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Publications, presentations and more… (Q3 2025)

DigiMoD — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:32:00 +0000

Dear blog readers, please note that future blog posts will be uploaded on a quarterly basis. 13.07. – New Publication In the middle of July, Dr. Kilian Bühling (Universität Tübingen & Weizenbaum-Institut), together with colleagues Dr. Olga Pasitselska (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) and Dr. Emilija Gagrčin (Universität Mannheim & University of Bergen, Norway), published […]

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Final Event of the NEOVEX Research Project

DigiMoD — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:26:31 +0000

On the 10th of December, our team members Annett Heft (Universität Tübingen, Freie Universität Berlin/Weizenbaum Institute), Kilian Buehling and Xixuan Zhang (both Freie Universität Berlin/Weizenbaum Institute) participated in the final event of the NEOVEX research project, which took place at the Representation of the State of Hamburg in Berlin. The event started with the presentation of the results […]

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Right-Wing Election Campaigning on Telegram: “It Works Like a Media Outlet”

DigiMoD — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:33:00 +0000

In an interview with Leonie Dorn from the Weizenbaum Institute, Dr. Kilian Buehling and Baoning Gong (both Freie Universität/Weizenbaum Institute) explore how right-wing politicians used Telegram during state elections in East Germany to mobilize supporters. Their ongoing study combines quantitative and qualitative methods to understand how Telegram’s platform architecture enables extremist actors to manipulate their […]

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Studying Global Issues: Accommodating Context and Language Diversity when Employing Computational Text Analysis

DigiMoD — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:10:00 +0000

During her fellowship in the DigiMoD Research Group, Dr. Fabienne Lind gave an interesting talk at the Weizenbaum Institute. On September 10th, she spoke on “Studying Global Issues: Accommodating Context and Language Diversity when Employing Computational Text Analysis.” Addressing and mitigating global issues, such as migration movements or climate change, necessitates collaborative efforts that extend […]

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Fellow Talk with our Research Fellow Dominik Schindler

DigiMoD — Tue, 28 May 2024 13:29:17 +0000

Visiting the research group in May Dominik Schindler, Ph.D. candidate in Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London, gave a talk on his latest research on May, 14. In his talk, titled “Bayesian Knowledge – Situated and Pluriversal Perspectives on Machine Learning”, he explored the fundamental mathematical structures of machine learning (ML) and challenged some of […]

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Fellow Talk on Pandemic Activism with Prof. Dr. Shelly Boulianne

DigiMoD — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:24:00 +0000

We were honored to have Prof. Dr. Shelly Boulianne, Professor of Digital Political Communication at the Université Catholique de Lille and currently a Research Fellow in our research group, giving a talk on her latest research on November, 28. In her talk “Pandemic activism in comparative perspective: Exploring the roles of digital media uses, misinformation, […]

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Kick-Off Meeting and Fellow Visit Nicola Righetti

DigiMoD — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:24:56 +0000

Exciting news! We’ve officially launched our new research group, “Dynamics of Digital Mobilization” with two kick-off meetings on January 19th and February 16th, 2023. Our research program will focus on analyzing the impact of digital connectivity on politics and society, both within and between European democracies, as well as in other international societies. Our goal […]

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