Jula Luehring
Computational communication scientist at the University of Vienna & Complexity Science Hub | alumna UvA ASCoR
julaluehring.github.io
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚀 dashboardr is out! An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax. Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included). 📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/ Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚀 Save the Date! If you're considering joining us, now is a great time to block the dates and start planning your #trip. We can’t wait to see you at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking in Stellenbosch on 3rd and 4th June 2026 for this year's #Hackathon! 🌍✨
- Reposted by Jula LuehringKrass: Die US-Regierung hat Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org erlassen, dazu trifft es auch den früheren EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton, weil "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states". Einreiseverbot
- Reposted by Jula Luehring(How) can AI help build better online spaces? ✨ Last week, 16 researchers from 8 institutions gathered in Vienna to explore exactly that question. Between the Christmas markets, the WHAT-IF team discussed how LLMs can power agent-based simulations to tackle online hostility and harmful content 👇
- Reposted by Jula LuehringOur survey on research practices in Computational Communication Science is still open for participation! #CommSky
- Within our @meta-rep.bsky.social project on research practices in Computational Communication Science (CCS), we are conducting a survey among CCS researchers. We would be grateful if you could participate (takes 10 to 15 minutes) and/or share the link: www.soscisurvey.de/AutoFrontCCS/ #CommSky
- Reposted by Jula LuehringAfter a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN! Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
- New CRAN package traktok with initial version 0.1.0 #rstats cran.r-project.org/package=traktok
- Reposted by Jula LuehringWe’ve seen research showing LLM chatbots can reduce belief in conspiracy theories in experimental settings: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e... But in the wild, it seems that these tools likely contribute to strengthening belief in conspiracy theories for many.
- Reposted by Jula Luehring✨New preprint led by Jula Lühring! We found that news from untrustworthy sources elicit different forms of social media engagement than trustworthy news. Check out Jula‘s thread for more:
- Misinformation research has a causality problem: lab experiments are limited; observational studies confounded. We used causal inference on 9.9M tweets, quantifying effects in the wild while blocking backdoor paths. Does misinfo get higher engagement? Are following discussions more emotional? 🧵
- Key findings: 1) Despite being only 6% of shared news, untrustworthy sources get 39% more retweets and 12% more quote tweets, but 14% fewer likes and 19% fewer replies. 🤔 Untrustworthy news content, often containing misinfo, spreads differently than trustworthy news!
- 2) Using ML to detect 7 distinct emotions in 11M replies, we found discussions following untrustworthy news show 9% more anger, 22% more disgust, and 12% less joy. 😡 Not all negative emotions matter equally: anger, disgust, and fear are key. But...
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View full threadThanks to all my co-authors @dgarcia.eu @anniewald.bsky.social @janalasser.bsky.social @apeksha.bsky.social @hannahmetzler.bsky.social Link to pre-print: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Please let me know any thoughts and feedback on this!
- So excited for another round of the ICA hackathon!! I highly recommend it for early career scholars going to ICA. It's a great way to meet new conference buddies before the main conference and learn more about computational methods 👩💻
- Reposted by Jula LuehringEvery strong team needs time to pause, reset, and grow together. #TeamRetreat #DientenAmHochkönig
- Reposted by Jula LuehringSecond, with a large team of authors, led by @anniewald.bsky.social, we study which (personal, temporal, spatial, affordance-based) properties of incidences of extrajudicial police killings facilitate public attention on social media.
- Reposted by Jula LuehringSo the UN Global Risks Report is out... & it lists Mis- and Disinformation as the biggest risk we face. unglobalriskreport.org Listen... I'm a mis- and Disinformation kinda guy, meaning I worry about this professionally. But there is no way this issue should be all the way up there! Plus...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringFINALLY 😌 The Delegated Act is here. The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA #dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringThe danger isn’t just that people believe lies. It’s that entire communities become locked into belief systems that can’t be challenged, where loyalty replaces evidence, and disagreement feels like betrayal. That doesn’t just distort truth, it breaks trust.
- Reposted by Jula Luehring@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver! From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨
- Reposted by Jula LuehringYou want to study German covid-19 protests? @maxzehring.bsky.social, @hdschulze.bsky.social and @buehling.bsky.social got you covered with their dataset! #ica25
- Reposted by Jula LuehringWelcome to the ICA conference!
