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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎉 We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new #PhD candidate, Iris Withuis! Iris conducts NWO-funded research on how people perceive and make sense of interactions with digital humans, and how perceptions of humanness shape emotional, relational and moral responses.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎓 #PhDDefence We congratulate Liza Keessen, on the successful defence of her #PhD thesis, “Me-Time in the Digital Age: How Digital Technology Can Undermine and Support Emerging Adults’ Need for Solitude”!

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨 #Jobalert! We are looking for two ambitious #PhD Researchers for the four-year project “Agents of doubt: A novel framework for understanding the impact of synthetic content on adolescents’ knowledge formation.” The PhD positions are part of the Youth and Media Entertainment Program Group.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a Data Steward! We are looking for someone with good knowledge of and enthusiasm for research data management and the broader field of privacy and data management. See link below👇 📅Deadline: 22 September 2026 🔗Read More: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a PhD Candidate for the project "Democratic moral craftmanship under pressure: How politicians and administrators can effectively communicate democratic and moral norms in relation to moral dilemmas and political crises". 📅Deadline: 5 October 2026 🔗Read More 👇

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today marks the end of @theoaraujo.bsky.social's term as Scientific Director of ASCoR. On behalf of all ASCoR researchers and staff, we would like to thank Theo for everything he has done for ASCoR over the past four years.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new PhD candidate, Mattice Suetens! Mattice will be joining ASCoR in September as a PhD researcher on the AuthentiMark project. As part of the project, his research will focus on protecting and empowering citizens against digital fraud.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We are pleased to welcome 🎉 our new #Postdoc, @kimonkieslich.bsky.social. Kimon will join the RPA AI & Politics. His research explores the social and political implications of data-driven technologies, focusing on AI ethics, public perceptions of algorithms, and automated decision-making.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🎓 Congratulations to Lina Buttgereit on successfully defending her #PhD thesis! 👏 📖 Thesis: Truth is only hearsay? Misinformation as an informational, discursive, and perceptual challenge. We wish Lina continued success as she begins the next stage of her academic and professional journey.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🎉We #congratulate ASCoR researchers Priska Breves, Saurabh Khanna, and Felicia Loecherbach on being awarded prestigious Veni grants by the NWO (Dutch Research Council). Read more: tinyurl.com/mwaf372t

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Veni grants for 28 UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers

NWO has awarded Veni grants to 28 talented researchers at the UvA and Amsterdam UMC (location AMC).

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are pleased to welcome 🎉 our new #postdoctoral researcher, Lennert Groot! Lennert will work on the Macroscope project, analysing large heterogeneous datasets to explore their use in answering research questions for the Media and Web Diets Observatory.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We are pleased to welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, Erik van Haeringen. He joined ASCoR as a research engineer and postdoctoral researcher. As a postdoctoral researcher, he works on the cAlibrate (calibratedtrust.eu) project, which investigates trust in conversational generative AI.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We are immensely proud to share that ASCoR researcher and former Director @claesdevreese.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 Stevin Prize, the highest distinction in the Netherlands for researchers who have achieved exceptional societal impact through the application of scientific knowledge.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new PhD candidate, Leona Rutten! Her research focuses on gathering parents’ questions, concerns, and misconceptions about the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization for infants through social listening. She will be part of Health Communication group.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🎉 We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 #McQuail Award: #Congratulations to prof. Anne Bartsch (Leipzig University), receiving the award for her paper Epistemic authority in the digital public sphere - an integrative conceptual framework and research agenda (doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...)

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎉#Congratulations to Cynthia Dekker and Susanne Baumgartner, winners of the ASCoR Baschwitz Awards 2025! Each year, the Baschwitz Article of the Year and the Young Scholar Award are presented during the Departmental Meeting of Communication Science.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🎓 #PhdDefence Congratulations to Cynthia Dekker on the successful defence of her #PhD! We wish Cynthia every success as she embarks on the next chapter of her academic journey. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to her supervisors, Susanne Baumgartner and Sindy Sumter!

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We warmly congratulate ASCoR researcher @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social on being named an ICA Fellow by @icahdq.bsky.social. This is one of the highest honors in communication research. The distinction recognizes her outstanding scholarly contributions, leadership, and service to the field.🎉

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a #PhD candidate for the project "AuthentiMark: Protecting Citizens Against Digital Fraud". Please note that for this position, only candidates who are fluent Dutch speakers are eligible. 📅Deadline: 25 June 2026 🔗Read More: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#Congratulations 🎉 ASCoR researcher @hannescools.bsky.social received a 2-year grant from @sidnfonds.bsky.social to study how news organisations can break free from Big Tech using open-source AI.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🚨 #Jobalert Are you looking for a #postdoc position in political communication research? We are looking for a postdoc for the Horizon Europe-funded project. 📅Deadline: 8 June 2026 🔗Read More: tinyurl.com/5xecsskf

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🎰 Increasing amounts of gambling content in our social media feeds? 📺 Tonight at 9:15 PM on NPO 2: ‘Gokkers op je tijdlijn’ This episode explores how online gambling content is increasingly appearing in our timelines and the impact it may have on young people.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🚨 #Jobalert Within the AuthentiMark consortium, we currently have three PhD vacancies. The project is funded by an NWA/KIC grant from NWO (the Dutch Research Council). Application deadline for all three positions: 15 May.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, @philippdarius.bsky.social! He is working at the Artificial Intelligence, Media & Democracy (AIMD) Lab at ASCoR and studies how AI, digital platforms, and political communication shape democratic governance.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a #PhD Candidate for the project "Democratic moral craftmanship and media". In this project, you examine the role of Dutch media in shaping, maintaining, and debating the democratic moral craftsmanship of politicians and administrators.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨#Jobalert In this project, you will create a longitudinal dataset containing the media and web consumption patterns of individuals, linking content data with its consumers, and bridging between meso-level public debate and micro-level individual behavior and attitudes.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 #Jobalert Are you interested in researching the interplay between AI and politics and its societal consequences? Would you like to join a new Research Priority Area and work in an interdisciplinary team?

