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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today we are saying goodbye to Antje Sader 💙 She supported our teaching, kept our lab meetings running, and was always looking out for everyone. And she brought plenty of fun along the way! Our “#1 Guardian of the Team” award says it all🛡️Thanks for everything, Antje 🙌 We will miss having you around!

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last week, CCL hosted the Summer School on Digital Public Spheres in Vienna ☀️ ECRs and experts from Berlin, Roskilde, Tübingen, Bern & Vienna came together to discuss their research projects 🎓 Many thanks to @anniewald.bsky.social & @sarahepp.bsky.social for organizing such a memorable event! 🙌

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Many thanks for @aytalina.bsky.social, @rupertkiddle.com, Dana Bouwknegt and @damiantrilling.net (#TWON Project) for insightful presentations! And also many thanks for everyone who attended the session and participated in the thoughtful roundtable discussion afterward🔥

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On the final morning of #ECC2026, #WHAT-IF team hosted a session on LLMs and ABMs in digital communication research. Organized by @aytalina.bsky.social and chaired by @vanatteveldt.com, the session highlighted some perspectives on the current state of the social simulation field development.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📣 Call for papers now open! The next Annual Conference of the European Political Science Society will take place in Copenhagen, 24–26 June 2027. Submission deadline: 13 November 2026 (23:59 CET) Looking forward to it! #EPSS2027 @epssnet.bsky.social

Screenshot of the European Political Science Society website announcing “Copenhagen 2027.” Under “Join us in Copenhagen!”, a photo shows colourful waterfront buildings and boats. Text announces the society’s next meeting on 24–26 June 2027, with panels and networking. An orange notice reads: “Call for papers is now open!”

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today at #ECC2026: The #WHATIF session on LLMs and ABMs. Stop by to hear our latest updates on social simulation research.

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Tanya Lokot @tanyalokot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Excited to see Miglė Bareikytė and Kateryna Maikovska present our co-authored research on sabotage as resistance in Russia’s war on Ukraine #ecc2026 @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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Daniel Siormanolakis @dsior.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Wow, I'm absolutely speechless! Huge shout out to all the amazing folks at CCL who helped me with their feedback and mentoring, especially Petro Tolochko, @aytalina.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social !!!

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Another #WHATIF presentation at #ECC2026! 🚀 In a session chaired by @rupertkiddle.com, @maxpe.bsky.social shared the insights on whether certain LLMs can reliably predict and replicate human cooperation patterns in game-theoretic settings. Check out the pre-print: doi.org/10.48550/arX...

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our lab member @dsior.bsky.social, whose Master’s thesis, “Testing network-based media literacy interventions against the spread of online misinformation: A simulation approach,” received the Best Abstract Award in the Political Communication Section at ECREA’s #ECC2026 👏👏👏

Daniel is presenting his master’s thesis to an international audience at ECC2026

Daniel is receiving the award at ECC2026

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Communication Science at the University of Vienna! 🔎 Text/image analysis, platform data & political communication 📍 Vienna ⏳ 6 years, full-time ⏰ Apply by 3 Oct jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi... Find out more about our team here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at

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IPKW - Department of Communication @ipkw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📢 Job Alert! The @compcommlab.bsky.social at the University of Vienna is hiring a University Assistant (Postdoc) in the area of computational communication science! 💻 📍 Vienna | 6-year position | full-time Apply until the 3rd of October via the University of Vienna job portal ⬇️

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Senior Scientist in Computational Communication Science at the University of Vienna! Come join our CCL Team and work on building a research infrastructure for #CSS @medem.bsky.social 🤓 📍 Vienna | 4-year position | full-time Apply via the University of Vienna job portal 👇

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Senior Scientist (Postdoc)

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📍Last week at the Social Simulation Conference 2026 in Durham! 🎤 Our lab members @anniewald.bsky.social, @maikovska.bsky.social, and @aytalina.bsky.social presented research from the projects @what-if-horizon.bsky.social and Social Issue Emergence in the Hybrid Media System 🚀 And more ahead!

