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In the evolving discourse on AI, there is often a default assumption that we must ‘do something’ with AI. But is that really true? Early July, Inge Janse…

Security, surveillance, AI, and public values, for Marc Schuilenburg, these are not abstract academic concepts. They are urgent societal challenges that demand…

Professor Baldwin, a leading urbanist, historian and cultural critic, explores how universities shape urban life and how they can become partners in building…

Als we bij de inzet van technologie iets nodig hebben, dan is het verbeelding. Dat stelde Ruha Benjamin, hoogleraar sociologie bij Princeton University, deze…

Begin mei gaf Arthur De Jaeger, onderzoeker voor het Centre for Bold Cities en projectcoördinator een datawandeling in de gemeente Velsen. Tijdens de wandeling…

Whilst universities are seen as vehicles for innovation and progress, they are also perpetrators of social exclusion and urban inequality. This was the main…

Filter bubbles, datafication of society, lack of access to policy making: digitalised ‘smart’ cities come with many threats. Therefore, think tank Post-X…

Although the genie is out of the bottle, there remain possibilities to limit the scope of technology in the public domain. This was the common thread in…

Expressions on social media can both enhance and deteriorate the way neighbourhoods are perceived. But how exactly does this work? And how can cities deploy…

On Wednesday, April 30 th, enthusiastic visitors gathered during the fourth edition of Expeditie NEXT, the national science festival, in Roermond. The Centre…