👀 New open access article on "Responsible Research and Innovation-Labs: towards new forms of reflexivity in engineering and innovation practices" by KHK c:o/re director Stefan Böschen, Alumni Fellow René von Schomberg, and Julia Backhaus. 🔗 Find it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here's a nice wrap-up of the show I participated in at the end of last year! Thanks to Ana María Guzman, Jana Hambitzer, and fellow artists Ren Loren Britton and Sasha Bergstrom-Katz! Photos: Christian van’t Hoen @rwth.bsky.social @core-rwth.bsky.social @sositap.bsky.social

Are you a doctoral student working on the digitization of science and its impact on social and cultural change? Then, this open call for an international summer school is just right for you. Apply by 15 February 2026! ➡️ khk.rwth-aachen.de/call-for-pap...

💫 Meet our fellows! Ricky Wichum is a sociologist and historian of technology. His research focuses on the histories of (super-)computing, the rise of electronic government, and the securitization of social infrastructures. 🔎Learn more about Ricky's work: khk.rwth-aachen.de/ricky-wichum/

✨ Call for Papers Ana María Guzmán Olmos and Gudrun Rohde are inviting papers for their panel "The politics of expertise. Hybrid objects between aesthetics, science and activism" for the #EASST2026 conference. 🔗 Submit your paper here: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e... 📆 Deadline: 28 February 2026

💻 To what extent was modern science in the 20th century already based on and driven by computers and hardware innovations? Join us next week for a lecture by Ulf Hashagen. ➡️ Find the abstract and registration information for the lecture here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/did-th...

Wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year! 🎉 As we return from our winter break, we cordially invite you to join us for this lecture by Nathalie Bredella on Wednesday. ➡️ If you would like to attend online, please write a short email to [email protected].

📢 Just as the 8th edition of the HaPoC conference is kicking off, a new volume by c:o/re senior researcher Arianna Borrelli and Helena Durnova is published: Computing Cultures. ➡️The volume is available as open access here: meson.press/books/comput...

🔉We are already looking forward to the 8th edition of the HaPoC conference in Aachen next week, featuring keynotes by Alexandre Hocquet, Université de Lorraine, Liesbeth De Mol, 🔍You can find the abstracts, program, and registration information on our website: khk.rwth-aachen.de/history-and-...

💻 The KHK c:o/re is proud to host the 8th edition of the international conference on History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC) from December 17 to 19, 2025, at RWTH Aachen University. ➡️ Find the program, registration information, and streaming option here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/history-and-...

🌱 What is green work and who are green workers? We warmly invite you to this workshop taking place next week, organized by c:o/re fellow Matthew Eisler. ➡️Workshop program and registration information: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/worksh...

Join us for this lecture by Dirk Baecker next week about digital complexity and stochastic systems! ➡️ Find the abstract and registration information for the lecture here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/stocha... We look forward to seeing you in presence or online! 📸 Copyright: ZU/Nicolas Bühringer

‪ 📢 New Call for Applications! For the year 2026/2027, KHK c:o/re's research will be centered around the topic of “Varieties of Science”. Applications are open to postdoctoral as well as senior researchers. Application Deadline: December 31, 2025 ➡️ More info: khk.rwth-aachen.de/call-for-app...

💻 New blog post by c:o/re fellow @phaidros.bsky.social, discussing the origin of the term "psychotechnics" as catch-all phrase for applied psychological methods, and highlighting its significance in today's technology-driven world. 🔗 Find the post here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/the-afterlif...

🔍How are academic computer science, administrative computer use, and data protection linked? We cordially invite you to join the talk with KHK c:o/re fellow Ricky Wichum. ➡️ Abstract and registration: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/comput... We look forward to seeing you in presence or online!

Neue Forschende am Käte Hamburger Kolleg @core-rwth.bsky.social: Dr. Bernd Bösel, Dr. Tsvetelina Hristova, Dr. Ricky Wichum, Prof. Dr. Yi Gu und Prof. Dr. Fredrick Ogenga (v.l.) widmen sich der Frage, wie digitale Technologien die Welt verändern. 👍 ➡️ www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/bqjlag 📸: J. Hambitzer

We cordially invite you to our kick-off event for the Freedom of Research Summit 2025, featuring an online talk by Ines Pohl, the Washington Bureau Chief at Deutsche Welle on academic freedom in the US! ℹ️Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 2 to 5 pm ➡️Registration: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/kick-o...

