🚨 Final reminder: PhD position on #HCI, #AI & #Disinformation 🚨
⏳ Deadline: March 1, 2026
Develop AI tools for collaborative fact-checking, strengthen media literacy & create open science resources at CAIS in Bochum, Germany!
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
#phdchat #CHI26 #chi2026
Einblicke in die Arbeit einer Enquetekommission: Prof. Hendrik Heuer spricht über Chancen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven rund um KI.
👉 www.uni-wuppertal.de/de/news/deta...
Vielen Dank an die Bergische Universität Wuppertal für das Interview!
@hheuer.bsky.social @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social
Left to right on an ocean background: A hypercard drawing of a hermit crab with a shell named "Clawtter". Three differently shaped shells (top to bottom: conic, round, spiky) with labels playing on the names of Twitter-adjecent platforms (top to bottom: Crabstodon, Blueshell, C).
🐚🧿 What was your first social media platform, and how did you end up here (of all places 🫠)?
Join me for the presentation of our CHI'26 Paper, ✨"Reflecting on 1,000 Social Media Journeys: Generational Patterns in Platform Transition"✨. @cais-research.bsky.social (more infos in thread)
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#PleaseShare PhD position on Human-Computer Interaction, AI, and Disinformation: Develop AI tools for fact-checking & media literacy, tackle disinformation & create open science resources
Start: April 1, 2026. Deadline March 1, 2026
👉 stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
@hheuer.bsky.social
📺 In der Lokalzeit Bergisches Land vom 11.2. gibt's Einblicke in ein Studierendenprojekt von CAIS-Forscher Hendrik Heuer, der auch als Studiogast zu sehen ist: Masterstudierende entwickeln und testen smarte KI-Alltagshelfer.
Ab Min. 17:41: www.ardmediathek.de/video/lokalz...
@hheuer.bsky.social
Join us as a doctoral researcher at the @cais-research.bsky.social in #Bochum to develop AI tools for collaborative fact-checking and media literacy!
Start: April 1, 2026
Deadline: March 1, 2026
More information here: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
PhD position on #HCI, #AI and #Disinformation: Develop tools for fact-checking & media literacy & create open science resources.
Start: April 1, 2026. Deadline March 1, 2026
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
#phdchat #CHI26 #chi2026
🎓 Podcast statt Uni-Skript? | WDR-Beitrag
Unter der Leitung von CAIS-Forscher Prof. Hendrik Heuer entwickeln Masterstudierende der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal KI-Alltagshelfer und testen deren Nutzen für Anwender:innen.
👉 www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
@hheuer.bsky.social
💡Wie KI-Schreibtools Texte verständlicher machen:
Prof. Hendrik Heuer zeigt mit Sven Goller und Prof. Daniel Buschek im i-com-Artikel, wie Software hilft, Inhalte auch für Menschen mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen zugänglicher zu schreiben.
www.cais-research.de/news/wie-ki-...
@hheuer.bsky.social
Our new paper: Writing Support Tools for Making Text Understandable” (i-com), with Sven Goller & @dbuschek.bsky.social. We studied how language specialists revise texts for people with cognitive impairments and identify gaps for AI writing:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
🌱💻 Bits & Bäume NRW 2026 | Jetzt anmelden!
Diskutiere mit, wie Digitalisierung in NRW nachhaltig & sozial gerecht gestaltet werden kann. Vom 5. bis 6. März im Makerspace Ruhr-Uni Bochum. Alle Interessierten willkommen!
👉 www.cais-research.de/event/bits-b...
#BitsBäumeNRW #BBNRW26
Unsere CAIS-Forscher Prof. Dr. Breuer (@johannesbreuer.com)und Prof. Dr. Heuer (@hheuer.bsky.social) haben hierzu Statements beigetragen 👇
26.01.2026 07:41 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Group photo of Prof. Andreas Breiter, Prof. Hendrik Heuer and Prof. Philipp Krieter (from left to right), taken in the foyer of CAIS during the CAISspecial event.
Yesterday’s #CAISspecial explored Trustworthy AI in education with insights from Prof. Andreas Breiter and Prof. Philipp Krieter. Their talks on communicative AI and privacy-aware mobile learning sparked lively discussion on-site and online. Many thanks to our guests!
