Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff, WU professor, chair of the Institute for IS & Society, was host, initiator and main speaker at an event at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) on 16 November 2021 that was sponsored by the IEEE.…
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The journal FIfF-Kommunikation 4/2021, edited by our German friends organisation Forum Computer Professionals for Peace and Social Responsibility (FIfF), contains a 20 pages supplement with the title “Künstliche Intelligenz zieht in den Krieg” (AI goes to war). Emergent systems group…
The Muslim-Jewish Educational Initiative is a new educational program run by Dr Irena Mostowicz (GSIS member), PhD Candidate David Braunstein (GSIS member) and PhD Candidate Amin Elfeshawi (Private University of Education in Linz). The vision of the Initiative is to…
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Under this title, the Platform Computer Professionals for Peace and Social Responsibility (FIfF) – a friend of the GSIS Institute – holds its yearly conference in hybrid form. The FIfF regional group Munich is host. The date is: 12–14 November,…
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This book, edited by Pieter Verdegem from the University of Westminster, is published open access and available here. It brings together critical interrogations of what constitutes AI, its impact and its inequalities in order to offer an analysis of what…
As announced, the plans are still to have that conference in a face-to-face format at the Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) from 18 to 20 November 2021. Click here for the programme. More information here.…
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The Institut für Design Science München invited the fourth time to the annual conference at Leucorea in Wittenberg, Germany, featuring affiliates of GSIS. The core theme was, as always, on structural transformation and public discourse and reflected ongoing research and…
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The Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI) lasted from 12 to 19 September 2012. All contributions were made online. They were recorded and shall be made available to the public. The Institute for a Global…
The film project “Heimatland Erde” is on the way. Sophie Huber-Lachner visited researcher Francesca Fragkoudi for an interview. Fragkoudi studied Physics and Astrophysics & Cosmology in Barcelona and obtained her PhD at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille. She was Postdoctoral Fellow…
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The 37th Summer Academy of the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) took place online from 1 to 4 September 2021. GSIS was co-operation partner, Wolfgang Hofkirchner, together with Werner Wintersteiner, provided scientific support. The academy counted…
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