I am pleased to invite you to a lunch talk next week: Francesco Preta: "Who Owns the Vector? A Critical Genealogy of Vector Space Theory", with a comment by Julian A. Morgan (HU Berlin). 8 July 2026, 2–3:30 pm @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social All welcome! More information can be found below:

Francesco Preta: Who Owns the Vector? A Critical Genealogy of Vector Space Theory

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@sberg.bsky.social & ich haben das bald auch auf deutsch bei @suhrkamp.de erscheinende Buch „The Means of Prediction“ von M. Kasy gelesen und über Fragen von Macht, Demokratie und KI nachgedacht. Zum Text gehts hier👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Soziopolis@soziopolis.bsky.social · last mo.

In „The Means of Prediction” wirft @maxkasy.bsky.social einen kritischen Blick auf Machtfragen rund um KI. @sberg.bsky.social und @annkoster.bsky.social haben das Buch gelesen und setzen es in ihrem Literaturessay zu anderen Debattenbeiträgen ins Verhältnis. www.soziopolis.de/its-the-obje...

Vergangene Woche hat Adrian Daub sein neues Buch "Was das Valley herrschen nennt" bei uns am Weizenbaum-Institut vorgestellt 📖 Vielen Dank an @adriandaub.bsky.social für den einsichtsreichen Vortrag, @sberg.bsky.social für die Organisation und dem Publikum für die interessante Diskussion! 💭

On 5 June, a full-day #workshop, organised by @jeah.bsky.social & @jupohle.bsky.social, brings together researchers & practitioners to explore how digitalisation reconfigures power, governance & democracy. How can we conceptualise power in digital societies? Lean more 👉 www.wzb.eu/en/node/89924

Workshop:

Final Conference of the Research Group “Politics of Digitalisation” -- The final conference of the research group “Politics of Digitalisation” brings together researchers and practitioners...

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The research group @digipolicy.bsky.social at @wzb.bsky.social takes stock of over 10 years of research on digitalisation, power & democracy. The conference opens with a panel with Robin Mansell, @thothiel.bsky.social & Jamal Shahin. Moderated by @jeah.bsky.social 4 Jun 👉 www.wzb.eu/en/events/pa...

Wie beeinflussen Wissenschaft und Technik das Nachdenken über die Zukunft? Florian Irgmaiers Soziologie der Konstruktion von Möglichkeitshorizonten liefert Antworten. „Topographien des Machbaren“ erscheint im August bei @transcript-verlag.bsky.social www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-8...

Wir laden ein: Vortrag & Diskussion zum Buch „Was das Valley herrschen nennt” von @adriandaub.bsky.social. Er zeigt, wie Tech-Eliten Macht denken, legitimieren und zunehmend politischen Einfluss ausüben. 📅 01.06.2026, 16-18 Uhr 📍 Weizenbaum-Institut ➡️ Mehr Infos und Anmeldung: tinyurl.com/yc2mxd7h

Our WZB research group, “Politics of Digitalization,” is wrapping up with a final conference, “Digital Power and Democratic Futures,” on June 4–5. So excited to meet and reflect on how digitalization is reshaping power, governance, & democracy—and what it means to study these processes critically.

Letzte Woche durften wir @annanosthoff.bsky.social für einen Workshop und Austausch zu ihrem Buch „Kybernetik & Kritik" am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social begrüßen 📖💡 Danke an Anna, Sandra Sieron, @sberg.bsky.social & @katrinbecker.eu für die Diskussion, sowie an das zahlreich erschienene Publikum!

How did Twitter turn from a mainstream platform into the far-right-aligned network it is today? @claraigk.bsky.social, @gorwa.ca & João C. Magalhães just published a new paper analyzing this institutional change—a process they term "platform illiberalism." 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Great Sysop: Elon Musk, X, and the emergence of platform illiberalism - João C. Magalhães, Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa, 2026

This article discusses Twitter’s mutation into X under Elon Musk, analyzing its shift from a mainstream platform to a far-right-aligned space. Through a novel c...

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Join us to discuss @annanosthoff.bsky.social's new book "Kybernetik und Kritik" with Anna, @katrinbecker.eu, @sberg.bsky.social and Sandra Sieron. The workshop is public and will take place in German at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. Register here: cloud.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/ap...

📅 The keynote took place as part of the workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20.11. at the Weizenbaum Institute.

