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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

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

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

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

Torino, marzo 2026 | Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società ha siglato una collaborazione in riferimento al bando HANGAR POINT 2026/2027 promosso da Hangar Piemonte
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Anpassung ist unersetzlich, um das Fortbestehen zu sichern. Für ganze Arten geschieht das über viele Generationen hinweg durch Evolution und natürliche Auslese. Einzelne Individuen können sich allerdings auch im Laufe ihres Lebens an ihre Umwelt anpassen – durch Lernen. Genau das ist für viele Lebewesen, uns Menschen eingeschlossen, ein überlebenswichtiger Prozess.

aau/MüllerAlthough artificial intelligence can handle straightforward tasks in software development, we particularly need well-trained junior developers right now, argues Martin Pinzger, Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Klagenfurt. In this interview, he explains why large language models stagnate without fresh human input – and how they can nevertheless add real value to software development.

Was passiert bei internationalen Verhandlungen? Welche Strategien verfolgen Diplomaten, um Kompromisse zu erzielen? Und wer hat das Zeug zum/zur waschechten Delegierten? Das können junge Menschen bei den Würzburger Model United Nations (WüMUN) herausfinden. Das Mitmachformat bietet Studierenden und Schülerinnen bzw. Schülern ab der 10. Jahrgangsstufe die Gelegenheit, bei nachgestellten internationalen Verhandlungen aktiv zu werden.

Location: Remote or hybrid. Preference will be given to candidates residing in the Washington, DC area
Commitment: 10-15 hours weekly
Start Date: Flexible
Duration: 6 months, with possibility for extension
Compensation: Stipend of $2,000
 

Dr. George MutalemwaSolidarity for Peace and Development
Mshikamano wa Amani na Maendeleo (MAMA)
Theme: “Operation Democracy in Comoro 2008: A Tanzanian Perspective” 
Speaker:  Assah Mwambene, Public Relations Society of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Date: 4th March 2026

Of all things I’ve seen on the internet lately, I can’t recall any image being so aesthetically pleasing as Julia Fox posing as a real estate agent on a billboard  in Manhattan. This was not because of its situationist appearance, plastered without context to the side of a vape shop on Mott Street, but for the uncanny feeling induced by her clean face framed by corporate-style typographies and logos.

This internal INC email exchange from early February began with a posting of Max Haiven on his Substack: Is Canada’s premier Carney a warlord? Three fellow Canadians responded: Henry Warwick, Marc Tuters and David Gauthier.

11 marzo 2026 | MARCO RONDINA (Politecnico di Torino e Centro Nexa) e ANTONIO VETRÒ (Politecnico di Torino e Centro Nexa)
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Welche Erdbeeren im Supermarktregal könnten wohl die süßesten sein? Wählt man besser die tiefroten? Die mit den grünen Stellen? Oder doch diejenigen, die am intensivsten duften?
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A relatoria do I Seminário “Inteligência Artificial, Meio Ambiente e Justiça Socioambiental”, realizado pelo LAPIN em parceria com O Joio e O Trigo e a Fundação Heinrich Böll, reúne e sistematiza os principais debates sobre os impactos socioambientais da Inteligência Artificial no Brasil.