Wir leisten uns ein Wirtschaftssystem, das Menschen hervorbringt, deren Macht die vieler Staaten inzwischen deutlich übersteigt. Wir nennen sie Tech-Bros. Es sind Männer, die die technische Basis für autokratische Regierungen schaffen und so dabei mithelfen, Demokratien zu zerstören. Auch die…
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This time the GSIS contribution to the WLD is a preview of the volume “AI Generating New Habits – Critical Reflections”, edited by Raffaela Giovagnoli, Irena Mostowicz and Tomáš Sigmund, to be published by Springer in the book series “Sapere”…
This is the title of the next brown bag research talk of the Future Foundation. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff writes:
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Under this title the Future Foundation held the first lunchtime talk, as announced here. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff writes:
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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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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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…
Armin Grunwald, Leiter des Instituts für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), lädt im Namen des Vorstands der neu gegründeten Future Foundation zur Vorstellung dieser Initiative ein. Er schreibt in der Mailingliste des Netzwerks TA (NTA):…
Christian Fuchs published a new book, wrapping up the topics of war, capitalism, digitalisation, globalisation, political economy, peace and socialism. This book is open access. This is an excellent, wide-ranging account of thinking about war in the context of new…
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On the occasion of the 2025 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI), our Emergent Systems, Information and Society Research Group – which is also an IS4SI Special Interest Group – invites to an event to…