Kateryna, Annie, and Aytalina at SSC2026 in Durham

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Truly grateful to have had the opportunity to share and discuss the work @what-if-horizon.bsky.social with the social simulation community💡 and not alone this time but with the brilliant @maxvandrunen.bsky.social & @anniewald.bsky.social 👏👏 Many thanks for the inspiring event in 💚Durham, #SSC2026 🥳

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Luca Rossi @lrossi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox are now VLOSE. These platforms will have several obligations and will be hold to a higher standard of responsibility. Extremely interesting, from a research point of view, is the data access part. ROBLOX! here we come! Give us the data! ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act*

Today, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

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Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our Research Network Democracy and Human Rights is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Follow @dem-hum.bsky.social for exciting research updates related to democracy & human rights. 💬

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

💡 New preprint is out: Can AI-simulations help shape the future of platform governance? 🔗 The whole paper is available here: osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/y2ext_v1 Many greetings for the authors @maxvandrunen.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social @aytalina.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Communication Science at the University of Vienna! Come join our CCL team and work on digital public spheres, political communication, and computational methods 🤓 📍 Vienna | 6-year position | full-time Apply via the University of Vienna job portal 👇

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University Assistant (Postdoc) - Computational Communication Science

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📬 WHAT-IF Newsletter #5 is out! Our latest highlights about conferences, publications, preprints and the WHAT-IF Dataverse Collection are available here: what-if-horizon.eu/2026/07/31/n... 📩 Stay up to date by subscribing to our newsletter on the project website.

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Newsletter #5: Summer Conferences, Publication Updates & General Assembly

Dear WHAT-IF members and network, July is coming to an end, which means it is time to look back at everything that has happened in our project over the past few months. In this newsletter, we highl…

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🤖 🔥 New preprint is out The paper, co-authored by Taehee Kim and @dgarcia.eu, demonstrates that AI-generated conversations can be remarkably convincing. 💡 For more insights check out the preprint: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The collective turing test: large language models can generate realistic multi-user discussions - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The collective turing test: large language models can generate realistic multi-user discussions

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 New publication in Digital Journalism! The latest study by Paul Balluff, @hajoboo.bsky.social, and @anniewald.bsky.social compares how German alternative and legacy media reported on Nord Stream 2 and reveals both distinctive reporting patterns and substantial overlap. Read more👇

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Fabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 2026☀️ so many exciting projects and ideas! We discussed how to measure and validate various highly relevant but complex constructs with dictionaries an LLMs 💻

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The #WHATIF 2nd General Assembly meeting in Bucharest came to an end Many thanks to Facultatea de Comunicare si Relatii Publice for the excellent organisation and hospitality, and to the city of Bucharest for the welcoming atmosphere. Stay tuned for upcoming project updates!

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🔥 Happening now: The 2nd General Assembly Meeting of the WHAT-IF project is currently taking place in 📍 Bucharest, Romania. Over the coming days, partners from across the consortium will come together to share progress, discuss preliminary findings and explore new research ideas. Stay tuned!

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Hajo Boomgaarden @hajoboo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thrilled and grateful that SYNAPS has been selected for ERC Advanced Grant funding. @erc.europe.eu SYNAPS looks at how 14- to 16-year-olds develop political interest, knowledge and engagement in a networked world shaped by peers, social media, influencers and algorithms. @compcommlab.bsky.social

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Nora Habelitz @nhabelitz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Excited that my first peer-reviewed article, co-authored with @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @sonjablum.bsky.social is out! We ask how German and Italian parties used emotions in energy policy communication during the 2024 European Parliament elections. 👉Open Access: doi.org/10.1002/epa2...

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🌍 CCL is heading to #ICA26 with a broad set of contributions across panels and preconferences spanning multiple areas of communication research! 👋 Find us in Cape Town and explore the full overview here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

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CCL at #ICA26 in Cape Town

The CCL is thrilled to share our latest research at the 76th Annual ICA Conference across several divisions!

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Jula Luehring @julaluehring.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thank you @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social for your guest talk today at @compcommlab.bsky.social 🙌 Very much appreciated the interdisciplinary discussions on content vs. source-level misinformation detection, LLM annotations and validation practices in the social sciences. Photo: @aytalina.bsky.social

Philipp Lorenz-Spreen standing in front of his presentation slides titled “Promises and Pitfalls of LLM annotations, applications in political communication and algorithmic influence”

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

End your week by hitting "submit"! Today is the last day to submit your abstract to the @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social conference of the DGPuK at @gesis.org!

