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I speak in English and German on the politics of AI, disinformation, platforms, and campaigns.

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Upcoming 1

  1. Can Democracy Keep Up with AI? How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Politics in the US and GermanyAmerikaHaus NRW, onlineTalk · 20 October 2026 · with Nathan E. Sanders

2026 3

  1. AI as Research Tool and Research Object in Political SciencePhD Colloquium: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, HeidelbergTalk · 10 July 2026
  2. Public Opinion on Military uses of AI: Technology Beliefs, Moral Boundaries, and Security Contexts2026 SCRIPTS Forum: Emergent Digital (Dis-)Orders: AI Governance between Liberal and Authoritarian Scripts, Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS, BerlinTalk · 11 June 2026
  3. Regulatory Crosswinds: Can the US and EU Stay Aligned Amid Administrative Upheaval?Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC/Frankfurt am MainPanel · 9 June 2026 · with Susan Dudley, Joseph Dunne, Roland Koch, Patrick McLaughlin, and William Yeatman

2024 4

  1. Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: Why Social Scientists Need to Take AI Seriously to be Taken SeriouslyArtificial Intelligence, Politics and Societies, University of BolognaTalk · 12 December 2024
  2. Deceptive uses of Artificial Intelligence in elections strengthen support for AI banCS3 meeting series, Leibniz University HannoverTalk · 14 November 2024 · Blog post
  3. Generative AI and Democratic Resilience in EUSolaris ProjectTalk · 6 November 2024 · Video · Blog post
  4. The impact of artificial intelligence on democracyCIVICA: Data Science Seminar Series, onlineTalk · 12 June 2024 · Video · Blog post

2023 2

  1. The impact of artificial intelligence on democracyNORFACE Governance Online Lecture SeriesTalk · 24 October 2023 · Video · Blog post
  2. Figuring out the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on democracySICSS Munich: Summer Institute in Computational Social Science Partner Site, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, MunichTalk · 31 July 2023

2022 1

  1. AI and democracy: AI in politics and the politics of AIWorkshop “AI & ML research and Democracy – an interdisciplinary perspective”, University of TübingenTalk · 2 April 2022

2021 2

  1. Social Media – Democratization or radicalization engine?ODYCCEUS Online Conference – The Computational Analysis of Cultural Conflict, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften, LeipzigPanel · 9 June 2021 · with Julia Ebner and Philipp Lorenz-Spreen · Video · Blog post
  2. Retooling politics: How digital media are shaping democracyKolloquium: Digitale Kommunikation und Informationsvielfalt, University of Bremen, BremenTalk · 18 January 2021

2020 2

  1. Retooling politics: How digital media are shaping democracyKolloquium: Forschungsgruppe Demokratie und Digitalisierung, Weizenbaum-Institut für die vernetzte Gesellschaft, BerlinTalk · 1 December 2020
  2. Four structural challenges in computational social science and what to do about themCollege of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei CityTalk · 13 May 2020

2019 2

  1. A counterpublic of the right: A comparison of content and behavioral patterns within communities of supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on RedditCMI Seminars Series, Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research at the University of Manchester, ManchesterTalk · 5 December 2019
  2. Normalizing Digital Trace DataSICSS Bamberg: Summer Institute in Computational Social Science Partner Site, Universität Bamberg, BambergTalk · 19 July 2019 · Blog post

2018 1

  1. Using Digital Trace Data in the Social Sciences: Realizing the PromiseComputational Social Science Seminar (CSS): GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, CologneTalk · 23 April 2018

2017 3

  1. Normalizing digital trace dataLondon School of Economics, LondonTalk · 19 October 2017
  2. Normalizing digital trace dataOxford Internet Institute, OxfordTalk · 17 October 2017
  3. Breaking up filter bubbles. How to retain diversity?Global Media Forum: Identity and Diversity, Deutsche Welle, BonnTalk · 19 June 2017

2016 1

  1. Mediation processes in digital trace data: the case of the 2013 German federal election on TwitterConnect@IPSDS: International Program in Survey and Data Science, MannheimTalk · 20 February 2016

2015 1

  1. The mediation of political life through TwitterOxford Internet Institute, OxfordTalk · 26 November 2015

2013 3

  1. Twitter data as information source on political communication and political campaigns: Examples from GermanyComputational Social Science Seminar (CSS): GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, CologneTalk · 27 November 2013
  2. Through a glass, darkly: Tactical support and symbolic association in Twitter messages commenting on Stuttgart 21University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILTalk · 30 October 2013 · Blog post
  3. Twitter data as information source on political communication and political campaigns: Examples from GermanyWellesley College, Boston, MATalk · 25 October 2013 · Blog post

2012 2

  1. Campaign 2.0 – Internet campaigning and social mediaCampaigning and Party Management, Workshop organisiert durch die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Homeland Union, VilniusTalk · 1 April 2012
  2. Campaign 2.0 – Internet campaigning and social mediaCampaigning and Party Management, Workshop organisiert durch die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Homeland Union, KaunasTalk · 31 March 2012

2010 1

  1. Social media in political campaigns in GermanyPersonal Democracy Forum Europe, BarcelonaTalk · 4 October 2010 · Blog post