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

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

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Im bundesweiten „EXIST Leuchtturmwettbewerb Startup Factories“ des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) hat sich ein Netzwerk unter dem Dach der Nürnberger ZOHO Factory gegen große Konkurrenz durchgesetzt. Das Konzept sieht vor, Franken als führenden Start-up-Hub zu etablieren. Die ZOHO Factory ist damit einer von zehn Preisträgern und einziges erfolgreiches Projekt aus Bayern. Dies hat in einer feierlichen Preisverleihung am 10. Juli 2025 in Berlin Bundesministerin Katherina Reiche bekannt gegeben.

Location: Remote. Preference will be given to candidates residing in the Washington, DC area
Commitment: Full-time
Start Date: Immediate

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...

The Data Governance Guide empowers cities to develop data-driven services that serve citizens effectively.
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From CPOV to the Manifesto for Wikimedia Research

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.

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...

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. 

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. 

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.

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.