🌍 Are you new to #icwsm or @journalqd.bsky.social and based in a low- or middle-income country? 💡Submit a project idea, get matched with a mentor, present virtually at ICWSM'26, and prepare a submission for Sept 2026! 📢 Call icwsm.org/2026/submit.... 🚀 Apply by Jan 15 forms.gle/A9GkJboP7qi3...

Ready for #ICWSM2026 in LA next May? 🌴 📅 Deadlines: • Jan 15, 2026 – Full papers, posters, demos, datasets, tutorials (note: posters/demos/datasets submitted in Sep 2025 are reviewed only after this deadline) • Jan 30, 2026 – Workshop proposals 🔗 Details: www.icwsm.org/2026/submit....

How does online communication adapt to organizational context? In a new pre-print with @cerenbudak.bsky.social and @lajello.bsky.social, we study US labor unions’ Facebook use of discourse frames around wins and losses in representation elections. 🧵 📖 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01757

A great collaboration! In this study led by Theodora, we found that positive emotions are more present at distinct stages of activism (calls-to-action, expression of intention, report of participation), showing how emotion and mobilization interact in spoken discourse 🗣️

Finally out 🇮🇹 Ever wondered about the stability of Italian political discourse on Twitter? Check out our work, where we uncover hidden swing voters' vulnerability to propaganda techniques during the 2022 elections 🗳️ ✨ @ariannapera.bsky.social and @luciolcw.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/FztcO

Just back from #IC2S2 2025 in Norrköping! I presented a poster + talk on VLLM-based clustering of social media images around climate change polarization. Huge thanks to the organizers and the whole community for the great discussions and inspiration! #Polarvis #NERDS #ITU

The work “Extracting Participation in Collective Action from Social Media”, in collaboration with @lajello.bsky.social, at @ic2s2.bsky.social today! Check out the paper ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC... and models huggingface.co/ariannap22 Feat. poster and research buddy @alessianetwork.bsky.social ♥️

Presented our work, “Cultural and Cognitive Insights from 2.6 Billion Drawings,” at @ic2s2.bsky.social this morning. Big thanks to Mauro Martino, Nima Dehmamy, @douglasguilbeault.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social, and @baronca.bsky.social for the collaboration ✨ Stay tuned for more results!

The Climate TikTok tour stops by Norrköping for @ic2s2.bsky.social 🌱 I presented “Mapping the climate change discussion on TikTok” at the poster session – had fun with my friend and poster buddy @ariannapera.bsky.social next to me. Vote for poster 32 and check out the paper: tinyurl.com/23atjxny

NERDS at #ic2s2 😍

🚨 The deadline for submitting proposals to host ICWSM 2027 is extended! Send your proposals (and questions) to Ceren Budak by August 15

Congrats to the best SPCs and the best reviewers of this year! #icwsm

It’s a wrap ✨ One more edition of #icwsm is over. Amazing research outputs, insightful conversations and many new, exciting ideas! Thanks to all the organizers, chairs and volunteers who made the event possible, and to all the participants for making ICWSM 2025 a memorable edition 🇩🇰

Adamic-Glance Awardee Keynote: @gvrkiran.bsky.social on misinformation on whatsapp through the lens of a large data donation program #icwsm

Today’s presentation at #icwsm on extracting participation in activism from social media data 📱 Check the models at: huggingface.co/ariannap22/m... @icwsm.bsky.social @nerdsitu.bsky.social @itu.dk

Detecting participation in collective action from social media text. Great tool to build large-scale ground truth about collective engagement online. Fantastic work by @ariannapera.bsky.social at #ICWSM. Paper: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC... Code: github.com/ariannap13/e...

Featuring several NERDS - can you spot them?

🥳 The result of a great group effort started at @complexity72h.bsky.social came out today, check it out!

What actually happens on social media when users get access to integrated AI?🤖 In our new preprint, we present a controlled experiment testing the impact of generative AI (4 treatments + control) on a social media platform, using a representative sample of nearly 700 U.S. participants.

📢 Meet the keynote speakers at #ICWSM 2025: Silvia Merisio, Policy officer in the DSA team of the European Commission “From Regulation to Research: The DSA’s Impact on Social Data Science” + Panel Discussion 📅 June 24 🕑 9 AM 📍CSS 35.01.05

Planning your trip for @icwsm.bsky.social ? Add DETOX workshop to your schedule! 🎤Submit for pitch talks - 2 minutes to share research, spark discussions, or introduce your work. Dynamic back-to-back format, established researchers & newcomers welcome! ⚡ Info here: tinyurl.com/mvn9zbmh

⏰ Less than two weeks to go until #ICWSM 2025! Can’t wait for the conference? You can already explore this year’s accepted contributions! The proceedings are now live: 🔗 www.icwsm.org/2025/schedul...

[5/5] Yes, in this crazy week, I also presented some research! 🎤 Talk at Understudied Networks satellite on climate change discourse collection methods + Thursday poster - both exploring TikTok's climate conversations. Check out the datasets: zenodo.org/records/1513... and zenodo.org/records/1484...

📢 Meet the keynote speakers at #ICWSM 2025: Kiran Garimella, Rutgers University Academic-Glance Awardee Keynote “Misinformation on WhatsApp: Insights from a large data donation program” 📅 June 26 🕑 8.30 AM 📍CSS 35.01.05

Congratulations to @theamoldovan.bsky.social, who defended her Master's thesis: "Exploring Collective Action in Black Lives Matter Podcast Conversations".

