Daniel WaschnigOliver Vitouch, who served as Rector of the University of Klagenfurt from 2012 to 2024 and played a pivotal role in shaping its development over many years, has been elected to serve as the new Rector of mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He will now take on the leadership of one of the world’s most prestigious universities of the arts.

Titre : La récente « réforme » de l’arbitrage de griefs au Québec : évolution ou occasion manquée?
Auteure : Anne-Julie Rolland
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11月2日，世界互联网大会电子商务专业委员会（以下简称专委会）2026年全体会议及第三次主任委员会议在浙江乌镇召开。会议以线上线下相结合的形式举行。专委会首席主任委员、中国贸促会原副会长王锦珍主持会议。

专委会主任委员、北京师范大学教授、联合国亚太无纸化贸易专家网络咨询委员薛虹汇报了专委会2026年度工作总结以及2027年度工作计划。2027年，专委会将重点围绕AI赋能中小企业全球化、电子商务规则演进、区域数字贸易合作、国际电商生态共建等方向，加强产业实践联动、深化海外交流合作、持续发挥平台优势，为全球电子商务发展贡献智慧和力量。

薛教师提到，2026年，专委会围绕电商企业前沿实践、国际机制合作、产业生态建设等议题，在印度尼西亚雅加达、北京、西安等地举办国际论坛及专题研讨会，通过实地调研、专家联合研究、线上公开征集等形式，形成2份电商实践指南，1份电商实践案例集。

会议表决通过了专委会副主任委员变更人选，审议通过了专委会新增成员名单。

会议强调，2027年专委会将增强议题设置的针对性、提升研究成果的实用性、发挥专委会成员的协同作用，重点围绕人工智能赋能电子商务发展议题，推动产业实践与研究成果相结合，不断增强专委会影响力。

Anhaltende Erschöpfung, Atemnot, Konzentrationsprobleme, Ängste oder gedrückte Stimmung: Viele Menschen leiden noch Monate nach einer Corona-Infektion unter Beschwerden, die ihren Alltag deutlich einschränken. Doch belastbare Daten, welche Behandlung wirklich hilft, sind nach wie vor rar.

Between official rhetoric promising digital transformation and AI governance, and the reality of crumbling infrastructure and the lack of effective data and privacy protection, the gap between ambitious promises and the absence of legislative implementation was laid bare at the Internet Governance Forum in Beirut.

La justice internationale est à la croisée des chemins.
Les États-Unis viennent d’imposer des sanctions à la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) en tant qu’institution. Au même moment, le prix Nobel de la paix 2026 distingue Navi Pillay, ancienne juge de la CPI, et le Parlement européen attribue le prix Sakharov 2026 à la Cour et à ses représentants. Un contraste saisissant : la justice internationale reçoit des marques de reconnaissance majeures alors que son indépendance est directement menacée.

Joint Public Consultation Submission

October 30, 2026. The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other open knowledge projects, today filed an amicus brief — or friend of the court opinion — with the Southern District Court of New York in In re: OpenAI, Inc.

Watch the full interview here.
In this interview, Portulans Institute explores the Ukrainian science diaspora and the experiences and perspectives of researchers and academics connected to Ukraine.
The conversation offers insights into the Ukrainian scientific community and the broader role of international connections in research and knowledge exchange. English and Ukrainian subtitles are available.

Gert SteinthalerThe Department of Statistics at the University of Klagenfurt is hosting Edoardo Pandolfo, a second-year PhD candidate from the MEMOTEF Department (Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance) at Sapienza University of Rome, for a research visit from September 2026 to January 2027.

LPD Kärnten/HandlerThe University of Klagenfurt has once again achieved the best result in the ‘Universities/Colleges’ category in the ‘Kärnten radelt 2026’ (‘Carinthia cycles 2026’) campaign: staff and students cycled for the climate and their health, covering 30,159 kilometres and saving 5,320 kilograms of CO₂ in the process!

Visiting PhD | Wuhan University, China | September 2026 - September 2027
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How can governments turn commitments to participation, innovation and reform into improvements that citizens experience in their everyday lives?
This question connected several discussions that interested Dr Monique Bennett, Policy Dialogue Manager at Policy Innovation Lab, during a recent OECD forum.

Thando Ndita from Stellenbosch University’s Policy Innovation Lab was invited to participate in the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers New York programme in September 2026 as a funded attendee. The programme brought together individuals working across AI, digital transformation, public health and development, providing an opportunity to build relationships with people doing similar or related work across Africa.

As Europe prepares to showcase 91 AI pilots at the upcoming EUSAiR closing event, one major question remains: where do national AI regulatory sandboxes actually stand under the EU AI Act? To find out, I examined publicly available records and national authority data across Europe. Here is what the landscape looks like today.

Which European countries have operational AI sandboxes?

Planes have landed automatically since the 1950s. Why do we still need pilots? What aviation teaches us about humans, machines and responsible automation.
The post Autopilot on, brain off? What we can learn from aviation about automation appeared first on HIIG.

Entretien avec Francesca Musiani, Propagations, 16 oct. 2026, 51 min.
L’article Câbles, protocoles, censure : qui gouverne vraiment Internet ? est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Entretien avec Francesca Musiani, Labo Société Numérique, 29 juill. 2026.
L’article La politique dans les réseaux, pouvoirs et infrastructures numériques est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.