"Computational Methods" Working Group

The "Computational Methods Working Group" is a working group by young scholars of the Department of Communication and Media Research, the Department of Political Science, the fög - Research Center for the Public Sphere and Societyat the University of Zurich and the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich.

The working group has two main goals: First, we want to foster the methodological education of social scientists in the field of computational social science. Second, we aim at bringing together scholars in the field to connect and collaborate.

Past Events in 2023

• February 1 – Method Workshop: Data Simulation with Monte Carlo Methods

Past Events in 2022

We organized two workshops in 2022:

• December 7 – Method workshop: Coordination Networks on Twitter
• December 14 & 15 – Method workshop: Language Models in Practice

Past Events in 2021

As part of the 7th International Conference on Computational Social Science:

• July, 13 – Networking Event: People, Research Interests & Methods in CSS
• July, 20 – Panel Discussion: A Career in CSS – Dream or Disillusion?
• Throughout the conference: Watch Parties

Additionally, we hosted a panel discussion about teaching Computational Social Science:

• September, 7 – Panel Discussion: Teaching CSS - Where Do We Go from Here?

We also organized two methods workshops in 2021:

• November, 5 – Method workshop: Automated Image Analysis
• November 29 – Method workshop: Natural Language Processing