Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim – Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life, 3 December

Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim – Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life

Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS)

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Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 04:15 pm

Metsätalo

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Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 04:15 pm (EET)

Metsätalo

Yrjö-Koskisen katu 1, FI-00170 Helsinki, Suomi, Helsinki, Finland

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Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim – Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life
How do group processes – conformity, persuasion, and identity – drive opinions toward extremes, and how do digital media amplify these tendencies? Discover how machine learning reveals the formation of opinion-based groups that have replaced traditional sociological categories in shaping the public sphere.

HCAS Erkko Professor Kevin Durrheim (University of Johannesburg) gives a public lecture on polarization in Metsätalo lecture hall 1, on Wednesday, 3 December, at 4:15 p.m.

The lecture is free and open to the public. While it is primarily an in-person event, a live stream option is available for those who wish to attend remotely. A link to the live stream will be published here closer to the event.

More information is available on the event website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-collegium-advanced-studies/news/public-lecture-erkko-professor-kevin-durrheim-polarization-mind-social-media-and-public-life

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Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim – Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life, 3 December
Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim – Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life
Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 04:15 pm