Other News from Participating Centers

Monopolies within borders? Media concentration and the European dilemmas

The 2026 Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) reports that media concentration is on the rise in Europe and that implementation of the EU regulation requiring a special regime to evaluate media mergers is lagging behind. In this blog post, we analyse recent national cases, with a focus on the role played by the European Board for Media Services (Board).

A Broken Promise? Rethinking Higher Education and The Society We Want to be in The Age of AI

Author: Brigitta Kalina Tristani HernawanEditor: Iradat Wirid

Across universities worldwide, a quiet anxiety has begun to surface among recent graduates. They did everything right – choosing future-proof degrees, learning coding and digital skills, developing critical thinking and creativity. Then they started to apply for jobs.

Let’s Play Image Type Charades!

Proceedings from my presentation during EXIT FEST on the 24th of June 2026, in celebration of Geert Lovink and the Institute of Network Cultures’ departure from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) on September 1, 2026.
The Digital Image is Non-Static

Get to know our team: James Haw, Digital Transformation and Regulation Analyst

Continuing our Get to Know the Team series, we would like to introduce James Haw, our Digital Transformation and Regulation Analyst.

James is an LLD candidate at Stellenbosch University whose work sits at the intersection of law, technology and public policy. His doctoral research explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the nature and organisation of work, and what this means for the future of labour law and labour-market regulation in South Africa.

Frictionless Community Call June 2026

The Frictionless community reconvened to enhance governance, explore AI integration, and establish GitHub as the primary discussion platform
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Opening Remarks: An Open Neurotech Stack

A recap of the BrainCommons opening session on the importance of making brain-computer interfaces open by design
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The Future of Freedom of Thought: Keeping Human Agency Open in the Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces

Will we surrender our rights to free thought? – a recap of the Brain Commons keynote by Susie Alegre
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Freedom of Thought in the Age of Neurotechnology

How neurotech challenges the very idea of ‘thinking for oneself’ – a recap of the Brain Commons keynote by Christoph Bublitz
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Governing the Brain Commons: Openness as Public Infrastructure

A recap of the Brain Commons panel on the governance of neurotech and neural data
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Understanding the BCI Stack: Where Openness Matters

A recap of the BrainCommons panel on how openness works in practice at different layers of the tech stack
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Topologische Isolatoren auf dem Weg zu praktischen Anwendungen

Als Metrologie bezeichnet man die Wissenschaft des Messens. Ziel dieser Disziplin ist es, weltweit vergleichbare und verlässliche Messergebnisse zu gewährleisten – zum Beispiel in der Industrie oder für Experimente in der Wissenschaft. Eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielen dabei sogenannte Naturkonstanten, also unveränderliche physikalische Größen wie die Lichtgeschwindigkeit oder die Planck-Konstante. Weil deren Werte universell gelten (also unabhängig von Ort und Zeit), erlauben sie die Definition äußerst stabiler Einheiten und sorgen damit für sehr gut reproduzierbare Messergebnisse.

University: your first step towards a career and why you shouldn’t wait until graduation.

Johanna Ortner works at the University of Klagenfurt’s career services, where she helps students sucessfully transition into the working world. In the interview, she explains why networking, practical experience, and a unique personal profile are real career game-changers.

Sustainable living

If you want to live sustainably and be mindful of your ecological footprint, Klagenfurt is the ideal place for you. Regionality, sustainability and high-quality products are ranked very highly here.

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Body is a Lost Media, Pixels Are All You’re Gonna See – Reframing the Blur and the Body Across Palestine Online

I remember scrolling the Instagram account @eyeonpalestine for months, and how you start to feel like when you stay there long enough and become doomed by a sensation, becoming a fog. The feeling is both physical and emotional. It’s like being somewhere after an explosion. You got blurry vision, your ears are buzzing.

Behind Indonesia’s AI Hype: Who Is Building Its People?

Author: Balma Bahira AdzkiaEditor: Achmed Faiz Yudha Siregar

Since its emergence in 2022, ChatGPT became the gateway to global AI discourse, including in Indonesia. It was followed by a range of other AI-based applications with diverse functions—productivity, creativity, and even automation—requiring today’s society to become increasingly relevant and to adopt them into everyday life.

FISIPOL UGM and the University of Melbourne Foster Australia-Indonesia Dialogue on the Future of Artificial Intelligence

Yogyakarta (20/07/2026) – Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the defining forces shaping governance, creativity, and public life. As intelligent technologies increasingly influence how societies make decisions, produce knowledge, and imagine the future, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, convened the Australia-Indonesia in Conversation (AIC) 2026 under the theme “Is AI the Game-Changer?

Interview mit bidt-Forscherin Steliyana Doseva: Was hilft gegen Hass im Netz?

Die Bundesregierung plant ein Gesetz gegen digitale Gewalt, um Betroffenen die Durchsetzung ihrer Rechte im digitalen Raum zu erleichtern und Schutzlücken zu schließen. Wie groß ist das Problem, vor allem mit Hatespeech, aktuell aus Ihrer Sicht?

The Uses of Embarrassment: Gossip, Testimony, and the Unmaking of Heteronormativity

Screenshot from danamarijuanaa’s post on TikTok

Libya’s New AI Strategy Celebrates Participation, Yet Was Built Without It

On June 1, 2026, in a ceremony in Tripoli, the Government of National Unity unveiled what it called a milestone for Libya’s digital future: the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2026–2030, alongside a National Charter for AI Ethics.

Elegant algorithms for smarter video streaming

aau/MüllerEmanuele Artioli wants to make video streaming better – with higher quality, greater personalisation, and more reliable playback even when network conditions are poor, such as on a train journey or in a remote location. One of his main research interests is using AI to identify which parts of a video genuinely matter to viewers – and should therefore be delivered in higher quality. He plans to complete his doctoral programme at the University of Klagenfurt in the autumn of 2026.