Other News from Participating Centers

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 :

Duckrabbits Talk Back: A Podcast on Postartistic Antifascism

Seminar by Tim Gutmann - "Data federation as an administrative procedure"

‘Experiment without becoming lazy’- Teacher Story: Ot van Daalen

When does the use of AI add value, and when does it come at the expense of something valuable? In conversation with Ot van Daalen, a lecturer in Information Law and attorney, the TLC-FdR discusses the value of AI. A little sneak peek: experiment! Sometimes with success, sometimes with the conclusion that it isn’t the right path after all.
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UAM Beachvolleyball 2026

Unisport Austria Beach Volleyball Championships 2026: Title deciders in glorious weather and a home victory in Klagenfurt!
From 3 to 4 June 2026, the beach volleyball courts at the University Sports Institute (USI) in Klagenfurt became the centre of academic beach volleyball. After a rather mediocre start in terms of weather on the first day of the tournament, the athletes were rewarded with glorious sunshine and absolutely perfect weather on the final Thursday. The new championship titles were awarded on the sand in front of a fantastic crowd.

Introducing our new visiting researcher: Daniel Hauck

IViR is pleased to introduce our new visiting researcher Daniel Hauck. Daniel is a PhD candidate in law at the University of Hagen. Currently, Daniel is conducting research on content moderation and how online platforms exercise power and impose censorship. He is undertaking a three-month visiting period at IViR.
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How the Policy Innovation Lab is helping increase business investment through AI

South Africa needs more investment to drive economic growth, create jobs and improve competitiveness. Yet investment decisions are often influenced by policy, regulatory and administrative barriers that are not always visible through formal reporting channels. Businesses frequently know exactly where these obstacles lie, but that information does not always reach policymakers in a structured and actionable form.

Laura Fabiani

Visiting researcher | January 2025 - June 2026
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New Uruguay/OKFN Partnership: Scaling reliable AI for open data across Latin America

Together with AGESIC, we are piloting a traceable AI system with Uruguay’s open data catalogue – so that citizens can receive verifiable answers from national data
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Explaining Neural Networks

By Vidya Subramanian Since its inception, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made massive inroads into our everyday lives. Considered by many as one of the most significant inventions after steam engines, industrialization and the Internet, AI has permeated into almost every aspect of modern day life. What was essentially considered as a prominent […]

Global Brand, Local Flexibility: How Social Norms Can Help Guide Companies

fawzy/Adobestock (KI generated)Whether a French luxury brand displays the same handbags in the display windows of its stores around the world, or whether global fast-food chains adapt their product ranges to country-specific preferences and conditions, is a challenging management decision for companies that typically operate a large number of branches. A research team of business scholars has now investigated how these companies can find effective solutions when navigating the tension between flexibility and standardization.

AI Sandboxes for MSMES: how the Uzbek experience can inspire others

By Sophie Tomlinson, Deputy Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative 

New Project: FORTIFY

Space-Exploration Lecture: “Exploring Venus: Hot Beauty or Earth’ Evil Twin?”

NASA JPL-CaltechRoland Brockers is Professor of Modular Robotic Systems in the Control of Networked Systems group and a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology in California. On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, he will once again give a lecture for the interested public as part of his teaching stay at the university, this time on the topic “Exploring Venus: Hot Beauty or Earth’s Evil Twin?” (5:00 PM, Lecture Hall 1).

Collective Stewardship: Multistakeholder Roles in AI Safety Summits and what the 2027 AI Summit can achieve

The 2027 Swiss AI Summit is still taking shape, and that is an opportunity. On 6 May, the MAP-AI initiative, led by the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University Delhi and the Global Network Initiative, brought together a wide range of diverse stakeholders from five regions to help make the most of […]

Sofie Royer geeft toelichting over identiteitsfraude in Knack

Sofie Royer was te gast in de Afspraak over vrije meningsuiting

How will AI Impact the English Language’s Global Dominance?

The internet is dominated by this language: English. Nearly half of all websites today are in the language of Shakespeare. However, with AI technologies now enabling seamless writing and translation across multiple languages, could these technologies undermine English’s position as the world’s global and digital lingua franca? 
 

AI systems in the judiciary: typologization

Abstract of the article (german only) published by sui generis and available open access (pdf/html):"Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) hält Einzug auch in die Justiz. Dabei ist ein breites Spektrum an Anwendungen möglich.

Carinthian University Championships – Beach Volleyball 2026

On 29 May 2026, the Carinthian University Championships in beach volleyball took place on the beach volleyball courts at USI Outdoor. Competitions were held in the women’s, men’s and mixed categories.
The women’s competition was won by the pair Marilena PREIML/Tatjana PUSKINA, ahead of Lisa Marie GERERSDORFER/Alina LABACK and Liina RIEMENSCHNEIDER/Gerda JENSCH.