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June 2026

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Reminder: Call for Submissions | twentyfifty: Utopias for a democratic society (Deadline: 15 June)

by NoC ＠HIIG

> Dear network, > > The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and > Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) are inviting researchers at all career stages > (at least final PhD phase) and from all disciplines worldwide to imagine > democratic visions for the year 2050 in a narrative or essayistic form. > Selected authors will be invited to an international writing retreat. Their > stories will be published as a collection. > > Democracy is not a fixed construct, but an evolving practice, a > negotiation, constantly in transformation. Yet much of democratic theory > describes what is, where it comes from and not what could be. With the > twentififty *essay competition*, we ask researchers to do something > different: to use their expertise not to analyse the present or past, but > to imagine the future. What might democratic life look like in 2050? And > what kind of democracy do we want to live in? > > *Submissions (max. 1,000 words, English language) should connect to the > following, overlapping areas:* > > *• Living, belonging, and community* > *• Knowledge and learning* > *• Work and purpose* > *• Governing, participation, and public administration* > *• Security and freedom* > > Additionally, your submission should include a paragraph on how this > narrative relates to your own research, as well as your three most recent > publications. > Selection criteria include originality, research grounding, narrative > potential, and democratic relevance. > If selected by the review panel of researchers and storytelling experts, > 10–12 submitting authors will be invited to a 3-day *international > writing retreat* (in/around *Berlin* from *7–10 October 2026*), hosted by > Dr. Nataliia Sokolovska, to develop their narratives towards a collective > publication. > > *Deadline for submission: 15 June 2026* > > For further details on the call and ways to submit, please refer to the > call's page: https://www.hiig.de/en/call-for-submissions-twentyfifty/ > > If you have any questions on the essay competition, feel free to reach out > to Dr. Nataliia Sokolovska (nataliia.sokolosvka(a)hiig.de) and Sarah Spitz ( > sarah.spitz(a)hiig.de) > > We look forward to your submissions! > > Kind regards > HIIG > -- Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Französische Straße 9 · 10117 Berlin T +49 30 200 760 82 · F +49 30 206 089 60 · www.hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/> · Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/hiigberlin.bsky.social> · Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/hiigberlin/> · LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/school/hiigberlin/> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | USt-ID DE 291 151 171 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Björn Scheuermann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß

June 11, 2026

AI legislation trajectory

by Alex Gakuru

Greetings from Nairobi. At this rate, good Kenya will go very far -- but in the wrong direction. Shared just in case It would be an interesting research case study? regards, Alex

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