Other News from Participating Centers

Future of Work/Play

Global discourse around technology adoption tends to focus on the future of the workplace and labour forces, especially after the pandemic-driven shift to online, remote, and AI-driven workmodes. This is an essential conversation, but in isolation, it might limit our understanding of the social harms or the generative potentials of new technologies.
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Ranking Digital Rights

The Digital Asia Hub is partnering with Ranking Digital Rights to advance corporate accountability in South-East and East-Asia by ranking selected corporate actors for their commitments to human rights.

Prof. Katarzyna Śledziewska podczas TEDx University of Warsaw

Technologie cyfrowe, w tym rozwiązania oparte na sztucznej inteligencji zmieniają środowisko pracy – coraz częściej rutynowe zajęcia zastępowane są lub uzupełniane pracą wykonywaną przez inteligentne maszyny i systemy. Cyfrowa rewolucja powiązana jest jednak z inną poważną zmianą: rosnącą neuroróżnorodnością pracowników. Z czym wiązać będzie się ta zmiana? Jakiego rodzaju liderów potrzebujemy na rynku pracy i …

Musk boosts Twitter’s right-wing appeal with moderation changes, ‘Twitter Files’

Self-Regulating Platforms and Anti-Trust Justice

#110 Kres podziału na humanistów i ścisłowców

Z dr Agatą Komendant-Brodowska i dr Anną Baczko-Dombi (Wydział Socjologii UW) o uczeniu modeli matematycznych.
Artykuł #110 Kres podziału na humanistów i ścisłowców pochodzi z serwisu DELab Uniwersytet Warszawski.

Call for Participation: Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act (Deadline 16 January 2023)

Leibniz-Preis für Claudia Höbartner

Es ist wie ein sehr großes, vorgezogenes Weihnachtsgeschenk, über das sich die Würzburger Chemikerin Claudia Höbartner freuen kann: Die Professorin erhält einen der renommierten Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Preise der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), verbunden mit einem Preisgeld von 2,5 Millionen Euro. Das gab die DFG am 8. Dezember 2022 bekannt.

Experience some of the world’s most beautiful places with Wiki Loves Earth 2022

Think about that feeling you get when you are walking through pristine nature. Do you think it can be captured in a single photo? 

The Wiki Loves Earth photography competition celebrates the world’s natural heritage, encompassing everything from small parks to massive nature reserves. It asks photographers to dive into those areas to pick out a little slice of nature, whether mundane or extraordinary, and share it with the world.

We don't need another Twitter

Amazon Alexa Wants To Put Your Child To Bed With Generative AI Storytelling

Digital strategizing as a new way of doing strategy

Considering the dynamics and processes related to the digitalization of the strategy making process results in a shift from digital strategy to digital strategizing. What's behind the concept?
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SMEX is recruiting a Program Manager

SMEX is recruiting a full-time Program Manager to lead on the planning, delivery and development of the different … SMEX is recruiting a Program ManagerRead More »

SMEX is recruiting a MEAL Officer

SMEX is recruiting a full-time MEAL Officer to monitor projects progress, evaluate outcomes and impact, and lead on … SMEX is recruiting a MEAL OfficerRead More »

SMEX is recruiting an IT Officer

SMEX is recruiting a full-time, in-house, IT officer to assist the SMEX team, both in Lebanon and abroad, … SMEX is recruiting an IT OfficerRead More »

When does an AI serve the public interest? New platform shows global projects and criteria

With the publicinterest.ai Interface, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is taking a pioneering step towards creating a community for artificial intelligence (AI) in the public interest. The website provides insights into the global design and implementation of such AI technologies, serving as a growing contact point for science and society…

Résultats du concours de bourses du Fonds Guy Rocher

Afin de rendre hommage à Guy Rocher et d’encourager les recherches pouvant s’inscrire en filiation avec son œuvre, le Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP), de concert avec la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal, offre pour l’année académique 2022-2023, une bourse doctorale (10 000 $) et une bourse de maîtrise (5 000 $). 

Bourse doctorale (10 000 $)

Aurore CLÉMENT TROUSSEL,

Call for Participation: Public Interest AI data set

Participate with your project in our survey on AI in the public interest and become part of our new Public Interest AI Interface.
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Résultats du concours de bourses du CRDP

C’est avec grand plaisir que le Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP) attribue sept bourses dans le cadre du concours de bourses de la session d’automne 2022 : deux (2) bourses d’excellence doctorale de 5 000 $, une (1) bourse d’excellence à la maîtrise de 3 000 $, deux (2) bourses « dernier droit » de 1 000 $, une (1) bourse « meilleure publication » de 1 000 $ et une (1) bourse « meilleure co-publication » de 1 000 $.

Bourses d’excellence doctorale (5 000 $)

Laurie DUREL 

Dirigée par Jean-Frédéric Morin (Université Laval)

New Wikipedia editor features make it easy for everyone to contribute

New features on Wikipedia are making it easy for everyone to edit Wikipedia, especially those contributing to the site for the first time.

Every time you read a Wikipedia article, you are reading the work of a volunteer contributor. 

Nearly 300,000 people from around the world edit Wikipedia articles each month — they start new pages, fix typos, add images and references, and more. They curate and create the knowledge available on the world’s largest online encyclopedia. It is a massive undertaking and responsibility.