When AI agents start talking to each other, the issue isn’t consciousness. It’s governance. New essay: Moltbook and the Rise of the AI-Generated Public Sphere. Subscribe (free): digitalserendipities.substack.com/p/moltbook-a... #AIGovernance #DigitalFutures #AI

The exposure of powerful abuse networks is a reminder: child exploitation isn’t new, technology only amplifies it when accountability fails. On #SafeInternetDay, I reflect on this in my weekly Substack column: substack.com/home/post/p-... #COP #childsafety

I wrote a short reflection on child online protection, TikTok, and the limits of global digital governance in practice. If this kind of policy thinking is useful, you can read and subscribe here: digitalserendipities.substack.com/p/child-onli... #DigitalGovernance #ChildOnlineProtection #Policy

My new paper is out in Digital Society (Springer Nature): “Navigating Child Online Protection in Indonesia.” Global COP frameworks don’t travel intact — norms are negotiated and reshaped locally. #Openaccess link.springer.com/article/10.1... #DigitalGovernance #ChildOnlineProtection #GlobalSouth

NPC livestreams on TikTok may look like play, but they reveal much deeper shifts in digital labor and power. After my interview with for Euronews Serbia, I wrote a Substack column unpacking what this trend tells us about creativity, survival, and techno feudalism. open.substack.com/pub/digitals...

New essay for World Children’s Day 2025. On how children grow up inside algorithms, and what we owe them: protection, digital literacy, and ethical tech by design. Full column → digitalserendipities.substack.com/p/world-chil... 
#WorldChildrensDay #ChildSafety #DigitalLiteracy #DigitalInclusion

Big news: Digital Literacy and Inclusion is being translated into Chinese Tsinghua University Press. This Winter 2025. Digital literacy = human right. Technology should connect, not divide. open.substack.com/pub/digitals... #DigitalLiteracy #DigitalInclusion #GlobalEducation #AI #AIEducation

This week I’ll be at #MethodsNet 2 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Together with Lynda Sifer-Rivière, Arnim Bleier, and Felix Soldner, I’ll co-facilitate an interactive panel on mixed #CSS methods. .If you’ll be there, come say hello open.substack.com/pub/digitals... #DigitalSociety

If you don’t want your child to read a certain book, then don’t let them. Other parents may wish to make a different choice, and should be free to do so.

Each of us has the power to shape the online environment for the better, says digital transformation expert Danica Radovanović, PhD @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social. Every interaction contributes to the kind of internet we want to have. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: ready-living-podcast.captivate.fm

Truth loves an inquisitive mind. Critical thinking is asking questions, being curious, and not taking things at face value, says digital transformation expert Danica Radovanović, PhD @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social. Listen to the full episode with Danica here: ready-living-podcast.captivate.fm

I’m excited to share my recent interview on the Ready Living Podcast, hosted by Andrea Weckerle! We discussed why digital skills are essential in today’s digital society, and explored ways to build a more ethical internet. lnkd.in/e2t3jSRu #DigitalLiteracy #DigitalRights #Ethics #EthicalTech

Information & digital literacy are essential human rights crucial for building resilient societies, says @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social. She explores our ethical responsibilities in an age of mis- and disinformation, AI, and digital fatigue. 🎧 Listen here: ready-living-podcast.captivate.fm

#GESISGuide #AI #LLM 🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills? This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting. Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for. https://t1p.de/yv10f#GESISGuide#AI#LLM#promptingF)

The Ethics when working w/ Digital Behavioral Data (DBD)-new working paper. My colleagues @johannesbreuer.com, @jolukito.bsky.social and I at @gesis.org explore the ethical maze of researching #DBD.Link to full paper in the post open.substack.com/pub/digitals... #DigitalEthics #ResearchEthics

"Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions" was one of our top-rated articles on @altmetric.com this past week. Read the OA article published in @nathumbehav.nature.com here: http://spklr.io/63323CrJX

The latest publication on the research ethics with #digitalbehavioraldata #dbd, #css #gesis #guidestodbd

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

#belgrade #1515

This week for the first time installed R studio and learnt basics on Quarto. As Qual. person, this is very interesting, curious what next #opensource #quarto

So it started today at 11.11. Carnival in #Cologne #alaaf

Serbian students block Belgrade road junction to increase pressure on Vučić

Look who's visiting me @GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences. Dr. Natasha Katumga from CoLab for e-Inclusion& Social Innovation University of the Western Cape. She wrote a book chapter in Digital Literacy and Inclusion link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #digitalinclusion #digitalskills

Entering into my birth-day another orbit around the Sun with my #CSS lovely colleagues from #GESIS. @ Jamison we did karaoke but you won’t see or hear us singing here 🎉💃🎼

JOIN 2025 MethodsNET Summer School with Central European University (CEU) 📍 Central European University, Vienna 🗓️ 30 June to 18 July 2025 The full course list is online!! More details: bit.ly/4gLbv9V Early Bird Registration: Early February, 2025 #research #researchmethods #methodology #methods

#DavidLynch #rip

One of his best lines from Twin Peaks: “fix your hearts or die”. Such a loss. #DavidLynch www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Happy new year! Amazing sunrise this morning over Cologne #2025 #sunrise #newyear

I have a Substack blog where I write about creative process, writing, publications, art and life. You can subscribe here: digitalserendipities.substack.com/p/publicatio... #substack #writing #books

#newBook American friends: "Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities" is available at Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Amazon. The book explores digital literacy through best practices across global communities. www.amazon.com/Digital-Lite... #DigitalLIteracy #DigitalInclusion

Working on the #childonlineprotection paper in #southeastasia #indonesia. Drawing back from the ITU valuable experience. Happy weekend!

I think I joined Bluesky in 2019 or 2020. Long enough ago to have posted over 1.8K times

said goodbye to Twitter. @smalljones.bsky.social was the first person I followed back there, and the first one over here. thnx. #digitalplatforms #socialmedia digitalserendipities.substack.com/p/au-revoir-...

@basicinternet.bsky.social recovered our female heroes

My new book "Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities” nudges us to ask: Could #meaningfulconnectivity & #digitalliteracy offer us the solution for digital resilience & regeneration? Link to order the book www.amazon.com/Digital-Lite... #digitalskills #digitalization #scicomm