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The Research Visits are our initiative for enabling interdisciplinary research on the topic of digital society across universities worldwide. Since 2022, we have hosted a total of 18 Research Visitors. We welcome the following Research Visitors for 2026: Isadora Vitória … Continue reading
We congratulate Dr. Mengyuan Zhang and Dr. Lianying Zhao on their recent publication. One of VU’s Network institute Research Visits has produced a paper published at the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (presented in Barcelona Spain … Continue reading
Overview The Network Institute (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) invites applications for its “Network Institute Research visits” program. The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the theme of … Continue reading
Imagine a handful of companies which own every piece of infrastructure in your city. One company owns every road, every sign, every map. Thats their platform: they decide which streets are visible and where traffic flows. That is the state … Continue reading
Does the use of metaphors improve comprehension of, and shape attitudes toward, quantum technology? We want to congratulate Aletta Meinsma and Gudrun Reijnierse on their recent publication on this question in Metaphor and the Social World. From September till November 2023, … Continue reading
As our latest visiting researcher Mara Floris (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele) has concluded her project too, we can look back on three fruitful research visits in 2025. Floris’ project investigated how generative AI can be used as a pedagogical tool … Continue reading
As we are approaching the end of the year, we can look back on three fruitful research visits in 2025. The first two research reports are now available on our website: Fabian Stiehle (Technical University of Munich, TUM) aimed at … Continue reading
We would like to invite you to a talk on October 21st by our visiting researcher Fabian Stiehle: Can the EU Digital Markets Act Guide Ethical Platform Design? Abstract:The early internet promised a world of openness and shared knowledge. … Continue reading
Guest Researcher Lianying Zhao (Associate Professor from Carleton University) hosted the Network Institute’s monthly Research Lunch on September 25th, and gave a talk on his research as well as his collaboration here. The meeting was chaired by Lea Krause and … Continue reading
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
The Network Institute is pleased to invite all of you to contribute to IC-ETSI 2025 – the International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Innovation, an interdisciplinary event bringing together academia, industry professionals, and policymakers organized by the University of Greenwich. … Continue reading
Solving Mathematical Challenges with Symbolic AI Speaker: Marijn Heule, Carnegie Mellon University Date & Time: Tuesday, 11 March 2025 10:30-12:00 AM Location: HG-00C29 (Aurora), Hoofdgebouw VU, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam About the Speaker Marijn J.H. Heule is a computer scientist specializing in automated reasoning, … Continue reading
> Registration open: https://forms.gle/U4XkBSkxYXYJZW4EA. Fact-checking or community notes? Government intervention, external advisory boards, or internal platform moderation? Approaches to content moderation on social media platforms are at the very center of public and political debate amid the recent USA elections … Continue reading
Exploring the Future of Fairness and Privacy with Synthetic Data: Insights from Our Workshop Last Tuesday the Network Institute had the pleasure of hosting a Network Institute-awarded workshop in collaboration with Inclusive AI lab which brought together academics, industry professionals … Continue reading
The Network Institute is glad to invite all of you to the research symposium “Public Responses to the language of science communication: uptake, acceptance, resistance”. This event is part of Anaïs Augé’s (UCLouvain, Belgium) NI sponsored research visit, in collaboration … Continue reading
Marthe Smedinga, Alan Cienki, and Henk W. de Regt National University of Singapore | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Radboud University. “Metaphors as tools for understanding in science communication among experts and to the public” explores the pivotal role of metaphors … Continue reading
Following an open call to VU researchers, we’re thrilled to announce that the four winning research visits have been confirmed. Read more about research visits -including previous ones- at the NI here. Below we describe the exciting work which is … Continue reading
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
The Amsterdam Law & Tech Institute (ALTI) along with the NI will soon host three visiting researchers from Mexico: Dr. Nora del Carmen Osuna Millan (Computer Science), Dr. Virginia Berenice Niebla Zatarain (Computer Science), and Dr. Jesus Manuel Niebla Zatarain … Continue reading
On September 4, Aletta Meinsma (PhD researcher Quantum & Society, Leiden University) started her Network Institute research visit. For the next 3 months, she will be visiting Gudrun Reijnierse (Assistant Professor Language & Communication, VU). To get the visit off … Continue reading
What is the feasibility of live-mapping the differential use of religious texts in social media to identify religious issues present across digitally mediated culture? How can we mine social media such as X in the age of restrictions? How can … Continue reading
As part of a Network Institute research visit, we are organizing a research symposium on November 6, 2023 entitled ‘The role of language in engaging audiences in new (quantum) technology’. We would like to invite you to join the day. Where: Restaurant De Bosbaan, Bosbaan … Continue reading
This year’s visitors for the Network Institute Research Visits have been selected! The Research Visits are our initiative for enabling interdisciplinary research across Universities worldwide. In October/November 2022 we hosted 7 Research Visitors from all over the world to collaborate … Continue reading
The research visits are our initiative for enabling interdisciplinary research across Universities worldwide. In October/November 2022 we hosted 7 research visitors from all over the world to collaborate with VU researchers. For those who are interested in the types of … Continue reading