On 29 September 2025 the Future Foundation was presented to the public (https://gsis.at/2025/09/03/10-regeln-fur-die-digitale-welt/). Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff, Board Member of the Future Foundation, announces a follow-up series of talks: From time to time we will offer a virtual lunch-time talk on an…
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The International Academy of Information Studies announces its new Dialogue: Theme: Life and Formalism Andrei Igamberdiev : The Quantum of Life — Consequences for Formalism(Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Chief Editor of BioSystems) Plamen L. Simeonov : Myhts and Realities of…
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Next DigHum Lecture: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Topic: “Who Owns the Future?”(scroll down for abstract and CV) Speaker: Jaron Lanier (Microsoft, USA)Moderator: Sarah Kriesche (Ö1, Austria) Live in FH Hörsaal 1, Freihausgebäude, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna To…
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Stefan Woltran reminds us of the next talk in the DigHum lecture series: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Topic: “New Humanism in the Time of Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence (NHNAI): a Research-Action Project”(scroll down…
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Annette Schlemm hält unter diesem Titel am 1. Oktober 2025 um 17:30 einen Online–Vortrag im Rahmen von DGH & VDW – Umwelt und Gesundheit: https://zoom.us/j/98768541513?pwd=QTRGKTrE4sQbAuK90gEamD3NGtdqa7.1Meeting-ID: 987 6854 1513Kenncode: 552241 Buch: Climate Engineering. Wie wir uns technisch zu Tode siegen,statt die…
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Rainer Rehak from Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung informs about a call for papers for a Special Issue of the Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society next year. Submission deadline 15 November 2025: In light of the recent…
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Unter diesem Titel ist vom 21. bis zum 23. November 2025 in Wien von GSIS eine Konferenz mit dem Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung (FIfF) anberaumt – kurz FIfFKon25. Siehe First Announcement hier. Das Programm hat inzwischen Gestalt…
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Der Club of Vienna lädt zu einer Tagung über die Wissenschaftsskepsis ein: “Der Wissenschaft vertrauen? Eine Tagung zu Wissenschaftsskepsis” Freitag, 10. Oktober 2025, 9:30 – 17:15Naturhistorisches Museum, Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien ANMELDUNG Aus organisatorischen Gründen bitten wir um Anmeldung bis zum 6. Oktober…
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Stefan Woltran invites to the next talk in the DigHum Lecture Series: We are pleased to invite you to this talk in our Lecture Series: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Topic: “The Mass Destruction…
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Christian Fuchs invites to the following webinar: Webinar on Democracy in the Digital Age: Foundations of Digital Democracy AnalysisOrganised by the Horizon Europe Project INNOVADETuesday, October 21, 15:00 CET In this webinar, the EU research project INNOVADE: INNOVAtive DEmocracy through…
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