NEWS & EVENTS
The Sussex Centre for Law and Technology at the University of Sussex is hosting a seminar on the Online Safety Act, in hybrid format (both in person, and online participants) in June 2025.
The Center for Technology & Society at FGV and the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are organizing a webinar on “AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries” that will take place tomorrow, Thursday 20 February, from 10:00 to 12:00 BRT (GMT-3).
In recent years trust has become one of the central concepts in the digital society. On the one hand, the trustworthiness of our information infrastructures, such as platforms, AI, encrypted communications emerged as a central concern. On the other hand, trust relations in the digital society, such as trust in expertise, science, news, or public institutions have been fundamentally disrupted. Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2025
In collaboration with our colleagues at ITS Rio and Rice University, the NoC Secretariat invites you to the event The Evolving Role of AI Safety Institutes in Uncertain Times: A New Wave Ahead?
Fellowships: Time and Space for Focus and Inspiration / Working Groups: Boost Your Research Collaboration. The next deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. The earliest possible start date for new fellowships is April 2026. Working groups can currently apply for meetings in 2026. Please use the application forms provided on our website.
The winner for the 2025 Weizenbaum Award is Frances Grodzinsky, Professor Emerita of the Sacred Heart University, US. Her research interests are Computer Ethics, Software Engineering, Systems Analysis and Design, Networking, and Human Computer Interaction. Her research focuses on issues related to society and technology. She has presented internationally on topics such as autonomous agency, open source, privacy, intellectual property and the responsibility of software developers.
The Institute for Technology and Society (ITS) invites researchers, students, and professionals to apply for the ITS Global Policy Fellowship Program 2025. Now in its 9th edition, the Program has hosted fellows from various countries, united by a shared interest in the intersections of technology and Law.
