NYUAD hiring open-rank Computational Social Science faculty position. Anyone still on the market and interested, please apply. We start reviewing applications next week.

Application: https://apply.interfolio.com/160603

#PhD Candidate in Complex Networks with Structural Inequalities at Leiden University,

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2025/q1/15413-phd-candidate-in-complex-networks

#Postdoc Research Fellow Position in Digital Phenotyping / Smartphone Data Research

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13728

How to choose a research question?

“Science is a network—to make discoveries, follow the links of that network!” Says Jari Saramäki in his new post.
https://jarisaramaki.fi/2025/01/29/how-to-choose-a-research-question/

“Identify impactful and highly cited papers and try to figure out why they are important. Then, use Google Scholar or some other tool to find out who cites them; just look at the abstracts of the citing papers to get the big picture and then dive into the details of those pieces of work that sound relevant to you. This is, in my view, a more useful way than trying to read all the literature in detail, in some random order.

Everyone knows about Einstein’s theory of relativity, but few are aware of all the earlier efforts that went into developing ways to synchronize clocks across countries and continents using electric cables. Yet Einstein was undoubtedly familiar with this!”

🎞 Bonus video: Jari on Crafting Questions & Linking Thoughts: https://youtu.be/HwdZS6Fy8X8

The Copenhagen ITU-wide #PhD Open Call 2025, deadline Feb 24th, is now open!

If you are interested in studying human behavior and understanding:
1) how climate change affects behaviors
2) how algorithmic systems shape human behaviors
3) understanding the limits of predictive systems

https://nerds.itu.dk/2025/01/31/phd-open-call-2025/

2025 International Conference on the
Science of Science and Innovation

June 16 - June 18, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark

The International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation (ICSSI) is an interdisciplinary event that brings together experts from various fields to explore the dynamics of scientific research and innovation. The conference serves as a platform for both producers—scientists from academia and industry—and consumers, including policymakers, publishers, funders, and administrators, to engage in meaningful dialogue. Our first European installment of ICSSI will feature science and technology policy environments, opportunities, and challenges in Europe and around the world. This interaction aims to enhance the global relevance and impact of research in the science of science and innovation.

https://www.icssi.org/

AI and science’s happy ending
Petter Holme

Central to the essay are the limits human language puts on knowledge acquisition. For example, how we will never take the time to get away from the messiness of the vernacular language (see below) in favor of logical and systematic language that could support our collective intelligence project called science. However, ML/AI could do, in principle, but would also have to overcome several language barriers.

https://petterhol.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ai_science.pdf

Interested in using data on human behaviour to understand and predict epidemics? Come do a #PhD with us! Deadline 7 March
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/funding-scholarships/research-degree-funding/phd-studentships-health-analytics-modelling

A writing fellowship on scientific progress

We are looking for four to six writers who, over a six-month period, will produce richly detailed articles about a selected area of scientific progress. These could include writing on biotechnology, metascience, technology in China, the history of science, or just about anything in between. We will prioritize writers covering issues that are of interest to both of our organizations.

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/a-writing-fellowship-on-scientific

#Postdoc in innovative statistical models & methods for analyzing smartphone data in biomedical and public health research. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13728

#phd student for our machine learning and causal modeling project on life course predictors of loneliness and social isolation

https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163399

Quantum Networks
Mason A. Porter

Reviews:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-019-0152-6
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/ad41a6

Two #phd student positions in Theoretical Physics (Condensed Matter Theory and Statistical Physics)

https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=36375

Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08564-w

Dirk Brockmann: "Doing Science like a Fungus – Complexity Research in the 21st Century"

https://youtu.be/iwMYuq4np6Y

Charting the Uncharted: Interview with Sune Lehmann

🎞 https://youtu.be/hbbjq54nQO8

🎧 Audio File

With Sune Lehmann, we explore his unconventional journey from traditional physics to the wild world of social data science and interdisciplinary research. We discuss the challenges of stepping into new fields, the process of unlearning and relearning, and the art of developing an instinct for meaningful research questions. Sune shares his thoughts on blending theory with real-world application, the evolving nature of the scientific inquiry, and what it takes to stay innovative in a rapidly changing landscape.

Sune is a Professor of Networks and Complexity Science at the Technical University of Denmark and a Professor of Social Data Science at the Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) at the University of Copenhagen. In this conversation, he reflects on the balance between deep analytical work and the hands-on excitement of experiments, all while mentoring the next generation of researchers.

Whether you're an early-career scientist or simply curious about how data shapes our understanding of human behavior, this discussion offers valuable insights and thought-provoking perspectives.

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Emergent Dynamical Ising Transition in Diffusive Sandpiles

https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.16893