Digital Society: The innovative research programme of Dutch universities

Save the Date: 10 November 2026

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29 April 2026

Registrations of the DiSa-DDT Day are opened now!

The signups have opened now! You can sign up here. The Digital Society Programme and the SSH Council are organising a day on 21 May 2026 for the assistant and associate professors…
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10 April 2026

DiSa-DDT (SSH-council) Day: Save the date!

The Digital Society Programme and the SSH Council are organising a day on 21 May 2026 for the assistant and associate professors appointed under the Cross-cutting Theme (DDT) sector plan.…
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10 April 2026

Digital Society Conference 2026: Save the Date!

We are excited to announce we have found a date and location for the Digital Society conference in 2026! So save the date in your calendars and let us know…
NewsEvents
29 April 2026

Registrations of the DiSa-DDT Day are opened now!

The signups have opened now! You can sign up here. The Digital Society Programme and the SSH Council are organising a day on 21 May 2026 for the assistant and associate professors…
NewsEvents
10 April 2026

DiSa-DDT (SSH-council) Day: Save the date!

The Digital Society Programme and the SSH Council are organising a day on 21 May 2026 for the assistant and associate professors appointed under the Cross-cutting Theme (DDT) sector plan.…
NewsEvents
10 April 2026

Digital Society Conference 2026: Save the Date!

We are excited to announce we have found a date and location for the Digital Society conference in 2026! So save the date in your calendars and let us know…
NewsEvents
2 December 2025

It’s a wrap: Digital Society Conference 2025

Programme of this year was: 09.30 Walk-in 10.00 Opening by Chair Eveline van Rijswijk and Caspar van den Berg (UNL), Rian Hesdahl (SSH-council) 10.15 Keynote speaker Haroon Sheikh: Digital autonomy…

About the Digital Society

We are living in a digital society, in which every aspect of our lives is profoundly being affected by the digitalisation of data: how we communicate and socialise; how we work, learn, stay healthy and participate in politics and the economy. Digitalisation promises tremendous benefits; for better health, more efficient mobility, efficient energy use, and flourishing companies. In the Digital Society programme, leading researchers from all fourteen universities in the Netherlands are working together to address the many pressing questions raised by the emergence of a digital society.

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Digital Society -
a research programme by the
fourteen Dutch research universities
facilitated by UNL

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