Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use

“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

“It was paradise; now it’s Disneyland!” Antonia Muratori laments in Emily in Paris season 5 after a  swarm of tourist zombies invaded her beloved Solitano. It’s not just her – tourismphobia is a recent global  consensus. Cluster-like masses of foreigners, armed in selfie sticks, camera-strap necklaces and tour guide headset, refuse to sync with locals, colonizing their living space and transforming it into theme park-esque commodities.

“YOU’RE ALWAYS IGNORING ME!”
It’s 11:58 PM, and you’re exhausted. Your brain feels like scrambled eggs. You already brushed your teeth, changed into pajamas, and are emotionally committed to the state of unconsciousness, yet here you are, frantically tapping your phone screen, like a raccoon trying to open a trash can.

El Programa de Derecho, Ciencia y Tecnología UC celebró la graduación de la generación 2025 de sus diplomados en Protección de Datos Personales y en 

The Natali Helberger Award recognizes doctoral students who have conducted research through interdisciplinary collaboration that advances a Public Interest Technology (PIT) perspective in communication studies, journalism studies, and related fields across the social sciences and law. PIT provides a framework for rethinking the institutions, infrastructures, and technology-embedded services that shape society in pursuit of the public good.

In a long-overdue move, Meta finally published its 2024 annual human rights report in December 2025, strategically releasing it just ahead of the holiday break, a timing choice potentially aiming to curtail scrutiny from the press and civil society.

Durante enero, un grupo del equipo de ayudantes del Programa de Derecho, Ciencia y Tecnología UC participó en el Primer Moot Court en Derecho y Tecnologías Emergentes, una competencia académica que simula litigios desde una perspectiva de derechos humanos frente a los desafíos jurídicos que plantean la inteligencia artificial, las neurotecnologías y la biometría avanzada. 

Go to: https://pharmakon.epokhe.world/seminaire-hypertexte/

Die soziale Herkunft entscheidet nach wie vor stark über den Bildungsweg von Kindern in Deutschland. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine aktuelle Studie des Exzellenzclusters ECONtribute der Universitäten Bonn und Köln.

15 January 2026 — Wikipedia, the world’s largest online information resource, turns 25 today, marking a quarter century of making trustworthy, human-powered knowledge accessible worldwide.