We just received the warmest welcome as new fellows of the Center for Reproducible Science (CRS) here at UZH 🥳(@philippesloksnath.bsky.social) Its amazing to be part of an exciting group of researchers that push for reproducible and trustworthy research practices: www.crs.uzh.ch

Great article www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI

The long read: Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists...

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The Davos Tech Summit was actual fun! A great opportunity to connect with researchers, industry and governmental representatives. Thanks @uzhai.bsky.social for the opportunity to attend #Davos_Tech_Summit 2026.

It was a pleasure to attend this years #ICA26 in #Capetown. I presented some work at #ica_cat: are people willing to delegate moral decisions to AI systems? In short, yes, and when they do, they share the moral responsibility between them and the AI system. Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Call for Authors 📣 Contribute to the Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) – thematic call on Digital Publics! We invite variable entries for the analysis of digital publics (manual & automated approaches). 🔗 Full call: t.uzh.ch/1Wn #DigitalPublics #ContentAnalysis #CommResearch

Happy to be part of this, together with @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social and other scholars from Switzerland and beyond!

Media Psychology & Methods@mepsyme.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Have you conducted a content analysis and want to share your variable operationalizations? Or are you about to start one? If so, check out DOCA: a great openscience initiative offering a shared database of content-analytical variables for communication science. ➡️ www.hope.uzh.ch/doca

The Media Psychology & Methods Team wishes you a good end to 2025! The year was special for us: We started as a team, had our first retreat, conferences, teaching, and christmas party (together with the sci comm team). Off to new adventures! (But until then: Winter break ❄️☕️🦦)

Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well. - U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness - Education still matters (a lot) - 45% of older people live alone - Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1