Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational social science at LMU Munich.

My thesis examined homophily in online dating using digital trace data from online dating sites. Apart from that, I have co-authored papers on the division of household labor, partner preferences, and mental health and unemployment.

I am interested in computational social science (data mining, designing and programming online experiments, using LLMs for research), online dating, and I’m currently developing an interest for research at the intersection of health, gender, and social media.

I like dogs, baking, knitting (both in and outside of Quarto) and learning new things in R.

🆕 New preprint on online dating: Topinkova, R., & Schwemmer, C. (2025). How (Not) To Fix Online Dating - An Empirical Assessment Using Computational Experiments.

📘 Publication on online dating: Topinkova, R., & Diviak, T. (2025). It takes two to tango: A directed two-mode network approach to desirability on a mobile dating app.

📈 Presented a poster at IC2S2 on women’s health (pcos, endometriosis) and product promotion on TikTok.