AI, Open Science, Social Science, lot of coffee. Invite me on a hike! Personal account – all views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mropyazfgk2sEuropeans are increasingly worried about climate change. Public concern is rising, but concern alone does not guarantee political action. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-18360-6 #Sociology #ClimatePolitics #PublicOpinion28 Jul 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mropyazfgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mropu42i7c2sNvidia and Microsoft launched an open AI-security alliance, without OpenAI, Google or Anthropic. The industry’s openness divide is widening. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/971281/nvidia-open-secure-ai-alliance-cybersecurity #AI #Cybersecurity #OpenModels28 Jul 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mropu42i7c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mrlya74r2k25Early-life famine can cast a long shadow into the boardroom. New OA research links CEOs’ childhood exposure with corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) choices. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-08475-3⁠ #Sociology #OpenAccess #CorporateGovernance #ESG27 Jul 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlya74r2k25https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mrjt6echjc2dLibrarians are running viral workshops for people who want to reduce or avoid AI use. Digital literacy can also mean choosing not to automate. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/librarians-are-hosting-viral-avoiding-ai-workshops-for-people-who-are-fed-up-with-big-tech/⁠ #AI #Sociology #Libraries #DigitalCulture26 Jul 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjt6echjc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mrjsygqj622dNew research examines how AI and supercomputing are reshaping scientific discovery, collaboration and research capacity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-63438-7⁠ #AI #OpenScience26 Jul 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjsygqj622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mrbzkrm6f22hPolio should have disappeared by now. Funding cuts, conflict and political barriers are forcing researchers to confront a difficult Plan B. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02229-6 #ScienceNews #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth23 Jul 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbzkrm6f22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mqtmqbetj227Higher socioeconomic status is linked to more diverse choices across brands and price levels. Consumption patterns reveal social structure. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-08258-w #Sociology #Inequality #OpenAccess17 Jul 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtmqbetj227https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mqqru367cs2zAI avatars are already teaching, offering companionship and supporting hospitals in China. Law and society are racing to define the boundaries. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01674-7 #AI #Avatars #TechPolicy16 Jul 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqru367cs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mqgmtvcibs2sHundreds marched outside major AI labs demanding a pause in the race toward more powerful systems. AI governance is becoming a public movement. https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/san-francisco-ai-protest-22340835.php #AI #TechPolicy12 Jul 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgmtvcibs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mqbg2zk2qk2aWorkplace cyberbullying harms more than morale. A new OA review maps its causes, measures and consequences for organizational health. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-08213-9 #Sociology #OpenAccess10 Jul 2026 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbg2zk2qk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mqa55kjuz22xEurope’s heat problem is also an infrastructure problem. Buildings, policy and inequality decide who can cope. https://www.newswise.com/articles/europe-s-heat-problem-goes-beyond-the-weather #Sociology #ClimatePolicy #UrbanStudies09 Jul 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa55kjuz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mpgvln4gec2uAustria urged Europe to host Anthropic after US access curbs. AI sovereignty is becoming a diplomatic strategy. https://www.reuters.com/business/austria-lobbies-eu-host-anthropic-ai-after-us-curbs-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-06-28/ #AI #Anthropic #TechPolicy29 Jun 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgvln4gec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mnkh6wq6ak23AI and biosecurity are colliding. Leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, and Microsoft are jointly urging stronger safeguards on risks re AI-enabled bio-weapons. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/942956/ai-biological-weapons-open-letter-congress⁠ #AI #Biosecurity05 Jun 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkh6wq6ak23https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mmvfaf2ysk2gThere’s been an interesting theme at Google I/O 2026 about the future of internet search. Instead of just typing a question and receiving an AI-generated answer with references, it will probably be more like you ask a question, and the computer builds a tool to help you answer it. #VibeResearch28 May 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvfaf2ysk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mmq32ffw3s2qScholarly integrity alert: Nature reports an audit of 2.5M biomedical papers found a sharp rise in fake citations since 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00748-w⁠ #Publishing #ResearchIntegrity #AI26 May 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmq32ffw3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mmdonbhbbs2kAI-generated papers are getting harder to detect, and researchers warn peer review systems are nearing overload. