions, there is a human cost to reviewing papers, which volunteer reviewers are shouldering. AI-generated content is also showing up in reviews, which similarly suffer in quality because of it -- editors at Organization Science found that AI-generated reviews are lower quality, less specific, and less topically diverse than human-written ones.
The problem is not isolated. Earlier this year, ICML desk-rejected 497 papers from authors who submitted AI-generated reviews, after those authors opted into a policy that disallowed the use of AI. Grant funders also saw a surge in applications: the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, a set of major research fellowships for the EU, received 142% more proposals in 2025 compared to 2022.
Many scientific and academic systems implicitly rely on friction as a barrier to entry. LLMs have removed that friction, allowing for a deluge of AI slop that is straining the capacity of these institutions.
Join our fantastic @LaStatale faculty for a two year programme in #Computational Social and Political Science! Applications close on 12 June 2026!. Info here: https://t.co/XlaCTgKpVH
"Transcription and Recognition of Italian Parliamentary Speeches Using Vision-Language Models". Our pipeline to extract text (plus meta-level variables) of all Italian Legislative speeches since...1848! #polsci#AI#LLM#computationalPolSci https://t.co/1VZGmF5IWS
No algorithms, no biased media, no hostile users — yet #polarization still emerges. A new #ABM study extending Axelrod's model shows how rewarding interactions alone fuel a self-reinforcing "rich-get-richer" dynamic.
Read the full #OA article in #JASSS: https://t.co/z36guhm4pY
Last days to register to the online open day of our new @LaStatale Master's programme in #Computational Social and Political Science. Join our fantastiic faculty online on 13 April at 2PM (CET): https://t.co/GO05PWEGqE
Applications are open for our two-year Master's programme in Computational Social and Political Science at @LaStatale Milan. The deadline is on 12/06/26. Book a virtual seat at the open day (13 April, online, 2PM) with the QR code in the pic! Call here: https://t.co/YbQRGful4q
Besides the open day online on 13 April, 2PM, we have scheduled an open day of the Master's programme in #Computational Social and Political Science at @LaStatale in person! It's on 4 May, 11AM in Milan, Via Conservatorio 7, Sala Lauree. If you are in Milan, come to meeting us!
Applications are open for our two-year Master's programme in Computational Social and Political Science at @LaStatale Milan. The deadline is on 12/06/26. Book a virtual seat at the open day (13 April, online, 2PM) with the QR code in the pic! Call here: https://t.co/YbQRGful4q
On 13 April 2026, at 2PM (CET), online, we present the 2026/2027 edition of @LaStatale Master's on Computational Social and Political Science! If you know any interested students, please share!
https://t.co/GO05PWEGqE
Can #socialsolidarity prevent agro-pastoral collapse? Paul Chapron & colleagues co-designed an #ABM with Senegalese farmers to find out.
Spoiler: remove parcel lending & food sharing, and the system collapses #CompanionModeling#participatory#simulation
https://t.co/SBOoM8Cr1O