Decoding our Internet-Mediated Lives: Behaviour, Attitudes, and Wellbeing
Dr. Juhi Kulshrestha, Aalto University
March 31, 2026; 13:00-13:45
Aalto CS Building, T4
Abstract: Much of our everyday life now unfolds online, from the information we consume to the opinions we form and the decisions we make, leaving behind rich digital traces of human behaviour. In this talk, I will discuss how digital behavioural data can be used to study our internet-mediated lives. By combining passive web browsing traces with online surveys, experiments, and computational analysis of web content, we can link patterns of online behaviour to attitudes, decisions, and mental health & wellbeing. These approaches offer new ways to understand how digital environments shape behaviour and experiences both online and offline.
Bio: Juhi Kulshrestha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, where she leads the Computational Social Science Lab (). She received her PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research (HBI) and the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS). Before joining Aalto, she held a Junior Professorship in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. She was recently awarded RCF’s Academy Fellowship (2025-2029) for studying the interplay between online polarization and mental wellbeing.
Upcoming speakers
Dr. Verena Zimmermann, ETH Zurich (May 06, 2026; 14:00-14:45)
Dr. Annika Svedholm-Häkkinen, Helsinki University (May 20, 2026; 14:00-14:45)
Dr. Heiko Hecht, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (June, hosted by Robin Welsch)
Current organizer
Verena Distler, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department