Internetabschaltungen sind mittlerweile eine verbreitete Methode, vor allem in autoritären Regimes, die Bevölkerung und Informationen zu unterdrücken. Welche Formen dieser Informationskontrolle gibt es? Wie funktionieren sie? Und was hilft dagegen? Eine Analyse. #iran netzpolitik.org/2026/digital...

Since January 8, connections via Tor bridges from Iran have dropped from an average of around 10k per day to zero. Bridges enable indirect access to the Tor network, which is necessary because direct connections are typically blocked by the regime. 1/3

Mit Breitband auf DLF Kultur sprach ich über Mastodon als dezentrales Netzwerk, Tendenzen der Zentralität und gesellschaftliche Gestaltung digitaler Räume. Das Interview schließt an meinen Talk auf dem #39C3 an www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/digitalpolit... @cais-research.bsky.social

🚨 Application deadline approaching! Apply now to form your own CAIS Working Group and meet with your group in Bochum, Germany. 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025 🔗 Don’t miss the chance: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...

📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond: Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.

Morgen noch nichts vor und zufällig in Düsseldorf? Ich halte einen Workshop dazu, wie und warum KI diskriminierend sein kann und wie wir damit umgehen können! Tickets sind kostenlos! 🦜

🚀 Apply now for the #CAISFellowship 2026/27! You're researching #DigitalTransformation? Get funding, space & community in Bochum, Germany. + Special call on Industry 5.0 & a human-centered future 🌟 🗓 Apply by July 31, 2025 👉 Details: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll... #CAIScollege #Bochum

How were, are, and can we measure #racism using #CSS? Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting the key findings of my doctoral research at the 'AI & Society: Exploring Inequality in the Digital Age' workshop! 🤗 Want to take a closer look? Here you go: ahrkat.github.io/files/Inequa...

Are you interested in social science methods training? Take a look at the Methods Ticker, a regularly updated overview of methods-related training courses coming up in the next months, provided by the Methods Lab at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social: methodslab.weizenbaum-institut.de/program/meth...

🔍 Meet the #CAISfellows: David Guerrero, University of Barcelona @david-guerrero.bsky.social His Research at CAIS: “From toleration to net neutrality: private threats to expressive freedom” 🗓️ His talk: May 14 | 🕜 13:30-14:30 | 🔗 www.cais-research.de/event/luncht... #FreedomOfExpression

I am hosting a workshop next week - we will talk about current issues, our academic utopia, and how we can implement strategies in our academic work to address discrimination - you can still sign up! ✨

Data and Code Availability in Political Science Publications from 1995 to 2022 feat @carlislerainey.bsky.social #MetaScience doi.org/10.1017/S104... Insightful descriptive analysis showing code and data availability increases exponentially. In absolute terms, availabilty is modest at best w 31% 1/

How can we better capture marginalised voices through computational text analysis? An inspiring roundtable at #COMPTEXT2025 sparked important reflections. Huge thanks to @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, @krangelie.bsky.social, @indiiigo.bsky.social for guiding this vital conversation!

🎌 CAIS in Japan: Our researchers have arrived in Japan and are getting ready for an exciting exchange at #CHI2025. On the first day, Jasmin and Besjon will be presenting their research in the workshop "News Futures: (Re-)Designing Socio-technical Systems for News Production and Consumption".

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Absolutely excited to host a roundtable on "Marginalised Voices and Perspectives in Computational Text Analysis" featuring @krangelie.bsky.social and @indiiigo.bsky.social at #COMPTEXT2025 🙌 We'll explore how bias and marginalisation shape methods and models - and thus scientific quality!

Positron works well under Ubuntu. So far no problems with the package management #RStats

📣 GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2025 The program of the #GESISfallseminar is out & registration is open! 🗓️ 01 - 26 Sep 2025 Venue (depending on course): 🏢 GESIS Mannheim 💻 Online More info & registration at gesis.org/fallseminar

🚨 Editor of Open Science - call for applications At the EJPR we are looking for one Editor of Open Science, to help us develop new OS initiatives - including registered reports (RRs) Interested? Check out the call below! DL April 17 Please repost for N and diversity 👇👇👇 Reach out for any Q

✨ Studierende aufgepasst! Wir suchen eine Studentische/Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft für die Online-Redaktion beim Internet Policy Review. ✅ Spannende Einblicke hinter die Kulissen eines Online-Fachjournals ✅ Spaß an der Arbeit mit Forschungstexten ✅ Gute Englischkenntnisse 🚀 Join #TeamCAIS!

Das CAIS unterstützt Empfehlungen für ein unabhängiges und wirksames Desinformationsmonitoring im digitalen Raum, initiiert von Bertelsmann-Stiftung @bertelsmannst.bsky.social und @cemas.io – Center für Monitoring, Analyse und Strategie. Zum Newsbeitrag: www.cais-research.de/news/empfehl...

At the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) gGmbH, we have provided recommendations on establishing independent and effective disinformation monitoring in digital spaces for the next German federal government.

