In the second season, we look at small digital money. There are a large number of digital payment transactions that we hardly notice. The reason for this is that the sums involved are small. Small and tiny amounts: a subscription here, a tip, a one-off payment for a service there. In this podcast, we examine the weight of small money along different modes of digital payment. On the one hand, small digital money is expensive as soon as it starts moving, as the technical and transactional costs are relatively high compared to a giro transfer or handling coins.

Hackers, data leaks, dark patterns and new forms of money present us with security challenges that go far beyond personal accounts.

Auf Basis einer internen Auswertung zählt die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) im Shanghai-Ranking 2025 zu den 220 besten Universitäten weltweit. In Bayern belegt sie Platz drei und bundesweit gehört sie zu den Top 15.

The Drift to Digital: Cashlessness, CBDCs and the Narratives We Need

Brett Scott in an interview with Caroline Marburger

21 August 2025

Cash is disappearing — not with a bang, but with the quiet hum of terminals, apps, and silent payment flows. Brett Scott argues that there is a systemic drift toward cashlessness, shaped not by a single decision-maker but by the forces of global capitalism. Still, the shift is often narrated as a matter of consumer choice.

Un événement scientifique de la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal, appuyé par le Fonds Stellari, la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les droits humains et la justice réparatrice internationale, la Chaire en gouvernance et droit du commerce international, la Commission internationale de Juristes (section canadienne), et l’Université de Messine (Italie).

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MOT D’OUVERTURE : Prof. Stéphane Beaulac
 
13h00 à 14h30 : PREMIERE DISCUSSION – TRUMP ET LA PRIMAUTE DU DROIT (« RULE OF LAW »)

Exploring definitions, algorithmic amplification, and detection, this article challenges assumptions about disinformation and calls for stronger research evidence.
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Dans le cadre des Soirées de la justice du CRDP, nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la conférence « Fighting the Backlog: How Ontario’s Courts are Using Summary Processes to Address Civil Justice Delays ».

Date : Mercredi, 12 novembre 2025
Heure : 16h30-18h
Lieu: Salon François-Chevrette (A-3464) + Zoom

(Conférence en anglais)

Decades of political interference, mismanagement, and corruption have rendered Lebanon’s telecom sector dysfunctional. These systemic failures left users with weak and overpriced services, discouraged investments, and slowed down state operations—all at a time when tech sectors have become the backbone for strong economies.