Digital Democracy Centre
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social
The Digital Democracy Centre SDU is an interdisciplinary hub at the University of Southern Denmark
https://www.sdu.dk/en/ddc
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https://www.sdu.dk/en/ddc
• #dkmedier #dkpol #dkforsk #democracy #digital #AI •
At today's DDC BROWNBAG LUNCH TALK Raha Asadi & Anine Henriksen presented their research on users of the chatbot Replika, which simulates human interaction and connections -- raising various privacy & safety concerns.
Fantastic (if deeply concerning) presentation!
Lots of interest from our audience!
Fantastic (if deeply concerning) presentation!
Lots of interest from our audience!
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
At today's DDC BROWNBAG LUNCH TALK Raha Asadi & Anine Henriksen presented their research on users of the chatbot Replika, which simulates human interaction and connections -- raising various privacy & safety concerns.
Fantastic (if deeply concerning) presentation!
Lots of interest from our audience!
Fantastic (if deeply concerning) presentation!
Lots of interest from our audience!
• Enigma: AI & You — a project of the Media Research & Innovation Centre at SDU's Centre for Journalism, in collaboration w/ the DDC; 7th–9th graders advise Denmark’s Minister for Digitalization while researchers study how youth understand AI.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• Enigma: AI & You — a project of the Media Research & Innovation Centre at SDU's Centre for Journalism, in collaboration w/ the DDC; 7th–9th graders advise Denmark’s Minister for Digitalization while researchers study how youth understand AI.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• Social Media for Good — Hannah Decker investigates when personalization & media literacy can increase interest, knowledge, & participation.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• Social Media for Good — Hannah Decker investigates when personalization & media literacy can increase interest, knowledge, & participation.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
NAPNF – Countering News Avoidance with Personalized News Formats — A 2-year Marie Curie project by Hannes Cools, seeking to curb news avoidance & boost reach & trust.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
NAPNF – Countering News Avoidance with Personalized News Formats — A 2-year Marie Curie project by Hannes Cools, seeking to curb news avoidance & boost reach & trust.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• The Experimental Social Media Platform (ESMP / “SDU Social”) — A realistic, modular research platform to experimentally vary feeds, interfaces, & algorithmic logic & observe behavior over time.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• The Experimental Social Media Platform (ESMP / “SDU Social”) — A realistic, modular research platform to experimentally vary feeds, interfaces, & algorithmic logic & observe behavior over time.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• Public Service Algorithms — Rasmus W. Schmøkel’s postdoc project tests whether recommender systems can reduce informational inequality by balancing attention optimization w/ democratic objectives.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• Public Service Algorithms — Rasmus W. Schmøkel’s postdoc project tests whether recommender systems can reduce informational inequality by balancing attention optimization w/ democratic objectives.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• PRORESIL — Mapping what builds citizens’ resilience to mis/disinformation across platforms & contexts to inform evidence-based policy.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• PRORESIL — Mapping what builds citizens’ resilience to mis/disinformation across platforms & contexts to inform evidence-based policy.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• KV25 – Dit valg. Vores Danmark — A nationwide pre/post-election study across all 98 municipalities, paired with constructive journalism initiatives to strengthen local democratic engagement ahead of the November 2025 municipal elections.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• KV25 – Dit valg. Vores Danmark — A nationwide pre/post-election study across all 98 municipalities, paired with constructive journalism initiatives to strengthen local democratic engagement ahead of the November 2025 municipal elections.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• Craft, Copy, Connect — Using NLP, network analysis, simulations, & experiments Emil Bakkensen Johansen studies AI’s role in creativity, imitation dynamics, & organizational adaptation in parties.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• Craft, Copy, Connect — Using NLP, network analysis, simulations, & experiments Emil Bakkensen Johansen studies AI’s role in creativity, imitation dynamics, & organizational adaptation in parties.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
• AINATA — Researching how AI reshapes authenticity & trust in the news ecosystem with surveys, experiments, interviews, & legal analysis.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
• AINATA — Researching how AI reshapes authenticity & trust in the news ecosystem with surveys, experiments, interviews, & legal analysis.
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
🎓Congratulations to Dr. Malte Sigsgaard!🎓
...for successfully defending his PhD thesis.
"Staying in CTRL. Mapping the Impacts of AI on Journalism, and Normative Strategies of AI Control"
Malte is part of the first DDC cohort, & we are very proud to congratulate him on this important milestone.😊
...for successfully defending his PhD thesis.
