Seminar series 2026

Schedule

Following the highly successful 2025 Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology, the SodaLab lecture series will continue this semester: On four dates during the 2026 summer semester, the Soda Lab cordially invites you to join us for a discussion on innovative methods in the social sciences. The events will take place on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the BIGSSS Seminar Room (Unicom 7.3280) and will be hybrid to allow for presentations and participation from around the world. Please reach out to buero.hungerprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de for Zoom details.

Our aim is to create a space that brings together methodologically interested researchers of all career stages to foster interdisciplinary exchange and shared learning.

13.05.2026
Promises and Pitfalls of Working with Historical Data
Lukas Haffert, University Bremen
BIGSSS, Conference room 7.3280

10.06.2026
Can civil society still anchor cleavages? Mapping social closure in associational life
Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki, University Bremen
BIGSSS, Conference room 7.3280

24.06.2026
Perceived Discrimination and Subsequent Life Outcomes: An Outcome-Wide Study across 23 cultural contexts
Nikolitsa Grigoropoulou, University Bremen
BIGSSS, Conference room 7.3280

08.07.2026
Ghostcounting: A Bayesian Framework for Estimating Protest Size from Conflicting Media Reports
Marius Sältzer, University Oldenburg
BIGSSS, Conference room 7.3280