Digital Society

The innovative research programme of the Dutch universities

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6 December 2022

Photos Conference 2022

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7 November 2022

Programme Digital Society Conference 2022

Program Digital Society Programme Conference 2022. Monday 28 November, Jaarbeurs Utrecht Please register at: Aanmelder The Digital Society programme, with the participation of all Dutch universities, is organizing the 4th…
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28 March 2022

Roadmap on responsible use of data and algorithms

Data and algorithms are nowadays ubiquitous in many aspects of our society and lives. They are playing an increasing role in scenarios that can be received as low-risk - getting…
Events
19 November 2021

Interview: Big Technalized: are our public services in jeopardy?

Interview with Distinguished University Professors José van Dijck and Bart Jacobs The digital world is mostly built on market principles rather than on public values, such as privacy, safety and…
Events
18 November 2021

Responsible Data Science Dilemmas for a Digital Society

Data and algorithms are nowadays ubiquitous in many aspects of our society and lives. They are playing an increasing role in scenarios that can be received as low-risk - getting…
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27 October 2021

Digital Society Conference 2021

After a year of absence due to the COVID pandemic, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, consisting of fourteen Dutch universities, is back, with a new edition of the…
Events
3 October 2021

FUSION end-of-year cybersecurity event series

Five partners: INTERSCT, DHS, NWO, NCSC and ACCSS collectively organize a series of (physical) events on one day. We call this day a ‘’fusion” of different events, even with slightly different…

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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