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In a constantly changing world, it is essential for researchers to anticipate the technological developments taking shape and to reflect on the fundamental changes in terms of uses and economic models, and more broadly on changes in society. Research lights our way forward, helping to shape a completely digital but nonetheless entirely human future.

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Virtual reality for addiction treatment: The importance of social plausibility in simulated situations.

Addictologists consider that virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) offers patients a hybrid environment, where they can simultaneously be within the secure walls of the hospital (a bubble in which ordinary life is almost put on hold) and outside the hospital, in situations that could lead to relapse. They see it as a means to minimise the stark opposition between inside and outside that characterises hospitalisation and to give patients the power to take action for themselves by allowing them to train virtually.
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Are we all “addicted” to our screens? A socio-historical look at how digital technology has been pathologised through the prism of addiction.

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Improving the security of information systems with digital twins

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Leveraging Mobile Phone Data to understand Temporary Migration in Senegal

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“I lost track of time”: how we get caught up in digital applications?

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A User-Centred Approach to AI Explainability

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How to make AI explainable?

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