When does the use of AI add value, and when does it come at the expense of something valuable? In conversation with Ot van Daalen, a lecturer in Information Law and attorney, the TLC-FdR discusses the value of AI. A little sneak peek: experiment! Sometimes with success, sometimes with the conclusion that it isn’t the right path after all.
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Unisport Austria Beach Volleyball Championships 2026: Title deciders in glorious weather and a home victory in Klagenfurt!
From 3 to 4 June 2026, the beach volleyball courts at the University Sports Institute (USI) in Klagenfurt became the centre of academic beach volleyball. After a rather mediocre start in terms of weather on the first day of the tournament, the athletes were rewarded with glorious sunshine and absolutely perfect weather on the final Thursday. The new championship titles were awarded on the sand in front of a fantastic crowd.

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

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

New publications on Transhumanist Anthropocene, Content Creators and Chilling Effects

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

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

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

IViR is pleased to introduce our new visiting researcher Daniel Hauck. Daniel is a PhD candidate in law at the University of Hagen. Currently, Daniel is conducting research on content moderation and how online platforms exercise power and impose censorship. He is undertaking a three-month visiting period at IViR.
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South Africa needs more investment to drive economic growth, create jobs and improve competitiveness. Yet investment decisions are often influenced by policy, regulatory and administrative barriers that are not always visible through formal reporting channels. Businesses frequently know exactly where these obstacles lie, but that information does not always reach policymakers in a structured and actionable form.

Visiting researcher | January 2025 - June 2026
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Together with AGESIC, we are piloting a traceable AI system with Uruguay’s open data catalogue – so that citizens can receive verifiable answers from national data
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By Vidya Subramanian Since its inception, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made massive inroads into our everyday lives. Considered by many as one of the most significant inventions after steam engines, industrialization and the Internet, AI has permeated into almost every aspect of modern day life. What was essentially considered as a prominent […]

By Sophie Tomlinson, Deputy Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative 

NASA JPL-CaltechRoland Brockers is Professor of Modular Robotic Systems in the Control of Networked Systems group and a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology in California. On Tuesday, June 10, 2026, he will once again give a lecture for the interested public as part of his teaching stay at the university, this time on the topic “Exploring Venus: Hot Beauty or Earth’s Evil Twin?” (5:00 PM, Lecture Hall 1).