IC-ETSI 2025 – International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Innovation - 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 
SoftwareEU – towards a self-digitalized Europe - We live in an increasingly digitalized society 🌐, with growing access to a wide range of digital products. Due to strong, sometimes aggressive marketing strategies 📢, we often gravitate towards products from tech giants like Google or Microsoft, sometimes at … Continue reading 
DBpedia – Supporting the advancement of linked Open Data - Since 2017, the Network Institute has proudly been a member of the DBpedia Association, contributing to one of the most impactful projects in the Linked Open Data ecosystem. This partnership reflects our commitment to open knowledge, data sharing, and supporting … Continue reading 
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Research Lunch – April 2025 - The Network Institute would like to invite you to the next Research Lunch, organised to facilitate exchange between researchers at the VU across faculties and disciplines. We will have the pleasure of listening to a talk from Pia Sommerauer, discussing interdisciplinary … Continue reading 
Academy projects showcase: Depression Detection from Multimodal Neuroimaging Data – Towards Explainability and Generalization - 📣 Back with the fifth post featuring one of the NIAA projects sponsored by the Network Institute. 🔍 Today’s spotlight is on “Depression Detection from Multimodal Neuroimaging Data – Towards Explainability and Generalization”, led by Jakub Frac and Alexander Schmatz, under … Continue reading 
Academy projects showcase: When news resonates – how societal issues permeate people’s lifeworld - 📣 Another post featuring one of the NIAA projects sponsored by the Network Institute! 🔍 Today’s spotlight is on “How societal issues permeate people’s lifeworld”, led by Helen Arts and Summer Skillen under the supervision of Tim Groot Kormelink and Kasper … Continue reading 
Academy Projects Showcase: The Role of Virtual Reality in Promoting Environmental Sustainability - 📣 Back with the third post featuring one of the NIAA projects sponsored by the Network Institute. 🔍 Today’s spotlight is on “Visualizing the Future – The Role of Virtual Reality in Promoting Environmental Sustainability”, led by Jagoda Hanuszewicz and Zixuan … Continue reading 
Academy projects showcase: Designing and testing peak spreading interventions – using the VU as a living lab - 📣 Back with another post featuring one of the NIAA projects sponsored by the Network Institute. 🔍 Today’s spotlight is on “Designing and testing peak spreading interventions – using the VU as a living lab”, led by Floor Tazelaar and Lewis … Continue reading 
Academy projects showcase: Mapping missionaries in the Dutch colonial empire 1600-1960 - 📣 Starting today and for the rest of the week, every day a new post will feature one of the NIAA projects sponsored by the Network Institute. 🔍 Today’s spotlight is on “Mapping Missionaries in the Dutch Colonial Empire 1600-1960”, … Continue reading