The UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences hosted by Stellenbosch University invites you to join the next session of its Webinar Series:
Intercultural Competence as a Foundation for Pan-African Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution: Lessons from WPDI’s work in South Africa, Uganda and South Sudan since 2012
Date: 21 May 2026
Time: 3 PM CAT

Fragments of Tactical Media is the new INC reader part of the Etherport series. You can read it online, download it as a PDF, or order it for free at home.

O LAPIN integrou a missão do Conselho Nacional dos Direitos Humanos (CNDH) no Rio Grande do Sul, que investigou os impactos socioambientais e as possíveis violações de direitos humanos associadas à instalação de data centers.

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.
The post Seventh shortlisted story of the Science Fiction and Information Law Writing Competition appeared first on IVIR.

The research project Artificial secrecy: Taking Transparency in EU Digital and Data Regulation Seriously began in January 2026. Funded by NWO, the project explores the fundamental tension between secrecy claims and transparency needs in the context of EU digital and data legislation. This short video explains what the project entails.
The post Video about Artificial Secrecy project appeared first on IVIR.

Il me fait plaisir d’annoncer que la professeure Miriam Cohen sera la nouvelle directrice du Centre de recherche en droit public à compter du 1er juin 2026.

Die Studierenden an der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) sind mit ihren Studienbedingungen aktuell durchweg zufrieden. Das zeigen die neuen Ergebnisse des CHE Hochschulrankings 2026/27.  
In den Bachelorstudiengängen Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Wirtschaftsinformatik bewerten sie beispielsweise die allgemeine Studiensituation mit 4,3 beziehungsweise 4,1 von maximal 5 möglichen Sternen. Bewertungen von 3,8 und mehr Sternen zählen laut CHE zur „Spitzengruppe“.
Deutschlandweit mit an der Spitze

We invite researchers from around the world to take part in an essay competition, developing democratic visions of the future for the year 2050.
The post Call for submissions: twentyfifty appeared first on HIIG.

20 maggio 2026 | CLAUDIO PAOLUCCI (Università di Bologna)
The post 194° Mercoledì di Nexa – Macchine dotate di linguaggio. Che cosa l’Intelligenza artificiale generativa ci dice dell’essere umano appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Viele Anwendungen – ob in der Medizin, der Biotechnologie oder in der Landwirtschaft – erfordern die gezielte Abtötung unerwünschter Zellen. Denn diese Zellen können beispielsweise die Gesundheit gefährden, die Produktivität beeinträchtigen oder gewünschte biologische Prozesse stören. Die Herausforderung besteht jedoch darin, dies zu erreichen, ohne dabei andere Zellen zu beeinträchtigen.

JAKARTA — Indonesia officially enacted the Joint Decree (SKB) of Seven Ministers on Guidelines for the Use and Learning of Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) across formal, non-formal, and informal education on March 12, 2026. The policy establishes a foundation for cross-sector coordination while ensuring that the use of technology aligns with child protection principles and the improvement of learning quality.

What testing commercial neurotech has taught us, and why these technologies require informed engagement now.
The post The Neurotech Booth at RightsCon That Never Happened first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.