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ZeMKI is taking part in the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026 today. Under the motto ‘Opening up worlds – sharing knowledge’, the university is offering insights into research, study programmes and academic projects on campus.

Dr. Priyanka Pereira is a postdoctoral researcher in the Lab Media & Education and in the Lab Socio-Technical Systems and Critical Data Studies at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI). Since May 2026, she is working within the project “Tools or Masters? On the hidden curriculum of AI appropriation in schools”, together with Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Priyanka Pereira as a new member of ZeMKI and look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

The Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) has published the report “The Role of AI in Counterspeech: Potentials and Risks,” co-authored by Cornelius Puschmann from ZeMKI. The study explores how artificial intelligence can be used to support counterspeech, that is digital responses to hate speech and disinformation.

The 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) will take place from June 2 to 8 in Cape Town, South Africa. This year’s conference is themed “Communication and Inequalities in Context” and will (…)

ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner was recently a guest on a Deutschlandfunk program hosted by Kevin Barth. The segment focused on Kika’s soccer broadcasts, in which children serve as presenters.

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Emilija Gagrčin will be the keynote speaker at the opening panel of ECREA26.

As part of the P1 ComAI project “Pioneer Communities: Imagining ComAI and its Possible Futures”, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp has published the article “The Imaginative Landscape of AI: Locating Silicon Valley’s ‘quiet futuring’” in the Media, Culture & Society Journal. The article is open-access and is freely available to everyone.

Imane El Qochairi is a PhD candidate and researcher at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen. She is part of the research project “Fostering Digital Pan-Africanism in (…)

Chiara Spiniello is a postdoctoral researcher at ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen. Her research lies at the intersection of political science, comparative public law, and digital governance, with a (…)

 In April, ZeMKI launched a new international and transdisciplinary research initiative titled “Fostering Digital Pan-Africanism in AI Governance through Evidence and Action“ (AI PAN-AFRICANISM). The project is funded by VolkswagenStiftung in their ‘Change! Fellowship’ line (…)

Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika is a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and co-lead of the Data Workers’ Inquiry project. With extensive fieldwork experience across Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, and other African countries, Dr. (…)

ZeMKI members Dr. Dennis Redeker and Dr. Chiara Spiniello contributed to the 2nd Annual Conference of the Horizon Europe project REMIT (Reignite Multilateralism via Technology), held at Luiss Università di Roma in Rome on 15-16 (…)