Digital SocietyPublished on 12.09.2025

11 public lectures on the Digital Transformation in Society and Culture

In the context of the Digital Society master programme, Human-IST organizes a public lecture series entitled "Digital Transformation in Society and Culture". These lectures, in English, are organized in-person and open to the anyone interested. The detailed programme is below.

All public lectures take place at the University of Fribourg, Pérolles Campus (Blvd. de Pérolles 90). Building PER-21, room B130, usually at 16h15pm on Tuesdays.

Tue, 16.09.25: Wikipedia explained: who builds it, why it matters
Jenny Ebermann (Wikimedia CH)
Please note: 16h15 general information; 17h00: opening lecture

Tue, 23.09.25: How Tech-Hype Transforms Society
Dr. Jascha Bareis (University of Fribourg)

Tue, 30.09.25: Trustworthy Data Spaces in Switzerland
Dr. Felix Gille (Swiss Federal Chancellery)

Tue, 07.10.25: Social media: the endless sociotechnical reengineering of our connected lives
Dr. Olivier Glassey (University of Lausanne)

Tue, 14.10.25: Born-digital Data in Historical Research
Dr. Rachel Huber (University of Bern)

Tue, 21.10.25: Experiences and insights from the project “BIAS: mitigating AI bias in the labor market”
Prof. Dr. Roger Søraa & Silvia Ecclesia (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Tue, 04.11.25: Constructed and Crooked: The Moral Agency of Gen-AI
Prof. Dr. Meg Jing Zeng (University of Zurich)

Tue, 18.11.25: Misogyny, feminist actors, and the online harassment of Imane Khelif
Dr. Madeleine Pape (University of Lausanne)

Tue, 25.11.25: The Platformization of Payment
Dr. Markus Unternährer (University of Lucerne)

Tue, 02.12.25: From the Traditional Village to Virtual Togetherness: Rethinking Community in the Digital Age
Dr. Diana Betzler (University of Fribourg)

Tue, 09.12.25: Digital Friends, Therapists and Lovers: Discussing The Future of Human–Machine Relationships
Dr. Marisa Tschopp (University of Fribourg)