Für unser Panel zu digitaler Staatlichkeit suchen @annkoster.bsky.social, Johannes Haaf (@goetheuni.bsky.social), Lea Watzinger & ich spannende Beiträge von Technokratie über Digitalität, KI zu digitaler Souveränität oder Verwaltungsdigitalisierung @wzb.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

Theorieblog@theorieblog.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Wie bereits angekündigt, geht der Theoriekongress im nächsten Jahr in die zweite Runde: Vom 05. – 07. Oktober 2026 wird er unter dem Titel „Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation“ an der Universität Passau stattfinden.... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30240

Keynote Invitation 💬💡 We are happy to be joined by @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social who will hold a public Keynote on "The Power of AI: From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms" as part of our workshop 📅 Nov. 20th, 18:30pm, Berlin Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Keynote Invitation 💬💡 We are happy to be joined by @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social who will hold a public Keynote on "The Power of AI: From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms" as part of our workshop 📅 Nov. 20th, 18:30pm, Berlin Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....

"Die Verbreitung von #Desinformation ist nicht das Resultat neuer #Medien, #Algorithmen und #KI, sondern sie ist Ausdruck der Erosion von Vertrauen in die #Demokratie", machte @jeah.bsky.social im Forum Medienzukunft deutlich. Das Transkript ihres Vortrags gibt es hier: medien.epd.de/article/3479

"Eine erzählende Gegenmacht" - epd medien

Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Jeanette Hofmann hat beim Forum Medienzukunft der Medienanstalt Hessen über den engen Zusammenhang von Desinformatio

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🚨Deadline approaching for this years' PlatGov: abstracts welcome till Sept 2nd! Great chance to pitch your research and connect with wonderful people. @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @digipolicy.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social

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Working on platform governance? Join for PlatGovNet 2025 Free online conference Dec 1-2 Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2 Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area. Glad to be part of organizing it Details: platgov.net/conferences/...

Looking forward to your abstract submissions for our workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20-21 Novemeber! Further details: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/events-1/...

Looking forward to your abstract submissions for our workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20-21 Novemeber! Further details: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/events-1/...

Great to speak with @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social about the sustainability issues with generative AI when I was in Berlin recently!

AI & Sustainability: Science Fiction vs. Climate Change

In the debate about using AI for public good and combating climate change, tech-critic Paris Marx wants us to fundamentally challenge the ideologies the technology has been built on.

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Am 20./21.11.25 veranstalten wir am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social einen Workshop zum Thema "GenAI&Power". Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen, die eine theoretische & konzeptionelle Perspektive auf das Wechselverhältnis von GenAI&Macht werfen. Alle Infos zum Workshop finden sich im CfA:

Thank you @robyncaplan.bsky.social for visiting us in Berlin and giving a wonderful presentation on your recent research! Last week we hosted Duke University's Robyn Caplan for her talk on why big (social) media companies have changed their self-descriptive narrative, and why that matters.

Brand new TechDo Digest from the @digipolicy.bsky.social research group "Technology, Power, and Domination" @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social and @wzb.bsky.social: www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/917

📣 Call for abstracts: Workshop on Generative AI & the Faces of Power, Nov 20-21 at the Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin Does your work deal with theoretical questions surrounding GenAI and power? Submit your proposals (ca. 500 words) by Aug 15! 👉 Full call: cloud.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/s/...

Working on platform governance? Join for PlatGovNet 2025 Free online conference Dec 1-2 Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2 Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area. Glad to be part of organizing it Details: platgov.net/conferences/...

Tomorrow! 📅 We will welcome Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social (Duke University) for her talk on why media companies have changed their rhetorical narratives in the light of new regulation policies. 📍 Weizenbaum Institute, Hardenbergstr. 32, 10623 🕥 11:30-13:00 (originally 11am) 📝Sign up below

🎤♻️ At our event “Sustainable AI: Narratives and Impacts” @paulschuetze.bsky.social‬ (Uni Osnabrueck) and @parismarx.com‬ (@techwontsave.us‬) discussed if and how #AI can be a leap forward in the sustainability project or if it is reproducing the status quo. 📺 Full recording: buff.ly/XJKPPHe

Paul Schütze, Paris Marx: Sustainable AI: Narratives and Impacts

Can AI really help save the planet—or is it just another resource-hungry illusion? In the light of ambitions to shape sustainable societies, where the needs ...

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Why media companies now insist they are media companies, and why that matters 🌐🏢 Duke University assistant professor Robyn Caplan (@robyncaplan.bsky.social) will present her research on this exact topic 💬 24 June 2025, 11:00-12:30, WI Please sign up here: survey.lamapoll.de/Why-media-co...

🤩 Only 2 days until #WIConf25 Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies! Don’t miss one of the highlights: Our Roundtable on Democracy and Media in Europe w/ Jeffrey Wimmer, @nicocarpentier.bsky.social, Merja Mahrt and Maren Hartmann. 👉 buff.ly/firE4Gx