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... sind wir machtlos gegen Katastrophen wie in Crans-Montana?
Unglücke verstehen: Was Sie aus Crans-Montana lernen könnenBeobachter, Birthe HomannWie weiter nach einer Tragödie?
ETH-Soziologe Dirk Helbing, 60, erforscht seit einem Vierteljahrhundert Unglücke weltweit – mit dem Ziel, die Gesellschaft ein Stück sicherer zu machen.
https://www.beobachter.ch/gesellschaft/werte/sind-wir-machtlos-gegen-tragodien-wie-in-crans-montana-897255?srsltid=AfmBOorxhbnq7JtZMZJDSyCPf2nwYnKOeWY4UttqfWSCHgQWvUqjk-wv
Dr. Arthur Capozzi has received a paper award at the 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing
Dr. Arthur Capozzi received a paper award at the 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing in recognition of the methods presented in his paper 'Narratives of War: Ukrainian Memetic Warfare on Twitter'.
https://programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/awards/recognitions
Sachit Mahajan's greenR Project Receives Award from the Swiss Society of Cartography
Sachit Mahajan has received the annual award from the Swiss Society of Cartography in the 'Educational' category for his project, greenR. The award, presented during the 100th-anniversary celebration of the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation at ETH Zurich, recognizes greenR for its new standardized assessment of green spaces, its practical relevance, and its strong scientific foundation.
Breaking out of the social media echo chamber
Farah Al Toukhi from WIRED discusses work by Andrea Musso and Dirk Helbing about how to decentralize social networks and preserve minority voices.
Digi, Nano, Bio, Neuro – or why we should care more about converging technologies
Dirk Helbing discusses the importance of converging technologies in the fields of digital, nano, bio, and neuro sciences. The article explores the potential benefits and challenges of these integrated advancements.
Computersoziologe: "Wir haben Wahlmanipulationen in großem Stil"
Karin Krichmayr interviews Dirk Helbing about large-scale election manipulation. The article discusses methods and implications of such activities.
Sie sind das Ziel!
Dirk Helbing discusses the concept of individuals being targeted in the digital age. The article examines surveillance and data privacy concerns.
Postdoc Position focused on Data Science in a Computational Social Science Team
A new open position is available in our group.
Andrea Musso nominated member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna Junior Fellows.
Complexity Science Hub Vienna Junior Fellows are invited to spend time at the Hub to conduct research with Hub internal faculty. https://www.csh.ac.at/junior-externals/
Zukünfte, die (Plural)
Peter Lau and Dirk Helbing discuss multiple potential futures, considering various scenarios and their implications. The article explores how different trends might shape the world.