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DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Talk im Turm: Göttliche Algorithmen und Putins Desinformation

Talk im Turm: Göttliche Algorithmen und Putins Desinformation

Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: Digital Worlds

Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: Digital Worlds

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

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

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

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

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

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Simplifying Data Cleaning & Publishing: Highlights from the ODE Workshop in Meerut

This text reports on the impact of a training course offered by a multiplier trainer from the School of Data network. A one-day workshop on Ensuring FAIR and High Quality Data using Open Data Editor (ODE) was hosted at Department of Library and Information Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (SVSU), Meerut, India, on 28 June...

Escaping the digitalisation backlog: data governance puts cities and municipalities in the digital fast lane

The Data Governance Guide empowers cities to develop data-driven services that serve citizens effectively.
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Heather Ford on Why Critical Wikipedia Research Is More Important Than Ever

From CPOV to the Manifesto for Wikimedia Research

Filling the ‘third space’ between science and industry/society with professional expertise

aau/PöcherThe professionalisation of research management has gained importance at Austrian universities in recent years. Third space professionals are situated at the intersection of academia and administration and contribute significantly to the success of research projects. In a bottom-up process (third-party funded), the Control of Networked Systems research group welcomed Barbara Pöcher as its first ever third space professional.

Empowering Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria: Open Data Training for Enugu Advocates

This text reports on the impact of a training course offered by a multiplier trainer from the School of Data network. With support from the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Technology for Inspiration Initiative led by Nuela Ada Ononiwu organised a two-day training workshop on the Open Data Editor (ODE) developed under the School of Data...

For fifth time, China blocks Wikimedia Foundation as permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Wikipedia is one of the most widely used digital public goods, the only nonprofit website among the world’s top ten most visited ones, and a critical source of training data for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Foundation’s experience and perspective are essential to ensuring that global copyright policy reflects the public interest

For fifth time, China blocks Wikimedia Foundation as permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Wikipedia is one of the most widely used digital public goods, the only nonprofit website among the world’s top ten most visited ones, and a critical source of training data for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Foundation’s experience and perspective are essential to ensuring that global copyright policy reflects the public interest

Digitalisierung als Chance: Wie eine App die Palliative Care unterstützen kann

Das Forschungsprojekt „PALLADiUM“ widmete sich der Frage, wie man die multiprofessionelle Kollaboration auf einer Palliativstation mithilfe der Digitalisierung unterstützen kann. Als Lösung entwickelte das interdisziplinäre Forschungsteam, bestehend aus Experten aus Medizin, Soziologie und Wirtschaftsinformatik, eine Mobile App, die die Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit verbessern soll.

L’intelligence artificielle dans la pratique contractuelle des avocat·e·s suisses

La profession d’avocat·e ne saurait rester insensible aux avancées récentes en matière d’intelligence artificielle générative (IA), dont la démocratisation progressive et le développement rapide pourraient, à terme, modifier certaines pratiques. Pour l’avocat·e rompu·e à la négociation et à la rédaction de contrats, ces évolutions suscitent simultanément un intérêt et des interrogations légitimes.

Par-delà les politiques culturelles : explorer le potentiel du droit des technologies numériques et des droits humains pour garantir la découvrabilité d’une diversité de contenus culturels en ligne | Lex Electronica Vol.30-1

Syria Bans Online Surveys Amid Fragile Digital Infrastructure

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.