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

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

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

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

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

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Data sharing is no longer a marginal issue, but a central pillar for many forms of innovation. Switzerland is well aware of this and has been systematically pursuing the goal of profitable and trustworthy “multiple use of data” since 2024 with the establishment of a “data ecosystem.” In this episode, we are talking to a Swiss data expert to find out how this is being achieved, whether Switzerland’s approach is consistent with or diverges from European regulations, and present a use case from the agricultural sector.

On a cool, sunny morning I take an Uber to the USP campus to interview Professor Roseli Figaro, from the School of Arts and Communications at the University of São Paulo. Riding through the city, the difference between the more central neighborhoods and the wealthy southern ones is immediately visible: more greenery, bigger houses, less noise, fewer people. The flip side of greater affluence is a corresponding rise in the number of assaltos—robberies—and in the state of alert of those who live there, the Uber driver tells me.

Portals such as GeoCities, Worlds, The Palace, and Habitat allowed their users to participate in an alternative reality in which, whether through supposedly naive websites, chat rooms, or metaverses, the primary goal was always to share interests and connect with people from different territories.

BoJoClub Klagenfurt CelovecMercedes de Luis Andrés (PhD student at AAU) is initiating the BoJoClub Klagenfurt Celovec as part of her research project on international book clubs with a journalistic focus. In cooperation with the university library, the framework for an innovative reading community is being created, whose exchange on literature will be supplemented by accompanying scientific studies.

On 18 December 2025, Prof. Herman Cohen Jehoram passed away at the age of 92.
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A Project by the Dutch Media Art Collective SETUP

Studienberatung, Studierendenkanzlei, Prüfungsamt, Rechenzentrum, Sportzentrum, Sanderring-Uni, Alte Universität und die Institute im Südflügel der Residenz bleiben in dieser Zeit geschlossen. Auch die Uni-Gebäude am Wittelsbacherplatz, am Hubland und auf dem Campus Nord sind zu. Die Regelung gilt außerdem für die Institute am Röntgenring und an der Versbacher Straße.

How did civil society organizations in West Asia and North Africa respond to the enactment of cybercrime laws? What are the most effective ways to advocate for change in a constantly changing digital and legal environment?

Vous êtes un passionné de technologie, une initiative de terrain, un/e étudiant/e, un chercheur/se indépendant/e ou une organisation faisant partie de la société civile à la recherche de financements pour un projet lié aux droits numériques ? SMEX relance son Fonds pour les droits numériques pour 2026 et accepte dès à présent les candidatures.

This year, the Carinthian Academic Championships featured an excellent line-up of 10 teams. The teams played in two groups of five. The first and second teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals. The remaining teams played for their respective rankings. The “Finland” group was won by the team “Die Aufgaiger” from Villach. Second place in this group went to the team “Awesome hba.” In the ‘Sweden’ group, the team “HBA Lawyers” celebrated winning the group.

Once again this year, USI Klagenfurt was able to send a strong team to Innsbruck for the Unisport Austria Championships in mixed volleyball.
A total of two rounds were played in different groups of three. Based on the rankings of the individual teams, this resulted in a “gold” group (winners of each group), a ‘silver’ group (runners-up of each group), and a “bronze” group (third-place finishers of each group). In the “gold” group, places 1-3 were determined, in the ‘silver’ group places 4-6, and in the “bronze” group places 7-9.