Research ethics of social media research

Overview of selected talks, workshops, and other events.


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 G. Balogh (online), Law, data protection and legal technologies, Corvinus Univ. of Budapest
  • 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 by Nov 8, 2025.