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Applications Now Open: DIGISOC Joint Master’s Programme 2026/2027
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? DIGISOC trains the next generation of socio-digital innovators — professionals who can bridge the gap between advanced digital technologies and meaningful social change. The two-year Master’s programme combines expertise…
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International Winter School: Social Innovations in the Digitalised World
Call for Applications Target group: Master’s students and young researchers in economics, management, social sciences, and related fields. Date: February 23 5.00 pm – March 23, 2026, modality: fullly online. Registration deadline: 9 February. In an era of digital transformation, social innovation has become a powerful tool to address global and community challenges – from…
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Speechbot – a speech-based chatbot to resource rare African languages
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…
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Where exactly are you? Geocoding for Disaster Response in India – a new master thesis
Evaluating AI-enhanced Geocoding for Informal Locations – a new master thesis by Adithya Vasisth on a research subject of the Digital Divide, the Digital Society and Global Citizenship. Abstract – Crisis mapping technologies assume every person has a formal address, a reliable internet connectivity, and communicates in English. Most disaster-affected communities have none of these.…
