DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

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

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

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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. 

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.

L’article 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, de Véronique Guèvremont, Iris Richer & Clémence Varin, vient d’être publié dans le

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.

Kristina Irion’s research project won the SSH Open Competition M 2024 grant which funds free, curiosity-driven research in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The project will explore the fundamental tension between secrecy claims and transparency needs in the context of EU digital and data legislation.

On July 3, 2025, the USI indoor kickers and their selection met a selection of the USI artificial turf kickers at the SV Donau sports field in Kneipgasse. Two 30-minute matches were played in sweltering heat. Nevertheless, both teams gave their all in these conditions. In the end, the indoor footballers were able to celebrate. The match was refereed by (perhaps) future FIFA referee Klaus RISS. You couldn’t tell it was too hot for him. Afterwards, we went to the canteen of the Donau sports club and ended the evening together.

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July 7, 2025
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