Thomas Nygren
@thnygren.bsky.social
Professor in history and civics education, Uppsala University. Previously at Stanford & Umeå. Especially interested in ways to help young people navigate misinformation and understand the complexity of the world that we live in, and should care for.
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Continuing this thread on misinformation - Latest example:
"A network of nearly 90 TikTok accounts has been using artificial intelligence to create fake versions of high-profile Spanish-language journalists and spread falsehoods online for potential financial gain."
"A network of nearly 90 TikTok accounts has been using artificial intelligence to create fake versions of high-profile Spanish-language journalists and spread falsehoods online for potential financial gain."
What's behind the TikTok accounts using AI-generated versions of real Latino journalists?
The accounts point to the challenge of stopping or controlling the surge in fake images and misinformation targeting Spanish speakers in the U.S. as AI technology advances.
www.nbcnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Continuing this thread on misinformation - Latest example:
"A network of nearly 90 TikTok accounts has been using artificial intelligence to create fake versions of high-profile Spanish-language journalists and spread falsehoods online for potential financial gain."
"A network of nearly 90 TikTok accounts has been using artificial intelligence to create fake versions of high-profile Spanish-language journalists and spread falsehoods online for potential financial gain."
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"While interventions promoting prebunking, fact-checking, and disciplinary literacy provide promising frameworks for misinformation education, their effects may diminish without sustained reinforcement."
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Investigating the long-term impact of misinformation interventions in upper secondary education
This study examines the long-term effects of educational interventions aimed at improving upper-secondary students’ ability to identify and evaluate (mis)information. Using an experimental design with...
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July 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"While interventions promoting prebunking, fact-checking, and disciplinary literacy provide promising frameworks for misinformation education, their effects may diminish without sustained reinforcement."
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Available preorder now! 📚 My new book on AI in schools – challenges and opportunities.
It presents the latest research and its practical implications for classrooms. With students’ learning in focus, I show what makes great teaching possible and how AI can both …
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
It presents the latest research and its practical implications for classrooms. With students’ learning in focus, I show what makes great teaching possible and how AI can both …
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
Artificial Intelligence in Schools | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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July 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Available preorder now! 📚 My new book on AI in schools – challenges and opportunities.
It presents the latest research and its practical implications for classrooms. With students’ learning in focus, I show what makes great teaching possible and how AI can both …
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
It presents the latest research and its practical implications for classrooms. With students’ learning in focus, I show what makes great teaching possible and how AI can both …
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
New preprint! Can AI match human expertise in teacher education? Our study shows that while AI provides quick feedback in simulated classrooms, experts are far better at identifying opportunities and offering nuanced feedback. We offer ways to move forward! Read more here osf.io/preprints/os...
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November 25, 2024 at 11:09 PM
New preprint! Can AI match human expertise in teacher education? Our study shows that while AI provides quick feedback in simulated classrooms, experts are far better at identifying opportunities and offering nuanced feedback. We offer ways to move forward! Read more here osf.io/preprints/os...
Happy to see our report in print! I hope that teachers and everyone interested in education as a democratic self-defence will find it useful. Great collaboration with Ullrich Ecker! Download the report here:
shorturl.at/IGFGc
shorturl.at/IGFGc
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November 24, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Happy to see our report in print! I hope that teachers and everyone interested in education as a democratic self-defence will find it useful. Great collaboration with Ullrich Ecker! Download the report here:
shorturl.at/IGFGc
shorturl.at/IGFGc
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We are looking for a postdoc for our research group in digital sociology within DIGSUM. The research is about how false information is created and spread across digital platforms, and how it can affect public opinion and undermine democracy. Spread the word! www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/...
Postdoc position to study digital disinformation — DIGSUM
We have an open position for a postdoc to come work with us at Umeå
University to study how disinformation and misinformation are created and
spread through digital platforms, and how they may affec...
www.digsum.org
February 24, 2024 at 9:36 AM
We are looking for a postdoc for our research group in digital sociology within DIGSUM. The research is about how false information is created and spread across digital platforms, and how it can affect public opinion and undermine democracy. Spread the word! www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/...
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FREE BOOK: Psychometrics in exercises using R and RStudio by Anna Brown
Great resource for university lecturers, instructors, students, and anyone who want to acquire practical skills in conducting psychometric analyses.
annabrown.name/book_psychom...
Great resource for university lecturers, instructors, students, and anyone who want to acquire practical skills in conducting psychometric analyses.
annabrown.name/book_psychom...
February 17, 2024 at 10:13 AM
FREE BOOK: Psychometrics in exercises using R and RStudio by Anna Brown
Great resource for university lecturers, instructors, students, and anyone who want to acquire practical skills in conducting psychometric analyses.
annabrown.name/book_psychom...
