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Public values

Within education and research, we work together to create a secure digital environment. How do we safeguard autonomy, justice and humanity in a world of increasing digitalisation and vendor dependence? Public values guide us and help us make the right decisions. In what way are these values intertwined with SURF's activities?
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Podcast: What you need to know about... Nextcloud

In the quest for greater digital sovereignty, the name Nextcloud is increasingly dropping as an alternative to big-tech providers such as Microsoft. What is Nextcloud? What makes this alternative interesting? And why are we not switching en masse (yet)? Listen to the podcast

Open source alternative for collaboration and document management

Education and research move forward with Nextcloud

SURF will roll out the collaboration platform Nextcloud on a wide scale. After successful experiences during an internal pilot and a pilot with the AlgoSoc consortium, SURF members will soon be able…
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drie studenten in gesprek aan tafel achter hun laptop

Nati Sack: responsible tech

AI could make people more creative

For philosopher and AI researcher Nati Sack, responsible AI is not just a concept to reflect upon. It is a way of doing things, of taking responsibility and of making conscious decisions. "Developers make what people want."
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Nati Sack gefotografeerd buiten in tuin

"I love the solidarity within the SURF cooperative"

Paul Hillman: man on a mission

Paul Hillman is CIO of the MUMC+. Until a year ago, he regularly walked around in the uniform of the US Air Force. Two completely different worlds with one important similarity, according to Paul: a mission focused mindset. "IT is not important, what matters to me is the people," he says.
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Paul Hillman staat in de gang en leunt tegen een glazen wand

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The collaboration utopia episode 2: Hold on or let go

On the opportunities and risks of international collaborations in education and research and what administrators need to do. With Alexander van den Hill of SURF and cyber security expert Bert Hubert. Listen now to the new episode of the series The Collaboration Utopia.
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podcastopname in de SURFstudio met Sanne Koenen en Bert Hubert

Book publication (only in Dutch)

Publieke waarden zijn fundamentele aspecten bij een robuuste sociaal-technische onderwijsomgeving. Lees wat SURF hierover publiceerde in het boek "Multidisciplinaire aspecten van digital security" (februari 2022).

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Publieke Waarden

Onderwijs- en onderzoeksinstellingen werken hard om studenten en medewerkers een goede en veilige digitale omgeving te bieden. Daarbij worden we geconfronteerd met dilemma’s: hoe borgen we waarden als rechtvaardigheid, autonomie en menselijkheid, terwijl aan de andere kant de afhankelijkheid van dominante commerciële partijen groeit? De community publieke waarden gaat over het samen verkennen van deze dilemma’s, het vormen van visie en het delen van praktische tools en hulpmiddelen.
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