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The project entitled “Evaluating probability and nonprobability online panels” was launched by Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) in September 2021. The project is financed by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) for the period of three years and is classified as a basic project. The leader of the project is prof. Vasja Vehovar, PhD.

Dr. Sakari Taipale, a member of the Centre for Social Informatics, has published a new article in the International Journal of Social Robotics. In the article “Positive Turn in Elder-Care Workers" Views Toward Telecare Robots” the survey data from 2020 Finnish elderly care workers is presented.

Dr. Sakari Taipale of the University of Jyväskylä and member of the Centre for Social Informatics at UL, Faculty of Social Sciences, has published a chapter "Digital skills and application use among Finnish home care workers in the eldercare sector" in the monograph "Digital transformations in care for older people."

The University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), held its traditional workshop on mixed-mode surveys on 1 December 2021. The event was attended by colleagues from CSI, the Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre of UL FSS, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia and the National Institute of Public Health to share insights in the field of online and mixed surveys. The event was organised and moderated by Prof. Dr. Vasja Vehovar.

Dr. Vasja Vehovar, a member of the Centre for Social Informatics, and Dr. Dejan Jontes, from the Research Centre for the Terminology of Social Sciences and Journalism, have published an article "Hateful and Other Negative Communication in Online Commenting Environments: Content, Structure and Targets" in the journal Acta Informatica Pragensia.

The project entitled “Probability web panels in national statistics for persons and households” was launched by Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) in September 2021. The project is funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) for the period of two years and is classified as a target research project. The leader of the project is prof. Vasja Vehovar, PhD.

We have a pleasure of inviting you to the virtual High-level Webinar BUILDING SAFE DIGITAL SPACES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS – CLICK OFF CYBER VIOLENCE! The seminar will take place on Thursday, 25 November 2021, 10.00 –12.30 CET.

The research group of the Centre for Social Informatics (CDI) with dr. Andraž Petrovčič, dr. Katja Prevodnik, and dr. Darja Grošelj, in collaboration with with dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf (Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) published an article in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, titled »The role of proxy internet use in sequential pathways of digital exclusion: An empirical test of a conceptual model«.

Dr. Barbara N. Brečko, a member of the Center for Social Informatics, and Dr. Tanja Oblak Črnič, a member of the Center for Social Communication Research, published an article in the journal Information, Communication & Society entitled "Enhancing sociality, self-presentation, and play: a case study of digital scenarios among schoolchildren in an epidemic context."

Darja Grošelj, PhD, a member of the Centre for Social Informatics, FDV UL, published an article Re-domestication of Internet Technologies: Digital Exclusion or Digital Choice? in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. The article explores the changing nature of internet access by focusing on social practices that shape the position and role of internet technologies in everyday internet use.