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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Aug 27

It was great to chat with Lisa Bonos @washingtonpost.com about the promise and perils of domestic automation. @oii.ox.ac.uk @wadhamcollege.bsky.social

Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Aug 22

@katyahe.bsky.social shared her view on AI apps that help manage domestic workloads with @washingtonpost.com.

While apps might be efficient, using them “doesn’t change the underlying inequality” in how women often manage more household logistics than men do.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Tired of meal planning or nagging your spouse? Outsource it to a machine.

Some busy parents are adopting AI apps that help with meal-planning or parenting to reduce the mental load and arguments that come with running a household.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brendan Churchill @brenchurchill.bsky.social · Jun 25

This is a great opportunity to work Nicole who does some pretty cool stuff on divorce and wealth using quant data. Share widely.

Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025

👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...

#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Jun 9

Happening today! Looking forward to welcoming Dr Madeleine Steeds, @ucdischool.bsky.social and Dr Rebecca Swift, @gettyimages.com delivering the OII Pride Lecture. Monday 9 June 13.00-14.00 BST. Join us in-person @wadhamcollege.bsky.social or online. Register now! bit.ly/4472Lqy

UCDiSchool - UCD School of Information & Communication Studies @ucdischool.bsky.social · Jun 5

🗣️ Dr Madeleine Steeds, assist prof in @ucdischool.bsky.social, is giving a keynote speech at the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk, titled: "Queer Joy as a Digital Good: Centring Joy in Research"

🗓️9th of June, 1:00pm-2:00pm
📍Event is hybrid

🔜Register: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · May 6

📊 New research led by Luisa Fassi (@fassiluisa.bsky.social) and involving Prof Andy Przybylski (@shuhbillskee.bsky.social) of the OII reveals that adolescents with mental health conditions engage with social media differently than their peers.

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · May 6

Looks like such an amazing study!

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · May 1

www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even....

Measles on the rise again in Europe: time to check your vaccination status

Data on measles cases in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) for the last twelve months show a considerable rise in notifications compared to 2023.

www.ecdc.europa.eu

Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · May 1

What is the source for Europe? Found this: "Between 1 February 2024 and 31 January 2025, a total of 32 265 people were diagnosed with measles. During this period, Romania (27 568), Italy (1 097), Germany (637), Belgium (551) and Austria (542) reported the highest number of cases across the EU/EEA."

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Apr 25

Last call to join us! Join the OII and the
@dspi-oxford.bsky.social
teams as joint Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Officer. Applications close 12 noon on Wednesday 30 April 2025. More information here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

OII | Vacancies

Job opportunities at the Oxford Internet Institute

www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Mar 18

Come work with us!
My department, the @oii.ox.ac.uk is hiring a Departmental Research Lecturer In AI, Government & Policy.

www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Mar 12

Excited to have my research on Japan's glacial gender revolution out. University-educated couples led modest shifts toward more equitable housework sharing, but overall traditional patterns persist in Japan between 1991 and 2016.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Education and the Gender Division of Labor in Japan: Trends in Paid and Unpaid Work From 1991 to 2016

This paper develops a nuanced understanding of how educational attainment is associated with time allocation trends of Japanese men and women by examining the gendered division of labor in Japan betw...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 27

Very much looking forward to discuss the research project I am doing together with Vicki Nash and @nettaweinstein.bsky.social at @oiioxford.bsky.social. This has been fascinating to work on and it is work in progress, would would love any thoughts and comments!

Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Jan 27

Happening tomorrow! Join us for our next @oiioxford.bsky.social talk, ‘The Role and Impact of Parental control Technologies in Parent-Teen Relationships’ @katyahe.bsky.social, Dr Vicki Nash and @nettaweinstein.bsky.social. Tuesday 28 January, 17.30-18.30 GMT. Sign up today: bit.ly/40vsqX4

OII | The Role and Impact of Parental control Technologies in Parent-Teen Relationships

This study explores how parental control technologies affect family relationships from the perspective of adolescents aged 16-17 in the UK.

bit.ly

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 27

Wow! So cool!

