Collective (re)evolution: towards a decolonising program for the digital rights field in Europe

25 July 2025
World Business Background

RESEARCH QUESTION  The question that is addressed in this research is: How can a decolonizing program for the European digital rights field be designed and implemented?  The decolonizing program is co-designed by researchers and/or members from the digital rights field and social, economic and racial justice organizations, to address power dynamics in the field and…

Creating an open and secure IoT infrastructure for monitoring and preventing emergencies in landlocked mountainous countries: the case of Kyrgyzstan

25 July 2025
Project team members setting wireless sensors in the field in Kyrgyz Republic

RESEARCH QUESTION  Can we use the Internet of Things in a rough environment to detect landslides and other threats while developing an open and secure infrastructure?  The research takes place in the Kyrgyz Republic.  WHY IS THIS RESEARCH IMPORTANT?  Due to the geographic location of the Kyrgyz Republic, the risk of mudslides and flooding is…

Potentials of Green Coding

25 July 2025
Background with plants and the title "Green coding"

RESEARCH QUESTION  The research aims to answer three research questions: (1) What concepts of programming software in an environmentally friendly way (“Green Coding”) exist for software development in general? (2) What concepts of environmentally friendly software engineering processes are already in place in the Internet industry? and (3) How can Green Coding concepts be implemented…

Developing the Internet Microscope

25 July 2025
Image of a mobile phone and cables.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS This research project aimed to understand the relationship between Internet traffic, energy consumption, and how people use digital services in their everyday lives. The central question was: How does the traffic volume and energy requirement of Internet services support what people do in everyday life? What kinds of traffic may be wasteful because…