Lab Socio-Technical Systems and Critical Data Studies
The lab “Socio-Technical Systems and Critical Data Studies” explores reciprocal relations between digital technologies and social processes in organizations and communities (with a special focus on education). In the lab, we combine a deep understanding of technological processes with a profound sensitivity for fair and just technology design. The lab specializes in the critical exploration of the interactions and interdependencies between datafication processes, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital media on the one hand and societal processes and practices on the other hand. To achieve this, the lab leverages concepts and methods from computer science (participatory design, co-creation), the social sciences (critical datafication research), and applied research (computational social science and machine learning). The underlying assumption is that digital transformation can only be investigated through a theoretically grounded and empirically substantiated understanding of the respective application contexts.
ZeMKI at the European Communication Conference 2024
20. September 2024
ZeMKI steering committee meets for annual retreat
For two days, the Bredbeck Estate in the district of Osterholz was dedicated to the further development of the research strategy of the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen. On September 3 and 4, 2024, a total of 14 members of the ZeMKI Steering Committee discussed medium-term goals (…)
4. September 2024
Call for applications for 8 doctoral positions at ZeMKI in the DFG Research Unit “Communicative AI” (FOR 5656)
26. August 2024
New DFG Research Unit on the automation of societal communication
3. July 2024
ZeMKI goes ICA
7. June 2024
DataNord Sub-Project at ZeMKI: Interdisciplinary Research to Support Social Movements in Social Media
The realization of the project “We The (Social) Media: Social Media by and for Social Movements” has officially started on November 15th. It is being realized through intensive interdisciplinary collaboration with doctoral student Anna Ricarda Luther (ifib), Prof. Haunss (SOCIUM), Prof. Geise (ZeMKI), Prof. Heuer and Prof. Breiter (both ifib). The project is part of (…)
11. April 2024
Former ZeMKI Member Dr. Irina Zakharova receives the Bremen Study Prize for her Dissertation
The “unifreunde”, the Society of Friends of the University of Bremen and the Constructor University, will award this year’s Bremen Student Prize for outstanding theses on February 27, 2024. Two prizes were awarded in the field of natural sciences and engineering, two prizes in the field of social sciences and humanities and a special prize (…)
19. February 2024
Open Call for ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellows, 2024
8. February 2024