🚨 Special Session at #ICWSM2025 From biased algorithms to inclusive research: science and practice Join Roberta Sinatra & Jakob Feldtfos Christensen to explore bias in science and inclusion in practice. 📅 June 24 🕑 12:00 PM 📍CSS 35.01.05

Last week I kicked off my research visit at CEU in Vienna! Over the next month, I’ll be collaborating with @maxfalken.bsky.social to explore climate discourses in parliamentary speeches 🌱

Our work on measuring participation in collective action has been accepted to #ICWSM 2025! Check out the paper and models, and see you in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Yesterday @lajello.bsky.social and I had the opportunity to present our work on the language of collective action at the CSS Seminar Series at @uu.se 🇸🇪 Big thanks to Matteo Magnani and @dvladek.bsky.social for inviting us, and to the whole UUInfolab for the warm welcome and insightful conversations!

Anastassia defends her PhD: Urban Data Science for Sustainable Mobility nerds.itu.dk/2025/04/01/a... Congrats! 🎉🎓

Luca Maria Aiello becomes Full Professor nerds.itu.dk/2025/04/01/luca-m Congratulations Luca @lajello.bsky.social, well deserved! 🎉👨‍🏫

We have several open positions, both Phd & Postdoc: nerds.itu.dk/positions/ On the topics of epidemic preparedness, and network science & AI & #ScienceOfScience #SciSci Deadlines in April and May!

🎉 Acceptance notifications have been sent—congratulations to all the authors! 🔥 If you are a student, be sure to check out the #ICWSM 2025 Student Travel Grant 📅 Deadline: Mar 31, 2025 🔎Details: www.icwsm.org/2025/attend/... ✍️Application form: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/m1xp8i...

📢 Join us and enjoy Copenhagen this summer! ”DETOX: Countering Social Media Degradation" workshop at #ICWSM (June 23) explores user-driven resistance to inequality & polarization in digital spaces. 📅 Submit your abstract by March 31, more info here: tinyurl.com/yy859eyt

🔥 Are you working on next-gen or alternative social media platforms like #Bluesky or #Mastodon? 👇🏻 This @icwsm.bsky.social workshop is for you! 😎 📢 nextgensocial-workshop.github.io 📚 We solicit research, position, demo, and dataset paper submissions! 📆 Submissions: March 31, 2025

The second edition of my Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist is out! You should check it out if you like to learn about network science or graph neural networks. Check out the blog post I wrote to present it: https://www.michelecoscia.com/?p=2393

🚨 Spread the word! 🚨 The #ICWSM Adamic-Glance Distinguished Young Researcher Award is now accepting nominations and self-nominations! 🌟 📅 Deadline for this year's award: March 15th More info: www.icwsm.org/2025/submit/...

📣 The PhD Open Call 2025 is now open! Get in touch with us to apply for a PhD with NERDS in beautiful Copenhagen. Deadline: Feb 24th nerds.itu.dk/2025/01/31/p...

🔦 Researcher Spotlight: Arianna Pera 👋 Meet Arianna, PhD Student in NERDS. Arianna has been in the group for 2 years. 🌟 What does Arianna do: Studying how collective action can arise from social media interactions.

Great NERDS presence at the 1st CS2 Italy conference in Trento 🇮🇹 nerds.itu.dk/2025/01/21/g...

🔥 Hey NetPals, NetPlace is back! This week, we welcome Arianna Pera from IT University of Copenhagen, who will discuss swing voters on social media, and imposter syndrome in academia. 📅 Mark your calendars: 23rd Jan, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

The USC Information Sciences Institute 🇺🇸 will be our host organization. We're thrilled to have @fredfredfredfred.bsky.social, @kristinalerman.bsky.social, and @luceriluc.bsky.social as our wonderful hosts. Looking forward to an amazing event together!

Wrapping up a great #CS2Italy in Trento 🇮🇹 I presented an ongoing work on labor unions digital communication (w. Ceren Budak) and @lajello.bsky.social presented our recent tool for extracting participation in collective action from social media (preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2501.07368)

Huge turnout of NERDS (+alumni) at #cs2italy ! It is so great to get together + meet up with former visitors/group members.

📅 The deadline for workshop proposals has been extended to Jan 24th, save the date!

Excited to share the tool @lajello.bsky.social & I built to predict social media participation in collective action! It moves beyond keywords, tracking activism stages across topics. See it in action with climate activism on Reddit 🌱 Check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2501.07368 @nerdsitu.bsky.social

Meet NERDS 👋 We're 27 researchers at ITU Copenhagen studying how data, networks, and AI shape society! We use data science to decode everything from social networks to urban systems - and we're big fans of bikes! 🚲 Stay tuned as we share more about the cool stuff we're working on! nerds.itu.dk

We are excited to bring back ICWSM-Global Initiative also this year, 2 pg. applications due 15/01 for: - Travel expenses coverage to the conference in 2025 - Mentorship support from a senior academic in the field More details: www.icwsm.org/2025/attend/...

The Call for Papers is live on our website! 🎉 We’re accepting submissions for full papers, demos, posters, and datasets—all due by January 15. Don’t miss the chance to showcase your work and join us this June in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 www.icwsm.org/2025/submit/...

The International Conference on Web and Social Media has officially joined Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates 🔔