💭 What do love letters and emotional AI have in common? We cordially invite you to a talk by Anna Tuschling from the Institute for Media Studies at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. ➡️Abstract and registration: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/digita... We look foward to seeing you in person or online!

‼️ Unfortunately, tonight's lecture by Gabriele Gramelsberger has to be canceled due to illness. We hope to see you next week for Anna Tuschling's lecture on "Digitality as a Triad: From the Love Letter to Emotion AI": khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/digita...

“The question of academic freedom acts as a seismograph for current processes of change in the production of scientific knowledge.” New blog post with c:o/re directors Gabriele Gramelsberger and Stefan Böschen discussing the urgent issue of academic freedom: khk.rwth-aachen.de/the-question...

💻 Are technologies useful extensions of human capabilities, or have we become extensions of our technologies? Join us for the first lecture of our winter semester series, featuring a talk by c:o/re director Gabriele Gramelsberger. ➡️ Abstract and registration: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/digita...

💫We are delighted to welcome our new fellows: Yi Gu, Tsvetelina Hristova, and Ricky Wichum, who will be joining us for the academic year 2025/26! 🔗For more information, check out our website: khk.rwth-aachen.de/current-fell... #core_rwth #rwthaachen #research #data #datafication #computing

🚀Join us for the second edition of #Freedom of #Research: A European #Summit in #Aachen, co-hosted by @karlspreisac.bsky.social, @rwth.bsky.social and us! Nov 5: Festive evening reception Nov 6: Symposium & Stand-up FoR Science NIGHT 🔗More information and registration: for-summit.eu

📢 We are excited to announce the program for our lecture series this winter term! With various speakers, we will explore the topic of digital complexity from different disciplinary perspectives. We look forward to seeing you! ➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/lecture-seri...

📢 We are thrilled to share the latest publication by our c:o/re alumni fellow Elisabeth Roehrlich, discussing why the debate over the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) is full of comparisons between the rise of deep learning and the dawn of the nuclear age. Check it out ⤵️

🎧 Audio Tip: Our fellow Hannah Star Rogers sat down with Nicholas McCay for the podcast "Science, Technology, and Society" to talk about her book "Art, Science, and the Politics of Knowledge". ⤵️You can listen to the episode here: newbooksnetwork.com/art-science-...

My book "Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic" is now available as a paperback -- and for a much cheaper price! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

💫 We are very happy to welcome Fredrick Ogenga as a new fellow at the KHK c:o/re and are looking forward to exchanging ideas and working together! 🔗Find out what he is working on by visiting our website: khk.rwth-aachen.de/fredrick-oge... #rwthaachen #research #climatechange #peacebuilding

🎉 We cordially congratulate our fellow Hannah Star Rogers on her appointment to the @leonardoisast.bsky.social Editorial Advisory Board, where she will help its mission of building bridges between the arts, sciences, and technology. ➡️Find out more: leonardo.info/blog/2025/06...

Have you already checked out this article by KHK c:o/re team member @preprintculture.bsky.social? 👀 You can find it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Take a look at the latest RWTH annual report! 🎉 Among many great articles showing the diversity of topics, research, teaching and scientists at the university, you will also find a portrait of KHK c:o/re director Stefan Böschen! ➡️ www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/zie...

📖 We are happy to share that KHK c:o/re Fellow Hannah Star Rogers contributes to "Integrative Contemporary Art and Science Practices Building Catalytic Structures", a newly released volume, edited by J.D. Talasek and Barbara Stauffer, and published by Routledge. ➡️ www.routledge.com/Integrative-...

How is uncertainty rendered residual? With his talk, KHK c:o/re alumni fellow Carsten Reinhardt will conclude our lecture series on "Expanding Science and Technology Studies". 🎉 ➡️ Find the abstract and registration information here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/how-un...

