4th ACM Europe Digital Humanism Summer School

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Join leading international experts in informatics, social sciences, law and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital society, technology, economics, and politics.

Digital Humanism is the interdisciplinary field that examines the complex interplay between digital technologies and humankind, with the aim of creating a better society and improving our lives. Digital Humanism foregrounds world-wide shared human values as the foundation for the direction in which technology should evolve. It recognizes that an interdisciplinary approach is necessary for understanding the ongoing Digital Transformation, and aims to break down disciplinary silos, integrating humanities, social, and technical sciences. Building on the success of previous editions, the aim of the Summer School is to provide a learning environment and platform to explore, investigate and discuss key issues and latest developments related to Digital Humanism and Digital Technologies

Target group

Master, PhD students

Course aim

On each day, Monday to Friday, there will be a morning as well as an afternoon session, each scheduled for three and a half hours with a coffee break in between. We plan to typically have two lectures in the morning and two in the afternoon. However, two morning sessions (on Wednesday and Friday) are completely dedicated to the group projects that will also be supervised by lectures. The project sessions will explore how the values of Digital Humanism can guide the conception of socio-technical systems, particular in terms of participation and democracy. The focus is on understanding conflicting goals that such systems face, drawing on multiple perspectives, and using an interdisciplinary approach to account for political, and social values (fairness, etc) and concerns. Internationally renowned and leading academics from computer science, social sciences, law and humanities present and discuss important recent topics and themes, including:

Foundational Issues: Foundational and Philosophical Issues of Digital Technologies;
Policy-Making: The Politics of Digital Technologies (incl. regulation, law, citizenship, democracy);
Education: Shaping critical Digital Humanism education in and on the Digital Transformation;
Language: The Digital Divide, connectedness, human communication, the role of Generative AI;
Global Dimensions: Digital Humanism in Global Perspective (Europe, US, Africa …)

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