Archive: Research Projects
Between criticism and campaigning: On the strategic use of media hostility in digital crisis discourse (CRASH – Crisis And Strategic Hostility)
The project analyses how anti-media messages spread in digital public spheres during crises, which actors are involved, and how AI-supported chatbot interventions can help counter disinformation campaigns.
Development of AI-supported conversation training to foster democratic exchange (DemocraGPT)
The research project DemocraGPT examines how large language models can support people in challenging political conversations, reduce reactance, and strengthen democratic conversational culture.
The bidt-Digitalbarometer
“The bidt-Digitalbarometer” provides population survey data on digital transformation in Germany.
AIffectiveness: Effectiveness of Generative AI Tutors in Higher Education (AIffectiveness)
The project accompanies the introduction and use of the generative AI tool “OneTutor” at universities in Bavaria to investigate its influence on students’ learning behaviour and academic success. By conducting quantitative…
AI in Journalism: The Impact of Generative AI on Objectivity and Dialogic Openness in Climate Debates (KI-JOURNALISMUS)
The project is investigating how AI in climate protection can help to increase the willingness to accept messages and promote an objective debate with counter-arguments.
Algorithmic Bias From a User Perspective: Assessment, Impact, Interventions (ADUBAI)
Texts and pictures created with generative AI can be heavily biased against women and minorities. The aim of this project is to gain insight into the phenomenon, its effects, and potential countermeasures.
Self-Regulated and skilled interaction with generative AI: Diagnosis and training (SekoKI)
From the perspective of self-regulated learning, the project investigates which competences students have for interacting with generative AI and how they use them.
Authoritarian AI: How Large Language Models (LLMs) Align With Russia’s Propaganda (AI-PROP)
This project investigates how, and with what consequences, are LLMs developed under strict oversight and censorship in contemporary Russia. And what impact do authoritarian data (tainted by censorship) have as they are fed into…
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Elections: Uses, Preferences, and Trust (AI-Wahlkampf)
The project analyses how German political parties use generative AI, its influence on election campaigns and on public trust.
Using AI to Increase Resilience against Toxicity in Online Entertainment (ToxicAInment)
This project brings together theories of entertainment, visual communication and toxic speech to understand how and why toxicity becomes more permissible when it is masked as entertainment.