Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea
Sociology. Social norms. Experiments. Interdisciplinary social science | Ramón y Cajal Researcher at @IPP_CSIC | Former MPI Bonn and Uni Mannheim (she/her)
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- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaThe Women’s Forum will meet on July 1st in the afternoon and will host flash talks for junior scholars as well as a panel on women in academia. We hope to see you there!
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea📣 One week left to apply to our Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences! We have an exciting program for this year: www.tse-fr.eu/sites/defaul... 🗓️ May 26 to June 19, 2026 📍 Toulouse Application deadline: December 15 Apply here: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum... @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaCan AI-generated images work as visual vignettes in survey experiments? I argue yes - and discuss how . in my new @sscratsage.bsky.social paper: doi.org/10.1177/0894...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaSo proud and happy of our #MESS2025 — growing in size, diversity, quality, and good vibes every year! See you all tomorrow! 😎 #SocialScience #Conference #Madrid @amaliaab.bsky.social @emmylindstam.bsky.social @sergio-galazgarcia.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaEvery academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it. CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures. But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do. 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette... 🧵
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea💼 Oferta de trabajo! Buscamos un Técnico de Investigación para el proyecto GENDERSEG: - 20h/semana | 1.400€/mes - Deadline: 18/09 (inclusive) 👉 Más info sobre requisitos y tareas a desarrollar: aplicaciones.uc3m.es/atenea/fiche... ¡Se agradece difusión!
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- I have never felt as wanted as I did this past August, when I received 14 review requests.
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaRadical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea🎓📢 We’re hiring! Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability) 💼 Permanent position 📍 Münster, Germany 🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025 jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea📢 *Call for Applications* / 📢 *Convocatoria abierta* Join our project on Prejudice & Discrimination at the Spanish National Research Council (Madrid 🇪🇸) Open to junior scholars at different stages (postdocs, predocs, or MSc grads considering a PhD) 🔗 ⬇️ www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zrur0...
- Last day to apply to the MESS!! MESS is an initiative that brings together empirical social scientists in Madrid. Our first event was last year and it was fantastic. Join us!
- 🚨 We will be hosting the next edition of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences conference on October 24-25. See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
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- If you’re into analytical sociology, there’s no better place!
- 🚨🎓 We’re looking for new PhD students! The area of specialization is open, but successful applicants should demonstrate a clear interest in themes that align with ongoing research at @iasliu.bsky.social 📅 Deadline: 31.08.2025 💼 Fully funded positions How to apply 👉 liu.se/en/work-at-l...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea¿Quieres hacer una estancia de investigación en el @ipp-csic.bsky.social? Nuestro programa de visitantes te ofrece dos modalidades: 1️⃣ Estancias sin financiación, inscripción abierta todo el año. 2️⃣ Becas “Luis Moreno”, con ayudas de hasta 2.000€. Más info en este enlace: tinyurl.com/25ex2ayf
- Applications for the 2nd annual conference of the MESS are now open. Hope to see many of you there!
- 🚨 We will be hosting the next edition of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences conference on October 24-25. See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaHey y'all I am hiring a PhD student. Minimal teaching load and many opportunities for more ;) uol.de/job566en
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaNuestra compañera del @ipp-csic.bsky.social @martafraile.bsky.social es demasiado modesta para contaros que (¡por fin!) el @csic.es ha reconocido su excelencia científica y ha sido promovida al puesto de Profesora de Investigación, algo que deberían haber hecho hace años. ¡Enhorabuena Marta!
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- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaThe Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea🚨We’re hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science! 📍The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS) 📅 Apply by June 3 🔗 liu.se/en/work-at-l...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢 Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply! Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ! sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
- We are looking to hire post-doc interested in working on migration, citizenship, and diaspora. Come join us in Münster! Generous contract + no teaching for 2 years. Many details and link to job add here: sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe... Please PM me incase you have questions!
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- 🔈 The next Women’s Forum event will take place on June 4th, the first day of the INAS Conference at Columbia University. This year, we’re pleased to offer a hybrid format, so you can join us either on-site or online! inas.sociology.columbia.edu/content/wome... We look forward to seeing you there!
