How are AI tools changing our writing process? In our #chi2026 paper, we find a shift in the way writers write and engage with ideas: from generating ideas to reacting to the ones AI surfaces. We call it reactive writing.
Visual illustrating a portrait of Aditya alongside text referencing his publication When Handwriting Goes Social: Creativity, Anonymity, and Communication in Graphonymous Online Spaces (Honorable Mention)." The authors listed are Aditya Kumar Purohit, Aditya Upadhyaya, Nicolas Ruiz, Alberto Monge Roffarello, Hendrik Heuer. The talk date is Friday, April 17, 2026. The CHI visual appears at the bottom, and the CAIS logo is positioned in the top-right corner.
➡️ When Handwriting Goes Social: Creativity, Anonymity, and Communication in Graphonymous Online Spaces ✨Honorable Mention
April 17, 9:12 AM | P1 Room 112
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@chi.acm.org #CHI2026 @hheuer.bsky.social
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Today at #CHI2026, join our researchers for two presentations on shaping safer and more expressive online spaces:
➡️ Take the Power Back: Screen-Based Personal Moderation Against Hate Speech on Instagram
April 17, 12:27 PM | P1 Room 119
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/pro...
@chi.acm.org
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➡️ They Think AI Can Do More Than It Actually Can: AI-Supported Reporting in Local Journalism
April 14, 11:39 AM | P1 Room 127
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/pro...
@chi.acm.org @hheuer.bsky.social
Visual illustrating a portrait of Aditya Kumar Purohit alongside text referencing his publication "A Conditional Companion: Lived Experiences of People with Mental Health Disorders Using LLMs." The authors listed are Aditya Kumar Purohit, and Hendrik Heuer, and the talk date is Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The CHI visual appears at the bottom, and the CAIS logo is positioned in the top-right corner.
Today at #CHI2026, join our researchers for two presentations exploring how AI is used and often misunderstood in real-world contexts:
➡️ A Conditional Companion: Lived Experiences of People with Mental Health Disorders Using LLMs
April 14, 9:36 AM | P1 Room 113
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Liste mit Publikationen, die bei der CHI vorgestellt werden und den Zeiten, wann sie präsentiert werden: Reflecting on 1,000 Social Media Journeys: Generational Patterns in Platform Transition April 13, 12:15 PM A Conditional Companion: Lived Experiences of People with Mental Health Disorders Using LLMs April 14, 9:36 AM They Think AI Can Do More Than It Actually Can: Practices, Challenges, & Opportunities of AI-Supported Reporting in Local Journalism April 14, 11:39 AM
Liste mit Publikationen, die bei der CHI vorgestellt werden und den Zeiten, wann sie präsentiert werden: Take the Power Back: Screen-Based Personal Moderation Against Hate Speech on Instagram April 17, 12:27 PM When Handwriting Goes Social: Creativity, Anonymity, and Communication in Graphonymous Online Spaces (Honorable Mention) April 17, 9:12 AM
Five publications & one honorable mention:
Next week, our researchers Hendrik Heuer, Aditya Kumar Purohit, Artur Solomonik, Besjon Cifliku, Jasmin Baake & Anna Ricarda Luther present at #CHI2026 in Barcelona - exploring how people engage with AI, social media & digital communication. @chi.acm.org
Come join our usual HCI+News lunch at #CHI2026 on Monday!! 🗞️ 🤖 ✨
It is always a good way to get to know other researchers in the space in an informal setting
Feel free to reach out if you’d like to connect and chat about these papers or our other work. See you in Barcelona!
#CHI2026 #HCI #AI #TrustworthyAI #SocialMedia #Journalism
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🔌 “Take the Power Back: Screen-Based Personal Moderation Against Hate Speech on Instagram” — explores how users want to moderate content and which interface features matter for dealing with hate speech.
📕 arxiv.org/abs/2603.01187
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📰 “They Think AI Can Do More Than It Actually Can: Practices, Challenges, & Opportunities of AI-Supported Reporting in Local Journalism” — investigates how journalists use AI in practice, including expectations, challenges, and opportunities.
📕 arxiv.org/abs/2602.22887
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🤖 “A Conditional Companion: Lived Experiences of People with Mental Health Disorders Using LLMs” — examines how people with mental health conditions use LLMs, highlighting benefits, situational use, and clear limitations.
📕 arxiv.org/abs/2602.00402
(4/7)
🔎 “Reflecting on 1,000 Social Media Journeys: Generational Patterns in Platform Transition” — explores how and why people switch platforms, revealing key push/pull factors and generational differences.
📕 arxiv.org/abs/2602.15489
(3/7)
✍️ Honorable Mention: “When Handwriting Goes Social: Creativity, Anonymity, and Communication in Graphonymous Online Spaces” — investigates anonymous handwriting-based interaction and its impact on creativity and communication online.
