For the fifth year in a row, UAE’s Etisalat and Qatar’s Ooerdoo have ranked in the bottom two … Etisalat and Ooredoo: Ranking last for the fifth year in a row!Read More »

Was arbeiten Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU)? Um Studierenden verschiedene Perspektiven vorzustellen, hat Michaela Thiel, Geschäftsführerin des zentralen Alumni-Netzwerks, ausgewählte Ehemalige befragt. Diesmal ist Christoph Selle an der Reihe. Er hat an der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät studiert und ist heute Leiter der Marktforschung bei Wagner Pizza.

Mit seiner mittlerweile achten repräsentativen Befragung zum Thema Homeoffice beleuchtet das bidt Zusammenhänge zwischen der gegenwärtigen Energiekrise und der Nutzung von Homeoffice. Dazu wurden im Oktober 2022 knapp 1.000 Berufstätige in Deutschland online befragt und Daten zu den Hauptgründen für die eigene Homeoffice-Nutzung sowie zu den Auswirkungen der gestiegenen Energiepreise erhoben.

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In 2022, The Hub has continued on with and kickstarted a number of projects focused on the intersection of technology and society in the Asia Pacific region. As we wrap up this year, we’ve selected some highlights to share with you from completed projects as well as ways to get involved in ongoing ones.

Digital Asia Hub has been partnering with Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) to advance corporate accountability in South-East and East-Asia by ranking selected corporate actors for their commitments to human rights. With much of the digital public sphere mediated by corporate technology businesses, it is imperative to understand how their business models square with consequences for human rights.

On December 5-7, a group of academics, futurists, artists, and builders, joined us for our Future(s) of Work and Play workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop was designed to be a collaborative effort, with many ideas generated through the workshop and the expert cohort, and for a mixture of research sharing and speculative sessions to co-imagine potential futures.

Mosaïque FM’s local reporter, Khalifa Al Qasimi, was shocked to hear he was sentenced to one year in … Tunisian Government Tightens Grip on Journalistic SourcesRead More »

There’s no doubt that today’s digital spaces are mainly ruled by a handful of profit-hungry technology megacorporations. Their … Finalists for Bread&Net Fiction Prize: Digital Utopias And FuturesRead More »

We are looking for an Events Coordinator to plan and coordinate Bread&Net, our yearly regional conference on digital … SMEX is Hiring Events CoordinatorRead More »

Vom 24. Dezember 2022 bis einschließlich 1. Januar 2023 bleiben Studienberatung, Studierendenkanzlei, Prüfungsamt, Rechenzentrum, Sportzentrum, Sanderring-Uni, Alte Universität und die Institute im Südflügel der Residenz geschlossen. Auch die Uni-Gebäude am Wittelsbacherplatz, am Hubland und auf dem Campus Nord sind geschlossen. Des Weiteren gilt die Regelung für die Institute am Röntgenring und an der Versbacher Straße.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—a paramilitary group in Sudan accused of committing crimes against humanity— imported the “Predator” … Sudan: “Men with no Mercy” now Armed with EU-linked SpywareRead More »

In 2021, Digital Asia Hub (DAH) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Political Dialogue Asia Singapore launched a 2-part series, The Next Digital Decade: Case Studies from Asia.

Volume 1, titled ‘Traces and Divides’, traces the impact of the Internet on society, politics, and life in Asia, while identifying the many divides that persist. Volume 2, titled ‘Spaces and Futures’, examines the challenges of responding to the challenges of digital transformation with perspectives from Asia to highlight their relevance for global audiences.

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Ahmad Nasher, a 27-year-old Yemeni, worked tirelessly to re-route and receive signals … Yemen: World Cup for those who can afford itRead More »

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released a new data protection bill on November 18, 2022. This is the fourth iteration of a data protection bill in India after the Puttaswamy judgment in 2017. We appreciate the efforts of MeitY in drafting a clear and accessible Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (‘DPDP […]