AS Hybrid Speaker Series Winter 2026/27
The Hybrid Speaker Series is back for another round. The upcoming winter semester promises an exciting program with the following dates:
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jasper Tjaden, Universität Potsdam
➤ Bots for Good. Auditing Political Bias on Social Media using Automated Users
Organisation: Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences & Institut für Soziologie, Universität Bamberg
More information https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/courses/
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Debra Umberson, The University of Texas at Austin
➤ Life Course Exposure to the Death of a Child: Effects on Health and Aging
Organisation: Department für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Universität zu Köln
More information https://dss.uni-koeln.de/de/department/aktuelles/veranstaltungen
Wednesday, January 13, 2027, 4:15–5:45 p.m.
Speaker: Ian Lundberg, University of California, Los Angeles
➤ Causal inference in staggered adoption panels: The correct comparison set depends on your intervention
Organisation: Institut für Soziologie, Ludwigs-Maximilian-Universität München
Tuesday, February 9, 2027, 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
Speakers: Gabriele Spilker & Sebastian Koos, Universität Konstanz
➤ Climate Inequalities in the Global South: from Perceptions to Protest
Organisation: Cluster of Excellence „The Politics of Inequality“, Universität Konstanz
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