ZeMKI-News

ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter discusses the risks, but also the opportunities that AI systems can offer in the classroom in an interview with Lisa Duncan of the Weser-Kurier.

On the afternoon of 8 July 2026, members of ZeMKI gathered at Linzer Straße 4 for the ZeMKI Research Day 2026. This internal event format provides a forum for presenting ongoing projects from the eleven ZeMKI Labs, discussing methodological issues and bringing together perspectives across the boundaries of the individual Labs.

On 8 July 2026, the ZeMKI Research Day at the Linzer Straße 4 site segued directly into the ZeMKI Summer Party. Following the day’s academic programme, the discussions moved outdoors and continued there in an informal setting.

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!

We are delighted to announce that our ZeMKI member Hannah Marie Büttner successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Social Movement Power in Digitally Networked Protest: A Study of Anti-Covid Communities on Telegram,” on May 5, 2026.

Since 2023, the research project We The (Social) Media (WTSM) has been examining how social movements use social networks and which challenges arise in the process.

ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter and Paola Lopez publish their new work "The double edge of communicative AI: continuity and disruption in higher education".

For 2026, the ZeMKI Steering Committee has selected seven international visiting scholars as part of the Visiting Research Fellowship program. Each fellow will spend at least four weeks collaborating with selected ZeMKI Labs.

On February 10, ZeMKI members Paula Goerke, Jule Jensen, and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter will speak  12 p.m. at UC Berkeley about “AI and Student Experience in German Universities” as part of a lecture series funded by the Center for Studies in Higher Education.

On January 20, 2026, ZeMKI member Andreas Breiter was a guest at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) special event entitled “Trustworthy AI: From Data Collection to Organizational Embedding in Educational Settings.”

On the occasion of ChatGPT's third anniversary, ZeMKI member Andreas Breiter explains what the spread of AI tools means for education.