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#aBitOfCCS offers brief heads-ups from the fascinating world of computational communication science. We check out an individual CCS study together with (one of) the original author(s) and have them guide us through their research minds.
#aBitOfCCS on Building Research Infrastructure and AmCAT with Sofia Gil-Clavel hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
In this episode of the #aBitOfCCS Podcast, Jana Bernhard-Harrer talks with Sofia Gil-Clavel from the Societal Analytics Laboratory at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam about what it means to build computational infrastructure for social scientists.
Sofia works across multiple roles — as a researcher focusing on AI in socio-ecological systems (including risks and misinformation), as a research engineer developing and maintaining advanced computational resources, and as lab manager supporting the work of interdisciplinary teams.
The conversation centers on creating software for researchers, with a particular focus on AmCAT — a platform designed to support large-scale text analysis in computational communication science. We discuss what it takes to design sustainable, usable research tools, how infrastructure shapes research practice, and why maintaining and supporting software is just as important as developing new methods.
Learn more about Sofia’s work: https://sofiag1l.github.io/
Explore the Societal Analytics Lab: https://societal-analytics.nl/
Discover AmCAT: https://amcat4.labs.vu.nl/
January 20, 2025
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