- Reposted by Jula LuehringFrom text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨
- Reposted by Jula LuehringSo many great Computational Methods sessions coming up at #ICA25!! Check them out, and we look forward to seeing you there! 👇👇👇
- Reposted by Jula LuehringCOMPTEXT 2025 – The Countdown is On! 🥳 ✅ The preliminary program is now available! Check out the amazing sessions, workshops, and speakers lined up for this year's event. Don't miss out – register today and secure your spot! 👉 Register here comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c... 👈
- Reposted by Jula LuehringMachtmissbrauch in der MPG: wichtige Doku von DW & @spiegel.de zeigt, wie v.a. Forschende aus dem Ausland gezielt attackiert werden -- u.a. mit Drohungen, Verträge nicht zu verlängern, an denen Aufenthaltstitel hängt. Befristung macht abhängig, einige besonders. #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan (1/2)
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚀 #hackica25 registration is open! 🚀 Spots are limited—secure yours now: forms.gle/ssZFtZmfWYaC... 📅 June 11-12, 2025 📍 UC Boulder (shuttle from Denver available) No coding skills required! Join us to explore methodological & substantive challenges in communication science. See you there! 🍻
- Reposted by Jula LuehringWe’re thrilled that the CCL is part of this incredible project! 🎉 @anniewald.bsky.social & @aytalina.bsky.social will contribute to agent-based modeling and simulations, while @hajoboo.bsky.social & @julaluehring.bsky.social will be engaged in science communication. Exciting collaborations ahead 🚀
- Reposted by Jula LuehringFresh, hot-off-the-digital-press: "Giving the outrage a name – how researchers are challenging employment conditions under the hashtags #IchBinHanna and #IchBinReyhan" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13… 1/🧵 #PhD #ECR #Wissenschaft
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚨 Last chance to submit to #COMPTEXT2025 🚨 Working on computational analysis of text-, image-, or video-as-data? Submit your 250-word abstract today and join us in Vienna this April! 🙂 ⏳ Deadline: January 15, midnight 📍 Details: www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c...
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚨 Big news! 🚨 Another year of ICA, another pre-conference hackathon: The 2025 hackathon is happening in Boulder on June 11-12! Stay tuned 🚀
- Reposted by Jula Luehring6 days to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025 🙌 Setting expectations: - 👾conversations about the latest computational methods across the social sciences and beyond -🎡☕️💚🦜🏃🏽♀️ (Social Programme preview)
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚨 #COMPTEXT2025 Workshops – Sneak Peek! 🚨 🧰 Data donations and digital trace data 📖 Narratives in large datasets 🖼️ Visual data analysis 🛠️ Creative text analysis toolkits 🧐 Bayesian text analysis …and more! Don’t miss your chance—submit your abstracts (250 words) by January 15 👉 shorturl.at/AmocX
- Reposted by Jula LuehringI have an open 3-year PostDoc position in my research group, centered on the extraction and analysis of relations of societal actors (e.g. politicians, CEOs, ...) from unstructured text data. Feel free to reach out if you want to know more! Deadline is Jan 1st. jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/a122...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringOur inability to reliably study algorithmic info ecosystems, and why it matters for #scicomm. Pre-publication version of our forthcoming PNAS piece led by Nicky Krause and Isabelle Freiling : osf.io/preprints/so... (a 🧵)
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🎄🌟 Exciting news! 📊🎉 The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 is here! 🎁🤩 Explore 23 survey waves to uncover the dynamics of voting behavior and public opinion in Austria. 🗳️🇦🇹 Access the data via #AUSSDA ➡️ doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #AUTNES #ElectionStudies #Polisky #DataRelease #WeLoveData ❤️
- Reposted by Jula LuehringWe've just published a NEW REPORT by @waqasejaz.bsky.social and others on the role of digital platforms in today's media environments. It's funded by @knightfdn.bsky.social and based on survey data from 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇪🇸🇩🇪🇧🇷🇦🇷🇯🇵🇰🇷 🧵 Findings in thread 🔗 Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringStarting pack for CSH. Looking to add more people who should be in this!
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🚨 Big news today at the Institute We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringRise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX #css #commsky #polisky
- The Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations for #COMPTEXT2025 is now out; please feel free to circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! Deadline: January 15! We look forward to meeting you at the University of Vienna and @compcommlab.bsky.social on 24-26 April 2025!
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🏔️ Last week, CCL's retreat in #DientenAmHochkönig delivered unforgettable moments: team bonding, professional growth, breathtaking vistas, and thrilling activities! #CCLRetreat #Throwback #Memories More here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringIt was a great pleasure to host @marhai.bsky.social and the CSS team from LMU Munich @ifkw.bsky.social in Vienna! Thank you for two days of inspiring talks and vibrant discussions about computational communication science. Hopefully some collaborations to come ✨
- Reposted by Jula Luehring🌐🎓 New year, new job? A couple of days left to apply for a PhD position with the @compcommlab.bsky.social in Vienna
- Join us in Vienna! 3-year PhD position on Climate Change Communication & Computational Methods. Exciting collaboration awaits in the H2020project CIDAPE! Apply until: January 9, 2024 Job starts: March 1, 2024 Questions welcome via email! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/75-PhD-p...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringJoin us in Vienna! 3-year PhD position on Climate Change Communication & Computational Methods. Exciting collaboration awaits in the H2020project CIDAPE! Apply until: January 9, 2024 Job starts: March 1, 2024 Questions welcome via email! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/75-PhD-p...
- Reposted by Jula LuehringGreat presentation about the role of emotions in Misinformation by @apeksha.bsky.social at #Misdoom. (Preprint available: osf.io/preprints/ps...)
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🚨Exciting research alert! 🚨 Explore the world of topic modeling in communication science with our latest paper. Discover how different validation methods impact model selection and its consequences for theory development. 📚 commsky #TopicModeling www.aup-online.com/content/jour... - Reposted by Jula Luehring👋 Hello World! We're here now too & will soon close-down our #TwitterAccount for good. Help us find our mutuals on #BlueSky. 🔍 #CommSky #PolSky #CSS
