How can governments turn commitments to participation, innovation and reform into improvements that citizens experience in their everyday lives?
This question connected several discussions that interested Dr Monique Bennett, Policy Dialogue Manager at Policy Innovation Lab, during a recent OECD forum.
Thando Ndita from Stellenbosch University’s Policy Innovation Lab was invited to participate in the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers New York programme in September 2026 as a funded attendee. The programme brought together individuals working across AI, digital transformation, public health and development, providing an opportunity to build relationships with people doing similar or related work across Africa.
Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent awarded an SNSF Ambizione Grant
Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division
Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern
New publications on Transhumanist Anthropocene, Content Creators and Chilling Effects
Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching
New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland
Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation
“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality
As Europe prepares to showcase 91 AI pilots at the upcoming EUSAiR closing event, one major question remains: where do national AI regulatory sandboxes actually stand under the EU AI Act? To find out, I examined publicly available records and national authority data across Europe. Here is what the landscape looks like today.
Which European countries have operational AI sandboxes?
Planes have landed automatically since the 1950s. Why do we still need pilots? What aviation teaches us about humans, machines and responsible automation.
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Entretien avec Francesca Musiani, Propagations, 16 oct. 2026, 51 min.
L’article Câbles, protocoles, censure : qui gouverne vraiment Internet ? est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.
Amerika am Scheideweg_ Midterms und ihre Folgen für Europa
Zwei Tage nach den richtungsweisenden Zwischenwahlen in den USA erfolgt eine erste politische Einordnung der Wahlergebnisse. Bleibt Donald Trump die Leitfigur des politischen Systems der USA oder steht seine Bewegung vor dem Niedergang?
In einer neuen Veröffentlichung in der Fachzeitschrift Nature Chemistry beschreiben Chemiker aus dem Team von Professor Holger Braunschweig von der Universität Würzburg, unterstützt durch computergestützte Arbeiten des Teams von Professor Ashwini K. Phukan an der Tezpur-Universität in Indien, dass sie eine Methode zur Herstellung und Isolierung einer Reihe überraschend stabiler Oxoborane entdeckt haben. Damit ist eine Herausforderung gelöst, die seit über 60 Jahren bestand.
Oxoborane: Herausforderung für die besten Köpfe der Chemie
En la charla AI in Law, analizó los cambios que la inteligencia artificial plantea para el trabajo jurídico y las decisiones que deben permanecer bajo responsabilidad humana.
Ahead of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, running from 24 to 31 October 2026, Luca Arfini from European Science - Media Hub from the European Parliament spoke with Dr Theresa Josephine Seipp.
The post An expert’s opinion: Interview with Theresa Seipp on new challenges in media and information literacy appeared first on IVIR.
How can artificial intelligence (AI) and digital public infrastructure (DPI) work together to improve public services in South Africa? And what would it take to move promising innovations across institutional boundaries and embed them within government systems?