Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS)

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News 2023

Research and news from Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science in 2023

Danish government plans to rein in tech giants

The government's proclaimed initiative for tighter regulations on tech giants is based on the work of a technology expert group established last year. It includes two professors from SODAS, Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune…

SODAS Associate Professor Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen Receives a Large Grant from The Independent Research Fund Denmark

SODAS Associate Professor Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen has been awarded a substantial grant of nearly 6 million DKK from The Independent Research Fund Denmark. The project aims to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge o…

New publication: Editorial introduction to special theme issue "Machine Anthropology"

How can the collection, processing, and analysis of ethnographic data be improved by computational methods? Can anthropological research – and researchers – be augmented or even replaced by machines?

SODAS Scientists add nuance to alarmist debate about consequences of smartphone-use

This week, three researchers from SODAS featured consecutively in the media speaking about smartphones, sociale media and attention.

New publication: State-of-the-art network measure on polarization by SODAS PhD

How can we accurately quantify the level of ideological polarization of a social system? This paper seeks to synthesize the two main approaches within polarization theory: a traditional approach of opinion divergence…

SODAS professor discusses AI on the danish radio program Kulturen

SODAS professor Morten Axel Pedersen discusses generative AI systems in the danish radio program Kulturen