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WEASA 2019 – week two!
We hit the ground running in week two. Miranda Spivack, a Fulbright Scholar and investigative journalist who worked at outlets such as the Washington Post, provided us with an in-depth view of journalism in the 21st century. We talked about how to best tackle the scourge of disinformation and fake news and improve the quality […]
MoreWEASA 2019 – the first week
WEASA 2019’s first week has officially come to an end! We begun the week with a discussion with Dariusz Jemielniak, a Fulbright Program Alumnus and Full Professor of Management at Koźmiński University. Talks focused primarily on the wider relationship between humans and technology – to what degree will technology transform our lives in the coming […]
MoreWEASA 2019 had its official inauguration ceremony!
This year’s WEASA opened up with a speech by Ryan Heath – one of Europe’s most recognisable political correspondents. He held a deep conversation with participants on issues as diverse as the power of big tech, regulation, algorithms, and European politics. Much of it focused on how the digital era changed the face of modern […]
MoreWe have selected small grant projects to support
Every year, we work on making sure that there are some follow-ups to WEASA, be it informal meetings with the summer school alumni or a publication showing off participants’ work. We have something even more exciting in store this year: for the first time ever, we will be launching a small grants programme. This will […]
MoreWEASA – the final days
Wednesday focused on a completely new topic: free speech online and social media moderation. We met tech ethicist Matthew Stender and discussed what content should be kept off social media, and what can stay up. This is a difficult question. Participants themselves could not universally agree on what content should stay up and what should […]
MoreWEASA – days six and seven
We hit the ground running in the second week of WEASA. On Monday, we welcomed veteran journalist Edward Lucas, who shared his immense knowledge on matters related to modern journalism, disinformation, and much more. Participants had the chance to listen to his lectures, while also taking part in an extensive Q&A session, during which they […]
MoreWEASA – days four and five
Day four. Things are getting real. We are continuing to focus on information and disinformation. Margo Gontar from StopFake.org has visited our summer school, and we are conducting an exercise in which participants are designing their own disinformation campaigns. (We do, of course, follow up on those campaigns immediately, learning how we could fact-check the […]
MoreWEASA – days two and three
We started off our first formal lecturing days by talking about information and disinformation. We analysed the topic both at a wide level, which allowed us to think the matter through from a philosophical and policy point of view, and through a narrower lens, which gave the chance to explore the nitty-gritty details of digital […]
MoreWEASA – day one
WEASA has officially begun! We started with our opening ceremony, where Dr Joanna Świątkowska served as our inaugural speaker, giving participants deep insights into modern information- and cybersecurity. We didn’t just learn about modern cyber-threats: we also learned how perceptions thereof evolved over time. Once, computer scientists were the only ones thinking deeply about cyberattacks. […]
MoreThe WEASA 2018 provisional timetable is now out!
We are proud to share the provisional timetable for WEASA 2018 with you, which is available here. Please note that the lecturers and topics could still change
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