The share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Europe varies not only across countries but also across capital cities and regions. Euronews Business takes a closer look at these gaps.

CfP - Maps in/as Media! Together with Pablo Abend @pabend.bsky.social, I am currently editing a Special Issue for GI_Forum Journal entitled “Maps in/as Media – On the Mediated Production of Geographical Knowledge”. More here: www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572_0...

AI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵

Collapse: A Story King’s College London, Strand Campus, 3 June 5-7pm Free; booking required: www.tickettailor.com/events/dfist... Consists of a screening of Joanna Zylinska’s new short film /collapse, followed by a panel discussion with Mercedes Bunz, Sebastián Lehuedé and Eleonora Lima.

Freedom of expression, academic freedom, and creative liberty should never be taken for granted. It's a collective achievement, reflected in your everyday actions. In the EU, you have the space to speak your mind without having to shrink who you are. #ProtectWhatMatters🛡️🇪🇺

📈 We are thrilled to share with our community that the Nexus Network Journal (NNJ) is leading the way to a SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) of 0.35 and an H-Index of 25 in the field of Architecture in 2025, following an increase in citations and international collaborations, among other factors. 1/

✨ Experience Brno beyond the conference! Our curated program offers unique guided tours and cultural events: from key city highlights to unforgettable experiences available only during ECREA. 🗓️ Sign up until 31. 5. during registration - places are limited! 👉 ecrea2026brno.eu/tours-cultur...

📢 We're thrilled to have Prof. @mazzucatom.bsky.social CBE as a keynote at The London Housing Summit 2026! Founder of @iipp-ucl.bsky.social & author of forthcoming book 'The Common Good Economy: a new compass', she’ll bring bold ideas to London’s housing debate. centreforlondon.org/conference/t...

🫶🏻 Need support to join #ECC2026 in Brno? We offer several grants to facilitate participation! Application deadlines are approaching soon and vary by scheme - don’t miss out. Find more at: ecrea2026brno.eu/grants/

We are all in the same spaceship.

Call for Paper Abstracts and Other Proposals is NOW OPEN: March 3–April 30, 2026 Call for Paper Abstracts, Closed Panels, Making & Doing Sessions, Roundtables, and Meetups: www.4sonline.org/call_for_sub... Accepted Open Panels: www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...

📢 Registration for the 11th European Communication Conference (#ECC2026) is now open! Abstract notifications will follow soon. Join communication scholars from across Europe and beyond for four days of research exchange, discussion, and networking in Brno.

Nice piece on @cnbc.com about @tudublinsustain.bsky.social Tallaght campus which has reduced carbon emissions by using excess heat from an Amazon Data centre. @seai-ie.bsky.social @codemadublin.bsky.social #SpeirGorm

Call for ECC 2028 host (deadline extended to 16 February 2026)! ECREA opened a call for proposals for the hosting and organisation of the 12th edition of the European Communication Conferences.

📢 Abstract submissions for #ECC2026 are now closed! ⭐ Thank you to all authors for an outstanding response - we received over 2,600 submissions across papers, posters, panels, and roundtables. 💡Most submissions were to the Journalism Studies section. We look forward to what’s ahead in Brno!

Don't forget! Today is the last day to submit your abstract to ECC2026!

⏰ A friendly reminder to our ECREA Media, Cities and Space section members and non-members that there is only one day left to submit your abstracts for the upcoming ECC2026 conference in Brno, Czech Republic! 🇨🇿 Don't miss it!!

🎁 Dear ECREA MCS Section members and followers, 📝 As we wrap up 2025, we would like to update you on our past and future events and to ask for your feedback so that we can improve collaboration, networking and engagement. 🎄Have a lovely festive season! mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/e...

Call for ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2026 is out! Deadline: February 13, 2026

It is done! We published our VGC '23 book, consisting of 10 papers from our conference in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 2023🎉 Many thanks to our editors and everyone who contributed! More Details here: www.sidestone.com/books/explor...

We’ve extended the deadline by a week! More time to send in your abstract for potential inclusion in a special @mediapolis.bsky.social dossier on ‘The Synthetic City’!

EXTENDED DUE DATE for Abstracts: 7 December 2025 Call for Papers: 'The Synthetic City'. We have extended the due date by an extra week, so you still have time to submit your proposals!

EXTENDED DUE DATE for Abstracts: 7 December 2025 Call for Papers: The Synthetic City. We have extended the due date by an extra week, so you still have time to submit your proposals!

⏳ Only a few days left to submit your proposal for a #ECC2026 pre-conference! Design your own event in Brno (5–7 Sept 2026) and bring scholars together around your theme. Submit your 500–800-word proposal by 30 Nov → ecrea2026brno.eu/call-for-pre...

Happy Birthday, ECREAns!

The Large Hadron Collider has a new job. It’s being used to study how information flows through quantum systems — ideas that lie at the core of quantum computing. @shalmawegs.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...

