Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, conference proceedings, and working papers.

Peer-Reviewed Articles
Forthcoming ICWSM 2026

Why Conspiracy Theory Communities Endure: The Interplay of Feedback, Habits, and Community Context

Batzdorfer, V., Samory, M., & Banisch, S.

Preprint →
2026 Frontiers in Psychology

A Collection on Misinformation and a Call for New Perspectives on the Topic

Biella, M. & Batzdorfer, V.

DOI →
2024 Research Ethics

Between Urgency and Data Quality in Social Science Research: Assessing the Fairness of Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Batzdorfer, V. et al.

DOI: 10.1177/17470161241257575 →
2022 Int. J. Data Science

Temporal Dynamics of Conspiracy Theories: A Twitter Multi-Level Time Series Study

Batzdorfer, V., Steinmetz, H., et al.

DOI: 10.1007/s41060-021-00298-6 →
Preprints & Working Papers
Preregistration OSF

Private–Public Attitude Alignment and the Emergence of Epistemic Humility in Online Political Discussions

Batzdorfer, V. & Oswald, L.

OSF (Forthcoming 2026)

Forthcoming WebSci 2026

Directional Semantic Drift Across Grokipedia Versions: A Diffusion-Manifold Analysis

Batzdorfer, V. & Tölkes, O.

Preprint →
2025 Turing

Data Study Group Final Report: Data-driven approaches to understand AI competencies

Forshaw, M., Batzdorfer, V., et al.

The Alan Turing Institute

Zenodo →
ACL 2026 SemEval

PsyCoMark – Psycholinguistic Conspiracy Marker Extraction and Detection

Samory, M., Soldner, F., Batzdorfer, V.

Website → GitHub →
Working MPI MIS

A Framework for Systemic Risk Assessment with Reliable Computational Models

Banisch, S. & Batzdorfer, V.

PDF →
Working SSRN

Success-Driven User Activity Contributes to Online Polarization

Horn, S., Banisch, S., Batzdorfer, V., et al.

SSRN →
Working OSF

Publishing Combined Web Tracking and Survey Data

Munzert, S., [...] Batzdorfer, V., et al.

DOI →
Profiles
Google Scholar GitHub