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 22

a really important topic! great work @karenlauram.bsky.social and @shuhbillskee.bsky.social .

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Jan 22

NEW: In light of the rapid integration of AI into the daily digital experiences of children and adolescents, researchers from @oiioxford.bsky.social are calling for a structured framework to examine AI's effects on young people's mental health.

More info ⬇️

Oxford researchers advocate for comprehensive framework to study AI's

In light of the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the daily digital experiences of children and adolescents, researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the

www.ox.ac.uk

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Jürgen Pfeffer @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social · Jan 18

If you are interested in studying good old human activity on pre-Musk Twitter, we are now sharing the complete 375M dataset of our 24h Twitter data collection with researchers. Get in touch!
ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
Please forward to interested scholars.

View of Just Another Day on Twitter: A Complete 24 Hours of Twitter Data

ojs.aaai.org

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 14

This is a fascinating hybrid event bringing the perspectives of the scholars from the Global South into the discussions of the Internet, Data, and AI organised by my colleague @jonasvalente.bsky.social @oiioxford.bsky.social. Those joining in-person will enjoy @wadhamcollege.bsky.social

ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · Jan 14

🤖 Register and submit your abstract for the two-days workshop at the @oiioxford.bsky.social on:

"Global Southing Internet, Data and AI Studies Workshop" organised by @jonasvalente.bsky.social

🗓️10:00, Tuesday 25 March - 17:00, Wednesday 26 March, 2025

👉 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

OII | Global Southing Internet, Data and AI Studies Workshop

This workshop aims to facilitate dialogues between UK scholars and approaches from the Global South in the field of Internet and Data Studies.

www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 13

well done @liciniaguttel.bsky.social Laura Liebig, @annajobin.bsky.social, and Christian Katzenbach @oiioxford.bsky.social

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 13

Cool paper! Especially interesting to reflect on in comparison to the as UK AI policy announcement.

Licinia Güttel @liciniaguttel.bsky.social · Jan 13

New paper out now in Big Data & Society! Together with Laura Liebig, @annajobin.bsky.social, and Christian Katzenbach, we study German AI Policy and its institutionalisation through a content analysis of AI policy documents.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Situating AI policy: Controversies covered and the normalisation of AI - Laura Liebig, Anna Jobin, Licinia Güttel, Christian Katzenbach, 2024

Artificial intelligence has become an issue in public policy. Multiple documents issued by public sector actors link artificial intelligence to a wide range of ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 8

one can use to check a table of published numbers for mathematical consistency. Possibly in @stuartjritchie.bsky.social brilliant book "Science Fictions", but possibly somewhere else. I do not seem to be able to track down the source. Any suggestions? 2/2

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Jan 8

Help! I have a table that compares 2 groups of people clustered into 3 sub-categories each and contains mean and median values on a certain measure and sample sizes for the 2 groups. Just looking at the table the numbers do not look right to me mathematically. I think I read once about a tool 1/2

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Dec 30

sounds amazing! And thank you! We just had a lovely German Christmas!

Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Dec 30

Interesting! Did you publish a discussion/exploration of reasons for machine misalignment? I'd love to read!

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Dec 30

I know! I wish more of coverage of AI to[ics really focused on what it does well vs on what it cannot do really, or does badly...

Hope all is well with you guys, happy holidays!

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Dec 30

I really like AI Snake Oil book on the subject by @randomwalker.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
would recommend as a great holiday read too!

AI Snake Oil

From two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products

press.princeton.edu

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Dec 21

Looking forward to listening! I am on the lookout for new good podcasts…

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Dec 20

One of the preliminary findings of our @nettaweinstein.bsky.social and Vicki Nash on how young people experience parents' managing their digital lives is that communication is key for young people being on board and supportive of parents efforts. What better way to communicate than a GAME!

Andrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social · Dec 20

Genuinely happy to this hit its goal! Can't wait to play.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Nov 19

If you like the work we do at Techdirt, this is a great way to support it, as proceeds from the campaign will be used to fund our continued reporting, at a time when that's more necessary than ever. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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