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🚨 #Jobalert ASCoR and the Digital Data Donation Infrastructure (D3I) are seeking a highly motivated Postdoc / Research Engineer to support, maintain and extend the data donation infrastructure (datadonation.eu). 📅Deadline: 2 March 2026 🔗Read More: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We are pleased to #welcome🎉 our new #PhD candidate, Niklas Fritsche. His research investigates how misinformation reinforces existing beliefs in polarized contexts. He focuses on how group norms and linguistic bias shape perceived accuracy, and on interventions that can reduce these effects.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new #PhD candidate, @quyangzhao.bsky.social. Her research will focus on algorithmic persuasion on TikTok among young adults. She will investigate why certain young people are vulnerable to such persuasion, and how we can design effective interventions to address it.

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Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · 05/02/2026

🚀 dashboardr is out! An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax. Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included). 📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/ Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, Yagmur Ozbay! She will study how social media design influences (dis)engagement, with a focus on promoting young people’s autonomy and reducing digital overuse, in collaboration with Dr. Sindy Sumter and Dr. Helen Vossen.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, Dr. @lisemarienassen.bsky.social. As a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research on Children, Adolescents and the Media (CCaM), Lise-Marie will work as programme manager on the SpaceTeen project, funded by CLICKNL.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, Dr. @martinjansen.bsky.social. He has recently joined the Persuasive Communication group as a postdoctoral researcher. In his new role, he will work on a project focused on developing communication campaigns for gambling care.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Abby Qin. Abby studies how information systems shape democratic life across individual lived experience, local information ecosystems, and institutional design. We wish her every success in this exciting new chapter.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a highly motivated #postdoctoral researcher for the research project: ‘That’s (not) appropriate’ – the Role of Social Norms and Norm Transgression in Voters’ Acceptance of Negative Campaigning. 📅Deadline: 18 January 2026 🔗Read More: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a motivated, junior #Postdoc Researcher to join the project “MIND-CHAT: May I help you? An Intervention for Depression through a culturally-sensitive Chatbot". 📅Deadline: 9 January 2026 🔗Read More: tinyurl.com/y6hk439s

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#Congratulations 🎉 to ASCoR member @dominiquewirz.bsky.social, who has recently been awarded an #NWO SSH Open Competition XS 2025 grant for the project “Effects of Short-Form Video Use on Recovery and Well-Being.” Learn more about the Open Competition SSH XS–funded projects 👇

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Anke Stoll. Dr. Anke Stoll is investigating how human bias - particularly the political leaning of annotators - may shape the decision-making of algorithms for facial expression recognition.

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Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) @aissr.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Join us on 6 Nov for the AISSR Lecture by Renee DiResta, @noupside.bsky.social, author of the book 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴. On how social media reshapes power & politics. Co-hosted by @ascor.bsky.social ➡️ Register here: aissr.uva.nl/content/even...

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🚨#Jobalert The AI, Media & Democracy Lab is seeking a #postdoctoral researcher with a background in communication science to investigate how the introduction of AI is changing the relationship between media, users, and technology, and what effects this has on democratic engagement.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new PhD candidate, Teresa Valle! Teresa is working on the project “Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics”. Her research focuses on visual political communication and how visuals may be used to represent and elicit political anger.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new PhD candidate, Michael van Straelen! His research examines how people engage in political conversations with generative AI, how they perceive these tools, and how such interactions influence their political views and ideological (de) polarisation.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new PhD candidate, Jade van Dorth! Jade's #PhD project examines adolescents’ synthetic relationships with conversational AI, exploring their prevalence, causes, and effects on companionship, empowerment, isolation, and autonomy.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🚨 #Jobalert We’re seeking a motivated PhD candidate passionate about advertising, algorithms & social media to join our project “Algorithmic Persuasion on TikTok: A Differential Vulnerability Perspective” at the Persuasive Communication Program Group.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🚨 #Jobalert We’re looking for a motivated #PhD candidate to join our project “Addressing Craving in the City: Using system insights for personalized context-driven interventions to combat nicotine use,” focusing on personalized, context-driven interventions to tackle smoking and vaping.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We are pleased to #welcome 🎉 our new #PhD candidate, Tasha de Vries. Her PhD project, titled ‘Questioning Synthetic Advertising in a Synthetic World,’ conceptualizes the notion of synthetic advertising and explores how consumers engage with it within a synthetic environment.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We #congratulate🎉 @claesdevreese.bsky.social on receiving this year’s Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize for his extensive and internationally acclaimed research into the role played by algorithms and artificial intelligence in democratic processes.

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We are pleased to #welcome🎉 our new PhD candidate, Nick Kerkhoff. His research examines the conditions under which upward social comparisons with greenfluencers promote pro-environmental behaviors among emerging adults. The project is funded by the NWO Doctoral Grant for Teachers.

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