Great resource for university lecturers, instructors, students, and anyone who want to acquire practical skills in conducting psychometric analyses.
annabrown.name/book_psychom...
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A meta-analysis 105 studies finds that focusing on intrinsic goals (such as growth, relationships, community giving, & health) promotes well-being ( r= .24), whereas a focus on extrinsic goals (such as wealth, fame, & beauty) hurts well-being (r = -.22) psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
psycnet.apa.org
January 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
A meta-analysis 105 studies finds that focusing on intrinsic goals (such as growth, relationships, community giving, & health) promotes well-being ( r= .24), whereas a focus on extrinsic goals (such as wealth, fame, & beauty) hurts well-being (r = -.22) psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
Just published! 🎉We identify how videos may be better than text feedback to teach students to fact-check online news. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... makes sense from a perspective of cognitive apprenticeship.
January 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Just published! 🎉We identify how videos may be better than text feedback to teach students to fact-check online news. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... makes sense from a perspective of cognitive apprenticeship.
Ny forskning som stödjer tidigare forskning om läsning och lärande på papper istället för skärm
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Guardian article on the "Reclaim your brain" series starts with the "nationwide collapse in reading scores among American youth".
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January 19, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Ny forskning som stödjer tidigare forskning om läsning och lärande på papper istället för skärm
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Ok ok bsky.app/profile/albe...
Guardian article on the "Reclaim your brain" series starts with the "nationwide collapse in reading scores among American youth".
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what?
For ‘deeper reading’ among children aged 10-12, paper trumps screens. What does it mean when schools are going digital?
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Ok ok bsky.app/profile/albe...
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As a professor at CAIS and the University of Wuppertal, I’m hiring 3 #phdjobs and 1 #postdoc in #HCI #XAI #CSCW
Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6
#phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024
Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6
#phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024
January 2, 2024 at 12:36 PM
As a professor at CAIS and the University of Wuppertal, I’m hiring 3 #phdjobs and 1 #postdoc in #HCI #XAI #CSCW
Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6
#phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024
Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6
#phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024
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📣Postdoc (3yrs) in Educational work — opportunity at our dept at Umeå University : www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Postdoctoral position in Educational Work (3 years)
www.umu.se
December 30, 2023 at 11:54 AM
📣Postdoc (3yrs) in Educational work — opportunity at our dept at Umeå University : www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Nu finns min bok äntligen i tryckt format. Jag hoppas att den kan bli ett konstruktivt bidrag till en genomtänkt användning av AI i skolan på vetenskaplig grund 🤞🥳🎉🤓 jag har försökt att samla det vi vet om bra undervisning i relation till ny teknik och aktuell forskning om AI i skolan.
December 21, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Nu finns min bok äntligen i tryckt format. Jag hoppas att den kan bli ett konstruktivt bidrag till en genomtänkt användning av AI i skolan på vetenskaplig grund 🤞🥳🎉🤓 jag har försökt att samla det vi vet om bra undervisning i relation till ny teknik och aktuell forskning om AI i skolan.
Excellent postdoc opportunity if you are interested in history and strategies of misinformation jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...
December 19, 2023 at 6:29 AM
Excellent postdoc opportunity if you are interested in history and strategies of misinformation jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...
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We are once again seeking entries for the Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication! 👇
This covers transparent communication (not persuasion) that is in the interest of the public/audience rather than the communicator.
All types of (self)-nominations & topics welcome. Do share and submit!
This covers transparent communication (not persuasion) that is in the interest of the public/audience rather than the communicator.
All types of (self)-nominations & topics welcome. Do share and submit!
December 9, 2023 at 12:58 PM
We are once again seeking entries for the Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication! 👇
This covers transparent communication (not persuasion) that is in the interest of the public/audience rather than the communicator.
All types of (self)-nominations & topics welcome. Do share and submit!
This covers transparent communication (not persuasion) that is in the interest of the public/audience rather than the communicator.
All types of (self)-nominations & topics welcome. Do share and submit!
Restrictions against: biometric categorisation systems;
untargeted scraping of facial images;
emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions;
social scoring;
AI systems that manipulate human behaviour to circumvent their free will;
AI used to exploit the vulnerabilities of people
untargeted scraping of facial images;
emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions;
social scoring;
AI systems that manipulate human behaviour to circumvent their free will;
AI used to exploit the vulnerabilities of people
AI Act deal is real
The long negotiations have ended. Many details still to be ironed out and some risks appear left untouched. But the first AI Act, pending final voting, seems a reality.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
The long negotiations have ended. Many details still to be ironed out and some risks appear left untouched. But the first AI Act, pending final voting, seems a reality.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Artificial Intelligence Act: deal on comprehensive rules for trustworthy AI | News | European Parli...