@hheuer.bsky.social
Really happy to welcome Andreas (my doctoral supervisor) and Philipp (who did his PhD alongside me in Bremen) to our CAIS Special:
Trustworthy AI: From Data Collection to Organisational Embedding in Educational Settings
January 20, 4:00 PM
Online or Bochum
www.cais-research.de/event/caissp...
#CAISspecial Trustworthy AI: From Data Collection to Organisational Embedding in Education
We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Philipp Krieter (HSD Düsseldorf) and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter (Uni Bremen) on Tuesday, January 20, at 16h
Join us on site or online:
www.cais-research.de/event/caissp...
Do you know about our Fellowship program at @cais-research.bsky.social? We offer fully funded 3-6 month research stays.
I’d love to welcome more #HCI and #AI scholars to Bochum.
My work covers #disinformation, future #socialmedia, #criticalAI, and AI & #journalism
Give yourself the perfect Christmas gift: the professorship "Digital Transformation in Work and Society" at Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) and Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany.
13.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)!
We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓.
See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...
Thank you, Rebecca!
23.10.2025 13:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Also very much enjoyed the presentation by @hheuer.bsky.social on co-creating social media with some peak visuals #ZeMKI20
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The graphic with the title "Solutions against Misinformation" shows which interventions can target misinformation in three phases (before creation, before detection, after detection), categorized by type (Educating, Labeling, Providing Evidence, Deleting) and by expert agreement.
How to Fight Misinformation Effectively
Hendrik Heuer will present his paper "The Phase Model of Misinformation Interventions" on Oct 20 at #CSCW2025 in Bergen examining which measures against misinformation are most effective and their risks.
📖 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@hheuer.bsky.social #CAIS
Panel discussion at the public space of the conference
Hendrik Heuer at the discussion
Juliane Jarke und Nikol Rummel
The panel “Keeping It Reallabor – Living Labs as Platforms for Digital Transformation” explored how Living Labs drive societal transformation. Marcus Specht, @julianejarke.bsky.social & Mirko Schaefer shared insights - moderated by @drbieber.bsky.social, @hheuer.bsky.social & Nikol Rummel.
09.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Registration is open for #DigiMeet2025 on Nov 6!🎉
Join 16 talks & discussions on platform regulation, community building & governance with #EarlyCareerResearchers
🗣️Keynote by Tobias Mast
👉Program + Registration: www.cais-research.de/en/event/dig...
@bidt.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
🚀 Exciting news at CAIS: We are thrilled to welcome and collaborate with our excellent new colleague, Prof. Dr. @johannesbreuer.com! Expert in digital media effects, trace data, computational methods, open science, and meta-science.
👉 Learn more about his work: scholar.google.de/citations?us...
Unser Kollege @hheuer.bsky.social war in der Sendung "Breitband" von @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy zu Gast 🎙️
Er spricht über Evaluierungen, Verantwortung und Emotionen im Kontext von ChatGPT5.
🎧 Reinhören lohnt sich!
#KI #LLM #HCI #ChatGPT #ChatGPT5
I was on Deutschlandfunk's Breitband podcast this weekend to talk about #ChatGPT5 — why it's stirring debate, trust and emotional connection in AI, and what OpenAI can learn from HCI research for responsible design.
🎙️ Starts at 07:15
🔗 www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/mensch-masch...
Our messy bookshelf featuring the book Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
The book Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction by Kasper Hornbæk, Per Ola Kristensson, and Antti Oulasvirta has finally arrived in Bochum!
I am very grateful that they took the time to write this HCI bible.
It’s available as #openAccess!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
🚨Job Alert
W2 (TT W3) Professorship in Computer Science "AI for People & Society"
@saarland-informatics-campus.de/@uni-saarland.de is looking to appoint an outstanding individual in the field of AI for people and society who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas:
🎧 New Podcast Episode (in German) 🎧
Join David Hartmann, Anna Ricarda Luther, and me as we dive into a lively conversation with Dr. Matthias Begenat on content moderation.
We explore our latest findings, share insights, and ask tough questions about how platforms shape public discourse.
"From 2027 on, researchers will be eligible to apply for an [ERC] Starting Grant immediately after successfully defending their PhD, and at any time within the following ten-year period." erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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