On 20 September 2026, university sport took centre stage – and here at USI Klagenfurt, too, we celebrated the International Day of University Sport (IDUS) in style!
In glorious late-summer weather, numerous female students seized the opportunity to flock to the USI outdoor facilities and get their sporting activities off to a flying start. This year’s event centred on two absolute highlights on the sand and on the court: beach volleyball and tennis.

Beyond AI Safety: Why Africa Needs Sovereignty and Agency in Global AI Governance by Lillian Nalwoga, Programme Manager, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) As artificial intelligence reshapes economies and everyday life, the essential question for African countries is not simply whether AI will be safe. It is whether African […]

Visiting Researcher | University of Brasilia | September 2026 - June 2027
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28 October 2026 | SIVALDO PEREIRA DA SILVA (University of Brasilia and Visiting Professor at the Nexa Center)
The post 133° Nexa Lunch Seminar – Information and Communication Flows, Digital Sovereignty, and Critical Infrastructure in Latin America and Europe: An Analysis of the Technical, Economic, and Regulatory Dimensions appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Last week IViR said goodbye to Anja Dobbelsteen, while we welcomed Carla Lampers at IViR from the 1st of September.
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Researchers at Stellenbosch University’s Policy Innovation Lab have co-authored a practical playbook to help governments test digital public infrastructure (DPI) safely before implementing it at scale.

Through the Policy Innovation Lab, Stellenbosch University’s School for Data Science and Computational Thinking is offering a new short course, Fundamentals of Large Language Models, designed to give students from non-STEM backgrounds a practical understanding of how Large Language Models (LLMs) are built, deployed and evaluated.

George MutalemwaGlobal Peace Studies for Sustainable Development
On 23 September 2026, the Global Peace Studies for Sustainable Development series will host an online session on “Gen Z and Electioneering Processes in Kenya.”
The session will be led by Dr. Susan Waiyego Mwangi, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, whose research and academic work focuses on governance, security, electoral justice, peacebuilding and political studies.

Author: Gabriella IsabelEditor: Achmed Faiz Yudha Siregar

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Nous avons le plaisir de souligner la parution, dans la Revue de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke (RDUS), d’une recension de l’ouvrage Droit, justice et changement social de Pierre Noreau, chercheur au CRDP. Cette recension est signée par Catherine Samaha, candidate au doctorat en droit et membre de la communauté étudiante du Centre.

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Chapitre d'ouvrage de Riccardo Nanni, Regulating the Data-Driven Economy, Routledge, 2026.
L’article China’s internet sovereignty: Policies and regulations on data, platforms, and infrastructure est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

14 ottobre 2026 | GINO ZACCARIA (Università Bocconi di Milano)
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Die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) erzielt im aktuellen „Global Ranking of Academic Subjects“ (GRAS) der ShanghaiRanking Consultancy erneut starke Ergebnisse. In neun Fachgebieten zählt sie zu den 200 besten Universitäten weltweit. Besonders stark schneidet sie in der Medizintechnik, den pharmazeutischen Wissenschaften und den Biowissenschaften ab.

A Pivotal Moment for AI for All: How we focus our research and engagement for the UNGDAI By Pria Chetty, Executive Director, Research ICT Africa Framed as a pivotal moment for AI for All, the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance (UNGDAI) in July 2026 successfully captured the attention of multistakeholder communities, following months […]

In our Arabic-speaking countries or the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region, governments are increasingly considering social media bans and age-verification measures to protect children online. These initiatives are mostly influenced by international legislative trends, particularly in Europe and Australia, and are driven by reasonable concerns about children’s exposure to online exploitation, cyberbullying, dangerous content, excessive platform use, and the wider impact of digital technologies on their well-being.

The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here and the entire series can be found here.

Die Vortragsreihe „Servus, KI! Der Bayern-Dialog zu Künstlicher Intelligenz“ ist eine Kooperation der bayerischen Volkshochschulen, acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, des Bayerischen Forschungsinstituts für Digitale Transformation (bidt) und der Plattform Lernende Systeme (PLS). An ausgewählten Volkshochschulen in ganz Bayern kommen Bürgerinnen und Bürger mit Expertinnen und Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis ins Gespräch. Verständliche Vorträge vermitteln aktuelles Wissen, greifen konkrete Anwendungsfelder auf und schaffen Raum für Fragen und Diskussionen.

Together with GreenPT, we are bringing renewable-powered AI to our projects and communities, with learnings and insights shared along the way
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In einer Kooperation des Instituts für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie und des Instituts für Informatik der Universität Würzburg haben Professor Tobias Brixner, Dr. Stefan Müller und Professor Sebastian von Mammen mit ihren Teams seit 2020 ein simuliertes Laserlabor in Virtueller Realität (VR) entwickelt. Damit lässt sich der sichere Umgang mit Laserstrahlung in der Praxis erlernen. Universitäten, Schulen und Industrieunternehmen setzen die Würzburger Software mittlerweile an zahlreichen Standorten weltweit ein.