"Staying in CTRL. Mapping the Impacts of AI on Journalism, and Normative Strategies of AI Control"
Malte is part of the first DDC cohort, & we are very proud to congratulate him on this important milestone.😊
September 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎓Congratulations to Dr. Malte Sigsgaard!🎓
...for successfully defending his PhD thesis.
"Staying in CTRL. Mapping the Impacts of AI on Journalism, and Normative Strategies of AI Control"
Malte is part of the first DDC cohort, & we are very proud to congratulate him on this important milestone.😊
...for successfully defending his PhD thesis.
"Staying in CTRL. Mapping the Impacts of AI on Journalism, and Normative Strategies of AI Control"
Malte is part of the first DDC cohort, & we are very proud to congratulate him on this important milestone.😊
Aaaaand it's a wrap!
Thank you to all of these wonderful folks and people who make the DDC what it is!
Special thanks to our centre coordinator @lars270579.bsky.social for expertly organizing all of it! 😊👏🫶
Thank you to all of these wonderful folks and people who make the DDC what it is!
Special thanks to our centre coordinator @lars270579.bsky.social for expertly organizing all of it! 😊👏🫶
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Aaaaand it's a wrap!
Thank you to all of these wonderful folks and people who make the DDC what it is!
Special thanks to our centre coordinator @lars270579.bsky.social for expertly organizing all of it! 😊👏🫶
Thank you to all of these wonderful folks and people who make the DDC what it is!
Special thanks to our centre coordinator @lars270579.bsky.social for expertly organizing all of it! 😊👏🫶
@lenafrescamente.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social presenting research on multi level misinfo and the state of the art of research on it!
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
@lenafrescamente.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social presenting research on multi level misinfo and the state of the art of research on it!
Discussing, sitting, listening, engaging: all in a day's work!
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Discussing, sitting, listening, engaging: all in a day's work!
Day 2 starts in classic DDC fashion, with our biannual early morning team building dip in the Great Belt! 🏊♀️🌅🥶
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Day 2 starts in classic DDC fashion, with our biannual early morning team building dip in the Great Belt! 🏊♀️🌅🥶
Arjen van Dalen presenting brand new survey data on Danish views of AI! 🆕
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Arjen van Dalen presenting brand new survey data on Danish views of AI! 🆕
Our junior colleague slot organizes a quick round of "secret reviewer 2", simulating the high stakes discussions of publishing academic papers...
Congrats to all winners, for their ability to deceive their colleagues 😁👏
Congrats to all winners, for their ability to deceive their colleagues 😁👏
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our junior colleague slot organizes a quick round of "secret reviewer 2", simulating the high stakes discussions of publishing academic papers...
Congrats to all winners, for their ability to deceive their colleagues 😁👏
Congrats to all winners, for their ability to deceive their colleagues 😁👏
Our incoming colleague @jolukito.bsky.social is welcomed by a *very* enthusiastic room, presenting her research agenda and the challenges of cross-platform data collection.
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our incoming colleague @jolukito.bsky.social is welcomed by a *very* enthusiastic room, presenting her research agenda and the challenges of cross-platform data collection.
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
Our new Postdocs @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social & @hannahdecker.bsky.social plus our current fellows @fprochazka.bsky.social & Maryam Khaleghipour present their research programs.
Covering politician-influencers, targeted ads, views on climate change, & digital hate speech.
Covering politician-influencers, targeted ads, views on climate change, & digital hate speech.
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our new Postdocs @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social & @hannahdecker.bsky.social plus our current fellows @fprochazka.bsky.social & Maryam Khaleghipour present their research programs.
Covering politician-influencers, targeted ads, views on climate change, & digital hate speech.
Covering politician-influencers, targeted ads, views on climate change, & digital hate speech.
🌞DDC RESEARCH RETREAT TIME🌞
Our biannual research retreat in Nyborg by the sea is in full swing.
This time, we welcome a number of new faces as well as our various core members and cooperation partners, presenting & engaging with our interdisciplinary work.
Talking, walking, developing new ideas 💡
Our biannual research retreat in Nyborg by the sea is in full swing.
This time, we welcome a number of new faces as well as our various core members and cooperation partners, presenting & engaging with our interdisciplinary work.
Talking, walking, developing new ideas 💡
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🌞DDC RESEARCH RETREAT TIME🌞
Our biannual research retreat in Nyborg by the sea is in full swing.
This time, we welcome a number of new faces as well as our various core members and cooperation partners, presenting & engaging with our interdisciplinary work.
