Dr Johanna Römer
Small Group Project 2020-21
Deciphering Violence: New Network Analytic Tools for Improving Hate Speech Detection Online
Bringing together experts in geo-spatial mapping, digital media and linguistic analysis, and computer scientists, project participants will contribute to building a software that helps researchers and companies to understand the interactions and user engagements surrounding instances of hate speech. Using a custom designed network analytic software, we build a connectivity-defined architecture for mapping online Twitter communities in order to identify spatial, temporal, discursive and engagement patterns in the circulation of hate speech within select Twitter communities.
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Johanna Römer is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Essex.
Johanna’s ethnographic, qualitative and computational research focuses on the ethics and politics of the governance of emerging technologies at the intersection of public health and criminal justice processes. Projects she has led examine inequalities and also opportunities for mental health, as well as broader behavioral and community health interventions from within custodial and critical care settings, funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the British Academy, the Council for European Studies, and the Independent Social Research Foundation. New projects investigate AI risk through collaborations and research with public and private sector organizations in the US, UK and Europe.
Johanna’s ethnographic, qualitative and computational research focuses on the ethics and politics of the governance of emerging technologies at the intersection of public health and criminal justice processes. Projects she has led examine inequalities and also opportunities for mental health, as well as broader behavioral and community health interventions from within custodial and critical care settings, funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the British Academy, the Council for European Studies, and the Independent Social Research Foundation. New projects investigate AI risk through collaborations and research with public and private sector organizations in the US, UK and Europe.
Biographical details correct as of 29.04.26