André Baart

Blog: from Greenland to Cloud: Geopolitics of Digital Infrastructure

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And why the DIGISOC master is so important nowadays… What does a dispute over Greenland have to do with your hospital appointment, your unemployment benefits, or your ability to register a vehicle? More than you might think. Recent geopolitical tensions between the United States and Europe have exposed a vulnerability that runs deeper than trade tariffs: Europe’s critical digital infrastructure is overwhelmingly dependent on American cloud providers. The numbers behind the dependencyUS cloud providers (Amazon … Read more

Applications Now Open: DIGISOC Joint Master’s Programme 2026/2027

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Are you passionate about digital transformation and social innovation? The DIGISOC European Joint Master’s Programme is now accepting applications for the 2026/2027 cohort. What is DIGISOC? The Master Digital Society and Global Citizenship (dubbed DIGISOC) trains the next generation of socio-digital innovators — professionals who can bridge the gap between advanced digital technologies and meaningful social change. This two-year programme combines expertise from three European universities across Italy, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Graduates learn … Read more

Mauna Kea – short film

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CavoloNero at Mauna Kea

Culture & Youth in the Digital Society and how to be an artist and create artwork in the Age of AI: Mauna Kea is home to deities, representing the intersection of the terrestrial and celestial worlds. It is, in Hawaiian mythology, revered as a site of transformation, where fiery lava erupts from within the earth, creating new landscapes in its wake. Mauna Kea, created both as music video by the Dutch band Cavolo Nero and … Read more

EURIDICE’s Joint European Master: Digital Society, Social Innovation, Global Citizenship

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Are you passionate about shaping the digital future in ways that are sustainable, inclusive, and socially responsible? Do you aspire to create meaningful, innovative digital solutions that can drive real social change? The European Joint Master in Digital Society, Social Innovation, and Global Citizenship (DIGISOC) is an interdisciplinary study program designed to equip you with the comprehensive expertise needed to address pressing global challenges in a rapidly digitalizing world. DIGISOC is a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and international … Read more

Milestone in design of EU Joint Master

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in EURIDICE’s Joint Master’s Programme on Digital Society, Social Innovation, and Global Citizenship Universität Innsbruck, in cooperation with Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy) and Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic) and representatives of the Université Paris-Est Créteil (France), successfully convened a hybrid working meeting to launch the hybrid Joint Master’s Programme entitled “Digital Society, Social Innovation, and Global Citizenship”. This innovative joint programme aims to address the pressing challenges, but also the opportunities, … Read more

Interview with Marco Biondi

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EURIDICE launched a new podcast series with interviews about Culture, Communication and Education with global citizens in the Digital Society. In this first edition of the series we discuss with professor Marco Biondi, who teaches pharmaceutical technology at the University Federico II of Napoli, how to engage learners in your acedemic classes and how to overcome failure. This is done in a very playful manner, using improvisational theatre and mind mapping, and doing playful games … Read more

EURIDICE’s biannual in Vienna: co-creating hybrid teaching experiences

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Vienna, 11 september 2024. We look back at a successful second biannual of EURIDICE’s partners, at the invitation of TU-Wien, following up on the first biannual, kindly hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences of UNINA in Naples, on 31 May this year. The aim of the workshop was to discuss the ongoing design and accreditation of the European joint master Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship. In addition to that, the project partners … Read more

Can AI give African farmers better rain forecasts?

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Artificial Intelligence is being used in many areas and fields of application. In ICT for Development we are piloting AI projects to find out how to make AI useful for people in low resource environments. The thesis of Tom Siebring is one of these endeavors. In the West African Sahel, rains are erratic, while farmers mostly rely on rainfed agriculture. Weather forecasts are often unreliable, due to the lack of local weather stations? In a … Read more