HRI Member Antonio Capozio, and a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, is delivering a talk online TODAY at 12:30-1:15pm, looking at Spinal Stimulation to Promote Recovery of Upper Limb Function after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Link to join here ➡️ shorturl.at/ddpHj

I am stoked that European Research Council (ERC) is funding my research on Designing Social Media Recommendation Algorithms for Societal Good (DeSiRe)! With a team of researchers working with me Uni Graz/University of Graz we will try to figure out how to make social media better. What are we going to do? 🧵 1/14

I've been invited by the National Education Union to attend the Labour Party Conference, to a roundtable on the topic of: Is social media hurting our children?The event convenes policy experts, MPs & NEU General Secretary to discuss impacts of social media

I don't think I've ever resonated more with an image in my life

📢 We are honoured to have Sonia Livingstone and Payal Arora as keynote speakers at our annual CIES conference #CIES2025 and Presidential Address by Susan Robertson. Don't miss out on our fabulous keynote speakers. Only 5 DAYS left to submit your proposal!

Oxford University has announced the establishment of the Human-Centered AI Lab (HAI Lab), a pioneering research initiative supported by the Cosmos Institute. This ground-breaking lab will create a space for technologists and philosophers to collaborate on translating

Enormous congratulations to Tim Cartwright on a successful PhD viva today! Very well deserved.

Not sure what the collective noun is for a collection of EHU Psychology neuroscientists, but what an excellent array of people representing us at Liverpool Neuroscience Day!

Huge congratulations to one of our researchers, Tim, who successfully defended their PhD today

We had a really good conversation about kids, phones and algorithms this morning on Ireland AM

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Mike Males’ new s**st*ck post on Jonathan Haidt’s part 1 criticisms of my meta-analyses on #socialmedia is now up (link in followup post). Males notes that, even taken at face value, Haidt’s reanalysis doesn’t meet the evidentiary threshold for hypothesis support. I appreciate

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The last one is a visual representation of me swerving yet another invitation to review papers for a MDPI journal...

I'll be recruiting a graduate student to start in Fall 2025 at Penn State! Looking for applicants interested in creativity, cognitive neuroscience, AI, psychometrics, learning/creativity in education. See below for application info and please share 🙂 psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/prosp…

In a new correspondence in nature, I argue that regulations should mandate data access for social media researchers: nature.com/articles/d4158…

Reflections from our #DigitalChild researchers today after a #socialmediaban was announced by Anthony Albanese Tama Leaver ➡️ @[email protected] says: "Age-based bans simply defer today’s challenges until tomorrow, solving nothing." Curtin Media

🌍 Our 5Rights Youth Ambassadors are leading the charge for a safer digital world! Over 200 children and young people from 50+ countries are transforming the digital world into a safer and more empowering space💻 Learn more about their mission: 5rightsfoundation.com/in-action/5rig…

Members of the Digital Good Network management team have contributed a paper to a new collection of essays commissioned by the The British Academy under its #DigitalSociety research theme. digitalgood.net/contributing-t…