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.

Event: Polis Digitalis with MEP Brando Benifei

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Last week at TU Wien, organized by the members of the Digital Humanism community, a Polis Digitalis Series has started, with an online interview with Brando Benefei. Brando Benifei is member of the European Parliament; after having served as a co-rapporteur of the AI Act, he is now the chair of the EP delegation for relations with the US. The interview was led by Janis Brühl, who is one of Germany’s leading journalists and heads 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, form 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

Beyond Closed Doors: master thesis by Oleksandr Zakotianskyi

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An Open Source AI Framework for Forecasting Armed Conflict. Abstract – Armed conflicts are increasing in frequency and severity worldwide, resulting in devastating humanitarian and economic consequences. Despite advances in conflict forecasting, leading academic early warning models often lack complete openness, limiting reproducibility and the potential for advancements in the field. Addressing this critical issue, this thesis presents an entirely open-source framework designed to reproduce and extend state-of-the-art earlyconflict forecasting models using publicly available datasets.Specifically, … Read more

Discussing Europe’s Digital Strategy

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What are future trends in digital technologies to boost Europe’s digital economy and how can Europe catch up in areas where the US and China are currently leading the digital innovation. These and other topics were discussed in Brussels with some of Europe’s leading minds in digital technology from business, industry and academia. Over two intense days the European Commission’s DG CNECT gathered 75 experts to explore the future of Europe’s critical digital capacities beyond … Read more

Design Tools & Methods for Hybrid Learning

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Can we improve digital skills of teachers and learners in a hybrid way? The answer to this question is at the heart of the Collaboratorium, EURIDICE’s famous innovation for teaching and learning in a hybrid, interconnected European setting. The Collaboratorium will soon start, as the Master Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship will start its first classes, simulataneously at the University of Naples, the University of Innsbruck and Palacky University in Olomouc. To enrich … Read more

A Successful Story of Entrepreneurship

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Tom Siebring at StartHub

How successful , innovative, digitally skilled and entrepreneurial are alumni of EURIDICE’s educational programs? This is a question often posed to us in various surveys by the European Commission, which the EU wants to know, as part of the common vision and policy for the Digital Decade. The Digital Europe Programme is designed to make this happen. EURIDICE adds Digital Humanism and Global Citizenship. Is this a promising approach? The first results are very promising. … Read more

Responsible Entrepreneurship Seminar in Paris

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Paris, 23 May 2024 – At the Centre for student entrepreneurship and innovation (IAE) of the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) we attended a fantastic seminar, in which 18 students from various universities (including the EURIDICE universities UPEC, CBS, ULusofona, VU Amsterdam), and their lecturers, successfully participated. This Blended Intensive Programme, successfully organized by Dr. Laurence Beierlein from IAE-UPEC in the framework of the Erasmus mobility programme was the first activity of UPEC as a new … Read more