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Huge congrats to Paul Balluff on successfully defending his dissertation “Applications of Transformer Models in Communication Research”! 🎉 compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

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Successful CCL Thesis Defense!

We congratulate our lab member Paul Balluff! He has successfully defended his thesis.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

50 years @oegk.bsky.social! At #KWT2026 @marvins.bsky.social & @janabernhard.bsky.social presented: “Paupers in the Papers” on how media reporting shapes perceptions of the welfare state recipients, a linkage-design study with @moritzsedlatschek.bsky.social.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Feiert mit uns 50 Jahre @oegk.bsky.social & erfahrt mehr über unsere Arbeit zu politischem Vertrauen, Wissenschaftskommunikation, Online-Inzivilität, Medieneffekten auf Einstellungen zu Migration, Wohlfahrtsstaatswahrnehmungen, Debatten zur Energiewende & @medem.bsky.social! #KWT2026 Details👇

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CCL at KWT 2026

Here’s where to catch our team at KWT 2026 this week!

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Daniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Always a genuine pleasure to spend time with y'all in beautiful Vienna. Thanks for having me! 🤩

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Yannic Meier @ymeier.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Join our workshop for students/early-career scholars going to #ICA26 organized by @facusuenzo.bsky.social, @ambervdwal.bsky.social, @wendi-li-phd.bsky.social, @mqrmobile.bsky.social, @floprim.bsky.social. 📅 Friday, May 8th ⏰ 8:00 AM EDT | 12:00 PM UCT 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/AryewUXumCsC...

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It was such a pleasure to host @dstoltenberg.bsky.social at CCL! She presented her newly founded Emmy Noether research group and the award-winning project “Place-Based Issue Publics: The Rearrangement of Local Public Spheres in a Digitalized and Globalized World” 🌍 🛜 Congratulations, Daniela! 🎉

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

What do users think about IP location disclosure online? 🌐 @huanl.bsky.social shared a Zhihu case study on Chinese netizens’ sentiments in the final panel at #COMPTEXT2026

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

How do emotions and economic frames shape TikTok debates on energy & mobility? ⚡ @fabiennelind.bsky.social presented new insights at #COMPTEXT2026 with Veronika Ebner, Sonja Blum & Nora Habelitz

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🌱🤖 At #COMPTEXT2026, @fabiennelind.bsky.social facilitated a panel “AI & Sustainability” Among the issues discussed, the panelists focused on how CSS interacts with AI tools, who governs these tools, and what professional responsibility researchers could look like.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Yay infrastructure! 🧰 @marvins.bsky.social cial and @janabernhard.bsky.social present a first usecase between @medem.bsky.social l AmCAT instance and @iriscc.bsky.social sky.social climate reporting dataset. at #COMPTEXT2026

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Can TikTok be a space for constructive environmental journalism? 🌱 @veronikaebner.bsky.social shared her work on what drives engagement—a study together with Fabienne Lind & Hajo Boomgaarden at #COMPTEXT2026

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

From humor to hostility? 💬 At #COMPTEXT2026, @daisukenakamura.bsky.social explored how disparagement humor by influencers links to polarization in TikTok comments —a study together with Petro Tolochko & Desirée Schmuck

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

“How much can political actors shape the topics they talk about?” @janabernhard.bsky.social tries to tackle exactly that at #COMPTEXT2026 using word embeddings to trace influence on public discourse 📊

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Great start to #COMPTEXT2026 🎉 @marvins.bsky.social presented his findings on how political parties and citizens structure and polarise social identities—joint work with Fabienne Lind, Hajo Boomgaarden & Markus Wagner.

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happening tonight! #LangeNachtderForschung @univie.ac.at ✨ Play with our simulation model and learn how social issues compete for public attention 👇 Shout-out to our collaborator Leon Olszewski from @tuwien.at! Find @maikovska.bsky.social @aytalina.bsky.social & myself in main building booth C04.

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