Conferences
ZeMKI annual conference - When Machines Join the Conversation: Empirical Findings on Communicative AI
- Datum: 12. November 2026 – 13. November 2026
- Location: Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen
In collaboration with the ComAI research group, ZeMKI is hosting its 2026 annual conference to promote thematic networking within the German AI research community: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and similar systems no longer just mediate communication. They take part in it themselves: they write texts, hold conversations and act as counterparts. What does this mean for (…)
16. October 2026
Workshop "Digital Service Act Art. 40: Promise vs. Practice"
- Datum: 26. November 2025
Lab Platform Governance, Media & Technology, in collaboration with the DSA 40 Data Access Collaboratory, is organising a workshop on “Digital Services Act Art. 40: Promise vs. Practice”. The event provides a space for researchers to explore and discuss current practical and legal challenges of researcher data access under DSA Art. 40.
24. November 2025
20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?
- Datum: 22. October 2025 – 24. October 2025
- Location: Forum am Domshof & Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen
The international anniversary conference of the ZeMKI in the 20th year of its existence examines the foundations of media and communication research: It is about exploring long-term trends resulting from today's media change and visions for the future.
10. June 2025
ZeMKI hosts AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025
- Datum: 3. June 2025 – 4. June 2025
The Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, is hosting the next AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on 3-4 june 2025.
20. January 2025
Generative Images - Generative Imageries: Challenges of Visual Communication (Research) in the Age of AI
- Datum: 20. November 2024 – 22. November 2024
- Location: ZeMKI
26. June 2024
BeyondPlay 2024: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society
- Datum: 30. September 2024 – 2. October 2024
- Location: ZeMKI
The International conference ‘Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society’ will take place from September 30th to October 2nd 2024 at the University of Bremen, Germany. The conference is hosted by the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung; ZeMKI)
10. May 2024
Shifting AI controversies
- Datum: 29. January 2024 – 30. January 2024
- Location: Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
On behalf of the international research project Shaping 21st Century AI, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the ZeMKI, University of Bremen, in cooperation with the research group “Politics of Digitalization” at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), invite to an international conference on the topic of AI controversies. The conference was held in English.
21. January 2024