Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal information
Kasper Welbers is an associate professor at the department of communication science. He is a co-Director of The Societal Analytics Lab at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Vice Chair of the computational methods division at the International Communication Association, and scientific representative of the OPINION COST Action network.
Research
Kasper's research combines methodological contributions in the field of computational communication science with substantive research in the areas of journalism and political communication. A central theme in his work is how news gets around and who the most important gatekeepers are in this process. In addition to publishing research, he is an open-source developer of research tools and infrastructure.
Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where Kasper Welbers is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
-
On Measurement Validity and Language Models: Increasing Validity and Decreasing Bias with Instructions
Laurer, M., van Atteveldt, W., Casas, A. & Welbers, K., 2025, In: Communication Methods and Measures. 19, 1, p. 46-62 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access -
What is Popular Gets More Popular? Exploring Over-Time Dynamics in Article Readership Using Real-World Log Data
Trilling, D., Dubèl, R., Kiddle, R., Kroon, A. C., Lin, Z., Simon, M., Vermeer, S., Welbers, K. & Boukes, M., 14 Oct 2024, In: Journalism Studies. 25, 16, p. 2051-2071Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
-
Challenging the global cultural conflict narrative: An automated content analysis on how perpetrator identity shapes worldwide news coverage of Islamist and right-wing terror attacks
Chan, C. H., Wessler, H., Jungblut, M., Welbers, K., Althaus, S., Bajjalieh, J. & van Atteveldt, W., Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Press/Politics. 29, 4, p. 1064-1089 26 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile38 Downloads (Pure) -
How shared ties and journalistic cultures shape global news coverage of disruptive media events: the case of the 9/11 terror attacks
Jungblut, M., Althaus, S., Bajjalieh, J., Chan, C. H., Welbers, K., Van Atteveldt, W. & Wessler, H., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Communication. 74, 3, p. 183-197 15 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile45 Downloads (Pure) -
Less annotating, more classifying: Addressing the data scarcity issue of supervised machine learning with deep transfer learning and BERT-NLI
Laurer, M., Van Atteveldt, W., Casas, A. & Welbers, K., Jan 2024, In: Political Analysis. 32, 1, p. 84-100 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
Projects
- 3 Finished
-
Institutioneel nieuws: formuleringen in kop en tekst die lezers trekken en behouden
Houwing, F., Welbers, K., Lagerwerf, L., Coudron, Y. & van Loenen, G.
1/01/24 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
-
Digital Data Donation Infrastructure (D3I)
Welbers, K. (Project Researcher), Groot Kormelink, T. (Project Researcher) & van Atteveldt, W. (Principal Investigator)
1/03/22 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
-
NWO-VENI project: Gatekeeping in the era of fake news: The effects of trust on online news consumption behavior
1/01/20 → 3/09/23
Project: Research
Prizes / Grants
-
Faculty of Social Sciences Dissertation Award
Welbers, Kasper (Recipient), 12 Jan 2017
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
-
Faculty of Social Sciences Teacher Talent Award 2018-2019
Welbers, Kasper (Recipient), 18 Jun 2019
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic