Congratulations to Associate Professor Susanne Baumgartner and Dr Cynthia Dekker on receiving the ASCoR Baschwitz Article of the Year Award. The award recognises the best first-authored peer-reviewed article published by an ASCoR staff member in the previous year. Heartfelt…

Cynthia Dekker recently obtained her PhD. Her research title is ''(Dis)Engagement by Design: How Digital Design Choices Impact Smartphone Overuse and Digital Well-Being.'' Her work informs both science and practitioners on online behaviour, specifically focusing on how to…

The project will investigate how media users feel after watching short-form videos versus spending the same amount of time watching a movie or TV show. It will compare how these two activities influence self-evaluations (e.g., feelings of guilt), recovery, and well-being. In…