π£ The 54th @dgps.bsky.social Congress (Sep 7β10, 2026, Luxembourg) invites submissions on topics such as #DigitalTransformation, #AI, #MentalHealth and #SustainableBehavior.
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Deadline: February 14, 2026
π More info: www.uni.lu/fhse-en/conf...
3) The positions are open for people with different backgrounds and profiles, including #MediaPsychology or #Communication.
β° The application deadline is February 15, 2026
β‘οΈ PhD position: urlr.me/8wKxRr
β‘οΈPostdoc position: urlr.me/mrDFXA
2) The project explores how artificial intelligence (#AI) impacts trust and authenticity in the news ecosystem. It investigates how AI affects both news production and consumption and assesses the adequacy of existing legal frameworks in addressing these transformations. π
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The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social in Odense π©π° is hiring a PhD and postdoc in an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticityβ at an interdisciplinary and international workplace. π
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#Diversity will be a central theme in 2026. New exchange formats β such as lecture series or digital research days β are currently in development. π’
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We remain actively engaged in discussions around the new German Psychologistsβ Act.
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β‘οΈ DGPs Conference 2025 (Luxembourg): Submission 31 Jan 2026
β‘οΈ Winter Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers: March 2β4, 2026 (Duisburg)
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An expert group from our division is currently preparing a position paper on #AI for a special issue of Psychologische Rundschau. ποΈ
Many thanks to all colleagues involved for contributing their expertise and for the strong interdisciplinary collaboration.
π―ππππ π΅ππ ππππ πfrom the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs! We wish everyone a happy and successful 2026.
Some activities and opportunities in our community were already highlighted in our December newsletter, in case you missed it:
5 days left to register for the Winter Writing School! βοΈβοΈ
The Workshop is jointly organized by MiRezFo (DGPuK) and #MediaPsych youth representatives βdesigned to help junior scholars make progress on their writing projects.
Free of charge + 2 travel grants (150 β¬)!
π Sign up kurzly.de/wvsce
Weβre excited to write with you! β¨
@janadreston.bsky.social & @klingelhoefer.bsky.social (DGPs) β @aliciaernst.bsky.social & @uschwertberger.bsky.social (MiRezFo)
Sign up by December 15th via this Google form (forms.gle/kPBUDZsVfyHh...) β youβll hear from us on December 16th.
Questions? Contact us at mittelbau_rezfo@dgpuk.de
Open to all!
Priority goes to members of DGPuK RezFo and DGPs Media Psych, but researchers from other countries and non-members are warmly invited.
Limited funding available.
What to expect
Day 1: Kick-off, writing strategies, mini-pitches
Day 2: Focused writing in small groups
Day 3: Final writing session & wrap-up
π University of Duisburg
π¨ Hotel: www.die-wolfsburg.de
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March 2β4, 2026
πΆ Accommodation: 130β150 β¬ (2 nights)
π Writing School: Free of charge
Boost your writing this winter! βοΈβοΈ
Weβre thrilled to launch our first-ever Winter Writing Workshop, jointly organized by MiRezFo (DGPuK) and Media Psych youth representatives βdesigned to help junior scholars make progress on their writing projects.
π Sign up by Dec.15th: forms.gle/kPBUDZsVfyHh...
π Call for Applications: Fellowships & Working Groups π
@cais-research.bsky.social is now accepting applications for innovative projects exploring the societal impact of #digitaltransformation. Open to experts from academia and practice, all career stages, disciplines, and research approaches. ππ©βπ»π
π’ JOB ALERT π’
Two PhD positions in an @erc.europa.eu project at @uni-muenster.de with @thorstenquandt.bsky.social om "Dark Nerd Communities".
Check out and share! π
Please consider submitting a paper to our special issue in the Journal Entertainment Computing (Elsevier):
Digital Worlds, Real Impact - The Evolving Role of Games in Society. Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026.
The full call can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
π’ Call for blog posts!
The #DiversPrivat project is looking for short articles, opinions & creative pieces on diversity-sensitive online privacy. Deadline: 14 Dec 2025. Submit (DE/EN) to: kontakt@privacy4all.de π privacy4all.de/blog
@hannahdecker.bsky.social is a postdoc at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social . She holds a PhD from @unidue.bsky.social, for which she analysed online political campaigning on social media and the role of personalised content. Currently, she focuses on positive effects of #digitalmedia and #medialiteracy.
Great opportunity! Professorship in Communications Sciences with a Concentration on Change and Innovation in Communication.
Start: August 2027
Where: @ikmz.bsky.social
Infos: π
π’ JOB ALERT π’
@tilburg-university.bsky.social is looking for a Full professor of Communication, Cognition, and Information.
You can find the full description here. π
urlr.me/qUpCMS
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social is a PhD candidate and researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitΓ€t Erlangen-NΓΌrnberg. His research focuses on digital disconnection, mental heatlh, digital self-regulation, technology use at work, and intensive longitudinal methods.
@dpossler.bsky.social is a Postdoc at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies (IJK) at @hmtmh.bsky.social. His research focuses on the use and effects of (digital) media, e.g. how and why digital media offer meaningful entertainment experiences as well as methodological research.
@janadreston.bsky.social is a PhD student at @unidue.bsky.social. Her research focuses on political and scientific communication on social media. She analyses the impact of information processing on knowledge and participation.
Γzen OdaΔ, Professor of Psychology at Touro University Berlin, studies how media can impact usersβ identity, political agency, values, and beliefs, especially in vulnerable groups.
As Chair, she plans to embed topics like digital resilience, media literacy, and social responsibility in the division.
@romohseni.bsky.social is a postdoc in the #MediaPsychology and Media Design group at TU Ilmenau. He holds a PhD from the University of Osnabrueck, for which he experimentally investigated in-game aggression and helping. His current research focuses on sexist online hate speech on video platforms.
π£Job alert π£
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
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Immersive virtual reality
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New (Para-)Social Encounters
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Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation π
The newly elected young scholar representatives of the @dgps.bsky.social met up to start their work. πͺ
For the #mediapsych division @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @janadreston.bsky.social will be representing young scholars wishes and needs and bring their perspective into the association. π’
! JOB ALERT ! π
The @rptu.bsky.social is looking for a Professor of Political Psychology.
