Center for Digital Narrative

17/06/2026

Are you someone who’s really passionate about narratives and the way that stories shape the way we see and understand the data and information in our world?

We are seeking a motivated and academically strong candidate for a PhD Research Fellowship in Narrative Data Visualisation at the Center for Digital Narrative, connected to the data visualisation researchers at the Informatics and Jill Walker Rettberg's European Research Council Advanced Grant .

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303954/phd-research-fellowship-in-narrative-data-visualisation

Institutt for informatikk ved Universitetet i Bergen
Digital Culture at the University of Bergen
Det humanistiske fakultet, UiB

Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Narrative Data Visualisation (303954), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, August 30, 2026

04/06/2026

New on the AI Update: Da Pope! Jhave and I talk about the Pope's encyclical on AI: Magnifca Humanitas. And we train Claude to answer ethical questions on the Pope's behalf, and then hear from Claude itself: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jE2veiaDqqxuYXWEnocPC?si=c2f8a4fe700b4e29

Off Center · Episode

19/05/2026

The deadline for submissions for the After Virtual Reality: Extending Immersive Narrative Symposium has been extended to May 31st! https://www4.uib.no/en/research/research-centres/center-for-digital-narrative/featured/cfp-after-virtual-reality-extending-immersive-narrative-symposium

What are immersive narratives becoming? Call for submissions.

15/05/2026

It was wonderful to host iGGi, and we look forward to future collaborations.

Our latest iGGi adventure started last week, on Sunday 26 April 2026, when 16 iGGi PGRs and Staff travelled to Bergen where the first two parts of our Norway Research Exchange were had!

30/04/2026

Throwback Thursday - What happens when we treat AI not just as a tool, but as a character? In this episode of Off Center, guest host Jill Walker Rettberg sits down with Lukas Wilde to explore the evolution of AI personas. Drawing on transmedia theory and the "Eliza effect," Wilde breaks down three ways we encounter AI: as fictional robots (like Star Trek’s Data), as co-authors in creative media, and as interactive agents in our daily lives.

From theme park mascots to "multiverses" of chatbot inconsistency, they discuss how our deep-seated habits of fictional role-play shape how we perceive machine intelligence.

28/04/2026

On the new AI Update: a candid, slightly cynical deep dive into the ethical quagmires currently reshaping the tech landscape on The AI Update. This episode tackles everything from the military entanglements of Anthropic and Palantir to the unsettling rise of AI-driven bioweapons and global cyber warfare. Amidst a flurry of deepfakes and "supervillain" corporate maneuvers, the duo questions whether humanity is truly prepared for the automated future it is so aggressively building.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2O3ueu3v5ZEYWe8wNJ8zns?si=b6881cd53c134acb

Off Center · Episode

24/04/2026

Throwback Thur... Friday - Listen to the full episode here
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Wn9iCBR9zTc9nNFBMFDL8?si=0de9d549de284509

23/04/2026

Open call for papers for the After Virtual Reality: Extending Immersive Narrative Symposium organized by the XDN research project. The symposium will include up to 20 participants and a related exhibition will take place during the same period. Dates: symposium 19-21 October 2026. Abstract submissions due by 17 May 2026:

What are immersive narratives becoming? Call for submissions.