The Academic Quarter with Andreas Kaminski on 15 November 2023

The lunchtime talks, organised in loose sequence every semester, are an opportunity to gain insights into current research areas of colleagues within the university in an informal format. Topics of research policy can also be the subject. The events will be held in hybrid form in the summer semester 2023 in the lecture hall of the ULB/UG.

About the lecture:

There is a fundamental dependence in what we consider as our knowledge on what others tell us about “the world”. This fundamental dependence makes us vulnerable to both deception and disinformation. We have to ask ourselves what strategies can be used to react to this dependency. Is it possible to eliminate disinformation primarily through education (better information) or even by technology? Or is a primarily normative response needed? Are there any alternatives?