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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just returned from the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme at UC Berkeley — two intellectually intense and energising weeks with PhD researchers and leading scholars from around the world.
Thanks to @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for creating such a generous environment!

Photo shows me in seminar room participating in discussions

Photo shows six persons including me standing in front of the South Hall building where summer school took place

Title page of my power point presentation containing my name, the titel and an AI generated image of bots, humans, and cyborgs.

Group photo with all participants of the summer school on the stairs of South Hall with the tower in the background

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Jul 26

Early bird registration closes on 1 August! Safe your spot especially if you’re presenting or participating in the doctoral colloquium!

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Jun 16

Did we mention registration for #AoIR2025 is now open? 😉

aoir.org/aoir2025/

Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Jul 16

Such a great kick of and welcoming reception yesterday here by @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social School of Information. It‘s great to be part of this year‘s Oxford - Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programm alongside so many dedicated doctoral candidates!

Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Jul 15

Great to see the @oii.ox.ac.uk @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social School of Information Summer Doctoral Programme 2025 in full swing with students enjoying last nights’ welcome reception following talks from @dbamman.bsky.social, John Chuang and @kathryneccles.bsky.social on day one. 1/4

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Jul 7

NEW: LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Dr Daria Onitiu, @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social. Read the blog post: 1/3 bit.ly/4lpzZrp

OII | LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to Oxford researchers

Whether it is merely long-term hype or near-term reality, Large Language Models (LLMs) in medicine are well-positioned to engage with a wide range of medical tasks and be used for medical research pur...

bit.ly

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BCMCR Events @bcmcr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our first panel 'Non-Human and Transgressive Bodies' explores different ideas of what our bodies can be, both online and offline, with topics ranging from online communication and veganism to recontexualising religious texts #TIS25

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BCMCR Events @bcmcr.bsky.social · Jun 17

We are officially live! Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities conference has now kicked off with our opening remarks by conference co-chairs Dr Poppy Wilde and Dr Matt Grimes! #TIS25
@poppywilde.bsky.social

Keep an eye on here to hear about the panels of our conference for the next two days!

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · May 6

I am officially part of @aoir.bsky.social exec!! Thank you to all who voted and @tomdivon.bsky.social for the encouragement ✨

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · May 6

Your 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee!

President: Sarah Roberts
Vice President: Andra Siibak
Immediate Past President: Nicholas John
Secretary: Nathalie Schäfer
Treasurer: Robert W. Gehl
Graduate Student Rep: Lynrose Jane Genon
Open Seats: Admire Mare, Rebecca Scharlach, & Meg Jing Zeng.

Here is your 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee,
taking office in October 2025!

President (elected as Vice President in the 2023 Election): Sarah Roberts, UCLA, USA

Vice President (becomes President in two years):
Andra Siibak, University of Tartu, Estonia

Immediate Past President (elected as Vice President in the 2021 Election): Nicholas John, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Secretary: Nathalie Schäfer,
Weimar University, Germany

Treasurer: Robert W. Gehl, York University, Canada

Graduate Student Representative:
Lynrose Jane Genon, QUT, Australia

Open Seats: Admire Mare, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Rebecca Scharlach, University of Bremen, Germany; and Meg Jing Zeng, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Apr 23

Every current paid AoIR member should have received instructions by email about how to vote in elections for the next AoIR Executive Committee.

AoIR is made of people.
AoIR members get to choose them.
Please vote.

(Polls will remain open until 12:00 noon, U.S. Eastern Time, May 1 2025.)

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Apr 24

I‘m trying to update the age in the personal settings of a company‘s #instagram account. I received the notification that my age could not be verified and I should try it again in 3 months. Do you have similar experience and/or ideas what to do?

#instagram #age #verification

Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Mar 30

Good news: I get the chance to present my research at this year’s BCMCR conference on „Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities“ in June!

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Feb 12

Congratulations! That sounds super interesting. Can’t wait to read it 🙌

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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · Jan 18

Submissions are now open for #AoIR2025, taking place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University) in Niterói, Brazil, from October 15th to 18th 2025.

Submissions are due by 1st March 2025.

aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Jan 9

Aren’t we (who research the internet) all internet historians?

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 7

It’s also such a cool design!

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Finally out!! This special issue features my article “1001 followers in 20 days. Framing the use of fame-enhancing bots on Instagram” investigating the practice of botting through the lens of transgressive play. @polityinstabook Open access: https://t.co/yDmLj6lnBT

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Finally this thought-provoking, great article is published. Highly recommend it! 🤩 https://twitter.com/andairamf/status/1762296556592709686

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Our open access book „Szenen kritischer Relationalität“ edited by @charlottebolwin, Jasmin Degeling, Gabriel Geffert, @thetousle, @gerrahn, @KatSchwerzmann and myself is out now @meson_press !!

https://meson.press/books/szenen-kritischer-relationalitaet/

Szenen kritischer Relationalität

meson.press

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Cordial invitation to participate in the concluding conference "Reckoning With Everything - Mit Allem Rechnen" of the NOMIS research project "THE NEW REAL" in March 2024 in Weimar!

https://t.co/hIlpL3J3u7

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Look forward to presenting this Friday at the ECF conference „Growing Virtuality“ of the #SFB1567 at @ruhrunibochum. I will talk about the anthropomediality of the practice of using fame-enhancing bots on Instagram. 🤖 https://twitter.com/SFB1567/status/1721493117147197485

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Back from NY and Philly where I presented my research on the bot police at AoIR 2023 ! It was a great conference and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone next year in Sheffield! #AoIR2023

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you @politybooks ! Looking forward to reading this 🤩 #AoIR2023

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Join me for this panel tomorrow! #AoIR2023 https://twitter.com/rscarlets/status/1715416306084704400

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Sharing a blog post by @snurb_dot_info about our great bot panel at #AoIR2023 https://twitter.com/snurb_dot_info_/status/1715105978432004188

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hello Philly! What a nice reception at the stadium with lovely Mexican fans and a good soccer game #AoIR2023

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Nathalie Schäfer @nathalierimb.bsky.social · Dec 5

After a first get together in New York with some of my favourite colleagues from the #DMRC, we’re heading to Philly tomorrow. So happy and excited that #AoIR2023 is finally there! 🤩

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