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Platform governance
In our research on platform governance, we investigate how corporate goals and social values can be balanced on online platforms.
Data governance
We develop robust data governance frameworks and models to provide practical solutions for good data governance policies.
Artificial intelligence and society
The future of artificial Intelligence and society operates in diverse societal contexts. What can we learn from its political, social and cultural facets?
Digitalisation and sustainability
In terms of sustainability, digitalisation faces countless opportunities and challenges. We explore how technology is used responsibly.
Open higher education
We explore the use of open higher education & edtech to create, share and disseminate knowledge for all in our knowledge society.
Digital future of the workplace
How will AI and digitalisation change the future of the workplace? We assess their impact, and the opportunities and risks for the future of work.
SMEs and AI-Startups: How to keep track
HIIG has been supporting the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Centre Berlin in the _Gemeinsam digital project as a consortium partner since 2016. We report from the AI company delegations: Which AI…
Myth: AI understands me, but I can’t understand it
We can contribute multiple perspectives to designing and implementing AI systems that impact us all differently.
When your next sex date is only zero feet away. Geolocal technology and gay male online dating with the app Grindr in Berlin (Part 1)
How does the search for non-committal sex inscribe itself into daily routines that homosexual men use to shape their lives in Berlin? For the Digital Society Blog, the author presents various central theses from his research.