Apéro Digital has successfully concluded after seven events bringing together innovators, policymakers, and civil society around digital transformation and value-based innovation. The initiative captured key outcomes in infographic artifacts.

Under what conditions can interdisciplinary research units thrive, and what forms of impact are relevant and measurable for them? These were the questions addressed by the DSI Strategy Lab «Impact of Interdisciplinary Research». On June 2 and 3, 2026, 18 representatives from the research community, funding institutions, and science policy circles gathered in Herzogenbuchsee to lay the groundwork for a position paper scheduled for release after the summer.

More data, better cities? Not necessarily. In the latest DSI Insights, DSI Professor Esra Suel explains why digitalisation opens up new answers – but also shapes which questions get asked in the first place.

The DSI Community Education invites early-career researchers to submit contributions to the 2nd DSI Community Education Conference. The interdisciplinary forum on AI and digital technologies in learning and teaching takes place in December.

As the National Research Program Digital Transformation (NRP 77) comes to a close, a new wave of digital change, driven by artificial intelligence, is already underway and needs to be addressed, says Abraham Bernstein, DSI Director and former chair of the NRP 77 steering committee.