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.
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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.
Amerika am Scheideweg_ Midterms und ihre Folgen für Europa
Zwei Tage nach den richtungsweisenden Zwischenwahlen in den USA erfolgt eine erste politische Einordnung der Wahlergebnisse. Bleibt Donald Trump die Leitfigur des politischen Systems der USA oder steht seine Bewegung vor dem Niedergang?
In einer neuen Veröffentlichung in der Fachzeitschrift Nature Chemistry beschreiben Chemiker aus dem Team von Professor Holger Braunschweig von der Universität Würzburg, unterstützt durch computergestützte Arbeiten des Teams von Professor Ashwini K. Phukan an der Tezpur-Universität in Indien, dass sie eine Methode zur Herstellung und Isolierung einer Reihe überraschend stabiler Oxoborane entdeckt haben. Damit ist eine Herausforderung gelöst, die seit über 60 Jahren bestand.
Oxoborane: Herausforderung für die besten Köpfe der Chemie
Découvrez la nouvelle publication de Pierre Trudel dans L’action nationale : Réglementer l’intelligence artificielle dans un univers souverainetés en réseaux.
Résumé
En la charla AI in Law, analizó los cambios que la inteligencia artificial plantea para el trabajo jurídico y las decisiones que deben permanecer bajo responsabilidad humana.
Ahead of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, running from 24 to 31 October 2026, Luca Arfini from European Science - Media Hub from the European Parliament spoke with Dr Theresa Josephine Seipp.
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How can artificial intelligence (AI) and digital public infrastructure (DPI) work together to improve public services in South Africa? And what would it take to move promising innovations across institutional boundaries and embed them within government systems?
Studierende lassen Experiment mit Höhenforschungsballon steigen - Preis für Informatikerin Borrmann - JMU für Gleichstellung ausgezeichnet - Programm für ausländische Gäste - Liturgie der Zukunft
Members of the Goalkeepers South Africa community gathered in Stellenbosch on 22 and 23 October 2026 for a focused work and mentoring session towards a Media Showcase, designed to strengthen how members communicate the issues behind their work and reach wider audiences while championing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hosted by the Policy Innovation Lab and the SDG/2063 Impact Hub (SU International) in partnership with Jive Media Africa, the two-day workshop moved participants from project descriptions toward compelling, evidence-based public narratives.
Date : 28 au 30 octobre 2026
Lieu : Hôtel de ville de Québec + Université Laval
Programme (PDF)
Description de l’événement
La conférence s’inscrit dans le cycle de conférences d’actualité en droit international de l’environnement du professeur Géraud de Lassus St-Geniès et est organisée en partenariat avec le Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CirGoM).
Our team is heading to BCN ready to promote open, sovereign and democratic technologies. Here's what you need to know to get involved and find out more.
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