We offer scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in collaboration with researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The funding covers all types of costs of the research visit, including: travel, accommodation, meals, public transport, Visa application, use of VU facilities.
Quick facts about the initiative:
- All Network Institute members can apply
- The proposed visitors cannot be employed by the VU
- The visit must take place between a certain time window (depending on the call)
- The application should contain a detailed budget estimate of at most 5000 Euros (the amount can vary depending on the call)
- The application is very lightweight: research plan (2-pager), CV of the Network Institute member, CV of the visitor
Previous, ongoing and upcoming research visits
Below you can find the complete list of all the research visits we supported so far.
| Guest | Project | Period | Material |
| Joanna Ut Seong Sio (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) | Humorous AI Response System (HAIRS) | November 2024 | – |
| Anaïs Augé (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) | How the public uses, accepts and resists metaphors that shape online discussions about climate technologies |
November 2024 | – |
| David Tena-Cucala (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) | AI-Empowered Digital Political Science: Developing Knowledge Graphs and Explainable Predictive Models for Electoral Research |
October 2024 | – |
| Constanza Gajardo (Universidad de Concepción, Chile) | Integrating AI in Local Newsrooms: Towards a comparative approach to strategies, challenges, and insights | October 2024 | – |
| Peter Phillips (Durham University, United Kingdom) | Live-mapping Religious Difference Online: the interplay of Digital Society, religious texts mediated online, and live-mapping |
October 2023 | Final Report |
| Emmanuel Senft (Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland) | Collaborative intelligence – combining the best of machine and human | October 2023 | Final Report |
| Franz Strich (Deakin University, Australia) | When algorithmic technologies change professionals’ social relationships: Exploring relational consequences of AI deployment |
October 2023 | Final Report |
| Aletta Meinsma (Leiden University, Netherlands) | Engaging audiences in conversations about quantum science and technology through metaphor | September 2023 | Final Report |
| Lukasz Dominik Kaczmarek (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) | The positive effects of playing digital games on emotions and health | November 2022 | Final report |
| Brigitte Naderer (LMU Munich, Germany) | Flagging Disinformation on Twitter. Effects on Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Outcomes | November 2022 | Final report |
| Eleonora Sciubba (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) | Swearing offline and online in the era of digital society | November 2022 | Final report |
| Abner Manzar (New Delhi, India) | Digital Reconnections: Reuniting Homeless People in India with their Families | November 2022 | Final report |
| Bayan Khosravi (Mehralborz Higher Education Institute, Tehran, Iran) | The Exclusive Consequences of Using AI in Health: Physician-Patient Relationship and AI Expertise | November 2022 | Final report |
| John Wilkerson (University of Washington, USA) | Hitchhikers’ guide to lawmaking: Window into how laws are made | October 2022 | Final report |
| Lene Nielsen (IT University Copenhagen, Denmark) | Dealing with complexity in new ways of working: personas in action | October 2022 | Final report |
Organizers
- Lea Krause (Language, Literature and Communication)