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About iHub

Value-driven research & design

Welcome to iHub, Radboud University's interdisciplinary research hub on Digitalization and Society. iHub brings together a diverse range of scholars from across the humanities, social sciences, engineering and natural sciences to tackle urgent questions raised by the increased digitalization of society.

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Who are the people behind iHub?

Meet our team

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Upcoming events

Speakers' Corner

Speakers' Corner - June 2025

by Jaap-Henk Hoepman

16:00 | 17-06-2025

E.19.03 - Seminar room

Seminar

What's wrong with educational AI? A philosophical and pedagogical critique by Michal Wieczorek

by Michal Wieczorek

15:30 | 01-07-2025

Seminar room E.19.03

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iLab

Within iHub there is a group of software developers and designers working on (software) prototypes for the greater good.

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Projects

Some example of what we do here at iHub

PROJECT

Digital good
The digital disruption of health research and the common good: an empirical-philosophical study.
Solidarity & justice, knowledge & expertise

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Do algorithms know better? First-person authority in the age of big data
This project investigates the tensions between algorithmic authority and first-person authority, and develops a map of the relevant ethical implications.
autonomy & freedom, knowledge & expertise

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EHDS
The European Commission recently proposed the European Health Data Space (EHDS) which aims to facilitate secondary use of health data. in this project we intend to discuss the challenges, pitfalls, and potential criticalities underlying the proposed realization of the EHDS, while also pointing to viable alternatives and possible solutions to the issues identified.
solidarity & justice, freedom & democracy

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Polymorphic Encryption and Pseudonimisation
Polymorphic Encryption and Pseudonymisation: privacy and security by design in a medical research context.
privacy & identity, knowledge & expertise

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PostGuard: encryption for all
This project addresses the fundamental societal problem that encryption as a technique is available since decades, but has never been widely adopted, mostly because it is too difficult or cumbersome to use for the public at large.
Security and privacy

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Predictive policing and its discriminatory risks
The Dutch Crime Anticipation System (CAS) has been embraced as a step towards forward-looking crime prevention, but it has also been criticized for its potential discriminatory effects in both design and application. This project focuses on whether CAS has risks of discrimination and what interventions are possible to mitigate this risk.
Solidarity & justice, Freedom & democracy

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Private law, cybersecurity and privacy
Looking into the existence, scope and enforcement of legal cybersecurity obligations, in particular in the realm of the protection of personal data.
privacy & security, solidarity & justice

PROJECT

PubHubs
PubHubs is a new public value driven social network.
Freedom & democracy, Privacy & security

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Agenda

Overview of the upcoming events

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Upcoming events

Seminar

Seminar - Prof. T.E. Swierstra

by Prof. dr. T.E. Swierstra

15:30 | 14-10-2025

Seminar room E.19.03

Seminar

Seminar - dr. Kamara

by dr. Irene Kamara

15:30 | 30-09-2025

E.19.03

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News

The latest updates on what's going on at iHub

23-04-2025

The Digital Dilemma

Article

16-05-2024

Prof. Tamar Sharon has been appointed as new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Article

23-04-2025

The Digital Dilemma

16-05-2024

Prof. Tamar Sharon has been appointed as new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

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Want to collaborate?

NAME

EMAIL ADRESS

ORGANIZATION

CONTACT

Laura Hoekjan

ihub@ru.nl
POSTAL

Radboud University

Erasmusplein 1

6525 HT Nijmegen

The Netherlands

LOCATION

19th floor of the Erasmus-building at the Radboud University

Interdiciplinary research hub on digitalization and society