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Izatt-Christensen Award 2026 für Frank Würthner

Der renommierte Izatt-Christensen Award 2026 geht an Professor Frank Würthner, Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Organische Chemie II und Direktor des Zentrums für Nanosystemchemie an der Universität Würzburg. Der Preis gilt als die weltweit prestigeträchtigste Auszeichnung auf dem Gebiet der supramolekularen Chemie.

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

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

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

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

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

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

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

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

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

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

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Third shortlisted story of the Science Fiction and Information Law Writing Competition

As part of the fourth IViR Science Fiction and Information Law competition, DigiCon will publish the stories of the finalists every week. The winning stories will be revealed during the CPDP 2026 conference in Brussels on 19-22 May.
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OUT NOW! TOD #61 | The Many Faces of Data Access: Legal and Policy Implications for Research

Theory on Demand #61
   
The Many Faces of Data Access: Legal and Policy Implications for Research

Wald im Wandel: Forschungsprojekt ROOT macht Veränderungen sichtbar und nutzbar

Im Zentrum des vom bidt geförderten Projekts „ROOT“ steht eine digitale Anwendung, die aktuelle Informationen zu Waldveränderungen aus Perspektive von Satelliten direkt verfügbar macht – etwa zu Störungen des Waldes durch Dürre, Sturm oder Schädlingsbefall. Die App „ROOT Forest Monitor“ richtet sich insbesondere an Försterinnen und Förster, Waldbesitzende und weitere Entscheidungsträgerinnen und -träger im Forstbereich – kann aber auch von interessierten Bürgerinnen und Bürgern genutzt werden. Im Rahmen des Abschlussevents zum Projekt wurde die App Ende März im Steigerwald präsentiert.

Carinthian Academic Championships – Darts 2026

This year, the Carinthian University Darts Championships were fully booked for the first time. Twelve teams competed for the title. The preliminary round was played in two groups of six. Each darts match consisted of two legs of 301 double-out. Following the preliminary round, the final placings were decided.

Contextualising AI governance frameworks for the Global Majority: Learning and Reinforcements (Part 3)

By Vidya Subramanian, Angelina Dash and Ankit Yadav In the run up to the India AI Impact Summit, CCG and GNI organised the Strategic Multistakeholder Dialogue as part of our broader Multistakeholder Approaches to Participation in AI Governance (MAP-AI) initiative. Through multiple sessions covering common themes surrounding AI governance, the event sought to enhance multistakeholder […]

Introducing OKFN’s AI Learning Labs

We are partnering with organisations on high-impact social issues to experiment with AI and develop replicable methods together; you can join us
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Heiko Breitsohl is co-guest-editor of a recently published special issue on attendance behavior in the workplace during illness

© aau/Daniel WaschnigThe latest special issue of the renowned European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology was guest-edited by Heiko Breitsohl together with Sascha Ruhle (Tilburg University, NL), Carolin Dietz (Chemnitz University of Technology, DE), Luis Martinez (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT), and Mariella Miraglia (University of Liverpool, UK). It brings together four empirical studies that focus on topics such as leadership, AI, and social capital in the debate on sickness and attendance behavior.

Dürre macht Hummeln schwer zu schaffen

Wie hat sich das Dürrejahr 2022 in Unter- und Oberfranken auf eine bestimmte Hummelart ausgewirkt? Welche Unterschiede zeigen sich zu dem klimatisch durchschnittlichen Jahr 2024? Diesen Fragen ist ein Forschungsteam des Lehrstuhls für Tierökologie und Tropenbiologie (Zoologie 3) der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) nachgegangen. Seine Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Dürrejahre die Kolonieentwicklung deutlich beeinträchtigen: Sowohl Lebensdauer als auch Koloniegewicht und die Produktion von Königinnen und Männchen sind dann stark reduziert.

AI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think

Teaching at IViR: The Ethics and Regulation of Online Manipulation

The Bits of Freedom case against Meta and the European Commission’s first big fine under the DSA for X: both are headline-producing cases revolving around the question of online influence and manipulation. Marijn Sax just finished teaching a course on exactly these pressing regulatory questions.
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