EVENT : Workshop on Research ethics of social media research

We invite interested researchers to an interdisciplinary workshop where we want to discuss current issues and future tasks to address research ethical aspects of social media research in mixed research settings from sociology, ethics, data science, neuroscience, political science, legal studies etc.

Organizers: Srushhti Trivedi and Silke Schicktanz

Venue: Dept. of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Seminar room & library, Humboldtallee 36

Date: Friday, Nov 14, 2025

Programme

• 10:30–11:00  Welcome coffee
• 11:00–11:30  Official begin and short introduction round: experiences, needs, and open issues for planned research
• 11:30–12:00  Input: Greta Jasser, Political Science and social network research, Univ. Göttingen
• 12:00–12:30  Input: Hella von Unger, Research ethics in social sciences and social media, LMU München
• 12:30–13:00  Lunch
• 13:00–13:30  Input:  Zsolt György Balogh (online), Law, data protection, and social media research,  Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
• 13:30–15:00  Breakout sessions
• 15:00–16:00  Summary of breakout sessions, to-dos, and future plans

Registration

Space is limited. Please send a short note if you want to take part to Srushhti Trivedi (srushhti.trivedi@med.uni-goettingen.de) by Nov 8, 2025.