🚨 Don’t miss the chance - Application deadline approaching! 🚀 Two Research Associates positions (PreDoc, 100% TV-L E13) with the goal of pursuing a PhD. 🗓️ Deadline: September 22, 2025

Registration is open for #DigiMeet2025 on Nov 6!🎉 Join 16 talks & discussions on platform regulation, community building & governance with #EarlyCareerResearchers 🗣️Keynote by Tobias Mast 👉Program + Registration: www.cais-research.de/en/event/dig... @bidt.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

#CallForPapers: Inclusive by Design? Participatory Governance & the Future of Digital Public Spaces. Researchers are invited to explore digital public spaces, participation, inclusion & power. Abstracts: Oct 15,2025 | Full papers: Mar 1,2026 policyreview.info/events/call-... @hiigberlin.bsky.social

🤖 Heute im #LandtagNRW: Öffentliche Anhörung der #Enquetekommission - #KünstlicheIntelligenz zu „Bildung – KI im Klassenzimmer“ CAIS-Forscherin Prof. Nikol Rummel ist als Sachverständige geladen. 🔴 Livestream ab 10 Uhr: www.landtag.nrw.de/home/mediath... @ruhr-uni-bochum.de

💡 As part of the pre-conference program, CAIS hosted the workshop “AI (Tools) for Research in Media Psychology (and Beyond)” led by Prof. Johannes Breuer. Participants explored current methods and applications in media psychology. #MediaPsych #MePsy25 @johannesbreuer.com

📢 The 14th Media Psychology Conference is underway! Together with Uni Duisburg-Essen, we are co-organizers and our researchers are presenting exciting talks. Over 230 participants from 21 countries are exploring AI, smartphone use, misinformation, and more. #MePsy25 @unidue.bsky.social

Eine Beziehung zwischen Mensch & #KIChatbot – wie ist das möglich? Wie können wir #Falschinformationen und #DeepFakes besser erkennen? Darum geht es u.a. bei der MediaPsych Conference 2025. Ausrichter: Unsere Fakultät für Informatik und @cais-research.bsky.social. www.uni-due.de/2025-09-08-m...

✨ Let’s meet & unwind: 🍻 Sept 10 Get-Together @ Finkenkrug 🎉 Sept 11 Dinner + Party @ Webster Brauhaus 🧘‍♀️ Optional yoga with Dr. Sabrina Sobieraj 🏨 Hotel tips: www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/c... See you in Duisburg! #MePsy25

Herzlich Willkommen am Institut für Politikwissenschaft! Wir freuen uns, dass wir Forschung und Lehre im Bereich der digitalen Sozialwissenschaften weiter ausbauen können. Auf eine gute und produktive Zusammenarbeit! 🎉

Congratulations to #CAISfellow David Guerrero! He received the Sir Ernest Barker Prize (PSA) and Leo Strauss Award (APSA) for his 2024 dissertation: research.rug.nl/en/publicati... @david-guerrero.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚀 Excited to host Jaap Ham (TU Eindhoven) at this week’s CAIS #LunchtimeTalk! 🧠 Topic: The Psychology of Persuasive Technology 📅 Sept 10, 2025 | 1:30–2:30 PM (UTC+1) 💻 Join digitally: Email [email protected] for access details. 🔗 Info: www.cais-research.de/en/event/lun...

#CfP Join the debate on: 📍 #Participatory governance 📍 (Dis)integrative dynamics of #digital discourse 📍 Imagined futures of inclusive digital public spaces 📄 Abstract due 15 Oct 25 📄 Full paper due 1 March 26 All papers peer-reviewed. @cais-research.bsky.social 👉 policyreview.info/events/call-...

#CfP: Inclusive by design? Special issue on #participatory governance & the future of #digital public spaces! Edited by @jottbees.bsky.social @marco-waehner.bsky.social Christiane Eilders & Tim A. Majchrzak. @cais-research.bsky.social 👉 Submit abstract by 15 Oct: policyreview.info/events/call-...

✨CAIS at #EARLI2025 at the University of Graz, Aug 25–29, 2025: Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel, Interim Prof. Dr. Sebastian Strauß & Anna Radtke presented on educational technologies, collaborative learning & AI-supported teaching through symposia, a roundtable & a poster. #CAISonTour

📢 Das Barcamp #DigitalwegweiserNRW am 25.9.25 in Dortmund ist ausgebucht – aber über die Warteliste hast du noch eine Chance, dabei zu sein! Austausch zu #KI, #Desinformation & #DigitaleBildung mit Akteur:innen aus ganz NRW. 👉 Zur Warteliste: app.vhs-nrw.de/forms/p/wart... #WissenDasVerbindet

🚀 2 #PhD positions at CAIS (Bochum)! Research on AI, disinformation, polarization or related topics Supervisor: CAIS director Prof. Tim A. Majchrzak Doctoral studies at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de Apply by Sept 22 | Start: Nov 2025 Details: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=8ef75c Please share!

