Together with the Helmuth Plessner Society, we are organizing a conference on Philosophical #Anthropology in Groningen on 22-23 January 2026. The lectures will be held in English and participation is free of charge. Programme and sign-up:

University of Groningen

Groningen Plessner Conference

The Helmuth Plessner Society, in cooperation with the University Library of the University of Groningen, is organizing a workshop on Philosophical...

Read about Plessner's time in Groningen and our Plessner archive:

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Helmuth Plessner maakte filosofie van zijn eigen levensverhaal

De Duitse filosoof, socioloog en bioloog Helmuth Plessner was van 1934 tot 1951 werkzaam aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Hij introduceerde in...

Picture: Plessner during a class. Copyrights: the Plessner estate. #Philosophy #Sociology

🥳 Say goodbye to #YouTube - we've launched our official channel on #PeerTube! 🔗 Find (and follow) us here:

video.edu.nl

University of Groningen Library

Videos from the University of Groningen Library // Video

We're in the early stages, so expect more videos, refined descriptions, and fine-tuning coming soon. A big thank you to @SURF for making this possible. This is an exciting step for us 🚀 #DigitalAutonomy #OpenScience #video #Fediverse

New in our electronic #collection: ➡️ Human Rights in the Digital Domain. Core Questions 🔗

Cambridge Core

Human Rights in the Digital Domain

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Human Rights in the Digital Domain

#HumanRights #SocialMedia #digitalization #legislation #privacy #governance #ethics #education #OpenAccess #OpenScience #books #bookstodon

Have you checked out our #OpenScience Bites #podcast yet? Stay tuned! Very soon, we’ll be talking with Felipe Romero, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of #Philosophy. From a #MetaScience perspective, we’ll dive into the concepts of #reproducibility and #replicability, and why they matter for #research practice. We’ll let you know as soon as the new episode is online! In the meantime, feel free to listen to our earlier episodes: 🎧

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Podcast: Open Science Bites

De nieuwe podcast "Open Science Bites" van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen presenteert verhalen van RUG-academici over hun inspanningen om meer open...

#PublicEngagement #OpenEducation

New @npub1q022...6lga #OpenAccess #publication highlight: ➡️ #AI as #moral cover: How algorithmic #bias exploits #psychological mechanisms to perpetuate social #inequality 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.70031 Read our interview with corresponding author Islam Borinca: 🔗

University of Groningen

Open access publication in the spotlight -

#OpenScience #psychology #ethics #sociology

New in our electronic #collection: ➡️ #AI fairness : designing equal opportunity algorithms 🔗 https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15740.001.0001 #OpenScience #OpenAccess #books #bookstodon #philosophy #ethics #fair #programming #computers

New in our electronic #collection: ➡️ A sociology of awkwardness: on social interactions going wrong 🔗

Taylor & Francis

A Sociology of Awkwardness | On Social Interactions Going Wrong | Pauw

A Sociology of Awkwardness shows how awkward feelings are the outcome of social interactions going wrong. Combing insights from cultural sociology ...

A Sociology of awkwardness explores how awkwardness arises from social interactions gone wrong, offering the first comprehensive sociological analysis of the phenomenon. #Sociology #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Humanities #SocialSciences #SciComm #Books #Bookstodon

🆕 Out now: our study on #academic staff engagement on #Mastodon 🔗 Summary

Zenodo

PROJECT SUMMARY: Exploring Academic Staff Engagement on Mastodon

This research project explores the role of Mastodon in academic communication. Sparked by a shift away from X/Twitter due to concerns over misinfor...

💡 While Mastodon is valued for its ethical positioning, continued engagement hinges more on social and institutional dynamics than on technical features alone ➡️Ethical concerns drive adoption ➡️Peer presence matters more for staying than joining ➡️Academic institutions could be game-changers by leading adoption instead of waiting for grassroots growth #OpenScience #SocialMedia #AcademicMastodon

🎉 In our 2022–2023 funding cycle, the Open Access Book Fund supported 47 open access books! We’re celebrating by highlighting them all. Today: 📘 Technics: Media in the Digital Age 🔗 https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048564552/technics We're also happy to share that this book has received the Runner-up for Best Edited Volume from the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. 🏆 🔗

BAFTSS

Winners: Publication Awards 2025

[The shortlists can be found here .]

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Books #MediaStudies #Media #Film #Philosophy #AI #Technology

New in our electronic #collection: ➡️ Humanities in the time of AI 🔗

Humanities in the Time of AI

#Humanities #AI #OpenScience #OpenAccess #Education #Computers #Technology #Philosophy #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalHumanities #HigherEducation