Fellow @LSEMethodology | DPhil @oiioxford. Prev @UNESCAP, @SociologyOxford. 🐘: [email protected], bsky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/uLxR6YV76O

Oxford, United Kingdom
Joined July 2021
New doctor! Congratulations to OII DPhil student Dr Linda Li (@lli_donotpanic) who passed her viva yesterday. Her thesis is titled: ‘The role of automated agents in collective actions on social media: individuals, interactions and networks’.
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Ever wondered how social bots impact activism? 🤖🌍 Check out our new study rdcu.be/dZle5 @Nature @SciReports with @lli_donotpanic & @balazsvedres ! We found that bots push neutral or positive users to view @XRebellionUK more negatively See details below! ⬇️
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🎓Thinking of applying to a master’s or PhD in the Department of Methodology? Join our Virtual Open Events! 📚MSc Social Research Methods - Friday 15 November 2024, 11.30am-12.30pm 📚MSc Applied Social Data Science - Friday 15 November 2024, 1pm-2pm 📚PhD study in Methodology. Monday 18 November, 11.00am-12.00pm Register now👉shorturl.at/1OfM7
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Just published! 🎉 My latest paper, co-authored with @Orsi_Vasarhelyi and @balazsvedres, reveals the impact of social bots to human behaviour on online climate activism discourse 🤖. Now available in @SciReports from @SpringerNature. 🔗 Read it here: rdcu.be/dZle5
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New preprint is out! #Bots / AI activity affects online discourse, sentiment and engagement in online climate change, significantly and presistently. with @Orsi_Vasarhelyi and @balazsvedres Social bots sour activist sentiment without eroding engagement: arxiv.org/abs/2403.12904
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I am still looking for two #postdocs working in my new computational inequalities group in the beautiful city of Budapest: tinyurl.com/bp8hsd Join us at @LearningCCL or pls help to share this call!
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In a major collaboration between the British Academy and @AcadSocSciences, a new report sheds light on the tangible impact of UK SHAPE research on the wellbeing of society, culture and the economy, with analysis from @OxfordDemSci & @melindacmills thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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