On 26 June 2026, Lisa Guenther (Queen’s University, Canada), Matthias Fritsch (Concordia University, Canada), and Marieke Borren (Open University, Netherlands) will speak at the workshop ‘Philosophy and Crisis: Perspectives from Critical Phenomenology’ about how to address the interlocking crises in contemporary societies...

KI-Entwickler Anthropic fordert, die Weiter-Entwicklung von KI-Software vorerst zu unterbrechen. Der Mensch verliere gerade die Kontrolle. Wäre eine Pause sinnvoll? WDR 5 Morgenecho spricht dazu mit Prof. Dr. Judith Simon.

Prof. Dr. Azadeh Akbari, recently named by „Die Zeit“ as one of seven thinkers to know, is our next guest speaker at „Taming the Machines“ on 3 June 2026. In her talk she develops the concept of uneven datafication, drawing on literature on coloniality, uneven development, and dependency theory. She shows how datafication...

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon has been selected as one of 60 independent experts to serve on the European Commission’s newly established AI Act Scientific Panel. The appointment is for two years and the result of a highly competitive selection process involving more than 1,000 applicants.

In her talk on 27 May 2026, Prof. Dr. Anna-Verena Nosthoff presents insights into her recent book “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” (Cybernetics and Critique: A Theory of Digital Government), and shows how Silicon Valley’s current authoritarian turn can be understood through the lens of...

Generative KI hat die Welt im Sturm erobert und damit Debatten über KI-Ethik im Allgemeinen und über Konzepte vertrauenswürdiger Generativer KI im Besonderen verstärkt. In ihrem Vortrag im Kolloquium der Forschungsgruppe "Reorganisation von Wissenspraktiken" schlägt Prof. Dr. Judith Simon den Begriff der vierfachen...

Vom 18.-19. Mai 2026 fand die Auftaktveranstaltung des neuen Rahmenprogramms für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften des Bundesministeriums für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) im Berliner Sitz des BMFTR statt. Prof. Dr. Judith Simon war Panelistin der Podiumsdiskussion "Orientierung für eine Welt im Wandel...

In her talk on 6 May 2026, Dr. Lucy Osler explores the possibilities and limitations of using AI chatbots for talking to and with oneself. From artistic experiments with old diaries fed into ChatGPT to everyday conversations with a chatbot, she asks, drawing on Hannah Arendt’s work on the importance of solitude, whether AI...

AI in its many forms is often presented as a driver of “progress”: improving lives, accelerating solutions, and expanding human possibilities. Prof. Dr. Jan-Heilinger’s (Universität Witten/Herdecke, DE) talk on 29 April 2026 offers a critical framework for assessing such claims by arguing, from a pragmatist and...