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Global South Perspectives for the India AI Impact Summit

India hosting the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi has led to significant  global attention. As the first Global South country to host the Summit — following editions in the UK, France, and South Korea — India’s leadership marks a pivotal time in conversations around AI governance as the world recognises the growing importance […]

Genstudie zeigt: Angsterkrankungen haben viele Ursachen

Etwa jeder Vierte leidet irgendwann in seinem Leben an einer Angsterkrankung. Dazu zählen

128° Nexa Lunch Seminar – Social media e obbligo di remunerare i “creators”

25 febbraio 2026 | LUDOVICO BOSSI (Università Luiss Guido Carli)
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Europe’s Digital Identity Wallet: The Promise, the Problems, and the Questions We’re Not Asking

Europe’s Digital Identity Wallet: The Promise, the Problems, and the Questions We’re Not Asking

By Sharmin Chougule

05 February 2026

The EUDI Wallet is coming to Europe by 2026. But while a universal digital identity sounds laudable, the tight schedule and complex architecture suggest a deeper tension. We are at a critical juncture: Is this a foundation for trust, or the quiet assembly of a surveillance apparatus?

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Wie Supraleitung entsteht: Neue Einblicke aus Moiré-Materialien

Wie genau unkonventionelle Supraleitung entsteht, zählt zu den zentralen Fragen der modernen Festkörperphysik. Eine neue Studie, die in der Fachzeitschrift Nature erschienen ist, liefert hierzu entscheidende Hinweise.
Ein internationales Forschungsteam konnte erstmals eine direkte mikroskopische Verbindung zwischen einem stark korrelierten Normalzustand und der Supraleitung in sogenannten Moiré-Materialien nachweisen. Langfristig können diese Erkenntnisse dazu beitragen, gezielt neue Quantenmaterialien und Supraleiter für künftige Quantentechnologien zu entwickeln.

Bridging the AI Gap: Datasphere Initiative and Teaching Public Service Launch Academic Leadership Program in Barcelona

GENEVA / BARCELONA — As artificial intelligence and digital transformation reshape the global public sector, academic institutions are facing a critical bottleneck: a lack of specialized curricula to train the next generation of public leaders.

“Our research shows that many public policy programs in the US and Europe are failing to prepare their students for a career in a modern, digital-era public sector,” says Pontus Westerberg, Executive Director of Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age.

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

Drawing on two decades of experience in building and supporting open digital infrastructure, we provide observations and recommendations to advance the EU’s strategic approach to open source, emphasizing its role in enhancing technological sovereignty, security, and competitiveness.
The post Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Who Decides? A Quick Guide to Governance ⚖️ – OKFN Newsletter January 2026

The Tech We Want, Open Data Editor, Open Technology Research, UN CSTD Working Group, Open Data Day and more.
The post Who Decides? A Quick Guide to Governance ⚖️ – OKFN Newsletter January 2026 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

La justice environnementale dans une perspective de genre. Approche écoféministe : Étude du cas de la Fonderie Horne

Date : Mercredi 11 mars 2026
Heure : De 11 h 30 à 13 h
Type : Conférences et séminaires
Lieu : Salle multifonctionnelle (A9-162), Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de droit,
Campus principal et visioconférence Teams

 
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Lançamento – Nota Técnica – ”Smart Sampa: Transparência para quem? Transparência de quê?”

O Smart Sampa vem sendo apresentado como uma solução tecnológica para tornar São Paulo mais segura. Mas o que os dados realmente mostram?

A nota técnica “Smart Sampa: Transparência para quem? Transparência de quê?”, elaborada pelo LAPIN, pelo Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum e pela Rede Liberdade, analisa o programa a partir de informações oficiais e de dados obtidos via Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI).

Data-driven fleet planning: How many vehicles does a company need to deploy?

Photocreo Bednarek/AdobestockHow many delivery vehicles does a company really need, and which vehicle configurations make sense throughout the year? This question poses major challenges for corporate logistics departments. Christian Truden (University of Klagenfurt) and Mike Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago) have now developed a new data-driven approach that shows how vehicle fleets can be planned efficiently even under strongly fluctuating demand and pronounced seasonality.

Heiko Breitsohl, PhD Professor appointed Associate Editor

As of January 2026, Heiko Breitsohl serves as Associate Editor at the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
This internationally renowned journal publishes empirical studies and theoretical work from all areas of organizational research. The focus is on publishing scientific studies on organizational behavior—both at the individual level and at the group and organizational levels.
 
More information on the journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991379

Day 2 – DMRC 2026 Summer School

On Day 2 of the 2026 DMRC Summer School, delegates joined workshops on data donation, online safety, socio-technical grounded theory, and intersectional approaches to digital media research.
DMRC Chief Investigators also delivered a back-to-back-to-back seminar with the broad theme of re-thinking media for the platform age.
A major highlight of the day was the research translation roundtable discussion that explored opportunities at institutions, common pitfalls to avoid, and encouraged participants to share their own research translation experiences.

Sofie Royer en Anastasia Siapka over de privacyrisico's van menstruatieapps

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

OpenForum Europe (OFE), the Open Source Initiative (OSI), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) today announced the official launch of Open Technology Research (OTR) — a strategic partnership designed to strengthen the global open technology research community and advance evidence-based policymaking around open technologies. Open technologies — including software, data, and standards — underpin today’s...

Day 1 – DMRC 2026 Summer School

The DMRC’s 2026 Summer School kicked off today at QUT Kelvin Grove campus featuring inspiring and thought-provoking training by world leading researchers.
With over 75 delegates in attendance, today’s sessions explored a range of topics including analyzing large video collections using GenAI, discovering your teaching philosophy, instructions for systematic literature reviews, unpacking social biases in CSS, analyzing sound and music in content, and multimodal research using the image machine.

Inside the Black Box

Quantum Sensing Will Test Legal Frameworks for Privacy

ICFJ and Wikimedia Foundation Seek Applications for Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards in Africa

Applications for the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards (OTKJA) are now open. 

Presented by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, the Open the Knowledge Awards recognize African journalists whose reporting helps close knowledge gaps about Africa on Wikipedia.

Eva-Maria Kieninger neu im Wissenschaftsrat

Der Wissenschaftsrat berät die Regierungen des Bundes und der Länder in allen Fragen zur Entwicklung der Wissenschaft, der Forschung und der Hochschulen. Er verfolgt das Ziel, in Deutschland ein leistungsstarkes Wissenschaftssystem zu ermöglichen, das vielfältig miteinander vernetzt ist und in die Gesellschaft hineinwirkt.
Zum 1. Februar 2026 hat Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier vier neue Mitglieder in den Wissenschaftsrat berufen. Darunter ist auch Jura-Professorin Eva-Maria Kieininger von der Universität Würzburg.
Leiterin eines Lehrstuhls an der Jura-Fakultät