Hoping for many excellent social science and humanities experts to apply. They are indispensable to understand the societal dynamics and impact of GenAI on society. GenAI is not only a technical but also deeply societal challenge! digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

How is #AI reshaping journalism research, education, and practice? Join me, Seth Lewis, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and @nickmattis.bsky.social to chat about the challenges, the hype, and the future of the field. 📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET). 📍 SPUI25 (or stream online). ➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...

#RodeLijn ! Enorme opkomst in Den Haag

After months of planning, really excited that #AlgoSoc2025 is ON and happening!!! @claesdevreese.bsky.social

Kicked-off our #AlgoSoc2025 panel with Jose van Dijk, Julian Thomas, Avi Bernstein and @claesdevreese.bsky.social To understand public values in the algorithmic society we need to get out and understand what AI means for real people, including vulnerable groups, and work together across disciplines

Had a great conversation with Gabby Miller from @poltico.bsky.social , and she asked me 5 (big) questions about tech, power and the future. Here is what I answered www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Live with 4500 students, academic and support staff at the Dam to protest against the plans of the Dutch government to cut 1.2 bilion Euros in research and education! Stop this madness! #WOinActie!

@algosoc.org officially launches its @nextcloud.bsky.social. It won’t be always easy or shiny, and all our feedback will be needed to make it better, but as a consortium we will do our share to contribute to the take-off a European, open-source alternative and reduce our dependence on US Big Tech

Wat gebeurt er als een van de politiek machtigste mannen ter wereld de controle krijgt over een van de meest invloedrijke technologieën op aarde, vraagt AlgoSoc scientific director @natalihelberger.bsky.social zich af in de brief, die op 13 februari verscheen in het NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

What worries me even more than the question of whether AI takes over, is who takes over AI. www.reuters.com/markets/deal...

Op 6 maart promoveert @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social op het proefschrift: 'Patients’ rights protection and Artificial Intelligence in healthcare in the EU'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. J. Legemaate en prof. @deruijter.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4aNarA2 #GezondheidsRecht #EU #PatientenRechten #AI

🚨 New Pub 𝐂𝐨-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐛: 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬. (Commentary) Together with @claesdevreese.bsky.social & @natalihelberger.bsky.social 👇 Open access 🔓 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

AI and platform governance was the topic of the latest edition of "Medientalk" on Swiss public radio, featuring our @unifr.bsky.social Dr. h.c. @natalihelberger.bsky.social and yours truly. #platformgovernance #mediapolicy #AIgovernance www.srf.ch/audio/medien...

Great vibes at the kick-off of WHAT-IF, our new Horizon project to explore how we can use synthetic data for policy simulations. Really looking forward to working with this great group of people!

To celebrate the AI Summer School's 5th anniversary, we launched an #essaycompetition on the law, ethics and policy of #AI. 🏆 The winner will receive €250, a certificate & a publication on the KU Leuven Blog. ⏰ Deadline: 14 April 2025 📌 Info: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc... Good luck!

Our @algosoc.org postdoc @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu wrote a @techpolicypress.bsky.social op-ed on Meta’s recent ‘transformation’. And it’s worth a read!! www.techpolicy.press/free-speech-...

Join us @uvalawschool.bsky.social Mon 20 Jan (15:30cet) for a discussion about critical approaches to #digital regulation in the #EU and the ensuing power dynamics/responsibilities in our automated world. With Plixavra Vogiatzoglou & @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social acelg.uva.nl/content/even...

If u ask me, Max Ernst’s ‘L’Ange du foyer’ stomps away in pure desperation and horror…..boy, and it did not even read the news of our age and our geopolitical and environmental ravage…. at least this is very much how I feel when reading news these days…

Happy holidays and a good start into a peaceful 2025!

🎄 reading: read this thread by the awesome @favstats.eu on our new publication in @polcommjournal.bsky.social. The cost of reaching voters online 💶 💵 #commsky #cssky #algorithms

Huge congrats new Dr @theresajseipp.bsky.social 🍾 Excellent defense today on a timely and important topic. Inspiring committee Qs fx @eldaelda.bsky.social @victorpickard.bsky.social @tpoell.bsky.social Privilege to co-supervise @natalihelberger.bsky.social Jef Ausloos 🚀 @aimediademlab.bsky.social

Three generations: @theresajseipp.bsky.social who did a brilliant job defending her PhD thesis today, her proud supervisor (me) and my PhD supervisor, Prof Egbert Dommering 😊 Special shoutout to co-supervisors @claesdevreese.bsky.social Jef Ausloos

Friday's the big day! Little nervous, but mostly excited! Thanks for all the support over the years to my supervisors @claesdevreese.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social Jef Ausloos, and all my colleagues @aimediademlab.bsky.social and @ivir-uva.bsky.social 🙏

