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Computational Social Science
This lecture series introduces students to current research in Computational Social Science at Saarland University, specifically at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Scientific Computing (I2SC) and the Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS), the new project funded by the Transformation Program for Research and Knowledge Transfer Saar.
Computational Social Science is a new and developing field of research that combines Social Sciences with computational methods. Given that more and more aspects of society and social lives are situated on the internet, it is essential for Social Sciences to study the online world. Hence, SOUNDS and the I2SC are interdisciplinary enterprises that aim to use computational methods to address questions of political and societal urgency.
Each session introduces students to a political or societal question and the computational methods used to address and study them. This lecture series thus provides an interesting and helpful first look into an emerging and highly relevant field of research.
Lecturer: Prof Dr Daniela Braun
Prof Dr Daniela Braun has been Professor of Political Science with a focus on European Integration and International Relations since 2022. Prior to that, she taught and conducted research at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich since 2010. In her research, she focuses on topics from the field of EU politics. European elections, European parties and the European party system as well as citizens and voters and their attitudes and behaviour in the European multi-level system are among her core topics. Her academic teaching focuses on the political system of the European Union, the current challenges of the multi-level system of the European Union and political sociology. Daniela Braun's research has been published in the following political science journals, among others: European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, German Politics, International Political Science Review, Journal for European Integration, Journal of European Public Policy, Party Politics, West European Politics, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft and Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. In addition, she has funded and carried out various research projects (BMBF; DFG; Horizon 2020; Horizon Europe) on Europe-related topics.