The European Digital Humanism Initiative (EUDHIT)

What does #DigitalHumanism look like as everyday business at #msgPlaut? ┈➤ Watch the video 🎥 and read the full success story: https://eudhit.eu/success-story/msg-plaut-ag/

How is the City of #Vienna​ @wien.gv.at​ putting #DigitalHumanism into practice? ┈➤ Read the full success story on our website.

Join us for the DIGHUM Lecture with Stefan Klein (@uni-muenster.de​) on platform capture of scientific knowledge production. Online 🗓 Tue, 22 Sep 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: Anna Bon By TU Wien @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​​ in coop. with EUDHIT. @dighumtuwien.bsky.social​​ @dighum.bsky.social​

At the 1st STS-CAT International Conference «STS Encounters in the Mediterranean» on 3–5 February 2027, Raúl Tabarés Gutiérrez and Erich Prem organise a panel on "Digitalisation, Responsibility and Democracy". ✎ You can now apply with your abstract until 23 Sep. Organised by @stscat.bsky.social​.

📅 At the Internet Summit Austria by #ISPA on 1 October, our project lead Erich Prem​ (eutema​) will join the Oxford-style discussion on innovation: "Von der Regulierungs-Supermacht zum Start-Up-Kontinent: Europa bremst Innovation – oder macht es erst möglich?" [In German] Come join us in #Vienna!

📢 Junior academics! The @iwm.at​ Digital Humanism Junior Visiting #Fellowship applications close on 21 September 2026. The fellowship supports research on digitalisation's intersection with societal, economic and geopolitical dimensions. ✒️ Find more info on IWM's website. Good luck! 🍀

Investing in digital technology? Unsure where to start on ethics? EUDHIT's new Investment Framework offers 12 actionable recommendations for steering capital toward digital technologies that uphold human dignity, agency, and democratic values. —With @tecnalia.bsky.social

Join us for the train-the-trainer workshop, 🎤 chaired by Kristina Koycheva (TNO Vector​). With Carlos Montalvo (TNO Vector), Raúl Tabarés (TECNALIA), Erich Prem (eutema, #EUDHIT). ✦ Digital Humanism for policy & practice 📅 Thu, 3 Sep ⏰ 15:00 CEST 💻 Online, free 🔗 Please register on eudhit.eu

What does Digital Humanism mean in practice? The cards show the first three principles. Explore the full set of five and learn more about Digital Humanism at digitalhumanism.at #DigitalHumanism

Everyone agrees tech should serve people, not profit. But it's not easy to make investors care. “Good digital investment“ at @dighum.wien​ with E. Prem​ (eutema​, EUDHIT), R. Tabarés @tecnalia.bsky.social​, B. Prainsack @univie.ac.at​, A. Min (Camp.org), G. Krause (msg Plaut).

At this online workshop, policymakers will be introduced to practical tools & frameworks for discussing human-centred policy decisions on AI, data and digital rights. ✦ Digital Humanism in policy & practice 📅 Thu, 3 Sep ⏰ Time: 15–17 🎟️ Free, please register!

Symposium #4 finishes with a grand finale: “Designing AI systems for autonomy”. 🎤 Martin Čambal, @esetofficial.bsky.social​ 🎤 Georgios Kalaitzidis, T-Mobile CZ​ 🎤 Pekka Mäkelä, @helsinki.fi​ 📅 Thu, 18 June, 9:00–16:30 📍The Spot, Bratislava 🎟️ Get your free tickets on eudhit.eu.

“Can AI make ethically relevant decisions?” Join the panel with Klaus Staudacher, Libor Bešenyi and Tomáš Tánczos at the EUDHIT Symposium #4 in Bratislava. 📅 Thu, 18 June, 9:00–16:30📍The Spot, Skypark, Bottova 2A, Bratislava 🎟️ Get your free tickets on eudhit.eu.

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with F. Accordino and M. Lanzenberger @ec.europa.eu​ on “Drones, Swarm Intelligence, and Cyber-Physical Societies”. Online 🗓 Tue, 2 June 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: G. Metakides By TU Wien @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​​ & EUDHIT. #DigitalHumanism ​ @dighum.bsky.social​

Digital technologies now shape economies, institutions, labour and everyday life. At the Digital Humanism Conference 2026, we explore how they can serve democratic values and human rights. 📅 24–26 June 2026 📍 Vienna Register at dighum.wien #DigHum2026 #DigitalHumanism

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with Darja Djordjevic on AI chatbots for mental health support. Online 🗓 Tue, 21 April 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: Moshe Y. Vardi By TU Wien @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​ in coop. with EUDHIT. #DigitalHumanism ​ @dighumtuwien.bsky.social​ @dighum.bsky.social​

And we are live. 3rd EUDHIT Digital Humanism Symposium “Designed for Harm, Fixed by Ban? Rethinking Child Safety Online” w/ Coral García Dorado, Daniela Vacek, Moira Patterson,Sara Solarova, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oujs...

