Gautam Kishore Shahi

Gautam Kishore Shahi

Impact of Misinformation on Elections in Liberal Democracies: Assessing the Role of Community-Based Fact-Checking and Digital Regulations Misinformation has become a pervasive issue, particularly during elections, where it can undermine democratic processes and...
Eline Waerp

Eline Waerp

The Digitalization of EU Air Border Controls and its Impacts on the Construction of Risk Much literature on EU border control focuses on irregularized migration at the sea and land borders, despite this only accounting for a fraction of the annual number of border...
Shabnam Shirzadi

Shabnam Shirzadi

Digital Revenants: Memory, Mourning, and Posthumous Persistence My project examines final digital traces of individuals that continue to circulate posthumously when their deaths become publicly and politically resonant. It asks how these subsequent posts acquire new...
Konstanze N’Guessan

Konstanze N’Guessan

Memes, Metapolitics and accelerationism: an ethnography of postdigital ludic fascism Far-right movements increasingly use humor, memes, and playful online culture to spread their ideas and build community. But how exactly does this work, and why is it so effective? At...
Martin Beckstein

Martin Beckstein

Fostering Liberal Intimacies: The Potentials and Perils of Non-Commercial Dating Apps Digitalization is reshaping intimate relationships and transforming the infrastructures through which people meet and form partnerships. While digital technologies expand...