Other News from Participating Centers

University: your first step towards a career and why you shouldn’t wait until graduation.

Johanna Ortner works at the University of Klagenfurt’s career services, where she helps students sucessfully transition into the working world. In the interview, she explains why networking, practical experience, and a unique personal profile are real career game-changers.

Sustainable living

If you want to live sustainably and be mindful of your ecological footprint, Klagenfurt is the ideal place for you. Regionality, sustainability and high-quality products are ranked very highly here.

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Body is a Lost Media, Pixels Are All You’re Gonna See – Reframing the Blur and the Body Across Palestine Online

I remember scrolling the Instagram account @eyeonpalestine for months, and how you start to feel like when you stay there long enough and become doomed by a sensation, becoming a fog. The feeling is both physical and emotional. It’s like being somewhere after an explosion. You got blurry vision, your ears are buzzing.

Behind Indonesia’s AI Hype: Who Is Building Its People?

Author: Balma Bahira AdzkiaEditor: Achmed Faiz Yudha Siregar

Since its emergence in 2022, ChatGPT became the gateway to global AI discourse, including in Indonesia. It was followed by a range of other AI-based applications with diverse functions—productivity, creativity, and even automation—requiring today’s society to become increasingly relevant and to adopt them into everyday life.

FISIPOL UGM and the University of Melbourne Foster Australia-Indonesia Dialogue on the Future of Artificial Intelligence

Yogyakarta (20/07/2026) – Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the defining forces shaping governance, creativity, and public life. As intelligent technologies increasingly influence how societies make decisions, produce knowledge, and imagine the future, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, convened the Australia-Indonesia in Conversation (AIC) 2026 under the theme “Is AI the Game-Changer?

Interview mit bidt-Forscherin Steliyana Doseva: Was hilft gegen Hass im Netz?

Die Bundesregierung plant ein Gesetz gegen digitale Gewalt, um Betroffenen die Durchsetzung ihrer Rechte im digitalen Raum zu erleichtern und Schutzlücken zu schließen. Wie groß ist das Problem, vor allem mit Hatespeech, aktuell aus Ihrer Sicht?

The Uses of Embarrassment: Gossip, Testimony, and the Unmaking of Heteronormativity


Screenshot from danamarijuanaa’s post on TikTok

Libya’s New AI Strategy Celebrates Participation, Yet Was Built Without It

On June 1, 2026, in a ceremony in Tripoli, the Government of National Unity unveiled what it called a milestone for Libya’s digital future: the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2026–2030, alongside a National Charter for AI Ethics.

Elegant algorithms for smarter video streaming

aau/MüllerEmanuele Artioli wants to make video streaming better – with higher quality, greater personalisation, and more reliable playback even when network conditions are poor, such as on a train journey or in a remote location. One of his main research interests is using AI to identify which parts of a video genuinely matter to viewers – and should therefore be delivered in higher quality. He plans to complete his doctoral programme at the University of Klagenfurt in the autumn of 2026.

Ein Rückblick auf das 20. Internationale For..Net Symposium

ZUM NACHBERICHT DES TUM CDPS

Der Beitrag Ein Rückblick auf das 20. Internationale For..Net Symposium erschien zuerst auf bidt DE.

Paris hosts Wikimania 2026 as Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of free knowledge

Paris, France, 22 July 2026 — This week, Paris hosts Wikimania 2026, the twenty-first edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects, and the global community of volunteers (Wikimedians) who make them possible.

Inspiring conference at IViR about economic aspects of copyright

On 6 and 7 July, IViR hosted the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI). Academics, practitioners, government representatives and others from all across the world, united by their interest in the various economic aspects of copyright, gathered at the Institute for Information Law for two content-packed days with a keynote address by Imke Reimers (Cornell University), more than twenty other high-quality paper presentations and numerous inspiring conversations.

Bundesforschungsministerin Dorothee Bär zu Gast

Seit dem 6. Mai 2025 ist Dorothee Bär Bundesministerin für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. In dieser Funktion hat sie am 16. Juli 2026 erstmals die Vollversammlung der IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt besucht und einen Gastvortrag gehalten.
Darin beschäftigte sie sich mit den Chancen, die Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt für die Region Mainfranken bieten. Passend zum Thema fand das Treffen im Missionskontrollzentrum der Universität Würzburg statt, das von Hakan Kayal, Professor für Raumfahrttechnik am Institut für Informatik, geleitet wird.

einBLICK: Nachrichten aus der JMU

Studierende lassen Experi­ment mit Höhen­forschungs­ballon steigen - Preis für Informatikerin Borrmann - JMU für Gleich­stellung ausgezeichnet - Programm für ausländische Gäste - Liturgie der Zukunft

Bayerns digitale Schatzkammer nimmt historische Schulwandbilder aus Würzburg auf

Die Forschungsstelle Historische Bildmedien der Universität Würzburg hat über die Jahre eine beachtliche Sammlung von Schulwandbildern aus Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern zusammengetragen. In ihren Räumen auf dem Campus Nord bewahrt sie mehr als 20.000 Stücke aus 150 Jahren Schulgeschichte auf. „Damit besitzen wir die größte Sammlung von Schulwandbildern in Europa“, sagt Dr.

Interview with Shylesh Muralidharan on Data Centers

Watch the full interview on Portulans’ Substack.
Bill Dutton, Co-President of the Portulans Institute, interviewed Mr. Shylesh (Shy) Muralidharan about his development of an AI tool to inform multiple stakeholders about the impact of data center developments.

Why Oman’s new cybercrime law has little to do with cybercrime

Every time a new cybercrime law is introduced somewhere in the SWANA region, it is often explained using the same premise. Governments present these laws as necessary to fight hackers, protect national security, and curb online fraud. But upon a closer look at the law itself, and not the government’s statement around it, you notice that  these laws often reach far beyond hacking, fraud, or other technical offenses.

CHARM-EU: Europäische Kommission gewährt Förderung

Die Europäische Hochschulallianz CHARM-EU (Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-Based and Mobile European University), zu der auch die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) gehört, hat sich im Wettbewerb um eine Förderung im Erasmus+-Programm 2026 durchgesetzt. Die Europäische Kommission stellt der Allianz 7,2 Millionen Euro zur Verfügung, um ihre grenzübergreifende Zusammenarbeit bis 2028 weiter auszubauen.

EAA-AAA Joint Panel: Advertising and Communication as a Contribution to Health and Wellbeing in the Digital Age

Ralf TerlutterWith the participation of Prof. Dr Sandra Diehl, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, and Prof.

The cost of ‘free’: How Wikimedia Enterprise protects Wikipedia in the AI era

The digital commons are under threat: with the advent of generative AI, bots have officially surpassed human traffic on the internet. Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation shared our concerns around drops in human traffic on Wikipedia.