📢 Reminder: "CAISspecial - Value-Based Research on Digital Transformation" Join us tomorrow with Nicola Palladino and Katia Schwerzmann to explore how ethical, value-based research can shape digital transformation and drive societal change. 🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/event/cai...

🎉 As of today, September 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer heads the "Research Data & Methods" team at CAIS. Together with the University of Duisburg-Essen, he has been appointed Professor of Digital Social Sciences. 🎉 🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/news/joha... @johannesbreuer.com @unidue.bsky.social

🎉 Prof. Johannes Breuer übernimmt ab 1.9.2025 die Leitung des Teams „Research Data & Methods“. Gemeinsam mit der Universität Duisburg-Essen wurde er zum Professor für Digitale Sozialwissenschaften berufen. 🎉 🔗 www.cais-research.de/news/Johanne... @johannesbreuer.com breuer.com @unidue.bsky.social

🔍 Einordnung von CAIS-Forscher Christoph Bieber im Politikressort von web.de zu "Newsom wird laut: Kaliforniens Gouverneur will Trump mit dessen Waffen schlagen": web.de/magazine/pol... @drbieber.bsky.social

📢 Join us for tomorrow’s #LunchtimeTalk at CAIS: “How to Modernize Elections: (No) Lessons from the German Bundestagswahl” Speakers: Christoph Bieber, Anne Goldmann, Aryan Shooshtari & Leonie Klammer Join digitally: Just send an email to [email protected] & you’ll receive the access details.

#Vertrauen in #KI aufzubauen, gehört zu @hheuer.bsky.socials Schwerpunkten als Wissenschaftler. Der Informatiker ist auf Umwegen zu seinem heutigen Beruf gekommen. Seine Kindheit auf dem Dorf hilft ihm dabei, neue Forschungsprojekte zu entwickeln (Test/Abo) 👉 t1p.de/rsuxx @cais-research.bsky.social

Der Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung & KI porträtiert heute unseren CAIS-Forscher Hendrik Heuer. U.a. mit Fokus auf Vertrauen in KI-Systeme und Hendriks persönlicher Werdegang. 👉 Zum Artikel: background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisier... @hheuer.bsky.social

In beautiful Thessaloniki to talk about salience and patterns of racist language in German news media (yeah… 🥳) at #ecpr25 Catch the last chapter of my PhD work in this exciting panel put together by @stefaniewalter.bsky.social on Thursday, 3.45pm

#CfP: Special Issue “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI” of the Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (WJDS), co-edited by @strippel.bsky.social & Magnus Rust. Submission deadline: November 17, 2025. More: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

I guess I can make it official now: On September 1st, I will start a new position as professor of "Digital Social Science" @unidue.bsky.social ( @ifp-ude.bsky.social ) and leader of the team "Research Data & Methods" at @cais-research.bsky.social ! I am looking forward to many exciting new projects!

Unser Kollege @hheuer.bsky.social war in der Sendung "Breitband" von @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy zu Gast 🎙️ Er spricht über Evaluierungen, Verantwortung und Emotionen im Kontext von ChatGPT5. 🎧 Reinhören lohnt sich! #KI #LLM #HCI #ChatGPT #ChatGPT5

How to Modernize Elections? Join us next week, August 27, 1:30-2:30 PM (UTC+2) for our #LunchtimeTalk on (no) Lessons from the German Bundestagswahl with @drbieber.bsky.social, @goldmann.bsky.social, Aryan Shooshtari & Leonie Klammer at CAIS Bochum or online #CAIS #ElectionInnovation #AbsenteeVoting

📢 #CAISspecial: @nicolapalladino.bsky.social (Universität Salerno) & @katschwerzmann.bsky.social (@kwi-essen.bsky.social) discuss the need for ethical, value-based approaches in research on digital transformation. 🗓 September 3 ⏰ 4–5 PM CET 📍CAIS Bochum & online

I was on Deutschlandfunk's Breitband podcast this weekend to talk about #ChatGPT5 — why it's stirring debate, trust and emotional connection in AI, and what OpenAI can learn from HCI research for responsible design. 🎙️ Starts at 07:15 🔗 www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/mensch-masch...

Center for Advanced Internet Studies (Bochum. Germany) is looking for PreDoc/PostDoc researcher!

