21. Jul 2025
From Rejection to Regulation: Mapping the Landscape of AI Resistance
In this workshop, Can Şimşek and Ayşe Gizem Yaşar open the discussion on their report on AI resistance, with a comment by Theresa Züger.
22. Jul 2025
XIXth Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance”
In this workshop, current research in the field of privacy, surveillance and data protection will be discussed.
30. Jul 2025
Digitaler Salon: There's no app for that!
A comparison of AI approaches in the EU & USA: can we reconcile politics, business and society under a democratic umbrella?
09. Oct 2025
Risik narratives in the field of privacy, surveillance, and data protection
An interdisciplinary conference on how risks are told, explained and communicated in the context of modern data processing.Past events
Dealing with hostility in science communication
In this summer school on hostility towards science communication, you will learn how to deal...
07. Jul 2025
Long Night of the Sciences 2025
Whether for future-themed walks, card games, AI quizzes or the HIIG Turing test: come along...
28. Jun 2025
Digitaler Salon: Wissen für alle!?
In the June issue, we look at what successful knowledge transfer looks like and the...
25. Jun 2025
Diamond Open Access as a Collective Project
HIIG and Verfassungsblog jointly invite you to a workshop to discuss the blueprint for collaborative...
12. Jun 2025
Digitaler Salon: Rausreguliert?
In the May issue we discuss the regulations of the AI act and which implications...
28. May 2025
Overcoming the digital backlog in German municipalities through data governance (II)
This digital learning call is about HIIG's new Data Governance Guide - date option 20...
20. May 2025
Overcoming the digital backlog in German municipalities through data governance (I)
This digital learning call is about HIIG's new Data Governance Guide - date option 14...
14. May 2025
Digitaler Salon: High-Tech und Hands-On
In the april episode we look at the state of technology and how it's used...
30. Apr 2025
DSA Research Network: Second Meeting of the Circle of Friends
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is organising an expert roundtable as...
14. Apr 2025
Girls' Day at HIIG: Science in Girls’ Hands
We invite you to this year's Girls' Day at HIIG to gain an insight into...
03. Apr 2025
Was ist AI4Good?
In this two-part workshop as part of the transform_d Summit, AI4Good projects are invited to...
28. Mar 2025
Spotlight: Strengthening Democracy Against Polarisation
In this issue, we shine the spotlight on growing polarisation and ways to combat it.
27. Mar 2025
Digitaler Salon: Mind the Gap
In the March issue, we discuss the impact of digital spaces on our ability to...
26. Mar 2025
Digitaler Salon: Update Unbekannt?
In the February issue, we discuss the future and how to dare shaping it proactively,...
26. Feb 2025
Empowering Futures: Women, AI, and the Future of Work
The Spring School promotes the active participation of women in technological change through interdisciplinary collaboration...
17. Feb 2025
Spotlight: Disinformation and the German election
In this issue, we shine the spotlight disinformation and the German election.
10. Feb 2025
Digitaler Salon: Gesprächsklimawandel
In the January issue of the Digitaler Salon, we discuss information flows and the changing...
29. Jan 2025
International Observatory on Information and Democracy (OID): A Major New Report on the State of News Media, AI and Data Governance
MSD & launch of the OID report on information ecosystems and troubled democracy with policymakers...
29. Jan 2025
Human in the Loop: Human and machine in lending decisions
The final event of the first case study in the Human in the Loop project...
20. Jan 2025
Spotlight: Community Notes statt Faktencheck
In this issue, we shine the spotlight on Mark Zuckerberg's recent decisions on fact checks...
16. Jan 2025
Diamond Open Access verankern: Netzwerke und Community-Pflege
This multi-stakeholder format will focus on networks and community care in the field of open...
15. Jan 2025
Diamond Open Access verbreiten und stärken: Qualität, Reputation und Transparenz
This multi-stakeholder format will focus on the quality, reputation and transparency of open access.
12. Dec 2024
Open Access als verfassungsrechtliches Gebot? Juristische Kommentare als Vermittler des Rechts
This is the kick-off of the webinar series “Legal Perspectives on Diamond Open Access” organized...
10. Dec 2024
XVIIIth Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance”
In this workshop, current research in the field of privacy, surveillance and data protection will...
10. Dec 2024
Digitaler Salon: Pixel statt Pinsel
The November issue focuses on the influence of generative artificial intelligence on creativity in professional...
27. Nov 2024
Diamond Open Access erfolgreich organisieren und gestalten
This multi-stakeholder format will focus on governance structures and sustainable organisational principles of open access.
13. Nov 2024
Workshop on Micro-Credentials about Artificial Intelligence
This workshop offers an insight into the foundation module of the micro-credential course “Unpacking AI”.
08. Nov 2024
Workshop on Micro-Credentials about Data
This workshop offers an insight into the foundation module of the micro-credential course “Mastering Data”.
08. Nov 2024
Kick-Off for the Circle of Friends
The aim of this expert roundtable is to establish a network on issues relating to...
07. Nov 2024
Digitaler Salon: Faster, better, smarter?
