Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw
@kkvk7.bsky.social
Professor of digital [political] communication and sustainability at University of Hamburg
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🚀 dashboardr is out!
An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax.
Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included).
📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/
Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨
An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax.
Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included).
📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/
Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 AM
🚀 dashboardr is out!
An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax.
Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included).
📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/
Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨
An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax.
Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included).
📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/
Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨
our polcom conference at @uni-hamburg.de has ended, but I am still fan-girling on @jolukito.bsky.social, that was such a brillient talk! very inspiring for my new research project on right-wing defensive publics with @lauraliebig.bsky.social, but also for her stance on mutual support in Academia
Our Hamburg conference on democratic resilience is on - starting with a keynote on right-wing extremism & digital surrogacy by brilliant @jolukito.bsky.social.
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
our polcom conference at @uni-hamburg.de has ended, but I am still fan-girling on @jolukito.bsky.social, that was such a brillient talk! very inspiring for my new research project on right-wing defensive publics with @lauraliebig.bsky.social, but also for her stance on mutual support in Academia
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an @franzreiter.bsky.social und @utarussmann.bsky.social zum Top Contribution Award unserer diesjährigen Tagung!
Ihr Vortrag zum Thema "Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation in Gemeinden" wurde von den Reviewer:innen herausragend bewertet.
Ihr Vortrag zum Thema "Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation in Gemeinden" wurde von den Reviewer:innen herausragend bewertet.
February 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an @franzreiter.bsky.social und @utarussmann.bsky.social zum Top Contribution Award unserer diesjährigen Tagung!
Ihr Vortrag zum Thema "Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation in Gemeinden" wurde von den Reviewer:innen herausragend bewertet.
Ihr Vortrag zum Thema "Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation in Gemeinden" wurde von den Reviewer:innen herausragend bewertet.
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In which @tompepinsky.com suggests that #genAI may have is uses for social scientists (and social science?) after all
Agentic AI and Social Science Research Practice
I’ve been exploring AI tools of various forms for more than a year now, mostly from a critical perspective of identifying things that they cannot do (such as draw maps), but also so that I can unde…
tompepinsky.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 AM
In which @tompepinsky.com suggests that #genAI may have is uses for social scientists (and social science?) after all
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We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
Well, this is what I ended up with. Somewhat fitting as I gave up my professorship in Zurich for my husband's love of these (according to family legend, at least)
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Well, this is what I ended up with. Somewhat fitting as I gave up my professorship in Zurich for my husband's love of these (according to family legend, at least)
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I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
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Call for Applications for the Data Quality #Academy Certificate Program 2026
The call for applications for the #KODAQS Academy’s certificate program is open: www.gesis.org/en/ges...
The program is aimed at early-career researchers from various disciplines who work with social science data.
The call for applications for the #KODAQS Academy’s certificate program is open: www.gesis.org/en/ges...
The program is aimed at early-career researchers from various disciplines who work with social science data.
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Call for Applications for the Data Quality #Academy Certificate Program 2026
The call for applications for the #KODAQS Academy’s certificate program is open: www.gesis.org/en/ges...
The program is aimed at early-career researchers from various disciplines who work with social science data.
The call for applications for the #KODAQS Academy’s certificate program is open: www.gesis.org/en/ges...
The program is aimed at early-career researchers from various disciplines who work with social science data.
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The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p!
Deadline: January 16!
Deadline: January 16!
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p!
Deadline: January 16!
Deadline: January 16!
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Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
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Ban the Business Model, Not the Child.
Read these wise (research based) words from colleague @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social on the social media ban in Australia
@ascor.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social
www.jessicataylorpiotrowski.com/2025/12/11/b...
Read these wise (research based) words from colleague @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social on the social media ban in Australia
@ascor.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social
www.jessicataylorpiotrowski.com/2025/12/11/b...
Ban the Business Model, Not the Child - Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, Ph.D.
Australia’s new under-16 social media rules are now live. In plain terms, they function as a delay on having accounts: young people (and parents) aren’t penalized, but platforms must take “reasonable ...
www.jessicataylorpiotrowski.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ban the Business Model, Not the Child.
Read these wise (research based) words from colleague @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social on the social media ban in Australia
@ascor.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social
www.jessicataylorpiotrowski.com/2025/12/11/b...
Read these wise (research based) words from colleague @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social on the social media ban in Australia
@ascor.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social
www.jessicataylorpiotrowski.com/2025/12/11/b...
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Mitten in der Pandemie startete BILD den Versuch eines eigenen Fernsehsenders. Warum das Experiment scheiterte, habe ich u. a. auf Basis von 43 Interviews rekonstruiert. Jetzt Open Access in Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft [@bredowinstitut.bsky.social] erschienen. www.inlibra.com/de/document/...