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/930522/ai-research-papers-slop-peer-review-problem⁠ #AI #Publishing #ResearchIntegrity21 May 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdonbhbbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mlzwyuwotc24Mentorship may be a workplace intervention, not just a nice-to-have. New open research links mentoring, work-life balance and employee satisfaction. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07632-y⁠ #Work #Management #OpenAccess17 May 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzwyuwotc24https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mlyjqtsvts2kNew OA article in Societies applies Bourdieu's field theory to the digital age, introducing "InMeDiT Capital" to explain how information, media & tech reshape family dynamics. Fascinating conceptual expansion. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc16050164 #Bourdieu #DigitalSociology #OpenAccess16 May 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyjqtsvts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mlke4aaxic2v“Vibe researching” is emerging as a provocative idea in social science: AI agents handling large parts of the research pipeline. arxiv.org/abs/2602.22401 #SocialScience #AIagents #VibeResearching https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.2240111 May 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlke4aaxic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mlakp2km2s2nMore than half of surveyed UK novelists believe AI could eventually replace fiction writing entirely, according to Cambridge-led research. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105954 #Publishing #GenerativeAI #CreativeWork07 May 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlakp2km2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3ml5w2gary22sAI-generated figures are rapidly entering scholarly publishing, and researchers are now debating standards for transparency and integrity. arxiv.org/abs/2603.16159 #AcademicPublishing #AI #ResearchIntegrity https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.1615906 May 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5w2gary22shttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mktvlabc7c2bFlorida students and faculty are pushing back after sociology was removed from the state university gen-ed list. “Sociology is a science” feels like a line worth repeating. https://www.upressonline.com/2026/05/sociology-is-a-science-students-and-faculty-react-to-course-removal-from-gen-ed-list/⁠ #Sociology #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom https://www.upressonline.com/2026/05/sociology-is-a-science-students-and-faculty-react-to-course-removal-from-gen-ed-list/⁠�02 May 2026 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktvlabc7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mkcenjokak2aI didn’t expect this angle - heart cancer is rare partly because the organ’s constant motion may suppress tumor formation. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01296-z #Science #Oncology #CancerBiology25 Apr 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcenjokak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mk5j4vkcnk2fThis one reminds me a bit to the AlphaGo moment: an autonomous robot outplayed elite table-tennis players, showing just how far real-time robot control has come. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10338-5 #Science #Robotics #Autonomy23 Apr 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5j4vkcnk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mk5ixm526k2fOpenAI just launched workspace agents in ChatGPT, curious to see how useful this is for research teams juggling long-running, multi-step knowledge work. https://openai.com/index/introducing-workspace-agents-in-chatgpt/ #AI #ResearchTools #Workflows23 Apr 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5ixm526k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mj4wgwazd22dWearable AI agents like VisionClaw show how always-on perception + task-executing systems are becoming real, not sci-fi. https://arxiv.org/html/2604.03486v1⁠ #Science #HCI #Wearables #AI #ResearchTools #Interfaces10 Apr 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4wgwazd22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mj4w54mmbs2dA new system maps scientific literature to predict emerging research trends years ahead, inspiring scientists to navigate near or mid-term future research directions. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-026-01206-y #Science #DataScience #EmergingTrends #NatureMachineIntelligence10 Apr 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4w54mmbs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mj4vgwdja22dA new graph-based AI model claims to achieve state-of-the-art explainable fake news detection, generating reasoning structures – not just labels. https://arxiv.org/html/2604.06666v1⁠ #Science #AI #Misinformation10 Apr 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4vgwdja22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mj4vbly5uk2dResearchers argue some AI agents are incompatible with human control in warfare, raising deep ethical concerns on autonomy and a growing consensus that some autonomous systems may never be ethically deployable. A rare boundary in tech. https://arxiv.org/html/2604.06300v1⁠ #Ethics #Science #AI #MilitaryAI10 Apr 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4vbly5uk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mj4spqirac22A new AI agent system, DataSTORM, can autonomously generate hypotheses from structured databases, claiming to outperform existing “deep research” tools. This feels like a leap toward machine-led science. https://arxiv.org/html/2604.06474v1⁠ #Science #AI #Discovery #Stanford #DeepResearch10 Apr 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4spqirac22