Citizen Media Lab, Centre for Social Innovation
Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft? Einladung zum online VERITY Citizen Media Experiment von 3.bis 30. April! Read more here!
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Category Archives: Announcement
Rupert-Riedl-Jubiläumsfeier
On the occasion of outstanding Austrian biologist Rupert Riedl’s 100th birthday our befriended organisation Club of Vienna held a symposium on his work and its importance for today’s science. Riedl lived in Vienna from 1925 to 2005. The talks delivered…
Shaping our digital future
The Vienna association Digital Humanism organises the first “Digital Humanism Conference” from 26-28 May 2025 at MuseumsQuartier, Vienna. Read more
Iran from the “Islamic Revolution” to 7 October 2024
Utopia(s) Conversations on a Convivial Society for All The Islamic Republic of Iran can certainly be considered a byproduct of the Cold War era.In its short history, it has been of interest in the Middle East from the very beginning,…
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Mind, life and machines
The International Academy of Information Studies (IAIS) announces a new dialogue. Pedro C. Marijuan writes: Prof. Michael Levin, Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University (https://allencenter.tufts.edu/our-team/michael-levin/)Prof. William Miller, Bioverse Foundation (https://www.ourbioverse.com/resume/) Title: MIND, LIFE, and MACHINES The session will take place on Friday, March 21st,at 18:00…
Fortschritt als Fehlschritt? Eine rettende Kritik
GSIS Utopia(s) Conversations on a Sustainable Planet & Meaningful Technology Annette Schlemm Der einst positiv besetzte Begriff «Fortschritt» ist in einer unruhigen Welt zur Projektionsfläche für Zukunftsängste geworden. Tatsächlich gibt es für die Zurückweisung des Fortschrittsbegriffs gute theoretische, aber auch…
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Industrial Policy is back – is it?
See Kurt Bayer’s commentary on the issue of Industrial Policy in China, USA, EU and Austria here.
Kritische Friedensforschung heute
Das Heft Nummer 1 des heurigen Jahres der deutschen Zeitschrift Wissenschaft und Frieden beschäftigt sich damit, warum bestimmte Konflikte und Kriege von der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung selber unterschiedlich beachtet werden. Die Begründungen dafür halten kaum einer Überprüfung stand. Kritische Friedensforschung…
IDIMT 2025 – “ICT in Business: AI Everywhere? Glory and Disgrace of AI”
The 33rd Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks are scheduled for 3-5 September 2025 again in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. For conference topics, important dates and contact click here. See the Call for Papers here. The conference is an Austrian-Czech co-operation led by Michael Sonntag…
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An open letter on the urgent need to regulate digital technologies, given the latest threats
The Digital Humanism TU Wien team writes: The Digital Humanism Initiative issued a public statement in support of the EU AI Act in December 2023. Now we think it is time again to support the EU AI Act, as well as the Digital…