Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is increasingly positioned as a foundation for expanding access to public services, strengthening state capacity, and enabling more inclusive digital societies. As governments and philanthropic leaders around the world invest in digital identity systems, data exchange layers, and digital payments, a central question continues to surface: how is trust built, sustained, and experienced in practice?

Seit dem 6. Februar 2026 laufen die Olympischen Winterspiele Milano Cortina, tausende Athletinnen und Athleten messen sich dort in 16 Disziplinen. Geht es nach der neuen Präsidentin des Internationalen Olympischen Komitees (IOK), Kirsty Coventry, so sollen sich diese und zukünftige Spiele auf ihren Kern konzentrieren – und das sei der Sport; nicht etwa die Politik. Doch wie realistisch ist so eine strikte Trennung überhaupt?  

India hosting the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi has led to significant  global attention. As the first Global South country to host the Summit — following editions in the UK, France, and South Korea — India’s leadership marks a pivotal time in conversations around AI governance as the world recognises the growing importance […]

Etwa jeder Vierte leidet irgendwann in seinem Leben an einer Angsterkrankung. Dazu zählen

25 febbraio 2026 | LUDOVICO BOSSI (Università Luiss Guido Carli)
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Europe’s Digital Identity Wallet: The Promise, the Problems, and the Questions We’re Not Asking

By Sharmin Chougule

05 February 2026

The EUDI Wallet is coming to Europe by 2026. But while a universal digital identity sounds laudable, the tight schedule and complex architecture suggest a deeper tension. We are at a critical juncture: Is this a foundation for trust, or the quiet assembly of a surveillance apparatus?

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1. The Problem we’re trying to solve

Wie genau unkonventionelle Supraleitung entsteht, zählt zu den zentralen Fragen der modernen Festkörperphysik. Eine neue Studie, die in der Fachzeitschrift Nature erschienen ist, liefert hierzu entscheidende Hinweise.
Ein internationales Forschungsteam konnte erstmals eine direkte mikroskopische Verbindung zwischen einem stark korrelierten Normalzustand und der Supraleitung in sogenannten Moiré-Materialien nachweisen. Langfristig können diese Erkenntnisse dazu beitragen, gezielt neue Quantenmaterialien und Supraleiter für künftige Quantentechnologien zu entwickeln.

GENEVA / BARCELONA — As artificial intelligence and digital transformation reshape the global public sector, academic institutions are facing a critical bottleneck: a lack of specialized curricula to train the next generation of public leaders.

“Our research shows that many public policy programs in the US and Europe are failing to prepare their students for a career in a modern, digital-era public sector,” says Pontus Westerberg, Executive Director of Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age.

Drawing on two decades of experience in building and supporting open digital infrastructure, we provide observations and recommendations to advance the EU’s strategic approach to open source, emphasizing its role in enhancing technological sovereignty, security, and competitiveness.
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The Tech We Want, Open Data Editor, Open Technology Research, UN CSTD Working Group, Open Data Day and more.
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Date : Mercredi 11 mars 2026
Heure : De 11 h 30 à 13 h
Type : Conférences et séminaires
Lieu : Salle multifonctionnelle (A9-162), Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de droit,
Campus principal et visioconférence Teams

 
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O Smart Sampa vem sendo apresentado como uma solução tecnológica para tornar São Paulo mais segura. Mas o que os dados realmente mostram?

A nota técnica “Smart Sampa: Transparência para quem? Transparência de quê?”, elaborada pelo LAPIN, pelo Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum e pela Rede Liberdade, analisa o programa a partir de informações oficiais e de dados obtidos via Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI).

Photocreo Bednarek/AdobestockHow many delivery vehicles does a company really need, and which vehicle configurations make sense throughout the year? This question poses major challenges for corporate logistics departments. Christian Truden (University of Klagenfurt) and Mike Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago) have now developed a new data-driven approach that shows how vehicle fleets can be planned efficiently even under strongly fluctuating demand and pronounced seasonality.

As of January 2026, Heiko Breitsohl serves as Associate Editor at the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
This internationally renowned journal publishes empirical studies and theoretical work from all areas of organizational research. The focus is on publishing scientific studies on organizational behavior—both at the individual level and at the group and organizational levels.
 
More information on the journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991379

On Day 2 of the 2026 DMRC Summer School, delegates joined workshops on data donation, online safety, socio-technical grounded theory, and intersectional approaches to digital media research.
DMRC Chief Investigators also delivered a back-to-back-to-back seminar with the broad theme of re-thinking media for the platform age.
A major highlight of the day was the research translation roundtable discussion that explored opportunities at institutions, common pitfalls to avoid, and encouraged participants to share their own research translation experiences.

OpenForum Europe (OFE), the Open Source Initiative (OSI), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) today announced the official launch of Open Technology Research (OTR) — a strategic partnership designed to strengthen the global open technology research community and advance evidence-based policymaking around open technologies. Open technologies — including software, data, and standards — underpin today’s...

The DMRC’s 2026 Summer School kicked off today at QUT Kelvin Grove campus featuring inspiring and thought-provoking training by world leading researchers.
With over 75 delegates in attendance, today’s sessions explored a range of topics including analyzing large video collections using GenAI, discovering your teaching philosophy, instructions for systematic literature reviews, unpacking social biases in CSS, analyzing sound and music in content, and multimodal research using the image machine.