📢Thu 16/7 in @euds.europarl.europa.eu 🕒 09.30 – 12.00 🕹️Countering drone systems 🗣️ w/ Georgios Giannopoulos, JRC @ec.europa.eu 🔍How algorithms fuel polarisation & affect democracy 🗣️w/ @scharfbillig.bsky.social, JRC @ec.europa.eu 💻Google AI Overviews, publishers’ revenue & media freedom 1/2

It was a real pleasure to present to the next generation of excellent researchers.

Center for Adaptive Rationality (MPIB, Berlin)@arc-mpib.bsky.social · last mo.

That's a wrap on the 23rd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social). Eight days of ECRs from around the world thinking about rationality, cognition, and decision-making. 1/🧵👇

That's a wrap on the 23rd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social). Eight days of ECRs from around the world thinking about rationality, cognition, and decision-making. 1/🧵👇

Carney: The new world order will be built from Europe. Canada is the most European of non-European countries, and we are transforming our cooperation with the EU ... In a more dangerous and divided world, Canada has chosen to build and work in partnership with Europe.

@scharfbillig.bsky.social, Analyst with the @ec.europa.eu, discusses “the Fantasy Industrial Complex” of disinformation production. 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit. youtu.be/EFMEnOzz1es?...

Mario Scharfbillig, Analyst, European Commission, discusses the "Fantasy Industrial Complex"

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit

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"Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space". If you work on democracy, misinformation and platforms, you cannot miss this JRC report led by @scharfbillig.bsky.social & @lewan.bsky.social. 🔗 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

It was a pleasure to present our new report at this great conference. Read more here joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and...

Fractured reality: how algorithms fuel polarisation and affect democracy

Attention-driven business models and foreign control over key online platforms challenge EU democracy.

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Alan Jagolinzer@jagolinzer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Mario Scharfbillig (@scharfbillig.bsky.social), Science for Policy Analyst, European Commission, discusses the business-financial and geopolitical incentives behind the "Fantasy Industrial Complex." Cambridge Disinformation Summit www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFME...

Trust in Democratic Institutions is increasingly seen as the fundamental underpinning of democracy. How public institutions use scientific evidence can help earn public trust but needs to be done right. Report from @scharfbillig.bsky.social knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/projects-act...

Trust in Science for Policy Nexus - Knowledge for policy - European Commission

The “Trust in Science for Policy Nexus" workshop, held in Ispra, Italy, on September 12-13, 2024, convened by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the International Science Council, and co...

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This looks important. 👇 The summary thread makes a couple of interesting point. One of the key points, in my opinion, is the focus on old social media users — rather than the obsessive focus on youth.

Stephan Lewandowsky@lewan.uk · 4mo ago

🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇 1/10

Must-read from my colleague @scharfbillig.bsky.social with @lewan.bsky.social et al. Democracy depends on a certain degree of shared reality. The attention economy delivers ever more bespoke realities. The report sets out why and proposes how to deliver a pro-democracy information space.

Stephan Lewandowsky@lewan.uk · 4mo ago

🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇 1/10

🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇 1/10

📣 Applications for the 23rd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality are now open! ✨Join us in Berlin @arc-mpib.bsky.social June 08–16, 2026, to explore the topic of “Decision Making in the Age of AI”. ✏️ More details + application form (deadline: March 16): www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...

1) This public attitudes to science report contains troubling (but familiar) insights about public relationships with science. It reinforces what I and others have been saying about a deteriorating relationship between science and society marked by conflict, ambivalence & uncertainty. pas.ipsos.com

We have chosen to fight.

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨 Just in: the European Commission has slapped a €2.95 billion fine on Google for breaching EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry #adtech. The fine comes amid Trump’s tariff threats against countries that regulate Big Tech.

Brilliant response about what the real harms of misinformation are for democracies. @lewan.bsky.social @sachaltay.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @sebavalenz.bsky.social

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · last yr.

🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face. www.cato.org/policy-analy...

🚨 New preprint out! Excited to introduce ValuesML, the largest expert-annotated multilingual dataset for detecting human values in political texts and news. 🔍 2,648 texts | 9 languages | 74,231 sentences 🧠 Annotated by 74 values scholars osf.io/preprints/ps... #NLP #PoliticalPsychology #Values

Amazing opportunity and…All this work is effectively banned in the U.S. now…. So American political communication colleagues you should snap this up!

Mario Scharfbillig@scharfbillig.bsky.social · last yr.

We are hiring! Deadline 14 May. This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking. What we work on: - protecting democracy - fighting disinformation - countering polarisation - improving evidence informed policymaking recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881

We are hiring! Deadline 14 May. This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking. What we work on: - protecting democracy - fighting disinformation - countering polarisation - improving evidence informed policymaking recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881

Exciting Milestone: Our Report Featured in Nature! ✨ www.nature.com/articles/d41... Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature. With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida

Some more ideas on how to tackle this most urgent problem from @scharfbillig.bsky.social and others at the Joint Research Centre and elsewhere in this recent paper. www.linkedin.com/posts/mario-...

Trust in science for policy Nexus - Publications Office of the EU | Mario Scharfbillig

🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍 In recent months, we’ve seen mounting challenges and attacks on science, with policymakers and scientists struggling to find the right responses. W...

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🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍 Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally. We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus." dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...

Trust in science for policy Nexus - Publications Office of the EU

The "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus" workshop, held in Ispra, Italy, on September 12-13, 2024, convened by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the International Science Cou...

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Soo, puh, heute ist so ein Tag wo ein Meeting das nächste jagt, kaum möglich mal durchzuschnaufen. Aber jetzt habe ich mir einen Kaffee geholt und möchte mit Euch eine wirklich tolle Resource teilen: Taadaa: Das Competence Framework des JRC von der EU Kommission. ➡️ Thread

Congrats to @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @hugoreasoning.bsky.social for setting out both sides of this important argument so well. We really need that adversarial collaboration to get to the bottom of this and give the best possible advice to policymakers. podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/e...

Is the Misinformation Crisis Overblown?

Podcast Episode · Entanglements, by Undark · 09/12/2024 · 31m

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How can we improve the uptake of scientific evidence in policymaking and politics? We asked 500 professionals working at the science for policy interface for their experiences and insights. 👇 Here is our study.

giuseppe cannata@giuseppec98.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 New JRC report out! How to harness the potential of science-for-policy (S4P) ecosystems in the EU? This exploratory survey of ∼500 S4P professionals sheds light on the main challenges. Scientists and policymakers are eager to collaborate but need better tools and support. 1/

▶️ Want to do research with data from X, LinkedIn and soon @bsky.app? ❗ Want to shape the #RulesForReseachers for access to this data? The @eucommission.bsky.social consults you on the rules to access data under the #DSA 📝 Deadline Dec, 10 (extended): digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

First day on #Bluesky, first post. 📯 We are looking for 600 scientists in various disciplines to join our team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission! Deadline for application 10 December. Come and join us. 👇 europa.eu/!Gcjwkp #science #science4policy #career #EUJobs