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

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

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

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

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

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

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

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

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

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

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La justice de genre à l’heure des reculs de la protection sociale : femme/mère/travailleuse. Les étranges postures du néolibéralisme

Dans le cadre des Matinées de la justice, nous vous invitons à la conférence sur « La justice de genre à l’heure des reculs de la protection sociale : femme/mère/travailleuse. Les étranges postures du néolibéralisme« , organisée par le Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP), l’antenne sherbrookoise du Réseau québécois en études féministes (RéQEF) et la Chaire de recherche du Canada en étude féministe.
Date : Lundi, 30 mars 2026
Heure : 10H – 11H30
Lieu : En ligne (zoom)

THE ROAD TO WSIS+20: Reflecting on India’s positions and the international process of the WSIS+20 review

By Sukriti, Jhalak Kakkar, Shashank Mohan Introduction The Indian government gave formal written inputs to the Elements Paper and actively participated in its online public consultation. However, it did not provide written inputs to subsequent drafts for the WSIS+20 outcome document. Notably, India’s formal written input to the Elements Paper was separate from the G77’s […]

Carinthian Academic Championships – Gymnastics 10

Shortly before the end of the 2025/26 winter semester, the Carinthian Academic Championships in gymnastics took place once again. The competition was divided into the following three categories: ‘External’, ‘Sports Students’ and ‘Club Gymnasts’.
The performances were generally very impressive. All teams participated with great ambition and commitment. Right from the start, the teams’ entrance and the perfect choreography rounded off this event in an impressive manner.

Oracle in Lebanon threatens digital sovereignty

The American company Oracle and Lebanon’s Minister of State for Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Kamal Shehadeh, recently signed an undisclosed but strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) to train 50,000 people from the private and public sector in different technologies.

While the agreement was framed as a “free grant” to suggest an achievement for the ministry, it comes with its own set of unique challenges to Lebanon’s digital sovereignty. 

A ‘media plurality test’ for Italy

Italy’s media landscape is on the brink of a major shift. In this piece, we analyse how this acquisition could trigger the first use of the new EMFA tool to assess threats to media pluralism and editorial independence.
 

608.196 (26S) Advanced Econometrics (Exercises to PhD Lectures at SEB University of Ljubljana)

This course offers an alternative to the exercise sessions accompanying the lectures on Advanced Econometrics in the PhD programme at the School of Economics and Business of University of Ljubljana so local students enrolled for that (e.g., via CESEENet) don’t neet to travel to Ljubljana for the exercises.
Lectures and exam(s) need to be attended in Ljubljana for a positive overall grade and being awarded 8 ECTS.

Neue Ausstellung zeigt Würzburger Nobelpreisträger und ihre Forschung

Röntgen war der erste von insgesamt 14 Wissenschaftlern, die an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) geforscht oder gelehrt haben und mit dem Nobelpreis ausgezeichnet wurden. Ihre Leistungen stehen im Mittelpunkt der Ausstellung „Ausgezeichnet! 14 Würzburger Nobelpreisträger – geniale Köpfe, die die Welt veränderten“, die 2026 an mehreren öffentlich zugänglichen Orten in Würzburg zu sehen ist.

Würzburger Startup will Leichter Sprache zum Durchbruch verhelfen

Webseiten von Behörden, Mitteilungen der Bank oder Briefe von der Versicherung sind bisweilen kompliziert geschrieben. Und zwar so kompliziert, dass selbst gut gebildete Menschen mit Deutsch als Muttersprache den Inhalt schwer oder gar nicht verstehen.
Wie muss es da erst den sechs Millionen Menschen in Deutschland gehen, die dringend auf eine leicht verständliche Sprache angewiesen sind? Menschen zum Beispiel, die Deutsch als Fremdsprache lernen, die kognitiv eingeschränkt sind oder Lernschwierigkeiten haben.

How much longer can Syrians afford the internet?

Telecommunication prices in Syria have increased nearly a thousandfold, drawing public attention and concern. However, the Syrian Ministry of Telecommunications tried to distance itself from the decision in an attempt to absorb the public anger.

Questions have multiplied about the legality of this move and its compatibility with Syria’s current economic and living standards. Others have also questioned whether it would be possible to legally hold telecom companies accountable to prompt them to reverse their decisions.

Bread&Net 2025: Building a collective movement for digital rights in the WANA region

Bread&Net took place in Beirut in October 2025, bringing together more than 550 participants from across the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region and beyond. Since then, the political conditions in which the gathering happened have not eased; far from it, they have intensified.