Anna Bon

I am one of the founders of EURIDICE. I have written and submitted its project proposal to the EU and I have navigated the EURIDICE project through its turbulent first 18 months. With 20 years of experience, managing international projects in higher education, in four continents, I have taken this as a great challenge. My expertise is in the area of Digital Society and Global Citizenship. I am a lecturer and researcher in the interdisciplinary field of ICT for Development, which I teach to master students Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. My personal objective is to make the Digital Society fair, inclusive and human-centered, with a special focus on people and communities in the Global South.

Successful 5th ACM Digital Humanism Summer School

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Vienna 10 July – Today is the last day of this amazing Summer School on the topic of Democracy in the Digital Age. Building on the success of previous editions, the aim of the Summer School is to provide a learning environment and platform to explore, investigate and discuss key issues and latest developments related to the impact of Digital Technologies to democratic societies. Internationally renowned and leading academics from computer science, social sciences, law … Read more

Digital Humanism Conference in Vienna – “Orientation in Turbulent Times”

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Vienna, 25 June 2026 – For participants of EURIDICE this is an important and relevant public event to attend, in which many aspects of the Digital Society are being addressed. The Digital Humanism conference started Wednesday evening with the screening of “The Ghost in the Machine”, a film directed by Valerie Veatch. “Artificial intelligence’s unsung beginnings are found in power rather than computers, illuminating the dreams that underlie the hype that brought us to this … Read more

EURIDICE and DIGISOC win two awards at Global Citizenship Symposium

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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 Community Service Learning, Peace and … Read more

Film, AI and Digital Society education

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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.

From Radio to AI – African Community-driven Development of Sustainable Information Systems

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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 environments, particularly in the Global … Read more

Milestone: DigHum textbook reaches 1.000.000 downloads

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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 an essential asset for the … Read more

Blog: Urgent call for AI Red Lines and AI Governance

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As Europeans and global citizens we are seeing risks in the Digital Society increasing as we speak. For example, the European Commission has released Digital Omnibus Package, on 19 November 2025, towards simplifying the digital regulatory framework across data access, privacy and cybersecurity. This has major consequences for citizens’ rights. Framed as an improvement in European legislation to facilitate the European industry and promote European competitiveness, from the citizen’s perspective it can be seen as … Read more

Masterproject: a speech-based chatbot to resource small languages and bridge the Digital Divide

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As a short, self-standing master research project, Auke Schuringa delivered a new innovative service called Speechbot, a speech-based chatbot framework for rare, under-resourced languages in the world. The speech-matching package was especially made to handle rare languages which have a phonetic overlap with a widely-spoken and digitally resourced language, such as English or Dutch. The speechbot can be used with existing chat services, and facilitates the digital communication over speech, especially for those who prefer … Read more

Event: EURIDICE at Advanced Digital Skills

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Brussels, 12–17 November 2025 — The EURIDICE project was showcased at the Advanced Digital Skills Summit in Brussels. Notably, EURIDICE’s SMEs Babafla CEO André Baart and AKMC CEO Hans Akkerman presented the Microcredential Approach as one of the best practices within the EU’s Digital Europe Programme. For many ADS-DEP projects, implementing the EU’s vision for microcredentials, i.e. enabling seamless, lifelong learning across Europe, remains a major challenge, particularly regarding the recognition and quality assurance of … Read more

Successful Digital Humanism Summer School

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Vienna, September, 12 2025. The Fourth ACM Digital Humanism PhD Summer School, in which five EURIDICE partners collaborate this year, was a big success, with 38 participants from many different countries. “Digital Humanism is the interdisciplinary field that examines the complex interplay between digital technologies and humankind, with the aim of creating a better society and improving our lives. “ “Digital Humanism foregrounds world-wide shared human values as the foundation for the direction in which … Read more