📕 arxiv.org/abs/2602.00371
(2/7)
My team and I are heading to #CHI2026 in Barcelona with 5 papers (+1 Honorable Mention).
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Hendrik Heuer, Kristin Marosi und Maurice Jakesch.
Weitere Infos im Newsbeitrag: www.cais-research.de/news/bmftr-f...
@hheuer.bsky.social @mjakesch.bsky.social
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Dr. Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz, Leiterin der Abteilung Technologische Souveränität und Innovation im BMFTR, & Kristin Marosi von codetekt e.V. mit der Förderurkunde | Foto: BMFTR
Auftakt für das Projekt ClaimGuard von @hheuer.bsky.social! 🚀 Heute fand im Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt die Auftaktveranstaltung der BMFTR-geförderten Projekte gegen digitale Desinformation statt. Dr. Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz überreichte die Förderbescheide.
🚨 Final reminder: PhD position on #HCI, #AI & #Disinformation 🚨
⏳ Deadline: March 1, 2026
Develop AI tools for collaborative fact-checking, strengthen media literacy & create open science resources at CAIS in Bochum, Germany!
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
#phdchat #CHI26 #chi2026
Einblicke in die Arbeit einer Enquetekommission: Prof. Hendrik Heuer spricht über Chancen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven rund um KI.
👉 www.uni-wuppertal.de/de/news/deta...
Vielen Dank an die Bergische Universität Wuppertal für das Interview!
@hheuer.bsky.social @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social
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🐚🧿 What was your first social media platform, and how did you end up here (of all places 🫠)?
Join me for the presentation of our CHI'26 Paper, ✨"Reflecting on 1,000 Social Media Journeys: Generational Patterns in Platform Transition"✨. @cais-research.bsky.social (more infos in thread)
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#PleaseShare PhD position on Human-Computer Interaction, AI, and Disinformation: Develop AI tools for fact-checking & media literacy, tackle disinformation & create open science resources
Start: April 1, 2026. Deadline March 1, 2026
👉 stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
@hheuer.bsky.social
📺 In der Lokalzeit Bergisches Land vom 11.2. gibt's Einblicke in ein Studierendenprojekt von CAIS-Forscher Hendrik Heuer, der auch als Studiogast zu sehen ist: Masterstudierende entwickeln und testen smarte KI-Alltagshelfer.
Ab Min. 17:41: www.ardmediathek.de/video/lokalz...
@hheuer.bsky.social
Join us as a doctoral researcher at the @cais-research.bsky.social in #Bochum to develop AI tools for collaborative fact-checking and media literacy!
Start: April 1, 2026
Deadline: March 1, 2026
More information here: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
PhD position on #HCI, #AI and #Disinformation: Develop tools for fact-checking & media literacy & create open science resources.
Start: April 1, 2026. Deadline March 1, 2026
stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=0bb246
#phdchat #CHI26 #chi2026
🎓 Podcast statt Uni-Skript? | WDR-Beitrag
Unter der Leitung von CAIS-Forscher Prof. Hendrik Heuer entwickeln Masterstudierende der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal KI-Alltagshelfer und testen deren Nutzen für Anwender:innen.
👉 www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
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💡Wie KI-Schreibtools Texte verständlicher machen:
Prof. Hendrik Heuer zeigt mit Sven Goller und Prof. Daniel Buschek im i-com-Artikel, wie Software hilft, Inhalte auch für Menschen mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen zugänglicher zu schreiben.
www.cais-research.de/news/wie-ki-...
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Our new paper: Writing Support Tools for Making Text Understandable” (i-com), with Sven Goller & @dbuschek.bsky.social. We studied how language specialists revise texts for people with cognitive impairments and identify gaps for AI writing:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
🌱💻 Bits & Bäume NRW 2026 | Jetzt anmelden!
Diskutiere mit, wie Digitalisierung in NRW nachhaltig & sozial gerecht gestaltet werden kann. Vom 5. bis 6. März im Makerspace Ruhr-Uni Bochum. Alle Interessierten willkommen!
👉 www.cais-research.de/event/bits-b...
#BitsBäumeNRW #BBNRW26
Unsere CAIS-Forscher Prof. Dr. Breuer (@johannesbreuer.com)und Prof. Dr. Heuer (@hheuer.bsky.social) haben hierzu Statements beigetragen 👇
Group photo of Prof. Andreas Breiter, Prof. Hendrik Heuer and Prof. Philipp Krieter (from left to right), taken in the foyer of CAIS during the CAISspecial event.
Yesterday’s #CAISspecial explored Trustworthy AI in education with insights from Prof. Andreas Breiter and Prof. Philipp Krieter. Their talks on communicative AI and privacy-aware mobile learning sparked lively discussion on-site and online. Many thanks to our guests!
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