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In the "Science Goes Public" format, ZeMKI members Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Dr. Stephanie Geise, and Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger will speak about research in the field of gaming on November 13, 2025, at 8:30 p.m. The three ZeMKI professors will demonstrate why computer games are serious research subjects!

This year's protest research conference, entitled “Protests and Social Movements between Innovation and Tradition,” will take place from October 1 to October 2, 2025, at the Forum am Domshof in Bremen. ZeMKI will be represented with numerous presentations.

On Saturday, 26.07.2025, ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise will give a presentation titled „Politik wirkt – aber wie? Wie Bilder und Texte unser politisches Denken und Handeln beeinflussen“ at the Haus der Wissenschaft and will talk about how exactly visual and linguistic messages are processed in political media content and what role they play in shaping political opinion.

ZeMKI member Dr. Sabine Reich and Jun. Prof. Dr. Marko Bachl (FU Berlin) have published a new research, investigating the impact of sexist incivil comments on women’s discursive participation in political online spaces.

ZeMKI members Prof. Dr. Stephanie Geise and Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger each contribute to the debate on AI-generated images and synthetic imagery in the current issue of DGPuK's Aviso, curated by Prof. Katharina Lobinger (Lugano).

From over 150 applications, the steering committee of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen selected five researchers who will work together with at least two ZeMKI labs in interdisciplinary research for four weeks each until the end of 2025.

ZeMKI member Stephanie Geise talks about how images can manipulate our thoughts, especially when it comes to political election campaigns, in the new part of the buten un binnen thematic week “Denken & Gedanken“ on February 27.

In an interview with the University of Bremen's online magazine, ZeMKI member Professor Dr. Stephanie Geise reports on how dangerous AI-generated images can be for democracy and what measures can ensure transparency and integrity.

ZeMKI member Prof. doctor Stephanie Geise in the current article by "buten un binnen" examining how the top candidates of the Bremen parties design their campaign strategies on social media.

Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI.

Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'!

Numerous ZeMKI members will be presenting their research at the 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).