Talking, walking, developing new ideas 💡
Our biannual research retreat in Nyborg by the sea is in full swing.
This time, we welcome a number of new faces as well as our various core members and cooperation partners, presenting & engaging with our interdisciplinary work.
Talking, walking, developing new ideas 💡
🎓 DDC DISSERTATION UPDATE 🎓
Please welcome ✨Dr.✨ Emil Bakkensen Johansen, who today expertly defended his PhD Thesis on...
Complex Dynamics in Digital News Ecosystems: Collaboration and Imitation in the Age of Al
Please welcome ✨Dr.✨ Emil Bakkensen Johansen, who today expertly defended his PhD Thesis on...
Complex Dynamics in Digital News Ecosystems: Collaboration and Imitation in the Age of Al
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎓 DDC DISSERTATION UPDATE 🎓
Please welcome ✨Dr.✨ Emil Bakkensen Johansen, who today expertly defended his PhD Thesis on...
Complex Dynamics in Digital News Ecosystems: Collaboration and Imitation in the Age of Al
Please welcome ✨Dr.✨ Emil Bakkensen Johansen, who today expertly defended his PhD Thesis on...
Complex Dynamics in Digital News Ecosystems: Collaboration and Imitation in the Age of Al
🎓Introducing *DR.* Rasmus Schmøkel 🎓
Today, our incoming Postdoctoral Researcher / former PhD student @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social expertly defended his thesis...
The Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption:
The Power of Social Media as Democratic Infrastructure and its Potential for Public Value
Today, our incoming Postdoctoral Researcher / former PhD student @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social expertly defended his thesis...
The Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption:
The Power of Social Media as Democratic Infrastructure and its Potential for Public Value
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎓Introducing *DR.* Rasmus Schmøkel 🎓
Today, our incoming Postdoctoral Researcher / former PhD student @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social expertly defended his thesis...
The Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption:
The Power of Social Media as Democratic Infrastructure and its Potential for Public Value
Today, our incoming Postdoctoral Researcher / former PhD student @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social expertly defended his thesis...
The Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption:
The Power of Social Media as Democratic Infrastructure and its Potential for Public Value
New Semester, New Faces at the DDC! 😊😊😊
@hannescools.bsky.social is back to start his Marie Curie Fellowship!
We welcome our Postdoc @hannahdecker.bsky.social to the team!
And Maryam Khaleghipour (U of Vienna) who will be staying with us as guest researcher until mid-October.
Velkommen til @sdu.dk!
@hannescools.bsky.social is back to start his Marie Curie Fellowship!
We welcome our Postdoc @hannahdecker.bsky.social to the team!
And Maryam Khaleghipour (U of Vienna) who will be staying with us as guest researcher until mid-October.
Velkommen til @sdu.dk!
September 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New Semester, New Faces at the DDC! 😊😊😊
@hannescools.bsky.social is back to start his Marie Curie Fellowship!
We welcome our Postdoc @hannahdecker.bsky.social to the team!
And Maryam Khaleghipour (U of Vienna) who will be staying with us as guest researcher until mid-October.
Velkommen til @sdu.dk!
@hannescools.bsky.social is back to start his Marie Curie Fellowship!
We welcome our Postdoc @hannahdecker.bsky.social to the team!
And Maryam Khaleghipour (U of Vienna) who will be staying with us as guest researcher until mid-October.
Velkommen til @sdu.dk!
Danes are concerned about Big Tech’s influence on both their everyday lives and society as a whole – but few are willing to change their habits to limit the companies’ impact.
Read the new report from DDC to gain insights into Danes’ attitudes & actions:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
Read the new report from DDC to gain insights into Danes’ attitudes & actions:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
August 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Danes are concerned about Big Tech’s influence on both their everyday lives and society as a whole – but few are willing to change their habits to limit the companies’ impact.
Read the new report from DDC to gain insights into Danes’ attitudes & actions:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
Read the new report from DDC to gain insights into Danes’ attitudes & actions:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
Danskerne er bekymrede for tech-giganternes indflydelse på deres hverdag og på samfundet som helhed – men kun få er villige til at ændre deres vaner for at omgås virksomhedernes indflydelse.
Læs den nye rapport fra DDC:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
Læs den nye rapport fra DDC:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
August 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Danskerne er bekymrede for tech-giganternes indflydelse på deres hverdag og på samfundet som helhed – men kun få er villige til at ændre deres vaner for at omgås virksomhedernes indflydelse.
Læs den nye rapport fra DDC:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
Læs den nye rapport fra DDC:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...