Research Projects previous 123…9 next Aktiv Re-evaluating Governing Principles: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI in Everyday Communication Systems Funded by: Zentrale Forschungsförderung (ZF), Universität Bremen Elevator Pitch This postdoctoral project examines the socio-technical impact of generative AI integration into communication ecosystems. Through policy analysis, expert interviews, and user surveys, I will reassess how platform values evolve amid ongoing technological and regulatory changes. Project Overview This research investigates the principles shaping generative AI regulation (…) Duration: 2024 – 2027Project lead: Dr. Rebecca Scharlach Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Active Prototypes of social cohesion Participating institutions: ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI), Hamburg Funding: Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Facebook, X and TikTok promote radicalization and hate speech. Digital platforms and social media are therefore typically seen as problems when it comes to social cohesion. In contrast, this work package focuses (…) Duration: 2025 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp Lab Datafication and Mediatization ComAI Research Space (ComAI coordination project) Coordination project of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann Lab Datafication and Mediatization Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Active Education: ComAI for learning and teaching (ComAI P9) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Lab Socio-technical systems and critical data studies Active Political discourse: ComAI and deliberative quality (ComAI P6) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity Governance: Private ordering of ComAI through corporate communication and policies (ComAI P4) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Active Pioneer Communities: Imagining ComAI and its possible futures (ComAI P1) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp Lab Datafication and Mediatization Active INDI - INFORMED BY INFLUENCERS The project Informed by Influencers (INDI) focusses on the way in which knowledge relevant to climate change is disseminated and consumed on social networks. The aim is to determine the proportion of social media posts on this topic and to examine the behaviour of users. In short, we want to answer the question of the (…) Duration: 2024 – 2027Project lead: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes previous 123…9 next
Aktiv Re-evaluating Governing Principles: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI in Everyday Communication Systems Funded by: Zentrale Forschungsförderung (ZF), Universität Bremen Elevator Pitch This postdoctoral project examines the socio-technical impact of generative AI integration into communication ecosystems. Through policy analysis, expert interviews, and user surveys, I will reassess how platform values evolve amid ongoing technological and regulatory changes. Project Overview This research investigates the principles shaping generative AI regulation (…) Duration: 2024 – 2027Project lead: Dr. Rebecca Scharlach Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology
Active Prototypes of social cohesion Participating institutions: ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI), Hamburg Funding: Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Facebook, X and TikTok promote radicalization and hate speech. Digital platforms and social media are therefore typically seen as problems when it comes to social cohesion. In contrast, this work package focuses (…) Duration: 2025 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp Lab Datafication and Mediatization
ComAI Research Space (ComAI coordination project) Coordination project of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann Lab Datafication and Mediatization Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology
Active Education: ComAI for learning and teaching (ComAI P9) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Lab Socio-technical systems and critical data studies
Active Political discourse: ComAI and deliberative quality (ComAI P6) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity
Governance: Private ordering of ComAI through corporate communication and policies (ComAI P4) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology
Active Pioneer Communities: Imagining ComAI and its possible futures (ComAI P1) Subproject of the DFG/FWF Research Unit "Communicative AI" (ComAI) Duration: 2025 – 2028Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp Lab Datafication and Mediatization
Active INDI - INFORMED BY INFLUENCERS The project Informed by Influencers (INDI) focusses on the way in which knowledge relevant to climate change is disseminated and consumed on social networks. The aim is to determine the proportion of social media posts on this topic and to examine the behaviour of users. In short, we want to answer the question of the (…) Duration: 2024 – 2027Project lead: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Lab Digital Communication and Information Diversity Lab Media Change and Long-Term Transformation Processes