What does resilience in higher education look like? A comparison of two models from Germany and Portugal shows: there is no single formula.
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Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching
Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation
Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages
Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern
New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland
Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation
Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use
Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division
“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality
The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here.
1. Towards a Transindividual Authorship
Beirut, April 15, 2026 — On April 8, Israel launched its heaviest bombardment on Lebanon since the start of the war—one hundred and sixty bombs, ten minutes — hours after Pakistan’s Prime Minister posted on X that the ceasefire included Lebanon. It did not.
As part of the fourth IViR Science Fiction and Information Law competition, DigiCon will publish the stories of the finalists every week. The winning stories will be revealed during the CPDP 2026 conference in Brussels on 19-22 May.
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US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret. Kristina Irion comments on the news.
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Der „Deutschland-Stack“ ist nicht nur ein technisches Projekt, sondern auch ein Vorhaben an der Schnittstelle von Bundespolitik, föderaler Verwaltung, kommunaler Umsetzung und digitalpolitischer Öffentlichkeit. Daher kommen in der Deutschlandfunk-Hintergrund-Sendung „Der Deutschland-Stack: Alle Behörden auf einer digitalen Plattform“ neben Sabine Pfeiffer auch Vertreterinnen und Vertreter aus Politik, Verwaltung, Zivilgesellschaft und Techbranche zu Wort.
Gert SteinthalerEarly Career Researchers of the University of Klagenfurt have the opportunity to apply for funding within the scope of the Young Scientists Mentoring Programme 2026/2027 up to and including June 17, 2026.
Der renommierte Izatt-Christensen Award 2026 geht an Professor Frank Würthner, Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Organische Chemie II und Direktor des Zentrums für Nanosystemchemie an der Universität Würzburg. Der Preis gilt als die weltweit prestigeträchtigste Auszeichnung auf dem Gebiet der supramolekularen Chemie.
El pasado martes 14 de abril se realizó el seminario internacional “El Futuro de la Seguridad Nacional: Chile y Estados Unidos”, instancia que reunió a especialistas del mundo académico, diplomático y militar para reflexionar sobre los desafíos en materia de seguridad en la región.
As part of the fourth IViR Science Fiction and Information Law competition, DigiCon will publish the stories of the finalists every week. The winning stories will be revealed during the CPDP 2026 conference in Brussels on 19-22 May.
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