📢Last IViR Lecture of 2024: Join us on (Wednesday!) 18 December when @victorpickard.bsky.social will give a talk about 'Reimagining Local Media Infrastructures' More info and registration: www.ivir.nl/events/ivir-... cc @uvalawschool.bsky.social

Ik ken zoveel hardwerkende, gepassioneerde & briliante onderzoekers wiens toewijding aan onderzoek & samenleving hun obstakel na obstakel laat nemen. Maar er is een grens. Zelfs wij kunnen geen hete lucht in goud veranderen. De recente deal is de NL exit uit de kenniseconomie #DoeHetNiet #WOinActie

How do neurodiverse children and adolescents experience digital spaces? Read Hannah Coulstock’s literature review and advice for parents and carers navigating this new environment. #DigitalYouth #Parenting4DigitalFutue blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...

Vote for our bit for SXSW London 2025 - Speeddate the Scientists of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab' & ask away about responsible (Gen)AI in journalism, diverse RecSys, synthetic data, ethics, law, HC design etc etc @aimediademlab.bsky.social #Science #AI #Media applyto.sxswlondon.com?utm_campaign...

Tomorrow, 12 December, we organise a Spui25 event with @marietjeschaake.bsky.social to discuss her new book 'The Tech Coup'. Super panellists joining like @natalihelberger.bsky.social, moderated by @claesdevreese.bsky.social. Join us! #TechRegulation #Democracy @ivir-uva.bsky.social

Today, the Swiss Federal Media Commission #EMEK published an expertise by @natalihelberger.bsky.social on relevance of the #AIAct and the Council of Europe Convention on AI for journalism and publicly mediated communication. www.emek.admin.ch/de/kuenstlic...

The annual report of @lnvh.nl shows that the percentage of female professors in the Netherlands grew from 27.6% to 28.7% in 2023. Out of the 14 universities in the Netherlands, 7 now have 30+% female professors. www.lnvh.nl/a-4071/monit...

Registration is open for our @algosoc.org Future of Public Values Conference in Amsterdam. Join us to explore how to re-center the debate on public values in AI, algorithms and their computational infrastructures from a primarily technological to a societal challenge. algosoc.org/events/algos...

Insightful interview with Nilay Patel over Brendan Carr as new FTC chairman and how this could institutionalise the ‘freedom-of expression-for-right-wing-only’ push under the new Trump administration open.spotify.com/episode/7oHF...

Open access & just published: Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society. Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (Amsterdam University Press 2024) www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

🚨New pub🚨 @feloe.bsky.social @judith-moeller.bsky.social @damiantrilling.bsky.social & @vanatteveldt.com used digital trace data to estimate the long tail of news consumption, beyond major journalism sources. Their new(s) taxonomy helps avoid blindspots in news diversity doi.org/10.1177/1464...

🚨Publication Alert🚨 Stanislaw Piasecki, Sophie Morosoli, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and Laurens Naudts in #InternetPolicyReview ⬇️ "AI-generated journalism: Do the transparency provisions in the AI Act give news readers what they hope for?". Full paper here: policyreview.info/articles/ana...

One of the most promising use cases for generative AI in (data) journalism is to turn unstructured data into structured data. Here's Nick Hagar's guide to the process which I hope other journalists can learn from and build on: generative-ai-newsroom.com/structured-o...

Very proud to share the 35 projects that have been awarded grants from the #JournalismAI Innovation Challenge. These projects will explore, implement, and share best practices for using #AI technologies in journalism. Congratulations to all the winners! www.journalismai.info/blog/journal...

Unregulated tech isn’t just innovation—it’s power unchecked. Who’s really in control? Join us on 12 December for 'The Tech Coup'. Speakers include @marietjeschaake.bsky.social, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social #TechRegulation #Democracy @ivir-uva.bsky.social

The registration for our @algosoc.bsky.social conference ‘The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society’ is OPEN Amsterdam, April 10-11, 2025 🇳🇱 🌷 Spread the word. See you in Amsterdam!

It’s this time of the year….Dutch Sinterklaas, inclusive poem and self-made present wrappers. This year: Dune’s sandworm

Curious what the European #DSA #DMA #EMFA do to tackle digital media concentration? Perfect timing! Our new paper was just published with lead ThersaSeipp, and co-authors @claesdevreese.bsky.social and Jef Ausloos policyreview.info/pdf/policyre...

Hi Bluesky folks, Natali here, moved to Amsterdam 26+ years ago and still in love with the city (though more mountains to hike would be nice), passionate about research + everything around AI, digital, media, democracy and information law, co-director @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.bsky.social