SPAC - Social Physics & Complexity Lab

Very collaborative work from SPAC led by neuroscientist @MagSimal, physicist @fredericorfr, and psychologist Cristina Mendonça. Now out @NatureHumBehav You can also checkout the research briefing: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Super busy week! -27th, learning about medical disinfo w/ @IRIS_Academic -28th, discussing "Impact(s) of human, data, and algorithmic bias" @ JRC disinfo meeting -29th, "What should AI learn from Biology?" @dwp_movement summit -29th, find us @Neuro_CF for super @exploREsearchAT

New paper from the lab! For the 1st time it's not #openaccess but reach out for re-prints, or read view-only version here: nature.com/articles/s4156…. The fee money will go towards an internship for underprivileged researchers (details soon)

New pre-print! - How did the dynamics of non-influenza respiratory viruses change during the #COVID19 pandemic? - What were the effects of weather and mobility? - How should surveillance and monitoring systems integrate this information?

WE ARE HIRING! @CompSysSoc @netscisociety @YR_CSS

Do search engines on social media platforms spread low-credibility content? ERC-funded researchers @SpacLab are developing an audit tool in an effort to detect #disinformation in real time. 👉bit.ly/3QqFg3m @lip_pt @istecnico @mjoanasa #FactsMatter #DataScience

Why are some people more likely to share #disinformation? Joana Gonçalves de Sá @SpacLab is disentangling personal traits of digital users and the workings of #socialmedia platforms. 👉bit.ly/3QqFg3m @lip_pt @istecnico @mjoanasa #EUvsDisinfo #FactsMatter #DataScience

He found that salience can vary greatly between fora raising interesting questions on current salience metrics. Is it enough to look at only one source? Great discussion with @ecozzo and Tiago Guerreio. Super proud of his work and brilliant grade and we wish you all the best!

Congratulations to @almeida_d_c for his MSc defense in #DataScience @FC_UL! With @mjoanasa + @CPesquita, David built a large dataset of news, tweets, online searches and looked at salience of different topics (science, politics, climate...) from year -1 to year 1 of #COVID19

It's today! É hoje! socialcomplexity.eu/pt/2022/11/11/… #epitwitter #PublicHealth #Viruses

Misinfo researchers, what do you see as the major controversies / points of disagreement within the field currently? Plz share widely to see what we come up with - thanks!

We have just been awarded an @ERC_Research #ERCPoC to help burst (dis)information bubbles @lip_pt Thread below to know more👇