As digital methods advance rapidly, quantitative empirical research requires greater computing power. This includes complex statistical analyses, model training, and operating generative AI models. The necessary hardware is expensive and challenging to maintain, particularly at the institutional level (e.g., due to high temperatures in HPC clusters). Since not every institution can […]

Every year, the International Communication Association (ICA) organizes a conference where communication scholars from around the globe present and discuss their current research. In June 2025, the conference took place in Denver, USA, and many Weizenbaum Institute researchers contributed to it. Among others, Methods Lab member Roland Toth, together with […]

Whether it’s unwinding after a long day or killing time in line for coffee, social media has become a major source of entertainment and connection. The immediate satisfaction it often brings can boost the mood, but it’s not just entertainment we’re absorbing. Amidst the lighthearted content, is exposure to a […]

Machine learning is becoming increasingly central to academic research, yet it often depends on data workers in exploitative conditions whose contributions are largely overlooked in ethical guidelines and unacknowledged within the academic community. Last year, the Methods Lab outlined the aims of a project to target this issue in a […]