🚨 #CfP: #IFIP #EGOV2026 in #Athens, #Greece Track 8 #SmartCities ( #Government, #Districts, #Communities & #Regions) 📜Track description: tinyurl.com/egov-conft 📅 Deadline: 16 March 2026 ✍️Conference: 30 Aug-3 Sept 2026 Track Chairs: Shefali Virkar, Manuel Pedro Rodriguez Bolivar, Joep Crompvoets

For those of us who grew up with the #socialbrainhypothesis, and #DunbarsNumber: new research on #cephalopods suggests that larger brains do not necessarily imply a larger number of social connections.Even #Dunbar appears to acknowledge that his theory applies more to #mammals than to other species.

#ThatsMe Delighted to share that I have joined the European Digital DemocracY Network (EDDY) as part of the Core Committee (www.eddy-network.eu/about/who-we...)! My first task is to co-host the network's flagship #conference, #EDDY2026, in #Vienna later this year. Watch this space!

With the #AIImpactSummit2026 now underway, all eyes are on host nation #India, and the implications of holding the event in the #globalsouth. The country could emerge as a strong advocate of #AIforsocialgood, and of a more #peoplecentric approach to #AI #development and #implementation. But will it?

Bought this book quicker than you could say " #PrinceAndrew". This #ValentinesDay, let's remember the #survivors of #trafficking, #exploitation, and #abuse across the world, and stand with them as they rebuild their lives. #EpsteinFiles #GrokAI #GiselePelicot #Weinstein #MohdAlFayed

#ThatsMe Last November,I had the honour of being featured as part of the @idealdemocracy.bsky.social Project’s Women in ICT series.It has been three years since I joined the team at @pubgovman.bsky.social,and I have grown both as a person and a professional.Grateful always for life's many blessings.

An outright #ban on #socialmedia is less the act of a confident #government, and more a scramble to regain #control over a #technology and an #industry in the wake of a #failure of traditional top-down #policymaking. Effective #regulation involves rather #stakeholderconsensus and #digitalliteracy.

📢The #IFIP #EGOV2026 CfP is out! Delighted to be chairing the #SmartCities track (tinyurl.com/egov-conft) with @mprguezbolivar.bsky.social and Joep Crompvoets. 📅 Deadline: 16 March 2026 🔗 Submission: tinyurl.com/egov-subm ✍ 30 Aug-3 Sept 2026 🌐 Conference website: tinyurl.com/egov-26 Join us!

How does #language shape the way we #perceive and interpret the world? What are the #consequences for the life-changing choices that we make? And how can we take back the use of language to protect the most #vulnerable and at-risk in #society? Today's #WUMattersWUTalks event made me stop and think.

#Deliverable writing on a wintry afternoon in an empty office for the @idealdemocracy.bsky.social project. This, the second #report of WP1, focuses on #politicalparticipation from the perspective of experts and beneficiaries. So satisfying to see raw data turn into text! #researcher #worklife

Now is the time to examine how students engage with #ArtificialIntelligence tools in both academic and non-academic settings, explore the cross-over of competencies, and to harness this deeper understanding to support traditional teaching methods and foster critical thinking.

#HotOffThePress The first IDEAL Project newsletter is out! Read further to find out what our diverse and multi-talented team has been upto for the last 12 months. Subscribe to keep abreast of the very latest project developments as we continue to build a truly inclusive deliberative space in Europe.

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