"Data↔Worlds" – Final Conference of the Second Funding Phase at Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden

The Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden is pleased to announce the international conference “Data↔Worlds”, which will take place from September 28 to 30, 2026, at TUD Dresden University of Technology (TUD). The conference marks the conclusion of the lab's second funding phase (2024–2027), which examines the interactions between data-based technologies and social realities under the guiding theme of “Data↔Worlds”.
The conference will explore the multifaceted relationships between data worlds and political decision-making processes, social inequalities, cultural expressions, and ecological conditions. Different forms of knowledge, questions of power and participation, and the role of imaginations, narratives, and images surrounding the topic of data will play a central role.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers:

• Louise Amoore (Professor of Political Geography, Durham University)

• Joanna Zylinska (Professor of Media Philosophy + Critical Digital Practice, King's College London)

• Manuela Naveau (Professorin für Interface Cultures / Critical Data, Kunstuniversität Linz)

The conference is designed as an open and diverse exchange. It brings together scientists, artists, and practitioners who have collaborated with the Schaufler Lab in a variety of ways in recent years—in academic seminars, symposia, exhibitions, experimental art formats, video productions, and publications. “Data↔ Worlds” offers a space to look back together, share experiences, and develop new perspectives for future projects.