This Week, between August 11 and 13, 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting a #CAISWorkingGroup focusing on „The public consciousness of IT workers and its implications for democracy”. 👉 More: www.cais-research.de/ags/the-publ... #CAIScollege #IT #CulturalProduction #Politics #Infrastructure

#Stellenangebot 🚀 📅 Frist: 21. August 2025 Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in PräDoc (all gender) für das Team Research Data & Methods (RD&M) 👉 www.cais-research.de/aktuelles/st... #Karriere #Digitalisierungsforschung #TeamCAIS #CAIS #Bochum

#Stellenangebot 🚀 📅 Frist: 21. August 2025 Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in PräDoc/PostDoc (all gender) für das DFG-Projekt „SocEnRep - Automatisierung von Reproduzierbarkeit in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften“ (in Kooperation mit @gesis.org, @rwi.bsky.social, @uniulm.bsky.social).

It was a truly precious experience to talk and write about social bias in CSS in a safe and inclusive space @cais-research.bsky.social generously provided 🙏 Grateful to these badass scholars @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, @janabernhard.bsky.social, and @valeriehase.bsky.social for the amazing collab 🙌

I had a great time at @cais-research.bsky.social, everyone was so welcoming, and it was a pleasure to visit and work on this incredibly important and inspiring paper with @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, @aytalina.bsky.social, and @valeriehase.bsky.social !

Very excited to be at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social this week to talk about bias in CSS. Thanks to @ahrabhikat.bsky.social for hosting us 👩‍💻.

🔍 A glimpse into research life at CAIS This week, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social is hosting three fantastic guests at CAIS – all experts in Computational Social Science (CSS): @aytalina.bsky.social - University of Vienna @janabernhard.bsky.social - University of Vienna @valeriehase.bsky.social - LMU Munich

Between August 4 and 8, 2025, an international #WorkingGroup met at CAIS & explored debates on #SocialMediaRegulation & #FreedomOfSpeech – analyzing key actors, narratives & cultural contexts. 👉 More: www.cais-research.de/ags/social-m... #PlatformGovernance #DiscourseAnalysis #CAIScollege

Jetzt erschienen: „Zwischen den Welten – Ein Wegweiser für transdisziplinäre Forschung“ von CAIS-Forscher:innen @jottbees.bsky.social & @samueltsimon.bsky.social, mit praxisorientierten Erfolgsfaktoren + konkreten Handlungsempfehlungen. 🔗 www.cais-research.de/forschung/in... #Transdisziplinarität

After participating this week for the first time at the @icon-s.bsky.social in Brasilia, I’m heading to Bochum to visit the @cais-research.bsky.social (also for the first time!). Looking forward to sharing my ongoing research on platform regulation and online gender-based violence in Brazil.

Felt very welcomed today @cais-research.bsky.social ☀️ Thank you for inviting @ahrabhikat.bsky.social 🙌

#CallForPapers: Big Tech in Global Security Governance Special Issue of the Internet Policy Review 📅 Abstract submission deadline: September 21, 2025 📅 Full paper submission deadline: March 15, 2026 Find detailed information here: policyreview.info/events/call-... @policyr.bsky.social

🎥Inspiring talk by Virginia Braun, University of Auckland – a leading voice in qualitative research – on GenAI in general, in education, & in relation to qualitative research. Features multiple references to CAIS Fellow of 2024 Janet Salmons and her research. Enjoy! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...

💡Digitale Bildung in NRW gemeinsam gestalten: Beim Barcamp „Digitalwegweiser NRW“ für Engagierte aus Schule, Bildung & Kultur am 25.09.25 Dortmund. Austausch, Vernetzung & eigene Ideen einbringen! Jetzt anmelden: app.vhs-nrw.de/forms/p/Digi... Session-Ideen einreichen: padlet.com/LV_VHS_NRW/d...

🎧 #CAISzeit #Podcast Wer moderiert unsere Timeline? Wie wird entschieden, was auf Social Media gelöscht wird – und was nicht? Host Dr. Matthias Begenat spricht mit Anna Ricarda Luther, David Hartmann & Prof. Dr. Hendrik Heuer über Content-Moderation: www.cais-research.de/news/verstec...

Free Speech and/or Democracy? Join us today, 30 July, 1:30-2:30 PM (UTC+2) for our #LunchtimeTalk on the NetzDG discourse on Twitter with Dr Caio Mello & Dr Jens Pohlmann – at CAIS Bochum or online. 👉 More info here: www.cais-research.de/en/event/lun... #CAIS #NetzDG #FreeSpeech

2 new job opportunities at the @cais-research.bsky.social: - PhD student, team "Research Data & Methods" stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76 - Researcher, DFG project "SocEnRep - Automation of Reproducibility in Economics and Social Sciences" stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76

For the team "Research Data & Methods" at @cais-research.bsky.social we are looking for a Ph.D. student (75%) to start on October 1st, 2025. The application deadline is August 21st: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=f50b76 Feel free to spread the word anc contact me if you have any questions!

⌛ Only a few days left! Apply now for a fellowship offering a fully funded research sabbatical. Find time, focus, and a vibrant research community for your research on digital transformation - right here in Bochum, Germany.