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...

Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use

“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

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.

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

Interview with Guilherme Flynn Paciornik.
The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in latin america, can be read here. 
Image by Carlotta Artioli, Instagram @charl_art.

In his new book, Forty-Four Esolangs (MIT Press), Daniel Temkin challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art. The languages in this volume ask programmers to write code in the form of prayer to the Greek gods, or as a pattern of empty folders, or to type code in tandem with another programmer, each with one hand on the keyboard, their rhythm and synchrony signifying computer action.

Israel’s war on Lebanon was not merely a military confrontation broadcast on screens. At its core, it was a war of narratives, produced moment by moment on social media, outside the monopoly of traditional media and beyond closed partisan frameworks. In this space, women did not appear only as victims or humanitarian symbols, but as political actors actively producing the narrative itself.

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Les initiateurs du changement institutionnel: regards croisés à partir de l’oeuvre de Guy
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Dans le cadre des Matinées de la justice, nous vous invitons à la conférence sur « La justice de genre à l’heure des reculs de la protection sociale : femme/mère/travailleuse. Les étranges postures du néolibéralisme« , organisée par le Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP), l’antenne sherbrookoise du Réseau québécois en études féministes (RéQEF) et la Chaire de recherche du Canada en étude féministe.
Date : Lundi, 30 mars 2026
Heure : 10H – 11H30
Lieu : En ligne (zoom)

Oorlog, overstromingen en pandemieën: hoe bereiden we ons voor op rampen die steeds dichterbij komen? De persoonlijke zoektocht van universitair docent Ot van Daalen mondde uit in het boek Voorbereid, waarin hij ingaat op de weerbaarheid van onze vrije samenleving. ‘Ik heb net als veel mensen een onrustig gevoel bij wat er gebeurt in de wereld.’
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By Sukriti, Jhalak Kakkar, Shashank Mohan Introduction The Indian government gave formal written inputs to the Elements Paper and actively participated in its online public consultation. However, it did not provide written inputs to subsequent drafts for the WSIS+20 outcome document. Notably, India’s formal written input to the Elements Paper was separate from the G77’s […]

Shortly before the end of the 2025/26 winter semester, the Carinthian Academic Championships in gymnastics took place once again. The competition was divided into the following three categories: ‘External’, ‘Sports Students’ and ‘Club Gymnasts’.
The performances were generally very impressive. All teams participated with great ambition and commitment. Right from the start, the teams’ entrance and the perfect choreography rounded off this event in an impressive manner.