I recently finished Joshua Gooch‘s Capitalism Hates You: Marxism and the New Horror Film, where the author looks at contemporary horror movies and argues that monsters work like mirrors. They reflect whatever sociopolitical anxiety is boiling underneath—economic precarity, environmental collapse, the feeling that the whole system wants you dead.
aau_ubThe University Library will be closed from 1 May to 3 May 2026 due to the public holiday on first May.
The 24/7 library will be open as usual. Please register for this service in good time if you wish to use the reading rooms or the open stacks next weekend.
We look forward to seeing you at the library!
Our team and network will discuss pressing issues such as reimagining AI, experiencing brain-computer interfaces, leveraging digital public goods, and more; check the full agenda
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Le CRDP vous invite à participer au colloque « Les 10 ans du code de procédure civile : l’épreuve du réel ». Le colloque s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un premier forum consultatif tenu par le Comité Institution judiciaire, procédure civile et justice participative pour la réalisation des États généraux de la justice.
Date : 15 mai 2026
Lieu : Faculté de droit, A-3464, Salon François-Chevrette
Heure : 8H45 – 16H
On March 13, thousands of leaflets dropped over Beirut. At the bottom sat QR codes A month later, the question remains: why would a military drop QR codes for people to scan? Were they malicious? And what were they actually trying to collect?
I believe they were after metadata.
In January 2026, the internet celebrated the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia, the original workhorse behind third-grade papers on giant squids and fourth-place social studies projects. Much like students debating the academic integrity of enlisting generative AI for their work today, it was once difficult to abstain from using Wikipedia articles as a source. After all, right at our fingertips were over 7 million articles in plainly written English, summarizing even the most complex, niche, and fraught subjects.
Always online – for many, this is increasingly the norm. When we’re offline, something’s gone wrong; we’re in a dead spot. This limits our options, including our ability to make payments. In areas with no network coverage, we have to pay with cash – if we have any. Now, offline functions aim to enable digital payments without network access. How is this supposed to work? Why does it make sense? Who is championing this and who thinks it’s impossible? This is the focus of episode 3 of the third season of Digitalgelddickicht on the topic of ‘Secure Money’.
As part of the fourth IViR Science Fiction and Information Law competition, DigiCon will publish the stories of the finalists every week. The winning stories will be revealed during the CPDP 2026 conference in Brussels on 19-22 May.
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Die zweitägige Begehung am 15. und 16. April war für die Universität Würzburg der letzte entscheidende Schritt im Wettbewerb um den Titel „Exzellenzuniversität“. Vergeben wird er im Rahmen der Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern – und ist im Erfolgsfall verbunden mit einer Förderung in dreistelliger Millionenhöhe über sieben Jahre. Ob die Würzburgerinnen und Würzburger erfolgreich waren, entscheidet sich Anfang Oktober 2026.
Nous sommes heureux de vous présenter les 12 nouveaux membres du CRDP qui, par la pertinence de leurs travaux et la diversité de leur expertise, contribueront pleinement au dynamisme de notre Centre.
Nos nouveaux chercheur.e.s
Der Kakao-Anbau in sogenannten Agroforstsystemen ist im peruanischen Amazonas-Regenwald weit verbreitet. Dort stehen Kakaopflanzen zusammen mit anderen Bäumen auf derselben Fläche. Das Problem: Blattschneiderameisen bauen dort ebenfalls gerne ihre Nester. Kakao-Bauern betrachten die Insekten oft als Schädlinge, weil sie Blätter, Blüten und Früchte abschneiden und damit den Ernteertrag verringern können. Häufig versuchen die Bauern deshalb, die Ameisen mit Pestiziden unter Kontrolle zu bringen.
No care. No self.
Just optimisation and the endless scroll.
