Digital Humanism

Informatics Europe is supporting and co-organizing with TU Wien and other partners the Digital Humanism initiative, as well as its online lecture series. 

In April 2019, TU Wien Informatics organised the first workshop dedicated to Digital Humanism (DIGHUM), a broad concept dealing with the entire relationship of humans and machines, of Informatics and society. The 2019 workshop was a first gathering and positioning and had as an outcome the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, and also the creation of international community.

Currently, regular online events are held to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. Learn more about past and upcoming lectures here or watch the recordings at the YouTube DIGHUM – Channel.

In 2021, the international community supporting Digital Humanism published a book titled 'Perspectives on Digital Humanism'. The book is a collection of approximately 50 articles written by experts with diverse disciplinary and institutional backgrounds. These experts provide their views on the interplay between humans and machines. Enrico Nardelli and Michael E. Caspersen, who were President and Board Member of Informatics Europe at the time, respectively, together with former IE President Lynda Hardman each contributed a chapter to this book. The chapters are freely accessible online here.

In 2022, Informatics Europe offered two scholarships (full tuition waiver) to support students from IE member institutions attending the Digital Humanism Summer School in Vienna, Austria.

For more information about Digital Humanism activities, please contact Hannes Werthner or visit the initiative's official website: https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/digital-humanism/