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? 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 ... Read more

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André Baart

Event: Polis Digitalis with MEP Brando Benifei

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 ... Read more

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Anna Bon

Blog: from Greenland to Cloud: Geopolitics of Digital Infrastructure

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 ... Read more

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André Baart

Blog: Urgent call for AI Red Lines and AI Governance

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 ... Read more

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Anna Bon

Publication:“Between Parliament, Newspapers, and Social Media”

On 11 February 2026, the Netherlands State Commission against Discrimination and Racism has published an important new study, “Between Parliament, Newspapers, and Social Media”. It shows that statements made by politicians about population groups, reports in national newspapers, and responses from social-media users can influence and reinforce each other. Statements by politicians, such as speeches and interruptions, have a particularly stimulating effect: when they speak more frequently, more negatively, or ... Read more

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Hans Akkermans

Event: Critical Digital Technologies and Future Strategic EU Investments

The direction of post-2027 strategic investments in Research & Innovation of Critical Digital Technologies (such as AI) was the central topic of an EU expert advisory workshop in Brussels, organized on 05 February 2026 by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT). Anna Bon and Hans Akkermans, from the EURIDICE project, were invited to participate as experts. Anna Bon emphasized the strategic importance of a human-centric ... Read more

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Hans Akkermans

Publication: Digital platforms and their revenue models

EURIDICE consortium partner Fraunhofer IESE has published research addressing a critical challenge in platform business model design: how platforms capture value among different actors in digital ecosystems. The study presents a comprehensive taxonomy comprising 15 dimensions and 64 characteristics that classify revenue models for digital platforms. Using design science research methodology, the authors developed and empirically evaluated the taxonomy through iterative cycles involving literature review and case studies. A controlled ... Read more

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Nedo Bartels

New course: Generative AI in research, innovation and education

The quick emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence in all sectors of the economy as well as daily life poses new challenges for Society. In the past period a group of EURIDICE partners have been involved in co-designing and lecturing courses in Generative AI covering a wide interdisciplinary range of topics, and addressing some pressing questions such as: Technical practice: how does one practically usefully employ LLM systems (good “prompt engineering” ... Read more

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Hans Akkermans

Orpheus: an AI-supported Content Management System for Education

Building a large course programme and corresponding extensive course catalogue with 24 project partners across 15 countries is a major undertaking. It requires significant efforts from many different parties and especially teaching staff simultaneously, and coordination of tasks. Therefore, project partner Babafla have designed, developed and implemented an AI-supported tool ORPHEUS, that supports the production of course descriptions, and does the automatic generation of course catalogues. From the raw data, ... Read more

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Leeuw van Moerkerken

5th ACM Europe Digital Humanism Summer School

Upcoming PhD Summer School at TU Wien – registration will open soon. 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, digital sovereignty, but also participation and ... Read more

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Walter Palmetshofer

Publication: Proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary S&R Conference on Digital Humanism

TU Wien and partners recently announced the publication of the proceedings of the first Interdisciplinary Science and Research Conference on Digital Humanism, DIGHUM-RES 2025, offering an exploration of how technology can be shaped in accordance with human values across computer science, ethics, law, politics, and beyond. This open access volume constitutes the proceedings of First Interdisciplinary Science and Research Conference on Digital Humanism, DIGHUM 2025, Vienna, Austria, during November 20–21, ... Read more

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Walter Palmetshofer

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