New publication in the @gesis.org Guides to Digital Behavioral Data by @jolukito.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Mareike Wieland, @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, and me: "Overview of Ethical Considerations when Working with Digital Behavioral Data" rrr.is/dbdethics

Interested in conducting #comparative research? Check out our review of articles from 2003-2021 to get an insight into trends and what we still lack in #commsky comparative studies! 🚀

Do you want to learn more about our upcoming #CHI2025 contributions to AI, HCI, Content Moderation, Journalism, and Chatbots? 🤖✨ Join our @cais-research.bsky.social Colloquium! We present the latest in our research program! 📅 5.3.25 16h 📍 Bochum & Webex Register via email: [email protected]

Wie politisch sind die TikTok-Feeds? Und wie beeinflusst das die Meinungsbildung? @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social und Uni Zürich starten zusammen mit @br24.de & @stuttgarter-zeitung.de ein Datenspendeprojekt. Hierfür sind wir auf Mithilfe von TikTok-Nutzern angewiesen: dein-feed-deine-wahl.de

Some say: science runs on caffeine, panic, and last-minute submissions - so don't miss our deadline tomorrow! ☕📄🔥 #CfP

Exciting news! ✨A #SpecialIssue in the Internet Policy Review will follow our conference in 2026. Outstanding submissions & contributions will be invited for publication! 🔗 More info: www.cais-research.de/creating-spa... @policyr.bsky.social #InternetPolicyReview

🦋 A starter pack of academic journals in Sociology 👥 #sociology #sociologie #sociologia #demography #SocSky #PolSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky #Academia #AcademicChatter #Academics #PeerReview #BlueSky #OpenScience #PhDSky #PhD #PhDChat #EduSky #research #science

🌍 Applications Open: CAIS #Fellowships in Bochum, Germany! Explore the social, cultural, or technical aspects of digitalization in a 3–6 month funded program. Enjoy private offices, rent-free housing & interdisciplinary exchange with experts worldwide. 🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2025 #Research

I created this Starter Packer with all members of @cais-research.bsky.social go.bsky.app/Rvto81e

🎥 CAIS-Forscher:innen beim #38C3: Josephine @jottbees.bsky.social & Hendrik @hheuer.bsky.social sprachen über "Von Augustus bis Trump – Warum #Desinformation ein Problem bleibt und was wir trotzdem dagegen tun können"👉 Schaut rein: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckuy... #Misinformation #CAIS #CCC

Dear #Bluesky community! We at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies are thrilled to be here now. From now on, we’ll be sharing updates about our research on #digitalization & #society, our researchers, the CAIS College, events, and exciting insights into our institute. 🚀 #CAIS #SciComm

Welcome to Bluesky, @cais-research.bsky.social! Perhaps a moment to share some exciting professional news: I joined CAIS as a research associate a few months ago and am very thrilled to contribute to the inspiring and innovative work at the institute! 🫶🚀

On 2024-12-29 12:00, Josephine B. Schmitt and I will give a talk at Europe's largest Hacker conference #38C3: “From Augustus to Trump – Why Disinformation Remains a Problem and What We Can Do About It Anyway”. There will be live translation to English. fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...

My article on how AI is presented in museum exhibitions is out now (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Center for Advanced Internet Studies 📡 has published the #CallforParticipation for the Interdisciplinary Conference on #CreatingSpaces for #DigitalFutures 🌐, 09.–10.10.2025. Join us in #Bochum📍. More information: www.cais-research.de/creating-spa...

At CAIS, we will be holding an interdisciplinary conference on "Creating Spaces for Digital Futures" in October 2025. We are looking forward to submissions 🤩 More information 👇 www.cais-research.de/creating-spa...

Out of Space - take part in the first international conference at CAIS „Creating Spaces for Digital Futures“ (09-10 october). See our cfp for more details www.cais-research.de/creating-spa...

For our new project "Fostering Proactive Replicability in Computational Communication Science via Frontloading Effort and Automating Protocols" within @meta-rep.bsky.social , @marhai.bsky.social and I are looking for a Ph.D. student: rrr.is/repccs2job Deadline: Dec 6, 2024 Start: March 1, 2025

New publication on parcipatory methods in digitisation research in the RD&M series „Navigating Research Data and Methods“ 👉 www.cais-research.de/news/latest-...

New open-access publication by @marco-waehner.bsky.social, Annika Deubel, @kwelle.bsky.social, and me: “Don’t research us”—How Mastodon instance rules connect to research ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1... #CommSky #mastodon #researchethics

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📢 FINAL CALL! 📢 Seeking opportunities in #HCI, #CSCW, #XAI, #SocialMedia, #LLMs or #CoDesign for your #PhD or #Postdoc? Join my research team at CAIS in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to advance #AITrust Apply now: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6 🚨Deadline: January 31st, 2024 🚨 #CHI24 #chi2024

As a professor at CAIS and the University of Wuppertal, I’m hiring 3 #phdjobs and 1 #postdoc in #HCI #XAI #CSCW Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6 #phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024

Bei uns am Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum gibts gleich 2 spannende Stellen zu besetzen: 1) Universitätsprofessur „Digitale Sozialwissenschaften“: www.cais-research.de/stellenangeb... 2) Teamleitung Finanzen: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=3ddd8d Gerne weitersagen & teilen :)

Frei geteiltes Wissen nützt der Gesellschaft besonders. Dem stehen die Geschäftsmodelle von Wissenschaftsverlagen im Weg. Warum aber Open Access nicht automatisch für freies Wissen sorgt und welche Ansätze es gibt, um mehr Wissen zugänglich zu machen, analysiert Aline Blankertz.

I had the pleasure of once more teaching a GESIS Training workshop on "Workflows for Reproducible Research with R & Git" with my wonderful colleagues Bernd Weiß and Arnim Bleier. You can find all materials here: github.com/jobreu/repro...