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Do you want to help us to set up the AI, Media & Democracy Lab?

We are looking for 3 postdoctoral researchers:

a postdoctoral researcher communication scientist;
a postdoctoral researcher AI, data science or computational social sciences
a postdoctoral researcher in information law;

The AI, Media and Democracy ELSA Lab’s aim is to set up an experimental space and testbed for novel ways of applying AI in the media. Journalists, media professionals, designers, citizens, researchers and public and societal partners bring in their challenges in using AI in the media. The lab investigates how AI-driven applications in the media change the public sphere, civic engagement and economic competition. We will develop and test new AI-applications to help solve problems such as disinformation, algorithmic bias and filter bubbles. Together with our partners we will also (co)-create new ethical and legal frameworks for responsible uses of AI that align with fundamental rights, public values and the European regulatory framework. Apply by the 13th of June!

Want to know more?

In this talk, Marijn Hoijtink - Doctor Assistant Professor in International Relations and International Security at Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam - Anneroos Planqué-van Hardeveld - PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam - will discuss recent developments within the field of military AI, focusing on the discursive and material drivers of AI in warfare. Specific attention will be paid to the pivotal role Big Tech and its platforms play in this domain and the experimental relations forged with the military. On the7th of June at 1 P.M. CET, find out more about this topic in a conversation moderated by Ljubiša Metikoš - PhD Researcher in Algorithmic Governance in the domain of law at the RPA Human(e) AI of the University of Amsterdam.

Missed one of our last Humane Conversations? Catch up with Germany's AI strategy and the way it distinguishes itself from the American and Chinese one in a conversation where security studies meet the legal perspective with Dr. Jens Halterlein and Ljubisa Metikos.

Want to know more? Check out our YouTube channel!

EDMO releases report on researcher access to platform data

The report by the European Digital Media Observatory’s (EDMO) Working Group on Platform-to-Researcher Data Access is out. It includes a draft Code of Conduct on how platforms can share data with independent researchers while protecting users’ rights. On 13 June 2022, the working group will present the report to the cabinet of the European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová during EDMO’s annual conference. Our PI, Claes de Vreese, contributed to this major step in improving data sharing for research on disinformation.

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