Other News from Participating Centers

Campus by the lake

© aauWould you prefer not to spend your studies rushing from class to class on overcrowded public transport? Would you rather read a textbook under a shady tree in your free time? Then your’re in the right place! On our campus, all buildings are conveniently within walking distance and are set admist a beautiful park where you can relax between classes.

8 reasons to study in Klagenfurt

Daniel WaschnigKlagenfurt is a small and friendly city: 100,000 people live here in the most southerly provincial capital in Austria. The University of Klagenfurt, also known as Alpen-Adria Universität (AAU), is located in the west of the city, about 5 minutes away from Lake Wörthersee by bike. It’s an excellent place to study. But with “discover Klagenfurt”, we also want to show you that Klagenfurt and Carinthia (as well as the regions beyond) are wonderful places to live as well as study!

Wikimedia Foundation welcomes incoming Board Trustee Mayree Clark

Mayree brings several decades of global experience across leadership roles in business, finance, governance, and philanthropy. She is already familiar with the work of the Wikimedia Foundation, as a dedicated donor to the Foundation since 2007. She has served on the Board of the Wikimedia Endowment since 2024 and is Chair of its Finance Committee.

Journées du CIS 2025

Les journées annuelles du CIS se tiendront les 25 et 26 septembre 2025 à Paris et en visioconférence.
L’article Journées du CIS 2025 est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Bridging the world between commons and library, overview of the situation

P2P learning session, 9 sept. 2025, 10h à 12h, Paris.
L’article Bridging the world between commons and library, overview of the situation est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Defending Europe’s disinformation researchers

Disinformation researchers in Europe face lawsuits, harassment & smear campaigns. What is behind these attacks? How should the EU respond?
The post Defending Europe’s disinformation researchers appeared first on HIIG.

We Failed The Misinformation Fight. Now What?

School of Data’s New Platform: A Fresh Look for a Renewed Mission

We are thrilled to announce that the School of Data project has a stunning new website, providing a central hub for anyone looking to build powerful data skills for change.
The post School of Data’s New Platform: A Fresh Look for a Renewed Mission first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Why Do People Watch Reality TV?

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

The senior developer at Open Knowledge, a specialist in CKAN, joins us for the eighteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement
The post Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’ first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Primer Congreso Internacional sobre Estandarización en Tecnología: Un puente de diálogo entre América Latina y la Unión Europea

El acelerado avance de la tecnología plantea numerosos desafíos, lo que ha llevado a los países a seguir de cerca su desarrollo y a buscar fórmulas para regularlas, estableciendo estándares que garanticen su desarrollo y uso seguro y responsable. 

Call for Applications – Open Knowledge Legal Lab

The Open Knowledge Foundation is proud to launch the Open Knowledge Legal Lab — a new global community of lawyers committed to advancing openness at the frontiers of technology. The Lab will bring together practising lawyers, legal scholars, and public sector lawyers from around the world to experiment, collaborate, and co-create legal frameworks that support...

Intelligence artificielle et droit d’auteur: pourquoi la motion Gössi fait-elle si peur?

Jusqu’à maintenant, l’épineuse question des rapports entre l’intelligence artificielle (IA) et le droit d’auteur a surtout été un sujet de discussion entre les juristes de propriété intellectuelle. En Suisse, elle a désormais pris une tournure politique avec la motion 24.4596 « Pour une meilleure protection de la propriété intellectuelle contre les abus liés à l’intelligence artificielle », déposée par la Conseillère aux Etats Petra Gössi.

How to Use the Datasphere Observatory: A Guide for Researchers, Policymakers, and NGOs

The Datasphere Observatory is a global platform designed to help stakeholders navigate the data-for-good ecosystem. 

By consolidating information that would otherwise be scattered across websites or outdated directories, the Observatory cuts through the noise and helps you spot partners, funders, and knowledge hubs faster.

With its powerful filters and graph-based navigation, you can:

SAIL Bahas Dinamika Information Disorder dalam Pemilu 2024 Bersama Pantau Hoaks

Pada 30 Juli 2025, Safer Internet Lab (SAIL) berkesempatan untuk berpartisipasi dalam sesi diskusi daring bertema Generative AI dan Disinformasi Elektoral” yang diselenggarakan oleh Pantau Hoaks.Diskusi ini merupakan bagian lanjutan dari rangkaian workshop yang sebelumnya digelar oleh Pantau Hoaks bersama para jurnalis dan aktivis, dengan tujuan memperdalam pemahaman tentang disinformasi dalam konteks pemilu.Dalam sesi tersebut, Arya Fernandes, Kepala Departemen Politik dan Perubahan Sosial (CSIS Indonesia), mewakili SAIL untuk memaparkan

Policy Directions on Encrypted Messaging and Extreme Speech

Digitalgelddickicht. On the political future of currency and values – a teaser

Season 1 of Digitalgelddickicht approaches the topic of the digital euro from as many angles as possible, explaining, trying to understand and asking questions. With the help of interviewees from academia, representatives of commercial banks and the ECB, civil society and the EU Parliament, it sheds light on as many aspects as possible and adopts different perspectives in a total of 10 episodes.

Season 2 – Small money, big impact? – Teaser

In the second season, we look at small digital money. There are a large number of digital payment transactions that we hardly notice. The reason for this is that the sums involved are small. Small and tiny amounts: a subscription here, a tip, a one-off payment for a service there. In this podcast, we examine the weight of small money along different modes of digital payment. On the one hand, small digital money is expensive as soon as it starts moving, as the technical and transactional costs are relatively high compared to a giro transfer or handling coins.

Teaser season 3: Safe money in the digital space?

Hackers, data leaks, dark patterns and new forms of money present us with security challenges that go far beyond personal accounts.

Exzellentes Ergebnis für die Uni Würzburg im Shanghai-Ranking

Auf Basis einer internen Auswertung zählt die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) im Shanghai-Ranking 2025 zu den 220 besten Universitäten weltweit. In Bayern belegt sie Platz drei und bundesweit gehört sie zu den Top 15.