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- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaWe are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science 📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden ⏰Deadline June 3 🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 Please apply // help us spread the word
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a 2-year fixed-term faculty position in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? socialsciences.department@uc3m.es 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaThanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
- Does anybody have a good visualization to explain how interactions can be confounded, and why interactions require interaction controls? @urisohn.bsky.social maybe? (Asking because I have an idea, but want to check out what exists already before investing the effort)
- Very happy to see this out!
- Nos vemos en la UAM esta tarde!
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaSTATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
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- Ioana is an amazing co author and now and amazing podcaster as well
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- ¿Any recommendations on scales measuring relative deprivation and economic insecurity?
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaI AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share
- I can hardly think of a better position and a better supervisor.
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea💥💥💥Deadline is approaching fast!!! Apply if you’re interested in promotion inequality! Also open to adjacent disciplines! 💥💥💥
- 🚨 Open postdoctoral researcher position 🚨: ▪️ PhD in sociology, econ, organiz. psychology, etc. ▪️ 80%, 2-year position @unibern. ▪️ Main tasks: set up + manage Swiss employer-employee panel & doing research on careers in companies ▪️ More infos: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea📢 My paper w Aron Szekely on honour-based violence is published online (Open Access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... We explain this puzzling phenomenon applying game-theory and testing it using large-scale data on norms and actual femicides. @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea‼️If you haven't seen the call already, this is your reminder‼️ 3-year postdoc in computational social science at Aarhus University to study societal norms about political power 🫅 I'll be @comptext.bsky.social in Vienna (April 24-26) if you want to meet up and hear more about the position ☕🗣️
- 💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaWe are looking for a new colleague (Research Fellow) at Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim. Very lively, active and intellectually fruitful environment. Join us! Please share! www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/i...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaGave a talk to our PhD students today, and feeling appreciative of all the recent methods work on improving common practices. Thanks to all the authors who work to make their work accessible, especially on social media. A few articles we discussed:
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- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaCome be my colleague in one of the best post-doc positions in German academia (imo)! Lovely people, excellent infrastructure, great conditions. Feel free to contact me for questions. #polisky #polscijobs
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- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaLooking for a PhD candidate to join a project at the intersection of health comms & computer science! We’ll use LLMs to create synthetic patient populations to test vaccine uptake interventions & build a training tool for better vax communication. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-... Please repost!
- On my way to Mannheim to present joint research with @valentimvicente.bsky.social on the costs associated with expressing far-right political preferences (in Spain). www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/de/events...
- Ah Deutsche Bahn, how much I have missed you!
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaEsta tarde en Palau Macaya, desigualdad de riqueza y herencia universal con @artolam.bsky.social UC3M, Iñigo González Ricoy UB, @leire-salazar.bsky.social CSIC. Moderación @elenacostas.bsky.social KSNET. Comenta estudiante de 1º Bach. Regístrate!! palaumacaya.fundacionlacaixa.org/es/p/una-her...
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- Si os interesa el tema, yo creo que es una oportunidad excelente!
- Next May, I’ll be teaching a two-day seminar on experimental social sciences. I already have a draft of the syllabus, but is there anything you consider essential that I might be overlooking? Any recent books, papers or just advice on what to teach is very welcome. Thanks!
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaFor everyone interested in working with computational tools, this is an amazing Postdoc position at the Political Science Department in Aarhus If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.
- 💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaLos días 1 y 8 de abril estaremos en la Fundación "la Caixa", Palau Macaya Barcelona, hablando sobre política social para los jóvenes con expertos de ciencia política, sociología, economía y filosofía política, además de con jóvenes: palaumacaya.fundacionlacaixa.org/es/p/-que-po...
- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaAre you interested in age or cohort or period effects? I have just updated my primer on the topic! Now with a new framing, a handy flow chart to determine which approach may be suitable, and a new empirical example. What do people in Germany think about mothers who work? osf.io/preprints/ps...
- New preprint! osf.io/preprints/ps... The age-period-cohort problem is something that many researchers are vaguely aware of. There have been very cool advances in how to reason about it which don't seem to be well-known in psych. So, I've written a primer!
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- Glad to have been part of this project. I think the results here shed light on the intricacies of replication and how we can improve the process. Thanks for all the hard work @breznaunate.bsky.social, Eike Mark Rinke, and @kunkakom.bsky.social!
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- Reposted by Amalia Alvarez-BenjumeaWe crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility: • depends heavily on the transparency of materials • high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
