The SCRIPTed Journal has moved to its new home. Previous and upcoming issues can now be found here: https://journals.ed.ac.uk/script-ed/index . See you there!

A person’s social background is measured, among other things, on the level of education of their family. A person’s parents’ level of education has a significant influence on their social mobility and opportunities for advancement. It also influences the material and social resources available to them. At the University of Klagenfurt, a particularly large number of people are the first in their family to study, meaning they are so-called ‘first-generation students’.

The three-hour online session focused on teaching the fundamentals of data usage and quality to professionals from various fields with different levels of familiarity with open data.
The post From Chaos to Order: A Workshop with ODE to Uncomplicate Data in Brazil first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

By Sophie Tomlinson, Director of Programs, Datasphere Initiative

When we first imagined the Sandbox Summer School, we weren’t sure exactly who would show up.

We had a strong sense of the need. Around the world, interest in sandboxes was growing. Policymakers were experimenting. Civic technologists were asking questions. Think tanks and funders were paying attention. But no program existed to help those people connect and build practical knowledge together.

So we created one. And then we waited.

The 40th Nordic Conference on Law and IT, marking an incredible milestone in advancing legal scholarship and practice in the Nordic region will take place in Oslo on Nov 6-7 2025.

Source and more information: https://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/om/organisasjon/seri/arrangementer/2025/xxxx-nordic-conference-on-law-and-it.html

This article shows how resisting AI systems means more than protest. It's a way to challenge power structures and call for more democratic governance.
The post AI resistance: Who says no to AI and why? appeared first on HIIG.

Due to our annual deep cleaning, we regret to inform you that our reading rooms will be closed on two days in August as follows:
August 21: Reading rooms on level 2 (central wing + cube) closed
The staircase will remain open: You can access and use level 3 as usual.
August 22: Level 3 completely closed
 
We look forward to your visit!
Best regards from the library
 
 

Die Gleichstellungsarbeit an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) trägt erneut Früchte, wie die jetzt vorgestellte neueste Ausgabe des CEWS-Rankings nach Gleichstellungsaspekten zeigt. Mit der Eingruppierung in Ranggruppe 4 von insgesamt 12 steht die JMU mit an der Spitze der bayerischen Universitäten im Bereich der Gleichstellung.

Nexos: La IA y el nuevo orden mundial