Research Interest

I am interested in information technology that has a positive impact on societal values – such as democracy, knowledge accessibility, ethically informed decision making and sustainability. Specifically, the following areas:

Digital Democracy
Interpretable AI
Algorithm ethics and fair AI
Science communication

Within the IISM group, my research focuses on the projects SOSEC and TWON, where I investigate the relation of individual convictions, sentiments and behavior with social media and news events. Further, a focus lies in creating accessible evaluations for decision makers, press representatives as well as the general public that are both informative and easily understandable. We are always seeking passionate and committed individuals to join our team and contribute to shaping digital democracy. If you are a student looking for an assistant position (Hiwi), a seminar, bachelor or master thesis opportunity, we would love to have you on board.

Projects

SOSEC
TWON

CV

2024 – present	Research Associate at IISM, Research Group “Digital Democracy and Participation“
2023	MSc Computer Science, Thesis “Bio-plausible Reinforcement Learning with Graph Plasticity” at Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Freiburg
2023	MA Philosophy, Thesis “Agency and AI. Do Robots Act?” at chair for Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophy of Technology
2021 - 2023	Master Studies Computer Science, Philosophy (University of Freiburg)
2020	BSc Computer Science. Thesis “Cognitive Modeling of Misinformation Processing” at Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin
2018 - 2020	Bachelor Studies Computer Science, Philosophy, Cognitive Science (University of Freiburg)
2017-2018	Bachelor Studies Computer Science/Business Informatics (TU Clausthal)
2016 - 2017	Gap year: Volunteering for international projects abroad

Fellowships and Academic Stays Abroad

2020 - 2021	Erasmus exchange year for Computer Science, Philosophy – KU Leuven (Belgium)
2019, 2021	Eucor-echange at KIT and University of Basel
2017 - 2023	Holder of a scholarship by the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Fund

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

2023 - present

Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience

Publications

When Does an Individual Accept Misinformation?
Borukhson, D.; Lorenz-Spreen, P.; Ragni, M.
2021. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 43 (43), 119–125

On the Compilability and Expressive Power of State-Dependent Action Costs
Speck, D.; Borukhson, D.; Mattmüller, R.; Nebel, B.
2021. Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. Ed.: S. Biundo, 358–366, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). doi:10.1609/icaps.v31i1.15981

When Does an Individual Accept Misinformation? An Extended Investigation Through Cognitive Modeling
Borukhson, D.; Lorenz-Spreen, P.; Ragni, M.
2022. Computational Brain & Behavior, 5 (2), 244–260. doi:10.1007/s42113-022-00136-3