M&K Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
www.inlibra.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Mitten in der Pandemie startete BILD den Versuch eines eigenen Fernsehsenders. Warum das Experiment scheiterte, habe ich u. a. auf Basis von 43 Interviews rekonstruiert. Jetzt Open Access in Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft [@bredowinstitut.bsky.social] erschienen. www.inlibra.com/de/document/...
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"Die Analyse enthält auch einen 20-seitigen internen Evaluationsbericht der Armee (...) Die Militärexperten kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Abfluss von Daten aus den #Palantir Systemen technisch nicht verhindert werden könne." #Schweiz 🇨🇭
Schweiz: Palantir-Software hat verheerende Risiken
Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß. Da...
netzpolitik.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
stellen.uni-hamburg.de
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Ist denn schln Weihnachten? Hatte ein FETTES BROT in der Post!!
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ist denn schln Weihnachten? Hatte ein FETTES BROT in der Post!!
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Happy to announce the 2nd edition of our Summer School in Computational Social Science that will take place in the beautiful Villa del Grumello on Lake Como between June 22-26, 2026!
*** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 15, 2026 (firm deadline) ***
More details here:
css2.lakecomoschool.org
*** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 15, 2026 (firm deadline) ***
More details here:
css2.lakecomoschool.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy to announce the 2nd edition of our Summer School in Computational Social Science that will take place in the beautiful Villa del Grumello on Lake Como between June 22-26, 2026!
*** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 15, 2026 (firm deadline) ***
More details here:
css2.lakecomoschool.org
*** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 15, 2026 (firm deadline) ***
More details here:
css2.lakecomoschool.org
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1. Pausing new submissions about AI topics for 90 days. That is, papers about AI models, testing AI models, proposing AI models, theories about the future of AI, etc. We will make exceptions for papers that are already accepted for publication (or published) in peer-reviewed scholarly journals
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
1. Pausing new submissions about AI topics for 90 days. That is, papers about AI models, testing AI models, proposing AI models, theories about the future of AI, etc. We will make exceptions for papers that are already accepted for publication (or published) in peer-reviewed scholarly journals
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This chimes with our new open-access @polcommjournal.bsky.social study of French-language immigration posts, which shows how far-right users flood feeds with hyper-partisan sources for political purposes: doi.org/10.1080/1058...
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This chimes with our new open-access @polcommjournal.bsky.social study of French-language immigration posts, which shows how far-right users flood feeds with hyper-partisan sources for political purposes: doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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Google AI overviews now reach over 2B users worldwide. But how reliable are they on high stakes topics - for instance, pregnancy and baby care?
We have a new paper - led by Desheng Hu, now accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social - exploring that and finding many issues
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2511.12920
🧵👇
We have a new paper - led by Desheng Hu, now accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social - exploring that and finding many issues
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2511.12920
🧵👇
Auditing Google's AI Overviews and Featured Snippets: A Case Study on Baby Care and Pregnancy
Google Search increasingly surfaces AI-generated content through features like AI Overviews (AIO) and Featured Snippets (FS), which users frequently rely on despite having no control over their presen...
arxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Google AI overviews now reach over 2B users worldwide. But how reliable are they on high stakes topics - for instance, pregnancy and baby care?
We have a new paper - led by Desheng Hu, now accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social - exploring that and finding many issues
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2511.12920
🧵👇
We have a new paper - led by Desheng Hu, now accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social - exploring that and finding many issues
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2511.12920
🧵👇
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Super important and dear to my heart! Also a good opportunity to remind people of the super helpful systematic list of open science/access media and communication research journals by Moritz Büchi and @tobiasdienlin.com here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Super important and dear to my heart! Also a good opportunity to remind people of the super helpful systematic list of open science/access media and communication research journals by Moritz Büchi and @tobiasdienlin.com here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
UZH: Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation
An der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. August 2027 eine Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation zu besetzen. Die künftige Stelleninhab...
jobs.uzh.ch
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
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🎓 We’re hiring!
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🎓 We’re hiring!
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
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Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information.
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
Using the DSA to Study Platforms
verfassungsblog.de
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information.
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
Noch drei Tage! Wir freuen uns über Eure Einreichungen zu Demokratischer Resilienz - auf bald in Hamburg!
HAMBURG CALLING - EINREICHUNGEN MÖGLICH
Ab sofort ist das Conftool für unsere FG-Tagung 2026 offen: www.conftool.net/polkomm26/
4.-6.2.26, Hamburg
Tagungsthema: Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt
Alle Infos unter: uhh.de/wiso-polkomm26
Ab sofort ist das Conftool für unsere FG-Tagung 2026 offen: www.conftool.net/polkomm26/
4.-6.2.26, Hamburg
Tagungsthema: Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt
Alle Infos unter: uhh.de/wiso-polkomm26
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Noch drei Tage! Wir freuen uns über Eure Einreichungen zu Demokratischer Resilienz - auf bald in Hamburg!