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.

Visiting researcher | January 2025 - June 2026
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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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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 […]

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.

By Sophie Tomlinson, Deputy Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative 

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).

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 […]

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? 
 

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.

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.

Schaltet man in Zellen ein Enzym ab, das eine wichtige Rolle innerhalb des Zucker-Stoffwechsels, der Glykolyse, spielt, sollte die Zelle eigentlich Probleme bekommen. Tatsächlich kann auch das Gegenteil der Fall sein: Die Zellen werden viel widerstandsfähiger gegen eine bestimmte Form des Zelltods - der Ferroptose.

The Award Ceremony for the 4th edition of the IViR “Science Fiction & Information Law” Writing Competition was held on Thursday, 21 May, at CPDP in Brussels. A wonderful occasion to explore this edition’s theme, “The Technologised Future of Truth”, and honour the most valuable contributions.
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Jitske is a junior researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR). She holds an LL.M. degree in International and European Union Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is currently completing her LL.M. degree in Dutch civil law at Radboud University Nijmegen. During her studies, she examined legal approaches to the emergence of online platforms, including perspectives from copyright and competition law.
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by Nick Payne
Cooperation between S.O.S., the student theatre group of the English and American Studies Department and the Kammerlichtspiele Klagenfurt

Presented in 2026 during the Board of Trustees meeting of the Nexa Center This report was mainly curated by Valeria Bergantino and Eleonora Lazzarotto with the contribution of the Nexa Staff, Directors and Community Foreword As you know, this November we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the birth of Nexa Center for Internet & […]
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