For our [urban interfaces] seminar series on the theme Creative Urban Methods (year 2022-2023), we invited participants to write blogposts. The best and most interesting ones we publish on our website. Below is the blogpost for seminar session #1, written by Olga Efremov. Olga is a student of Media, Art and Performance Studies RMA programme…

As part of the Research Topic editorial board for the journal Frontiers in Human Dynamics, our core members prof dr. Nanna Verhoeff and dr. Michiel de Lange invite scholars to respond to their call on urban civic AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly embedded in urban infrastructure and services. From predictive policing to public…

The deadline for this call has passed and the call is now closed.    Timeline  Proposals (max. 500 words): April 12, 2023 [e-mail us if you need a bit of extra time] First versions (2000-4000 words + various multimedia): June 16, 2023  Please send contributions or enquiries to: urbaninterfaces@uu.nl     Introduction  The aim of this…

The Department of Media and Culture Studies (MCW) at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University just released the edited volume Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture. This collection was initiated by dr. Karin van Es and our core member prof. dr. Nanna Verhoeff because the MCW researchers wanted to bring together the work…

[this report is also published on https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/tag/workshop-report-data-commons/] This is the first part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, which I co-organized. Links to part 1 >>, and to part 2 >>. Background of the workshop In our datafied smart cities, the…