📢 Call for papers/abstracts for those interested in reimagining, building and deploying technologies that are inclusive and compatible with values of societal and planetary justice. Deadline is January 26th! Organized by Network Institute . Hope to see you there.

Kickoff of our new special interest group 'Greening the Digital Society' Governing the Digital Society with a talk on sustainable data centers by NorthC. More info: uu.nl/en/research/go…

We developed methods for studying the impact of AI & big data up close, in public management & media industries, and we can intervene effectively: cdh.uu.nl/2024/02/data-s…

📢 Very excited to share my latest article ‘Big AI: Cloud Infrastructure and the Industrialisation of AI’, substantiating the pivotal role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the AI landscape. #BigAI 🥳 Read: doi.org/10.1177/205395… (OA Big Data & Society) w/ Anne Helmond Fabian Ferrari

Good New article by Anne Helmond, Fernando van der Vlist | @[email protected] and Fabian Ferrari for Big Data & Society on industrialization of AI and the role of major tech conglomerates and their infrastructure journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Our new article on 'Big AI: Cloud Infrastructure and the Industrialisation of AI' w/Fernando van der Vlist | @[email protected] & Fabian Ferrari on the convergence of AI and Big Tech (‘Big AI’), and AI’s ‘industrialization’ – its pervasive expansion and integration across industries. doi.org/10.1177/205395…

We’ve been super excited with Nadia Feci’s visit this month HUMANads_ERC Rechtsgeleerdheid Universiteit Utrecht Governing the Digital Society through LERU! Next week on Monday she’ll be presenting her much needed PhD research on influencers and EU media law. Join us live or online if you want to learn more!

Please join this lecture by Marc Steinberg on 'Platformed Conveniences' Governing the Digital Society on 30 May '24, exploring how Japanese convenience stores offer a lineage of “lean convenience,” shaping the smartphone-centric model of on-demand digital services. More info: uu.nl/en/events/from….

Incredibly excited to tell y'all about a project I've been working on for nearly a year with my Data & Society colleague Jenna Burrell, PhD: a special issue of First Monday, "Ideologies of AI and the consolidation of power". Every article of the 8 is a banger. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/…

'Challenges as catalysts: how Waymo’s Open Dataset Challenges shape AI development' by Sam Hind Fernando van der Vlist | @[email protected] and Max Kanderske in AI & Society: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher “Governing the Digital Society” Governing the Digital Society Utrecht University. GDS promotes research on the socio-technical and political-economic processes of datafication, algorithmisation and platformisation and AI: uu.nl/en/organisatio… Deadline: 9 June.

There is still time to apply for our position of postdoctoral researcher “Governing the Digital Society” Governing the Digital Society Utrecht University Information: uu.nl/en/organisatio… Deadline: 9 June.

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Two years postdoctoral position in the focus area “Governing the Digital Society,” at Utrecht University. Closing date: 9 June. See: uu.nl/en/organisatio…

"This groundbreaking collection convenes a terrific range of leading international writers to showcase collaborative research." NICK BLUESKYMASTODON @indieweb.social @aoir.social, Professor of Media, Communications & Social Theory. aup.nl/en/book/978946…

The second batch of 6 (out of 21) papers is out for our double special issue on 'Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production' for International Journal of Cultural Studies. Here are some papers you may have missed:

📣 New pub is out: “Justitia ex machina: The impact of an AI system on legal decision-making and discretionary authority” by Daan Kolkman (Daan Kolkman), Floris Bex (Floris Bex), Nitin Narayan and Manuella van der Put. Read here 🔗 buff.ly/3RqxurP #LegalPrediction AI

📢 Call for Abstracts! 📢 We are excited to invite abstracts for ‘The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society’, a two-day international conference hosted by AlgoSoc. Deadline Sept 30, 2024: easychair.org/my/conference?… 🗓️ April 10-11, 2025 📍 Felix Meritis, Amsterdam

"Governing Digital Infrastructures for a Secure and Sustainable Future" our collective response to the EC's White Paper ‘How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?’: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4… Anne Mollen Patrick Brodie Julia Velkova Dr. Fieke Jansen et al. (ping: Governing the Digital Society Utrecht University)

Jacob van de Kerkhof wins a Silver medal at the Olympics in Rowing, Men's Eight. Congratulations Jacob van de Kerkhof, what an achievement!! 🎉👏🥳👏 (He is also doing a PhD at the same time!!)

We zoeken een enthousiaste, gemotiveerde PhD kandidaat! We are looking for a PhD candidate for a research project on Public education, Big Tech and AI in the Netherlands Governing the Digital Society Humanities Utrecht Deadline: 15 November 2024 All information: uu.nl/organisatie/we…