📺 Have you discovered our c:o/re shorts video series on YouTube yet? It's where we share interviews with our fellows, introduce them and their research. We have just uploaded two new videos featuring Daniela Wentz and Ehsan Nabavi. Check it out! ➡️ www.youtube.com/@core_rwth/v...

📣 Open Call for Fellowships & Artist in Residence📣 🎓 for academic year 2026/27 ⏰ Apply until Sunday, 27 July 2025 Fellowships: www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u... Artist in Residence: www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u... 😊 We look forward to receiving your applications

On Wednesday, July 2, our fellow Daniela Wentz will give a lecture in which she will trace the emergence and expansion of data behaviorism. ❗ Due to the heat, the lecture will only take place online. ➡️ Find the abstract and registration information here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/data-b...

Ich darf nächste Woche in Essen Einblicke aus meiner Forschung zu Plattformvermittelter Reinigungsarbeit geben und freu mich schon auf spannende Diskussionen und Austausch :)

🔎What kind of knowledge is generated in artistic production? We talked to three of our current and alumni fellows who work closely with the arts and research the connection between science and art. 👀 Curious to learn more? Visit our blog to read the interviews: khk.rwth-aachen.de/co-re-blog/

We are very happy to welcome back our alumni fellow @penders.bsky.social at c:o/re this week and cordially invite you to join us. You can attend in person or online! ➡️ Find the abstract and registration information here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/metasc...

🎉We are super excited about this collaboration with PACT Zollverein and cordially invite you to join us on June 26, 2025, in Essen. ➡️Find out more: www.pact-zollverein.de/en/programm/... #PACT #Zollverein

🏗️ In our latest blog post, KHK c:o/re fellow Matthew Eisler shares his impressions of visiting the Garzweiler and Hambach mines in the Rhenish mining complex with @vdlorenzo.bsky.social and other colleagues, and discusses the environmental impact of the mines. ➡️ khk.rwth-aachen.de/a-field-trip...

📚 We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the interdisciplinary conference "Der singuläre Satz" from June 11 to 13, 2025. Further information and registration details can be found here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/der-si...

We cordially invite you to this lecture by KHK c:o/re fellow Hannah Star Rogers at our center this week! On Wednesday, May 21, she will talk about "Expanding STS: Art, Science, and Technology Studies (ASTS)". You can attend in person or online! ➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/expand...

1/3 Aachen Mission completed—thanks to the invitation of @core-RWTH.bsky.social which enabled me not only to meet the bunch Pseudomonas enthusiasts led by Lars Blank at the Biotech Institute of the Univ but also to share many unorthodox ideas with philosophers, social scientists & innovation experts

📢 Tomorrow, KHK c:o/re director Stefan Böschen will participate in the Citizen Science Day of the @unihannover.bsky.social with a keynote on "Citizen Science: Wissen schaffen auf Augenhöhe?". If you are around, don't miss it! ➡️ More information: www.uni-hannover.de/de/universit...

✨Next week the Aachen AI Week 2025 will take place! Make sure you don't miss the discussion "AI & Diversity" on Wednesday, May 21 from 6 to 8 pm in the OecherLab, moderated by KHK c:o/re director Gabriele Gramelsberger. ➡️ More details can be found here: www.ai-week.rwth-aachen.de/programme_de...

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) capable of modeling and replicating human sensory associations? This question was explored at the KHK c:o/re as part of the science-art installation experiment “Melodic Pigments: Exploring New Synesthesia”. ➡️Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/melodic-pigm...

📖 We are pleased to announce the publication of "Making Media Futures. Machine Visions and Technological Imaginations". The book is edited by KHK c:o/re team members @preprintculture.bsky.social, Ana María Guzmán Olmos, Alin Olteanu and Stefan Böschen. 🔗 www.routledge.com/Making-Media...

Don't miss the Call for Papers for the 8th edition of the History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC) Conference on December 17-19, 2025, at RWTH Aachen University. Submission deadline: May 25, 2025 ➡️ khk.rwth-aachen.de/history-and-...

We cordially invite you to this lecture by Nina Frahm at our center this week, which will also be the first lecture in this summer term's lecture series on "Expanding Science and Technology Studies". You can attend in presence or online! ➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/innova...