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As part of the Media Structures and Platform Governance seminar, on 26 May 2026, Prof. Tim R Samples (University of Georgia) joined us to introduce the Longitudinal Digital Terms Corpus (LDT Corpus), a comprehensive time series of 861 TOUs from 50 prominent digital platforms spanning 1999 to 2025.

Imane El Qochairi is a PhD candidate and researcher at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen. She is part of the research project “Fostering Digital Pan-Africanism in (…)

Chiara Spiniello is a postdoctoral researcher at ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen. Her research lies at the intersection of political science, comparative public law, and digital governance, with a (…)

 In April, ZeMKI launched a new international and transdisciplinary research initiative titled “Fostering Digital Pan-Africanism in AI Governance through Evidence and Action“ (AI PAN-AFRICANISM). The project is funded by VolkswagenStiftung in their ‘Change! Fellowship’ line (…)

Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika is a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and co-lead of the Data Workers’ Inquiry project. With extensive fieldwork experience across Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, and other African countries, Dr. (…)

ZeMKI members Dr. Dennis Redeker and Dr. Chiara Spiniello contributed to the 2nd Annual Conference of the Horizon Europe project REMIT (Reignite Multilateralism via Technology), held at Luiss Università di Roma in Rome on 15-16 (…)

From 11 to 15 May 2026, the fourth edition of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) organized by the Digital Constitutionalism Network took place in Dublin, Ireland. Entitled “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and Governance”, this international (…)

Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero will present at the symposium "Statecraft, Sovereignty & Digital Government" that will take place on 16 - 17 April 2026 at Goldsmiths, University of London.

On Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 17:00, the PGMT Lab through the EU-funded project REMIT ("Reignite Multilateralism via Technology") will host a public discussion with Professor Marianne Franklin of the University of Groningen. The event, held at the Kleiner Saal of the Haus der Wissenschaften is open to the public and moderated by PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker.

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach participates at the conference "Code & Codex – AI and Ethics in Military Combat" that takes place at Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/ Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg on 19th and 20th of March 2026.

Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach co-authored a new article about the discursive order of AI, published in Big Data & Society.

For 2026, the ZeMKI Steering Committee has selected seven international visiting scholars as part of the Visiting Research Fellowship program. Each fellow will spend at least four weeks collaborating with selected ZeMKI Labs.