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In collaboration with the Lower Saxony regional newspaper NOZ, ZeMKI member Prof. Stephanie Geise has analyzed a series of election posters from Meppen, Lingen, and Papenburg for the upcoming local election on Sunday, September 13.

ZeMKI member Vesi Vuković recently published an article in “Iluminace – The Journal of Film Theory, History, and Aesthetics” titled „Yugoslav (Trans)national Memory on Rural Spaces: Short Documentary Films Girls Without Boy(friend)s Girls Without Boy(friend)s (1963) and The Best Husband The Best Husband (1968) by Woman Filmmaker Vera Jocić“.

On September 5, 2026, ZeMKI member Dr. Leif Kramp will participate as a speaker at the DJV Digital Conference “Better Online” at Radio Bremen. This year’s event is themed “Sovereign. Human. Connected.” and will address current challenges in digital journalism, including digital sovereignty, artificial intelligence, and new forms of journalistic collaboration.

From September 8 to 11, the 11th Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) will take place in Brno (Czech Republic). The conference’s theme is “Paths, Connections, and Futures.” Numerous ZeMKI members will present their research.

Videogames are a leading cultural medium of our time. ZeMKI member Prof. Christian Schwarzenegger explains this viewpoint in an interview with the Cologne-based culture and film magazine choices.

ZemKI-Member Christian Schwarzenegger will speak on the Young Stage at the GROWMORROW Future Festival in Oldenburg on August 27 on the topic “Digital Confidence: Media Literacy as the Superpower of the Future.”

The Gamevironments Research Day is a workshop exclusively for early-stage researchers, graduate students and doctoral students. It welcomes research on media-centered approaches, perspectives of game developers and publishers, and viewpoints of gamers. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture, and video gaming.

On August 14, 2026, ZeMKI member Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika appeared as a guest on the 74th episode of Rebecca Mbaya’s interview series “The African Innovators Series.” The title of the interview is “Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika on the Labor AI Refuses to Name.”

The PGMT Lab welcomes EMILDAI master's students Mauricio Dal Pozzo Schneider and Nataly Garcia Alvarado for a summer research stay.

ZeMKI member Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika was a guest on Dr. Anita Nowak’s podcast “Purposeful Empathy,” discussing the topic “The Hidden Exploitation (and Trauma) Behind AI.”

The ECREA European Doctoral Summer School is currently taking place from August 3 to 9 at Södertörn University in Stockholm. ZeMKI member Prof. Christian Schwarzenegger is participating as a lecturer and discussant. In addition to providing feedback on several European dissertation projects, he is also offering a workshop on working with qualitative data. Patrick Frey and Luisa Runge are presenting their own dissertation projects and receiving feedback from international experts.

The recent security incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face has reignited the discussion about the safe use of powerful AI systems. In an interview with Horizont, Andreas Hepp analyzes the latest developments and explains their significance for research, society, and regulation.