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Professor Andreas Opdahl, one of Norway's leading experts in artificial intelligence (AI), is spearheading an ambitious initiative: Insight, a research center focused on AI in local democratic ecosystems. With a clear objective to develop technology that enhances local democracy, researchers and industry partners are now seeking funding from the Research Council of Norway.
Marija Slavkovik, Head of Department and Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Information and Media Studies (Infomedia), was recently awarded the “Publication of the Decade” award at the NORA Annual Conference 2024.
This autumn, CET researchers had three articles accepted for publication in Nature-journals. – This is a result of a dedicated focus on quality in publication over time, says CET Director Håvard Haarstad.
The 12th UiB AI seminar gathered researchers, students and other interested to hear about the challenges of adapting systems of artificial intelligence to human values and goals. There seems to be no quick fix.
«I was interested in finding out if queer boys and boys with a minority background used social media differently than the majority, and found that they stand out a bit,» UiB researcher John Magnus Dahl says.
"This week, the Media Cluster in Bergen is hosting an international workshop on design thinking, welcoming participants from Welsh Media Cymru. The event is the second part of a collaborative workshop series, with the first held in Cardiff last year. The workshop aims to promote innovation and creative problem-solving within the media industry.
The IMAGINE project has an open PhD position for candidates interested in researching people's attitudes toward new media technologies using statistical analysis.
Is withdrawal from social media platforms a viable strategy in the ongoing relational power negotiations between public service media and platforms?
Associate professor Erik Knudsen won the Best Paper Award at this year's conference with Norsk Medieforskerlag
ERC PREPARE's PI professor Hallvard Moe will act as scientific advisor for the new Journalist panel in KODEM - Coordinated online panels for research on democracy and governance.
How do we imagine artificial intelligence? Researchers from Infomedia have received support from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to explore this timely question.
Digital disconnection isn’t just a physical act. For youth, affective reactions play an important part in how they deal with their digital connectivity.
PREPARE visits the annual ECREA conference to present papers on public connection and sensemaking.
The podcast enters its third season, sharing the research from CDN.
One of UiB's leading AI researchers, Marija Slavkovik, thinks there is a cost to not leaning into artificial intelligence.
The rapid advancement of AI research and technology has led to a corresponding emphasis on ethical oversight, with the role of ethics chairs becoming increasingly prominent at scientific conferences. Marija Slavkovik encourages the community to discussion on their effectiveness.
PREPARE has published a new discussion paper in Political Communication titled "Defending Democracy: Prioritizing the Study of Epistemic Inequalities".
The PREPARE project is looking for an ambitious scholar who wants to help develop a new agenda for researching citizens’ relations to the public sphere.
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