What’s new at DIGIT

The first DIGIT cohort has crossed the finish line. On April 8-9, the first cohort of the DIGIT research school gathered for a final seminar at the historic Granavolden Hotel in Hadeland: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/the-first-cohort-of-the-digit-graduate-school-has-crossed-the-finish-line

DIGIT Research School at the eKommune conference. The annual eKommune conference is for anyone involved or interested in digitalization, transformation, and innovation within the municipal sector in Norway. This year, for the first time, DIGIT attended: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/digit-at-the-ekommune-conference

Meet the DIGIT Class of 2024! We are now enrolling new experts in the research school (we still have room for a few more). Meet the newest DIGIT members and learn about their research here: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/class-2024-2026.

Heidrun Åm elected new chair of the DIGIT board. Åm is a professor at the Department for Sociology and Political Science at NTNU and she will take up her new role at the end of June this year: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/heidrun-m-elected-new-chair-of-the-digit-board

DIGIT is now accepting applications for the DIGIT class of 2024! Read more and apply here: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/applications-are-now-open-for-the-digit-class-of-2023-m4lgl

Upcoming DIGIT activities

Currently under development:

What happens when the public is used as a digital test bed? Tanja Knaus and Torjus Solheim Eckhoff, two DIGIT participants from the TIK Centre at UiO, are planning a two-part event this fall that takes aim at exploring this question. More information will follow!

FROM OUR PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES

Conference: Humaniora møter kunstig intelligens - May 31 - Bergen. https://www.uhr.no/nyheter/nyheter-fra-uhr/konferanse-humaniora-moter-kunstig-intelligens.7396.aspx

In conversation with John Law and Lucy Suchman: Is there such a thing as a Nordic perspective on science and technology? - June 4 - Oslo and online. Read more about this and other activities in TIK’s 25-year celebratory program here: https://www.sv.uio.no/tik/english/research/news-and-events/events/tik-25-years/

Digitaliseringskonferansen 2024 - June 18-19 - Oslo. DigDir’s “Digitaliseringskonferansen” is Norway's largest meeting point for those working on digitization in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. The topic for the 2024 conference will be the new digitization strategy: https://www.digdir.no/digitalisering-og-samordning/hold-av-18-og-19-juni-til-digitaliseringskonferansen-2024/5060

CONVERSATIONS 2024 - December 4-5 - Thessaloniki, Greece and online. A two-day workshop on chatbots and human-centered AI. Paper submission deadline: September 25. https://2024.conversations.ws/call-for-papers/

STANDING REMINDERS

We offer DIGIT members financial support to attend relevant courses organized by our partner universities. Read more here: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/partner-courses

The Research Council of Norway (RCN) has an ongoing call for grants for stays abroad for RCN-funded doctoral and postdoctoral fellows: https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/call-for-proposals/2019/personal-overseas-research-grant-for-doctoral-and-post-doctoral-fellows/

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Note that our activities are primarily open to DIGIT researchers enrolled in the research school. However, some activities, such as the CEDIC talks are open to everyone. If you are not a member but wish to attend some of our events, please get in touch.

For DIGIT members, we provide funding to attend our courses and workshops. We do not provide funding to attend the events described under the “partner and associates”-section above.

DIGIT is a Research School for Quality and Relevance funded through the Research Council of Norway (RCN). Read more about the RCN programme here. DIGIT is hosted by Oslo Metropolitan University.