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…
The Vienna association Digital Humanism organises the first “Digital Humanism Conference” from 26-28 May 2025 at MuseumsQuartier, Vienna. Read more
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…
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…
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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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…
The Digital Humanism TU Wien Lecture Series reminds us of next week’s talk: Tuesday, February 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Time (UTC+1) Topic: “Misinformation and Social Media as a Historical Process: Insights from the American Experience”(scroll down for abstract…
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Communication and Capital(ism) Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28-30 August 2025Mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association,Research Network 18 – The Sociology of Communications and Media Research The small-scale and focused mid-term conferences of the European Sociological…
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Political Economies of the Media. Theories and Methods, an advanced postgraduate course. Šibenik, Croatia, 9 – 12 September 2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Micky Lee, Suffolk University, USAMandy Troeger, University of Tuebingen, Germany COURSE DIRECTORS Thomas Allmer, Paderborn University,…
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Peter Brandt (son of Willy Brandt), Dieter Segert and Gert Weisskirchen edited last year a more than 500 pages volume on that question. Based on it, Dieter Segert will hold a lecture at the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.V.*…
