📣 New paper out in BJPolS 📣

Gut Dass wir so exzellente jungen Leute haben… Ihnen allen gutes Gelingen und ausreichend Zeit… Danke.

Very excited to welcome @claesdevreese.bsky.social's other home, the stellar @aimediademlab.bsky.social at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social today to talk about some of the big questions around #AI, #media, #democracy. In the spirit of both centers, the work of the early career scholars is in focal attention.

Also relevant: what really works is conflict- so party leaders also use each other, its like McDonald's vs Burger King - you get ppl to want a burger and choose between the two brands, instead of thinking about food in general.

Super interesting insight also also: was the Danish election a kind of test for AI in elections? And what can we learn from the unique Danish case? More research needed here;-)

My core learnings from today's election event- [1]established actors and routines become brittle, candidates have to become more influencer-ish and coordinated engagement becomes relwvant to rwplace adds [2] AI is here to stay - if we like it or not [3] No one's home elections will look like in 2030

DDC in Copenhagen today... For the official launch of the DDC 2016 Danish Election Report. Featuring a panel with journalists, researchers & party communication professionals. Moderated by @jolukito.bsky.social Huge tak to @manuelmenke.bsky.social & the University of Copenhagen for hosting us!

Great to see our Danish Election Report out in the wild. Panel now discussing the use of Gen AI (in an ethical manner) during the election campaigns. Seems that audiences are very critical. "But of course we use it." And when Humor helps... Very insightful perspectives from practitioners.

@ddc-sdu.bsky.social (here @jolukito.bsky.social and KU (here @manuelmenke.bsky.social) join forces to day to take a deep look into the machine room of the Danish election campaign 2026

Launch of @ddc-sdu.bsky.social report on Danish elections #fv26 #dkpol @jolukito.bsky.social kicking off 🚀 💡 Fragmentation is key. AI dislike is strong. @emilbakke.bsky.social @curdknupfer.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @hannahdecker.bsky.social @runello.bsky.social Theresa Waalen

Store techfirmaer skal betale for indhold brugt til kunstig intelligens. Det mener Europarådets Parlamentariske Forsamling, som med en ny resolution anbefaler åbenhed om træningsdata og rimelig betaling til rettighedshavere. Læs mere: www.ft.dk/da/aktuelt/n...

Would you like to tackle major societal challenges through cutting-edge data science? Then join our team as a Postdoctoral Researcher – Data Science for Public Policy (gn). We're hiring! 🚀 Apply 👉 hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs... #Data4Good #WeAreHiring

Time for a quick group shot. Look at all these wonderful folks! 😍 The breadth of projects presented here, really showcases how much the DDC has grown over the past 5 years.

DDC RESEARCH RETREAT (Spring edition) We've returned to Nyborg to meet as a group of DDC scholars and fellows (plus invited guests) to spend 2 days with updates on our projects and deliberate on future pathways. Thread below⤵️

In todays' @ddc-sdu.bsky.social retreat, we get an update on the projects currently running at the DDC - with insights into how Danes perceive and use AI by @Therese Waalen Sandberg, impact DAOS by @Giorgia Sampo, AI in the news ecosystem by @lyngemoller.bsky.social...

This years guest speaker is the amazing @snurb.info from @qutdmrc.bsky.social - showing his amazing work on "exploring destructive polarisation" - mapping social media debates about the voice referendum in 🇦🇺.

In the second part of the program our new @ddc-sdu.bsky.social member @Lukas Galke Poech gives insights into his super cool work on neural ecosystems and the AI-agent future - where artificial and human agents increasingly interact with each other - looking at the risks that come with that

The first session of the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social retreat starts with a session devoted to our fantastic TrygFonden Fellows - with Esben Seerup, Heidi Røsok-Dahl, Lucas Braun, Søren Schulz-Hansen, Timme Bisgaard Munk, Lea Hellmüller,

@claesdevreese.bsky.social kicks off the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social retreat- with the largest group of fellows ever and the best view so far

Today @leahellmueller.bsky.social presents her fascinating work on comparative journalism - her work with @UN-woman on digital violence and her @ddc-sdu.bsky.social trygfonden project that builds upon this work - very much looking forwards to this!

SODAS Lecture on April 17! 📅 Come and join us for this exciting lecture, where @lenafrescamente.bsky.social will discuss the complexity of misinformation. With new insights, the lecture explores the complex systems through which misinformation perpetuates 💻 Event 🔗 : sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...

