Other News from Participating Centers

HEREDITARY Launches New Demos & Visualisation Components Portal

Building Resilience to Shocks and Crises: A 22.8 Million Euro Budget for the COMET Competence Centre at Lakeside Labs and the University of Klagenfurt

Strengthening resilience against shocks and crises is a key strategic goal for Europe. Technological sovereignty and a reliable energy supply are decisive factors in withstanding geopolitical tensions and economic pressures, thereby securing freedom, competitiveness, and sustainability for the people of Europe. By funding the competence centre ‘Autonomic Resilience in Dynamic Networked Systems’ (ARC for short), the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is laying the foundation for a leading centre for collaborative research and the innovation of resilient systems.

Vacancy: Postdoc in geopolitics and governance of chip security value chains

Are you interested in exploring technology value chains and geopolitics through a law and political economy lens? Are you a self-starter, and do you have a critical and creative mind?
This postdoc position is part of an interdisciplinary project exploring chip-security in globalised value chains.
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Diversität im Wald: Mehr Arten durch Totholz und Lücken

Über Jahrhunderte wurden die Wälder in Europa für die Holzproduktion optimiert. Das Ergebnis sind oft sehr ordentliche, gleichförmige Bestände, in denen alte, morsche Bäume oder natürliche Lichtungen fehlen.

“Mathematik in der Praxis” June 2026

What career opportunities are available to me after studying mathematics?

Copyright law ‘struggling’ to parse AI’s ascendancy

196° Mercoledì di Nexa

8 luglio 2026
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MCP for Open Data Portals: Trust Depends on Understanding the Data

Early lessons from OKFN’s Brazil and Uruguay pilots on what it takes to make AI-generated answers traceable, useful, and trustworthy
The post MCP for Open Data Portals: Trust Depends on Understanding the Data first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

From Abroad to Belonging: Why Internationals Chose Carinthia

On 9 June 2026, the University of Klagenfurt welcomed students, graduates, and interested guests to the latest edition of the KARRIEREWEGE panel discussion series: From Abroad to a Career in Carinthia. Held in the Omansaal, the event focused on the experiences of international students and graduates who chose not only to study in Austria but also to build their professional futures in Carinthia.

Out Now: Duckrabbits Talk Back #1 – Introducing the Duckrabbit w/ Anielek Niemyjski, Aria Spinelli, Kuba Szreder & Sepp Eckenhaussen

SU Policy Innovation Lab helps equip Parliament for AI

The growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) across society is creating opportunities and new responsibilities for lawmakers.
Recognising the need for legislators to better understand this rapidly evolving technology, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Policy Innovation Lab recently presented AI training to more than 200 Members of Parliament (MPs), helping to strengthen Parliament’s capacity to oversee and engage with AI-related developments.

Get to know our team: Thando Ndita, Digital Public Infrastructure Policy Manager

Continuing our Get to Know the Team series, we are delighted to introduce Ms Thando Ndita, our Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Manager.
Thando is a human rights researcher affiliated with a Hague-based organisation, where her work focuses on bringing attention to human rights issues that often do not make it into mainstream media or policy conversations. Her research has explored areas such as caste-based discrimination, democratic governance, political repression, and access to justice, all grounded in a strong commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices.

Visiting scholars collaborate on book project

We were delighted to welcome visiting colleagues Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (University of Cambridge), Andreas Hauptmann (University of Oulu), and Ozan Öktem (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) to our institute for two weeks during the summer semester of 2026.
During their visit, they worked on a book project on data-driven methods for inverse problems. We were pleased to host them and look forward to seeing the results of their collaboration in this exciting and rapidly evolving field.

DigiBook on Deepfake Regulation – Call for Expressions of Interest

In collaboration with researchers from IViR, DigiCon will launch a new multidisciplinary DigiBook on the regulation of deepfakes, with a particular focus on the EU.
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Advice on studying before the start of the semester: ÖH Info Days!

ÖH KlagenfurtThe Info Days of the Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH) at the University of Klagenfurt/Celovec, the lobby group in university politics for all students at our university, will support you on 15 & 16 July and 2 & 3 September 2026 before the start of the semester with advice on all aspects of studying.

AAU Math Department & Alumi at IPMS Conference 2026

The 12th International  Conference “Inverse Problems: Modeling and Simulation” (IPMS 2026) is one of the main conferences of the field and takes place every other year.
For more information, see: https://www.ipms-conference.org/ipms2026/ 

Neues Standardwerk zur Talentförderung im Frauenfußball

Die Frauenfußball-Akademie (FFA) der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) mit ihrem Nachwuchsförderzentrum für Juniorinnen ist europaweit die einzige Forschungsakademie, die sich mit der optimalen Talententwicklung im Frauenfußball befasst. Gegründet im Jahr 2014 hat die Akademie bundesweit zahlreiche Studien durchgeführt und bei über 1.000 Nachwuchsspielerinnen innovative Ausbildungskonzepte entwickelt und in der Praxis erprobt. Ihre Mitglieder publizieren regelmäßig in hochrangigen wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften.

Soutenance de thèse de Olouwafêmi Rodrigue Oloudé

Le lundi 8 juin 2026, à 13 h, Olouwafêmi Rodrigue Oloudé, étudiant du CRDP et responsable des communications du Centre, fera sa soutenance de thèse de doctorat en droit intitulée : La responsabilité de protéger des Nations Unies. De l’intervention militaire à la réparation des crimes de masse.
Le jury sera composé de :

As AI reshapes society, Jewish leaders grapple with what comes next

Duckrabbits Talk Back: A Podcast on Postartistic Antifascism