Tomorrow! We will explore whether current platform designs and regulations are truly enough to protect young users – and what real, evidence-based solutions look like. 🛡️ Designed for Harm, Fixed by Ban? Rethinking Child Safety Online 📅 9 April 🕑 14:00📍 Online

🔍 We are honoured to welcome speaker Coral García Dorado, Head of Disinformation Investigations at Maldita.es​, a powerhouse in European fact-checking and investigative journalism. 📅 9 April 🕑 14:00 CEST 📍 Online @kinitsk.bsky.social​ @bidt.bsky.social​​​ @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with Kathleen Richardson (@dmu.ac.uk​) on “The egocentric I, the undifferentiated we, and I-you attachment” Online 🗓 Tue, 31 Mar 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: Nathalie Weidenfeld By @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​ in coop. with EUDHIT. #DigitalHumanism

🎤 Introducing the moderator of our third symposium: Daniela Vacek, a leading expert in the field of AI ethics in Slovakia, researcher at @kinitsk.bsky.social​ and the Slovak Academy of Sciences. 📅 9 April 🕑 14:00 📍 Online @bidt.bsky.social​​ @informatics.tuwien.ac.at Find out more:

Our speaker Moira S. Patterson, Director at #IEEE, is at the forefront of human-centric tech and children’s online safety. Join the conversation at the #EUDHIT Symposium. 📅 9 April 🕑 2 pm | Online 🔗 https://bit.ly/4bICqmJ @kinitsk.bsky.social​​ @bidt.bsky.social​​ @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​

Survey finds that 86% of Europeans think a sudden US move to restrict EU access to digital services is "plausible" and "shouldn’t be ruled out," and 59% called it “already a real and concrete risk.” Another case of European public opinion being ahead of its leaders. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Is a ban the only way to keep children safe online? 🚫 If not, what practical steps can lead to safer design? Join us for our third EUDHIT symposium and register now for free. 📅 9 April 🕑 14:00 📍 Online @kinitsk.bsky.social​ @bidt.bsky.social​ @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with Stefan Szeider (@tuwien.at) on what happens when large language models are left alone — and what their behaviour reveals. Online 🗓 Tue, 10 Mar 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: Julia Neidhardt @informatics.tuwien.ac.at By TU Wien in coop. with EUDHIT. #DigitalHumanism ​

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with 🎙 @sayeedc.bsky.social​ (@library.cmu.edu​) on openness in AI and an open technology stack for human-centred and responsible AI. 🔗 https://bit.ly/49K9sR7 Online 🗓 Tue, 24 Feb 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: Helga Nowotny (@csh.ac.at​) By @tuwien.at​ and EUDHIT.

Join us in Budapest! Our partner Clara Neppel (#IEEE Europe Office​) is invited to hold a keynote at the IEEE Central European AI Summit 2026. 📅 19–21 March 📍Óbuda University in Budapest, Hungary Early bird tickets are available until 15 February. 🔗 https://aisummit.uni-obuda.hu/

Is the EU facing a decisive “moment of truth” in digital policy and geopolitics? Join us today for the 1st #PolisDigitalis talk with Brando Benifei (Member of @europarl.europa.eu​) Online 🗓 Tue, 3 Feb 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Interview: @jannistelroy.bsky.social​​ (SZ). By @tuwien.at​ / @bidt.bsky.social​ / EUDHIT

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with 🎙Dario Guarascio (Sapienza Univ. of Rome), who explores the close interdependence between Big Tech and the military. Online 🗓 Tue, 3 Feb 🕔 5 pm (CEST) 🎙 Moderator: Susan Winter @univofmaryland.bsky.social​​​ By @tuwien.at​​​ in coop. with EUDHIT. #DigitalHumanism

Join us for the DIGHUM lecture with 🎙 @iyadrahwan.bsky.social​ on “sci-fi-sci” and how imagined futures help anticipate AI’s social impacts. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3Z8gz0V Online 🗓 Tue, 20 Jan 🕔 5 pm 🎙 Moderator: @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social​ (@openuniversity.bsky.social​) By @tuwien.at​ and EUDHIT.

Video recording of the workshop “The EU Digital Humanism Initiative (EUDHIT)” at @dighum.wien​, hosted by Erich Prem, with Ivonne A. Herrera @ntnusamforsk.bsky.social​, Clara Neppel and Carlos Montalvo.

📣 Event tip: "Invitation Kick-Off Vienna Doctoral College on #DigitalHumanism" 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 @wwtf.at @tuwien.at @wuvienna.bsky.social 🗓 November 19, 2025 | 🕙 10:00–16:00 | 📍 Vienna ‼️ The registration deadline is November 3. More information about the program & registration here: ⤵️

Join us for the following session as well, to discuss together with Klaus Staudacher from @bidt.bsky.social how to further refine the principles of Digital Humanism. Today at 2–4pm!

The Digital Good Life: Erich Prem (eutema) delivered a keynote at the 25th anniversary of the ✈️MBA Aviation Management at The University for Continuing Education Krems. 𓂃Not everything that is technically possible leads to greater autonomy or fairness.𓂃 #DigitalHumanism #EUDHIT 📷 W. Skokanitsch

📢 Join us online for the first symposium "Success stories: #DigitalHumanism in practice". 🗓️ Thu, 23 October 💬 Dr. Niina Zuber, @bidt.bsky.social​ 💬 Tomáš Halász, TrollWall AI 🔗 https://eudhit.eu/event/symposium-success-stories/ #KInIT, @dighumtuwien.bsky.social​ @dighum.bsky.social​ ​#EUDHIT

Jaron Lanier tomorrow 17:00, in Vienna or online

Workshop at the Digital Humanism Conference May 28th The EU Digital Humanism Initiative (EUDHIT) dighum.wien/programme/#p...

Kick-off meeting in Vienna.