KU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc)
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📢 Join KU Leuven AI Summer School Public Session – 4 July 2025!

You're invited to the panel "AI Governance in Europe and Globally" at the Faculty of Law or online, moderated by DigiSoc member Nathalie Smuha.

🗓️ Register by 1 July: shorturl.at/XnNsh
ℹ️ Info: shorturl.at/76lnh

📸 Steve Johnson
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👟 Our hybrid Digital Ethics course starts May 15!

📅 9 sessions on ethical tech, policy, design, decision making & more
📍 Online or in Leuven
🕕 18:00–21:30 CET
💸 €1600 (20% off for NGOs/individuals)
🔗 Info & register: lnkd.in/e34zzsKk

#DigiSoc #DigitalEthics #KULeuven
📸Pexels Rostislav
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📢 Call for posters & art!
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) & Academic Cultural Forum (ACF) are organizing Spring Cycle 2025 on visual perception.

📅 Poster & Art Fair: June 4
Topics: vision, AI, aesthetics & more

🔗 Info & forms: shorturl.at/e5TNa
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🎨 Join us for the Dynamic Visual Identities workshop by Catarina Lélis on May 8 (11:00–13:00) at KU Leuven!

Explore how logos can act as smart tools for user interaction & service design

📍 Agora (M00.E67)
🎟️ Free registration: shorturl.at/2g3vS

#HCI #DigiSoc #KULeuven #DesignThinking

📸 mos design
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🎉 KU Leuven Digital Humanities: 10 Years Strong!

The KU Leuven Master’s in Digital Humanities, co-organized by DigiSoc, celebrates a decade of interdisciplinary research & innovation.

📅 26 May | 📍 Leuven
Join us for talks, panels & more!
🔗 Program & registration: bit.ly/4iZTC87

#DigiSoc #KULeuven
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Our director, Prof. @biekezaman.bsky.social will speak at the IX Colóquio Internacional de Bioética, Neuroética e Ética da IA on April 29 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Prof. Zaman will join experts to discuss responsible tech and AI ethics.

📩 Info: bit.ly/3EnmnwM

#DigiSoc #AIethics

📸 Özgü Özden
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DigiSoc Director Prof. @biekezaman.bsky.social will give a talk on responsible & participatory research in a digital society at PPGCIN, Brazil.

📅 25 April, 14:00 BRT
📍 Porto Alegre
🎙️ Talk in English, with PT interpretation
Info: www.ufrgs.br/ppgcin/

#DigiSoc #KULeuven #PPGCIN #UFRGS #EthicalTech
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🎮 Join us on April 22 (14:00–15:00 CET) for a talk by @lectio-institute.bsky.social -DigiSoc Fellow Julien Régibeau: History as Aesthetic: Exploring Key Themes in Historical Game Studies.

📍 MSI1 02.08, KU Leuven
💻 For Registration: bit.ly/4cGpDQn

#GameStudies

📸: Age of Empires III (Microsoft)
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📢 Apply now for the 2025–2026 LECTIO & DigiSoc Visiting Fellowship at KU Leuven! Research the reception of the past in today’s digital society.

🗓️ Deadline: May 20, 2025
🔗 Info: bit.ly/4idcZJT

#DigitalHistory #KULeuven #DigiSoc
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🚀 Join AI Dialogues at KU Leuven (May 26-27) as part of the university’s 600th anniversary! 🎉

Explore AI’s impact on employment, climate & smart cities with experts like @frankpasquale.bsky.social & Benedetta Brevini

💡 Contribute to key policy recommendations!
🔗 Register: forms.gle/FHVHpdAgg8tF...
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Want to make your digital services more inclusive? LOOK-IT by DigiSoc is here to help—for free 🚀

LOOK-IT will support Belgium-based organizations in developing inclusive digital apps—at no cost!

🏛 Funded by the Federal Public Service Economy.
📩 Apply now: bit.ly/4bS79fh

📸 by Marvin Meyer
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🎮 DigiSoc Director @biekezaman.bsky.social will give a talk on "Le design éthique de jeux vidéo pour enfants" (Ethical Design of Video Games for Children) at UQAM, Canada, on March 12, 2025.

For more information: bit.ly/4btvrfu

#KULeuven #VideoGames #GameStudies #ChildOnlineSafety
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🚀Registrations for the KU Leuven AI Summer School 2025 close on 17 March!

Join us 30 June – 9 July to explore the legal, ethical & policy challenges of AI.

@nathaliesmuha.bsky.social
@victoriahendrickx.bsky.social
@jannepetroons.bsky.social

Register: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
#KULeuven
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🚀 Call for Submissions!

The 1st International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society (IDS2025) is happening on Sept 15-16, 2025, in Leuven!

📢 Submit by March 3, 2025
🔗 More info: inclusivedigitalsociety.eu

Join the conversation on digital inclusion!
#KULeuven

Photo by Robs on Unsplash
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🌍 Exciting Internship Opportunities at KU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc)!

DigiSoc welcomes interns from diverse backgrounds! Whether you speak Dutch, English, or both, there’s an opportunity for you. Apply today!

www.kuleuven.be/digisoc/educ...

#DigiSoc #KULeuven #Internship #trainee
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DigiSoc Director Bieke Zaman will be speaking at the University of Quebec in Montreal tomorrow at 13:30 ETS on "The Other Side of Video Games: Loot Boxes, Influencers, and Gambling Among Teens."

#Gaming #Gambling #DigitalSociety #DigiSoc
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Will present the results of the Gam(e)(a)ble project at Homoludens.ca UQAM this Friday. It will be all (or not) about lootboxes #videogames #adolescents 🎮🎁. Excited to meet the team.

Je présenterai "L'envers des jeux vidéo : boîtes a butin, influenceurs et jeux d'argent chez les ados"
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Hello, BlueSky!
DigiSoc is here! Let’s connect and work towards an inclusive, responsible, and ethical digital society together!

#DigitalEthics #AIforSociety #KULeuven