📄DDC PUBLICATION UPDATE 📄 What's the role of social media in spreading hate against sexual & gender minorities? Anne Clausen, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, & Peter Mayer provide the current state of the art, now published in Information Communication & Society! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Easter! And what better way to spend the break than listening to a podcast and medicines and misinformation?! Join us when we chat to @lenafrescamente.bsky.social and explore the challenging landscape of disinformation in healthcare.

Thanks so much for having me! It was a pleasure to talk with you (and to pick my "lone island" song, book, and drug!)

HVILKE DIGITALE PLATFORME FØRER DANSKE POLITIKERE KAMPAGNER PÅ? Ved hjælp af data indsamlet af Troels Runge (@runello.bsky.social) kan vi undersøge, hvilke digitale platforme der i øjeblikket bruges af kandidater fra de forskellige danske partier i det igangværende folketingsvalg.

In the second panel of today, first @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social and I presented first insights from a recent project studying (1) the susceptibility to misinformation across the complex system through which misinformation flows (www.nature.com/articles/s44...)

In the first talk of todays' afternoon - @jolukito.bsky.social presents insights into her work on conspirational signifiers among politicians in the US - you can read more about her fascinating work, for example here: doi.org/10.1080/1058...

Very excited to listen to @jesperstromback.bsky.social kicking-off a highly promising @ddc-sdu.bsky.social mini-symposium on threats to democratic integrity - and how to foster democratic resilience. What a great way to spend a Thursday :-)

Die Forschungsministerin freut sich auf Insta darüber, dass jetzt "Porträts" von Frauen der Geschichte in ihrem Haus hängen. Nur: Die sind mit KI erstellt. Und schleifen die Gesichter der Frauen gemäß moderner westlicher Schönheitsideale glatt. Was für ein irres Projekt Z.B.

The data from your Meta Ray Bans is used to train Meta's AI, which most people don't understand means that humans are looking at the most intimate details of their lives. www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

NEW DDC REPORT: DANES ARE INCREASINGLY USING AI The sixth Citizens, Digitalisation, & AI (CDAI) report continues to track the Danish population’s evolving relationship with digitalization & AI. DDC researcher & first author Therese Waalen Sandberg provides a quick overview. youtu.be/94GZzCPo5Ts

Professur für "Quantitative Methoden der digitalen Kommunikationsforschung" ausgeschrieben an der @unisalzburg.bsky.social Bewerbungfrist: 01.04.; Beginn: 01.10.

“The Guardian spoke to 8 data-annotation & content-moderation companies in India. Only 2 said they provided psychological support to workers; the rest argued that the work was not demanding enough to require mental healthcare.”🧪🛟

🧪 Here's a delicious Scientific Reports paper, with a phrase I've never seen before: "Scrumptiously high accuracy". The delectable find revealed some ... concerning signals in this paper, which now has an Editor's note and is under investigation. nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/a-scrumpti...

The room is packed to the maximum at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social to listen to @curdknupfer.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social speaking about connective faction - the radicalization of parties in digital space and how thats related to democratic backsliding

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

This week, we are welcoming our wonderful new addition to the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social teams: @jolukito.bsky.social! Velkommen til Odense og SDU Jo! ❤️ We are so excited to have you join us! @claesdevreese.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @curdknupfer.bsky.social

Today, the spring semester at SDU kicks off, we welcome @jolukito.bsky.social to @ddc-sdu.bsky.social - and pur Dean kicks off the faculties new years celebration 🍾 - great start for new adventures 😀

"The political dimension of the SLAPP threat is growing, with cases initiated or supported by state-aligned entities or powerful foundations common in countries experiencing rule of law backsliding."

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy #KnowledgeGraph Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg Apply now for a job as a Research Associate Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time up to 100 %, limited to end of 2027) gesis.jobs.personio....

Great news before my winter holidays. I am honored and excited to join the @csh.ac.at as an external faculty member. Besides continuing to work at the wonderful @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (we hire, just say'in :-)) I will also be in Vienna from time to time and work with the amazing folks at both places.

We have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy. AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!

Wir veröffentlichen die Akten zur Fördergeldaffäre der Berliner CDU 📁 Die Dokumente erhärten nicht nur die Vorwürfe, sie zeigen auch wie sich die Verwaltung dem Druck der CDU zur widersetzt & Widerstand leisten. Ein Beispiel dafür, wie mächtig die Verwaltung sein kann.

4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩 The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society. Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles! The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇

"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”. ht: Dagmar Monett

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft: Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵 1/

Trust in others and institutions predicts subjective well-being and vice versa. This makes me even more attuned to the costs of people and systems that undermine trust. The decay of trust as a public health issue. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...

Either Causal Inference in R www.r-causal.org or The Effect! www.theeffectbook.net/index.html

A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration. doi.org/10.1126/scia... 🧵 Thread—>