EURIDICE and DIGISOC win two awards at Global Citizenship Symposium
Amsterdam, 29 May 2026 – At the last day of the very successful Global Citizenship Symposium, organized in Amsterdam by the Aurora network of European Universities, two out of three awards went to EURIDICE. A joint team of EURIDICE researchers won the best presentation award. The best poster went to the DIGISOC students. The Global Citizenship Symposium brought together academic staff and students from many countries to discuss themes of ... Read more
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EURIDICE’s contributions to the Global Citizenship Conference in Amsterdam
Many EURIDICE partners and also DIGISOC students contributed to the success of the Global Citizenship Conference at VU Amsterdam, from 27-29 May 2026. See link to the conference site and table below. https://vu.nl/en/events/2026/aurora-symposium-on-global-citizenship
How do platform companies earn their money?
How do digital platform companies earn their money? That is the central question that Nedo Bartels, researcher at EURIDICE partner Fraunhofer-IESE, investigates in his PhD thesis. To this end, Nedo has developed a taxonomy that conceptualizes in a structured fashion the various important dimensions and characteristics of platform revenue models. Nedo’s taxonomy is based on a comprehensive analysis of the existing scientific literature. In addition, the validity of the taxonomy ... Read more
Film, AI and Digital Society education
Film, AI and Digital Society education
Students from EURIDICE's DIGISOC master have just finished "ICT4D, Digital Transformation and Global Development", and delivered a science fiction film about the Digital Society. This was all introduced through the historical parallels between AI development and Science Fiction.
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Digital Humanism to the Rescue!
Vienna, 28th April 2026 – Professor Peter Knees, UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism, and member of the EURIDICE team, gave his inaugural lecture at TU Wien, on 27th April, about Music Recommender Systems. Recommender systems are algorithms that analyse user data and online behavior such as clicks and ratings, to suggest personalized content, in this case music. In his lecture, Peter Knees presented the latest results and developments in Music ... Read more
Panel discussion: AI and the integrity of survey research
In a panel discussion, Dr. Philipp Masur, Prof. Reinout de Vries and Dr. Anna Bon met and discussed about the growing challenges posed by artificial intelligence to the integrity of online survey research. The panel discussion was moderated by Tycho Hofstra and Agustin Medina, research data steward at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, focused on a practical problem: as AI becomes more accessible, the risk of receiving automated or AI-assisted responses ... Read more
Interviewing Pilar Modamio about digital skills
We are following up on the results of the microcredential course offered by IL3 to enhance professional teachers’ digital skills. This interview was with Pilar Modamio Charles, who is a Full Professor at the University of Barcelona and Director of the Master and Postgraduate Degree in Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Care at IL3-UB. She was interviewed after following the Microcredential course on Creating Accessible Documents. We thank Prof. Pilar for her feedback. ... Read more
From Radio to AI – African Community-driven Development of Sustainable Information Systems
7 April 2026 – Francis Saa-Dittoh, senior lecturer at the University for Development Studies in Tamale, Ghana, and active member of the EURIDICE team, defended his thesis and received today the title of Doctor of Philosophy for his research on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Development in Africa. The overarching goal of his research was to explore and develop sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions for highly resource-constrained ... Read more
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5th ACM Europe Digital Humanism Summer School – registration is open
PhD Summer School at TU Wien 6-10 July 2026 in Vienna – registration is open visit the site Digitalization permeates all aspects of our lives. It offers the opportunity to implement participatory projects on a global scale, such as Wikipedia, but on the other hand, it causes radicalization and polarization and threatens political discourse. The rise of AI in its different forms presents further challenges and opportunities. Questions about regulation, ... Read more
Milestone: DigHum textbook reaches 1.000.000 downloads
This open-access volume is the most comprehensive textbook on Digital Humanism currently available. It introduces and defines the field through a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, bringing together insights from computer science, engineering, the humanities, and the social sciences. It can be used both as a stand-alone textbook and as a complementary resource in interdisciplinary courses. As the most complete educational resource on Digital Humanism to date, the book represents ... Read more
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