Successful 5th ACM Digital Humanism Summer School
Vienna 10 July – Today is the last day of this amazing Summer School on the topic of Democracy in the Digital Age. Building on the success of previous editions, the aim of the Summer School is to provide a learning environment and platform to explore, investigate and discuss key issues and latest developments related to the impact of Digital Technologies to democratic societies. Internationally renowned and leading academics from ... Read more
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Digital Humanism Conference in Vienna – “Orientation in Turbulent Times”
Vienna, 25 June 2026 – For participants of EURIDICE this is an important and relevant public event to attend, in which many aspects of the Digital Society are being addressed. The Digital Humanism conference started Wednesday evening with the screening of “The Ghost in the Machine”, a film directed by Valerie Veatch. “Artificial intelligence’s unsung beginnings are found in power rather than computers, illuminating the dreams that underlie the hype ... Read more
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18th June – International Panic Picnic Day and the 70th anniversary of Dartmouth workshop on AI”
The TU Wien and the Digital Humanism steering committee are pleased to invite you on short notice to this special event celebrating the 70th anniversary: Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (10:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Topic: “18th June – International Panic Picnic Day and the 70th anniversary of Dartmouth workshop on AI”It’s June 18th: That’s International Panic Day, International Picnic Day, and this year the 70th anniversary of Dartmouth Summer Research Project ... Read more
EURIDICE and DIGISOC win two awards at Global Citizenship Symposium
Amsterdam, 29 May 2026 – At the last day of the very successful Global Citizenship Symposium, organized in Amsterdam by the Aurora network of European Universities, two out of three awards went to EURIDICE. A joint team of EURIDICE researchers won the best presentation award. The best poster went to the DIGISOC students. The Global Citizenship Symposium brought together academic staff and students from many countries to discuss themes of ... Read more
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EURIDICE’s contributions to the Global Citizenship Conference in Amsterdam
Many EURIDICE partners and also DIGISOC students contributed to the success of the Global Citizenship Conference at VU Amsterdam, from 27-29 May 2026. See link to the conference site and table below. https://vu.nl/en/events/2026/aurora-symposium-on-global-citizenship
How do platform companies earn their money?
How do digital platform companies earn their money? That is the central question that Nedo Bartels, researcher at EURIDICE partner Fraunhofer-IESE, investigates in his PhD thesis. To this end, Nedo has developed a taxonomy that conceptualizes in a structured fashion the various important dimensions and characteristics of platform revenue models. Nedo’s taxonomy is based on a comprehensive analysis of the existing scientific literature. In addition, the validity of the taxonomy ... Read more
Film, AI and Digital Society education
Film, AI and Digital Society education
Students from EURIDICE's DIGISOC master have just finished "ICT4D, Digital Transformation and Global Development", and delivered a science fiction film about the Digital Society. This was all introduced through the historical parallels between AI development and Science Fiction.
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Digital Humanism to the Rescue!
Vienna, 28th April 2026 – Professor Peter Knees, UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism, and member of the EURIDICE team, gave his inaugural lecture at TU Wien, on 27th April, about Music Recommender Systems. Recommender systems are algorithms that analyse user data and online behavior such as clicks and ratings, to suggest personalized content, in this case music. In his lecture, Peter Knees presented the latest results and developments in Music ... Read more
Panel discussion: AI and the integrity of survey research
In a panel discussion, Dr. Philipp Masur, Prof. Reinout de Vries and Dr. Anna Bon met and discussed about the growing challenges posed by artificial intelligence to the integrity of online survey research. The panel discussion was moderated by Tycho Hofstra and Agustin Medina, research data steward at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, focused on a practical problem: as AI becomes more accessible, the risk of receiving automated or AI-assisted responses ... Read more
Interviewing Pilar Modamio about digital skills
We are following up on the results of the microcredential course offered by IL3 to enhance professional teachers’ digital skills. This interview was with Pilar Modamio Charles, who is a Full Professor at the University of Barcelona and Director of the Master and Postgraduate Degree in Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Care at IL3-UB. She was interviewed after following the Microcredential course on Creating Accessible Documents. We thank Prof. Pilar for her feedback. ... Read more