MEPs reached a political deal with the Council on a bill to ensure AI in Europe is safe, respects fundamental rights and democracy, while businesses can thrive and expand.
www.europarl.europa.eu
December 9, 2023 at 12:06 PM
Restrictions against: biometric categorisation systems;
untargeted scraping of facial images;
emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions;
social scoring;
AI systems that manipulate human behaviour to circumvent their free will;
AI used to exploit the vulnerabilities of people
untargeted scraping of facial images;
emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions;
social scoring;
AI systems that manipulate human behaviour to circumvent their free will;
AI used to exploit the vulnerabilities of people
Det här är så tragiskt! Miljarder som försvinner från forskningen english.elpais.com/science-tech...
December 1, 2023 at 11:54 AM
Det här är så tragiskt! Miljarder som försvinner från forskningen english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Mycket rolig läsning för svenska elever och lärare www.skolverket.se/om-oss/press...
November 28, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Mycket rolig läsning för svenska elever och lärare www.skolverket.se/om-oss/press...
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The deepfake crisis for women and girls has grown tremendously. It isn’t mentioned in most AI discourse, even though it’s the primary use of deepfakes by far. Now, it is being used to victimize dozens of teen girls. The perpetrators include their male classmates
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
For teen girls victimized by ‘deepfake’ nudes, there is little recourse
The FBI has warned that technology used to create pornographic deepfake photos and videos was improving and being used for harassment and sextortion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2023 at 4:30 PM
The deepfake crisis for women and girls has grown tremendously. It isn’t mentioned in most AI discourse, even though it’s the primary use of deepfakes by far. Now, it is being used to victimize dozens of teen girls. The perpetrators include their male classmates
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Yesterday at @isdglobal.bsky.social, we published Uisce Faoi Thalamh: An Investigation into the Online Mis- and Disinformation Ecosystem in Ireland.
The research is based on an analysis of 13.2 million online posts from 1,640 accounts posted on 12 platforms between Jan 2020 and April 2023.
The research is based on an analysis of 13.2 million online posts from 1,640 accounts posted on 12 platforms between Jan 2020 and April 2023.
November 21, 2023 at 9:38 AM
Yesterday at @isdglobal.bsky.social, we published Uisce Faoi Thalamh: An Investigation into the Online Mis- and Disinformation Ecosystem in Ireland.
The research is based on an analysis of 13.2 million online posts from 1,640 accounts posted on 12 platforms between Jan 2020 and April 2023.
The research is based on an analysis of 13.2 million online posts from 1,640 accounts posted on 12 platforms between Jan 2020 and April 2023.
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Massive disagreement about policing most powerful AI in EU AI Act - after ~3 yrs of talks & weeks before a deadline.
Takeaway 1: real consensus about AI policy remains remote. Work must continue, deal or no deal.
Takeaway 2: corporate logics loom large - too large.
www.euractiv.com/section/arti...
Takeaway 1: real consensus about AI policy remains remote. Work must continue, deal or no deal.
Takeaway 2: corporate logics loom large - too large.
www.euractiv.com/section/arti...
EU’s AI Act negotiations hit the brakes over foundation models
A technical meeting on the EU’s AI regulation broke down on Friday (10 November) after large EU countries asked to retract the proposed approach for foundation models. Unless the deadlock is broken ...
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Massive disagreement about policing most powerful AI in EU AI Act - after ~3 yrs of talks & weeks before a deadline.
Takeaway 1: real consensus about AI policy remains remote. Work must continue, deal or no deal.
Takeaway 2: corporate logics loom large - too large.
www.euractiv.com/section/arti...
Takeaway 1: real consensus about AI policy remains remote. Work must continue, deal or no deal.
Takeaway 2: corporate logics loom large - too large.
www.euractiv.com/section/arti...
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My department is hiring! One or more Associate Senior Lecturers in Political Science. A great opportunity to join a diverse and welcoming community of political scientists, with great work conditions, Uppsala Uni, Sweden. Application deadline 15 November. Read more: www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...
October 13, 2023 at 8:20 AM
My department is hiring! One or more Associate Senior Lecturers in Political Science. A great opportunity to join a diverse and welcoming community of political scientists, with great work conditions, Uppsala Uni, Sweden. Application deadline 15 November. Read more: www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...
Interesting comments about the problems with AI and misinformation. Food for thought and discussion! misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misi...
Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown | H...
Many observers of the current explosion of generative AI worry about its impact on our information environment, with concerns being raised about the increased quantity, quality, and personalization of...
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
October 18, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Interesting comments about the problems with AI and misinformation. Food for thought and discussion! misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misi...
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"TikTok´s Research API falls woefully short"
My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape.
More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th...
My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape.
More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th...
October 17, 2023 at 8:39 AM
"TikTok´s Research API falls woefully short"
My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape.
More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th...
My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape.
More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th...