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Join tomorrow’s #LunchTimeTalk:
#CAISfellow Assoc. Prof. Olga Matveieva shares insights into "Technology-Driven Sociopolitical Transformations in Ukraine: Analyzing the Gendered Impacts of the Russian War in Ukraine"
🗓️ Dec 17, 1:30 PM CET
www.cais-research.de/event/luncht...
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Tomorrow’s #LunchTimeTalk:
#CAISfellow Prof. Dr. Sigrid Kannengießer (University of Münster) shares insights into "Sustainability in the Age of Digital Transformation"
🗓️ Dec 10, 1:30 PM CET
Join onsite or online (e-mail kolleg@cais-research.de)
🔗 www.cais-research.de/event/luncht...
#CAIScollege
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🎤Join us for Özge Çelikaslan’s #LunchTimeTalk:
"Curating Feminist Histories: Digital Archive and Media Narratives"
🗓️ Nov 26, 2025 | 🕜1:30–2:30 PM
👉 www.cais-research.de/en/event/lun...
Email kolleg@cais-research.de to join digitally.
@ozgecelikaslan.bsky.social
#CAIScollege
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List of highlights from the working groups: Form your own team Open to all disciplines & career stages Inter- & transdisciplinary collaboration Focus: Digital transformation & society Up to 10 participants Up to 3 meetings or 3 weeks in Bochum Funding: Up to €10,000 (DE) / €15,000 (int.) Travel, stay & catering covered Hybrid meeting rooms
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📢 Apply now:
Form your own CAIS Working Group!
Work interdisciplinarily on digital transformation, get funding, and meet in Bochum. Travel & accommodation covered.
👉 For Working Group Meetings in 2027
🗓 Application Deadline: Dec 19, 2025
www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
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List mentioning the fellowship highlights: Open to all career stages Project focus: Digital transformation & society 3 or 6 Months dedicated to your research Generous funding & support Free furnished apartment & private office Lively, interdisciplinary research community Weekly academic & social gatherings Based in Bochum, Germany – at the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr science region
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🚀 Apply now for the #CAISfellowship in 2027!
You're researching #DigitalTransformation? Get funding, space & community in Bochum, Germany.
⏰ Apply by December 19, 2025
👉 Details: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
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Visual showing the text: What is the main question your research is trying to answer? “This project aims to explore the extent to which environmental rights and other regulatory instruments can contribute to the development of eco-friendly AI technology.”
Visual showing the text: How do you approach it? “This project will employ a doctrinal and systematic approach to EU law and policy, integrating normative insights from environmental law, theories of law and technology, and risk analysis. Subsequently, I plan to test these findings empirically.”
Visual showing the text: What was the spark that led you to your research topic? “It was a natural progression from my interest in environment and technology – both fields were fascinating and their combination even more so!”
🌿 How can environmental rights shape eco-friendly AI?
This question drives the research of our current #CAISfellow Assoc. Prof. Alberto Quintavalla (Erasmus University Rotterdam). His project explores how EU law can align AI innovation with sustainability.
#CAIScollege
This Week, between August 11 and 13, 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting a #CAISWorkingGroup focusing on „The public consciousness of IT workers and its implications for democracy”.
👉 More: www.cais-research.de/ags/the-publ...
#CAIScollege #IT #CulturalProduction #Politics #Infrastructure
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Between August 4 and 8, 2025, an international #WorkingGroup met at CAIS & explored debates on #SocialMediaRegulation & #FreedomOfSpeech – analyzing key actors, narratives & cultural contexts.
👉 More: www.cais-research.de/ags/social-m...
#PlatformGovernance #DiscourseAnalysis #CAIScollege
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Meet the #CAISfellows: Kwang-Suk Lee, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
🔍His Research at CAIS: "Generative AI's Impact on Creative Labor in East Asian Urban Contexts"
🗓️Join his talk: July 2 | 🕜 1:30-2:30 PM
🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/event/lun...
#CAIScollege
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List with Fellowship Highlights: - Open to all career stages - Project focus: Digital transformation & society - 6 or 3 months dedicated to your research - Generous funding & support - Free furnished apartment & private office - Lively, interdisciplinary research community - Weekly academic & social gatherings - Based in Bochum, Germany – at the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr science region
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🚀 Apply now for the #CAISFellowship 2026/27!
You're researching #DigitalTransformation? Get funding, space & community in Bochum, Germany.
+ Special call on Industry 5.0 & a human-centered future 🌟
🗓 Apply by July 31, 2025
👉 Details: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
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#CAISWorkingGroup on site:
This week at CAIS, we’re happy to be hosting a working group focusing on evaluating the fragility of social media platforms.
ℹ️ Learn more about their work here: www.cais-research.de/en/ags/asses...
#CAIScollege #PlatformGovernance #ContentModeration #Splinternet
ℹ️ More information about the working group: www.cais-research.de/en/ags/enhan...
#DigitalVisibility #MarginalizedScholars #AlgorithmicBias #FeministMethodology #PlatformInclusivity #CAIScollege
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Fresh perspectives at CAIS! 🌟
We welcome our new #CAISfellows from places across the globe, researching #AI, #deepfakes, #cryptocapitalism, #Afropolitanism & more.
Learn more about their projects here 👉 www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #DigitalizationResearch #Bochum
Arbeitsgruppe sitzt um einen Tisch herum
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the #WorkingGroup on "Critical Interventions into Platformed Visual Misogyny" at our institute. The interdisciplinary group explored digital sexism & gender-based violence, with a focus on visual misogyny. ℹ️ www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll... #CAIScollege
🤝🧩💡As Esther Laufer, Director of #CAIScollege, emphasizes: "Great research and innovation happen when people from different backgrounds come together. That’s why we create spaces for inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration." @estherlaufer.bsky.social
🎉 Unser CAIS-Fellow Fabian Anicker @fanicker.bsky.social hat letzte Woche einen großen Meilenstein erreicht: Er hat seine Habilitationsschrift eingereicht! Lieber Fabian, herzlichen Glückwunsch zu diesem wichtigen Schritt – wir freuen uns mit dir! 👏 #CAIScollege #Fellowship #Bochum @hhu.de
Science Communication Workshop
Last week, we worked with the fellows of our #CAISCollege on #ScienceCommunication: simplifying complex research, brainstorming creative outreach ideas, having inspiring discussions, and sharing experiences and practical tips.💡Thank you all for your engagement! #SciComm
