Data School and Research Software Lab awarded grant for ‘Responsible AI in Practice’ A research team from Data School and the Research Software Lab, both part of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH), has been awarded a €125,000 grant from the SIDN Fund and Topsector ICT for their project Functioneringsgesprek voor AI (FG-AI). Organisations are increasingly expected to demonstrate that their AI systems perform well and are reliable. […] Read more
New CDH affiliated member: Fabian Ferrari The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) team is proud to welcome dr. Fabian Ferrari as an affiliated member. He is an Assistant Professor in Cultural AI at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University (UU), and a member of the UU focus area Governing the Digital Society. His postdoctoral research on AI governance (2022-2024) was […] Read more
CDH design workshop: Re-visioning assignments and assessments in the GenAI Era Do you have an assignment or assessment component in one of your courses that just isn’t working anymore because of Generative AI? Are you looking for ways to meaningfully incorporate …
CDH workshop: AI in education 2030 – Speculative futuremaking How can we imagine the future of education in a time where reading, writing, analysis, art, poetry, and music are impacted by AI – generative or otherwise? And how should …
CDH online lecture: Ana Valdivia on Following the thing AI – from ecological ruinations to ecofeminist imaginations. This lecture is part of the three-part series Digital Humanities in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil.From microchips to chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) lies at the heart of today’s geopolitical tensions. Behind …
CDH online lecture: Rafael Grohmann on Latin American Critical AI Studies This lecture is part of the three-part series Digital Humanities in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil. From microchips to chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) lies at the heart of today’s geopolitical tensions. …
CDH design workshop: Re-visioning assignments and assessments in the GenAI Era Do you have an assignment or assessment component in one of your courses that just isn’t working anymore because of Generative AI? Are you looking for ways to meaningfully incorporate …
CDH online lecture: Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires This lecture is part of the three-part series Digital Humanities in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil. From microchips to chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) lies at the heart of today’s geopolitical tensions. …
CDH design workshop: Re-visioning assignments and assessments in the GenAI Era Do you have an assignment or assessment component in one of your courses that just isn’t working anymore because of Generative AI? Are you looking for ways to meaningfully incorporate …
CDH workshop: AI in education 2030 – Speculative futuremaking How can we imagine the future of education in a time where reading, writing, analysis, art, poetry, and music are impacted by AI – generative or otherwise? And how should …
CDH workshop: AI in education 2030 – Speculative futuremaking How can we imagine the future of education in a time where reading, writing, analysis, art, poetry, and music are impacted by AI – generative or otherwise? And how should …
DPG Media and Utrecht University’s Data School develop tool to support ethical use of data and AI in the media sector DPG Media and the Utrecht University Data School are jointly developing a ‘Data Ethics Decision Aid for Media (DEDA for Media)’. Starting in 2026, this analogue model will help media companies in recognizing and addressing ethical issues concerning digitalisation, data and AI projects. Development will be completed by the end of this year, after which […] Read more
AI and Human Values: International Marsilius Academy Summer School The rapid development and spread of large language models (LLMs) is increasingly penetrating all areas of life and significantly shaping modern society, raising questions about the underlying values and norms …
ADHO Annual DH Conference 2025: Accessibility and Citizenship From 14 to 18 July, at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) organise their annual Digital Humanities conference. Building access and accessibility, open science …
ESU DH 2025: Culture and Technology The European Summer University in Digital Humanities 2025 will take place at the Humanities Faculty of the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in Besançon (France), from 21 July to 2 …
Data Science: Machine Learning with Python (Utrecht Summer School) Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning have revolutionized various aspects of our lives, from work to leisure activities. Whether it’s introducing innovations such as self-driving vehicles and personalized recommendation systems, or …
New publication on Responsible AI by Data School Data School’s latest publication in the Journal of Responsible Technology, authored by Iris Muis, Julia Straatman and Bart Kamphorst, draws lessons from 15 FRAIA trajectories that Data School and Rijks ICT Gilde (RIG) facilitated and offers practical recommendations for effectively guiding your organisation through the impact assessment. Abstract Since the initial development of the Fundamental […] Read more
Iris Muis (Data School) in the Top 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2025 The Centre for Digital Humanities is proud to announce that Iris Muis, Team Lead at Data School, has been named in the list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2025. This list has been released by the Women in AI Ethics Group based in New York. The Women in AI Ethics is a volunteer-led, […] Read more
Two new DUB articles on AI DUB, the independent news site of Utrecht University, has recently published two interesting articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) related to academia. The first article is a blog about AI from the perspective of a non-STEM student. The second article is a news item on the new guidelines of research funder NWO. The guidelines state that […] Read more
Do you have a collaborative research project idea? Apply now for Impact Project vouchers! Data School has published a call to action for Impact Projects: support for impact-focused research projects in the humanities with societal partners. Impact Project vouchers are available with a fixed individual value of €8,000. For the past 10 years, Data School has been at the forefront of researching the impact of AI in society. Working across […] Read more
