DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

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

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

Talk im Turm: Göttliche Algorithmen und Putins Desinformation

Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: Digital Worlds

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

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

Syria’s new government has banned all online and digital surveys  without prior official approval, according to a decision issued by the Ministry of Communications and Technology on April 10.

Kristina Irion’s research project won the SSH Open Competition M 2024 grant which funds free, curiosity-driven research in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The project will explore the fundamental tension between secrecy claims and transparency needs in the context of EU digital and data legislation.

On July 3, 2025, the USI indoor kickers and their selection met a selection of the USI artificial turf kickers at the SV Donau sports field in Kneipgasse. Two 30-minute matches were played in sweltering heat. Nevertheless, both teams gave their all in these conditions. In the end, the indoor footballers were able to celebrate. The match was refereed by (perhaps) future FIFA referee Klaus RISS. You couldn’t tell it was too hot for him. Afterwards, we went to the canteen of the Donau sports club and ended the evening together.

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July 7, 2025
Dear Geert—

Studierende lassen Experi­ment mit Höhen­forschungs­ballon steigen - Preis für Informatikerin Borrmann - JMU für Gleich­stellung ausgezeichnet - Programm für ausländische Gäste - Liturgie der Zukunft

The 1st International Summer School 2025 on Bilateral AI held from July 7 to July 11, 2025 at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, started today!

Vor Kurzem waren die Mitglieder der Universität dazu aufgerufen, ihre Vertreterinnen und Vertreter in den diversen Gremien neu zu wählen. Jetzt liegen die Ergebnisse vor. Mehr Informationen auf den Seiten des Wahlamts.

Während der Corona-Pandemie mussten deutsche Hochschulen schnell handeln: Vorlesungen und Seminare mussten online via Zoom angeboten werden. Nach den pandemiebedingten Lockdowns haben viele Dozierende synchron-hybride Lehr-Lern-Settings eingeführt. Dabei handelt es sich um Lehrveranstaltungen, an denen Studierende entweder vor Ort im Seminarraum oder zeitgleich online teilnehmen können.

Lumeez23/peopleimages.com / AdobestockFor the first time, an international research team has developed concrete, evidence based stretching recommendations for practical use. The team was led by Jan Wilke (University of Bayreuth and University of Klagenfurt). Their recommendations, published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science, aim to settle long-standing controversies and dispel common myths surrounding stretching.

On June 11, 2025, Safer Internet Lab’s research consultant, Rifqi Rachman, was invited by FPCI to speak at one of their Reality Checks workshops. The session covered several key topics: