A new kind of learning space for a new kind of governance

The first Sandbox Summer School took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 30 to July 4, 2025. Hosted with the support of Católica Global School of Law (CGSL), the Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s hub for transnational legal education, the program brought together regulators, civic technologists, policymakers, and researchers came together not to attend a conference, but to build one of the most promising tools in digital governance: the sandbox.

This article and the accompanying photographs were produced with the support of UNESCO in Jordan. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of UNESCO or SMEX.

Würzburg bleibt Deutschlands Fußballhochburg – zumindest auf universitärem Level. Bei den European University Football Championships im italienischen Camerino, ausgetragen vom 27. Juli bis 3. August, war die Wettkampfgemeinschaft (WG) Würzburg erneut mit einer Damen- und einer Herrenmannschaft qualifiziert.  

Nairobi, Kenya, 6 August 2025 – This week, Wikimania 2025, the twentieth edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and the global community of volunteers (Wikimedians) who make it possible, will take place in Kenya. 

Nairobi, Kenya, 6 August 2025 – This week, Wikimania 2025, the twentieth edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and the global community of volunteers (Wikimedians) who make it possible, will take place in Kenya. 

KKEarly Career Researcher Vianney Kambale received the award at the conference, which took place from 23 to 25 July 2025 in Zimbali, South Africa. Vianney Kambale, who is conducting research as a doctoral student at the Department of Smart Systems Technologies  in the Transportation Informatics research group, is attempting to look into the future using data from yesterday and today.

The Portulans Institute invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Portulans Democracy Project (PDP), an initiative focused on identifying and analyzing democratic innovations worldwide.
This role is ideal for a recent PhD graduate with a strong interest in democratic processes, digital technologies, and mixed-methods research.
 
Location: Based in Oxford, UK; Washington, DC; or remote

As Team “Mathe läuft bei uns”, the sporty mathematicians Teresa Rauscher, Johannes Schmucker, and Angelika Wiegele took on the USI Team Run Challenge 2025. The event was held as part of the Klagenfurter Altstadlauf, where participants had to complete a 5 km course in temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius. The USI awarded a prize to the team with the smallest difference between their own time and the average time of all teams.

Es ist eine Kombination von psychologischen Fachinhalten mit pädagogisch-didaktischen Elementen der Lehramtsausbildung: Der Studiengang „Psychologie mit schulpsychologischem Schwerpunkt“, der zum kommenden Wintersemester an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) startet. Das Angebot erweitert den bereits umfangreichen Fächerkanon in der Lehrkräfteausbildung an der Universität in Würzburg um ein Element, für dessen Absolventinnen und Absolventen große Nachfrage besteht.

Le CRDP est heureux d’annoncer que la professeure Miriam Cohen et ses collègues Camille Martini (Université Laval), Maria Antonia Tigre (Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School) et 

The Portulans Institute is pleased to share that we are launching an exciting new research initiative focused on the future of democracy. The Portulans Democracy Project (PDP) aims to contribute to the global enhancement of democratic institutions, processes, and practices worldwide.

Workshop participants were able to identify problems associated with working with data. Some common scenarios were addressed, which were linked to a fear of working with data or dealing with databases without knowing what to do.
The post ‘Educating the Gaze’ with Open Data Editor at Abrelatam/Condatos Bolivia 2025 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

A platform is telling researchers how to study its neutrality and defining what and where researchers should look to evaluate it. If it was Google or Facebook we might be shocked. But it’s from Wikipedia, and so this move will undoubtedly go unnoticed by most. On Thursday this week, the Wikimedia Foundation’s research team sent a note to the Wikimedia research mailing list asking for feedback on their “Guidance for NPOV Research on Wikipedia” [1].

Die Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg hat die großartige Chance, ab 2027 in den Kreis der deutschen Exzellenzuniversitäten aufgenommen zu werden. Diesen begehrten Titel vergeben der Bund und die Länder in einem harten Wettbewerb, der Exzellenzstrategie. Verbunden ist er mit einer millionenschweren Förderung, die nicht einzelne Bereiche, sondern die ganze Universität stärkt.

Opening the International Press Institute (IPI) archive is not just for preservation, but the first step toward creating a digital press freedom commons for the public good.
The post The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Ob Kariesentfernung, Wurzelkanalbehandlung oder Kronenpräparation – an den Zähnen aus dem 3D-Drucker können Studierende sich richtig abarbeiten. Aktuelle wissenschaftliche Studien belegen den hohen Lerneffekt, die Akzeptanz bei Studierenden und den didaktischen Nutzen des universellen Übungszahns.  
Wer in Würzburg Zahnmedizin studiert, benötigt im Schnitt 300 Übungszähne, um die verschiedenen Techniken und Behandlungen zu üben und später Patientinnen und Patienten sicher, effizient und erfolgreich behandeln zu können.  

During the four-week summer internship, students gain insight into academic and scientific life at the Institute of Mathematics. In targeted input phases, combined with self-study phases and group work, they explore accessible mathematical topics.

In addition, they gain initial experience with programming and learn basic skills in Python and LaTeX. They design presentation formats based on what they have learned for their peers, which are used in school lectures and workshops.

The Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly returns for its third edition on August 26 - 28, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bringing together diverse stakeholders to combat rising digital authoritarianism through collaborative, rights-based digital governance.