Birkbeck, University of London is seeking an Associate Lecturer in Digital Video and Editing. Part-time, contractual – perfect for creatives who want to share their skills while continuing their practice. 👉 Details & apply: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

REMINDER! CfP: The Synthetic City We’re putting together a special issue dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social on 'urban AI' and seek short essays, provocations, creative-critical reflections on synthetic urbanism. 📅 Abstracts due: Nov 30 🔗 Details: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

Today in E-flux, a piece I wrote on the spatial and environmental politics of AI in the United States. In great company as part of the Technoecologies series curated by Nathalie Bredella and Grayson Bailey. www.e-flux.com/architecture...

Join us Nov 25 for Engaging Publics in Media, Cities & Space -free online conference on research impact in media and urban studies. Talks on monographs, journals, podcasts, walking tours + networking, incl. a special session for ECRs. 👉 Full programme & register: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

1/ CFP Dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social: The synthetic city as an alternative, multivalent provocation to examine, interpret and forecast the emerging implications of AI and related digital technologies for urban living. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 🔗 Link: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

1/ CFP Dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social: The synthetic city as an alternative, multivalent provocation to examine, interpret and forecast the emerging implications of AI and related digital technologies for urban living. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 🔗 Link: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

📷 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image features spiral galaxy NGC 3370, home to two kinds of objects prized by astronomers for their usefulness in determining distances to faraway galaxies: Cepheid variable stars and Type Ia supernovae 🧪🔭 esahubble.org/images/potw2... @stsci.edu

Great to see this CfP "The Synthetic City" #urbanAI for @mediapolis.bsky.social w/ guest editors @scott-rodgers.bsky.social @marcospdias.bsky.social & colleagues. mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c... Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.

Call for Papers: The Synthetic City We’re putting together a special issue dossier for @mediapolis.bsky.social on 'urban AI' and seek short essays, provocations, creative-critical reflections on synthetic urbanism. 📅 Abstracts due: Nov 30 🔗 Details: mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...

✨ 🌱 Update: call for submissions deadline extended to 12th October!

We're at the Royal Society celebrating this, with a stellar line-up, including Wendy Hall, Alan Kay, Gary Marcus, Abeba Birhane and more royalsociety.org/science-even...

Wow, recent news from the (proposed) record-breaking $55 billion deal with the video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.!! #videogames #gaming #EA www.euronews.com/business/202...

What an amazing conference it was!!! Many thanks to the organisers, to all my wonderful colleagues and friends! Geomedia Conference always feels like home. 🌍😁🥰#geomedia #transforming-passion #geomedia-studies #karlstad-university

[Recommended resource + event] 🚀 Our friends at Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social have just released a new field guide: “The Tech We Want | Read This Before You Build.” Read more: blog.okfn.org/2025/09/23/o...

🇨🇦🎮👾Call for abstracts until 10 October 2025 for the HCII 2026 conference & affiliated conferences, such as the 8th International Conference on HCI in Games, to be hosted in Montreal, Canada!! More info at: 2026.hci.international/hci-games #HCI #games #play #design #impact #VR #AR #XR #AI #HCII2026

Laura Mulvey, who recently retired from Birkbeck, to refeive a BFI Fellowship. www.bfi.org.uk/news/laura-m...

This is an open biblio —and anyone can add to it to help keep it updated!

Rimska arena v Nîmesu, zgrajena okoli leta 100 n. št., ena bolje ohranjenih. V 6. stol. je postala trdnjava, v 12. stol. srednjeveška četrt. Do 18. stol. v njej stalo 150 hiš. Po obnovi v 19. stol. zaživela na novo. Danes gosti koncerte, festivale, uprizoritve. Dediščina se ohranja in živi naprej.

Sharing this recent interview with @dietoff.bsky.social, E76 | "The Shape of Synthetic Data" Pondering AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njJ...

📢 New article - 'Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms'. Louise Hooper @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social and I reflect on the legal dimensions of off-the-shelf drone incidents and the potential diversified harms accompanying them. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In NES games, Luigi is at an unfair disadvantage since he cannot pause the game. While this might be self-evident to Japanese players, international players might find this handicap baffling. The reason is the Famicom's lack of Start and Select buttons on the second controller.

Hieronymus Bosch owl detail from Le Louvre today. Vibe.

🎥 Cinema gratuito às 4as no pátio do Teatro Sá da Bandeira em Santarém. Na foto, o filme histórico-biográfico "The Elephant Man/ O Homem Elefante," realizado por David Lynch (1980) e baseado na vida de Joseph Merrick. #cinema #cultura #Verao #Santarem 🌙 + info: www.santaremcultura.pt/index.php/es...

Some snaps from the @birmac.bsky.social / Media & Democracy / Qualitative Methods Group workshop 'Exploring Quali-Quantitative Approaches in Social Media Research', where me, @robtoes.bsky.social & participants explored methods for approaching the messy, contradictory phenomena that is social media