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Simona Hvalič Touzery, PhD, Kaja Smole Orehek and Vesna Dolničar, PhD, members of the Centre for Social Informatics, published an article »Exploring the Reciprocity of Telecare Perception Within the Dyad of Informal Carers and Care Receivers« in the journal Teorija in praksa (Theory and Practice).

Members of the Centre for Social Informatics (Jošt Bartol, Dr. Vasja Vehovar and Dr. Andraž Petrovčič) participated in the virtual conference of the Association for Internet Researchers (AoIR), which took place from 12 to 15 October. They presented an original contribution titled “The quality of survey scales for measuring information privacy concerns on social network sites”.

The final conference of ITHACA project in September 2021 marked the end of the five-year Interreg Europe project. Five years ago, partners from nine regions in Europe set out to adapt their health and care policies and find new solutions to support active and healthy aging for the growing population of older adults.

The young researcher Natalija Rebrica, a member of the Centre for Social Informatics from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, co-authored with dr. Uršo Golob Podnar published an original scientific article in the journal Akademija MM entitled "The influence of consumer engagement on social media brand profiles on attitude towards the brand, referrals, and purchase intention".

As part of the Erasmus+ project “Building Teachers’ Competence about Cyber Violence against Girls”, we organized a multiplier event — a workshop with teachers and other educational professionals. The event took place at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences on 24th of September 2021.

Researchers from the Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) participated in a virtual conference of the General Online Research association. At the conference, they presented the results of a study examining how trust in surveyors about proper handling of submitted photos and risk beliefs related to submitting photos impact the willingness to submit photos in mobile surveys.

The CSI research group and dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf attended the 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association, “Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures”, which took place from 31 August to 3 September 2021, with an original presentation “Does Proxy Internet Use Foster Digital Inclusion?: How Internet Skills Affect Engagement in Proxy Use, Internet Uses and Outcomes”.

On 31 March 2021, we completed the international research and development project i-evAALution. The intervention study in four countries (Austria, Slovenia, Italy and the Netherlands) took place largely at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, which had an impact on the research process and results of the study. Nevertheless, we were able to recruit 303 older people and 202 relatives to participate.

Sakari Taipale, PhD, a member of the Centre for Social Informatics, together with Riitta Haenninen, Laura Pajula, Viivi Korpela published an article "Individual and shared digital repertoires - older adults managing digital services" in the journal Information, Communication & Society.

Sakari Taipale, PhD, a member of the Centre for Social Informatics and Internet research programme, published an article in the journal Technology and Society. The article, titled »Heterogeneity of traditional and digital media use among older adults: A six-country comparison« focuses on analysing use of traditional media and their digital equivalents by older adults in six countries.