Name: Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim – Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life
Start: 2025-12-03T16:15:00+02:00
Location: Metsätalo

$Public Lecture by Professor Kevin Durrheim \u2013 Polarization: In mind, social media, and public life$

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