In the October issue we discuss the future of urban planning and which perspectives are...
30. Oct 2024
Diamond Open Access Flashlight
This webinar is part of the International Open Access Week on "Community over Commercialization".
24. Oct 2024
Gemeinsam finanzieren, gemeinsam profitieren: Diamond Open Access nachhaltig gestalten
This is a multi-stakeholder workshop on collaborative funding of Diamond Open Access publications.
17. Oct 2024
Kim Lane Scheppele: Democracy at risk – The autocrat's spyware?
In this session, we discuss how the use of surveillance technologies is increasingly undermining democratic...
16. Oct 2024
AI and warfare
The HIIG and the University of Bonn are co-organising an international conference on ‘AI and...
16. Oct 2024
Zukunft der Content Moderation durch effektive Mensch-Maschine-Kollaboration
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is organising a roundtable on the...
07. Oct 2024
Mitbestimmtes People Analytics
This virtual workshop is all about people analytics in the past and future.
30. Sep 2024
Digitaler Salon: DJ AI
The September edition of the Digitaler Salon is all about music and the impact of...
25. Sep 2024
2nd Workshop on ‘Public Interest AI’
The HIIG will co-host a workshop at the 47th German Conference on AI.
23. Sep 2024
Dealing with hostility in science communication
We look at the hostility towards science communication and how to deal with such challenges...
23. Sep 2024
Digitaler Salon: KI und Kokolores
The August edition of the Digital Salon is all about science communication and how it...
28. Aug 2024
Quantum Computing: Societal issues of a new technology
On the sixth NoC learning call, we want to have a closer look at the...
27. Aug 2024
Zustimmen oder ablehnen? Personalisierte Werbung und Inhalte im Internet
This citizens' workshop is about your perception of and opinion on personalised advertising and content...
09. Aug 2024
Digitaler Salon: Desinformation im Faktencheck
The July edition of the Digitaler Salon is all about disinformation and whether, how and...
31. Jul 2024
XVIIth Interdisciplinary Workshop »Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance«
The workshop will discuss current research in the research field of privacy, surveillance, and data...
23. Jul 2024
AI20: Artificial Intelligence in the Global Context
In this panel discussion, the global impact of AI and best practices will be discussed....
18. Jul 2024
Autonomous Systems & Interfaces
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Ruhr University Bochum...
04. Jul 2024
Carola Westermeier: Money as a digital technology
In this issue, we will discuss the evolution of virtual money, how we deal with...
03. Jul 2024
Digitaler Salon: Wie bitte?
The June edition of the Digitaler Salon is all about easy language and how digital...
26. Jun 2024
Impact von Marketing und Vertrieb für Startups
This discussion & book presentation is about challenges for founders of young, innovative & growth-oriented...
24. Jun 2024
Long Night of the Sciences 2024
Whether to play games, program code, take part in a Pub Quiz oder enquiry the...
22. Jun 2024
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Interdisciplinary [art and research] chapbook workshop
HIIG is organizing an interdisciplinary workshop focused on the intersection of art, AI, and music...
30. May 2024
Digitaler Salon: Damage Control
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
29. May 2024
Rob Kitchin: Navigating Smart Cities
In this session, we will discuss equal access to technology and decision-making, social justice and...
14. May 2024
Examining Freedom of Online Communication Across Transatlantic Borders
This academic roundtable juxtaposes current understandings of freedom and fosters intensified transatlantic cooperation.
30. Apr 2024
Bridging the gap: Safeguarding Online Freedom Across the Atlantic
Experts discuss the interplay between communication rights and freedom of expression on the internet at...
29. Apr 2024
Girls' Day: Science in Girls' Hands
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), in cooperation with the Hacker...
25. Apr 2024
Digitaler Salon: (De)voted
In the April issue, we talk about how essential media skills & democracy education can...
24. Apr 2024
Access all areas? Research data access under the DSA
In this session, we will look at how the DSA aims to level the playing...
23. Apr 2024
Platform Regulation and Democracies
We co-organise a summer school in India on the topic of platform regulation and democracies...
21. Apr 2024
Human in the Loop: Kreditvergabe im Fokus
The Rountable on credit granting is the kick-off event for the Human in the Loop...
10. Apr 2024
Digitaler Salon: Quanten statt Quaken
In our March issue, we discuss the complexity of weather forecasting and how AI &...
27. Mar 2024
Focus topic Digital Services Act (DSA)
We will discuss important takeaways of the DSA, and different positions that academics occupy in...
26. Mar 2024
The Concept and Regulation of Data Protection
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is organizing an expert workshop on...
18. Mar 2024
Digitaler Salon: Gekommen, um zu regeln
DSA - and now? We discuss the new rights and obligations for platforms and the...
28. Feb 2024
The basis of all good? New regulatory tools in DSA & Co.
The Network of Centers (NoC) Learning Call series continues with its second edition. Samson Esayas...
27. Feb 2024
Ally or Adversary: Examining the Impact of Large Language Models on Academics and Academic Work
In this online lecture, Dr. Jörg Pohle will talk about the impact of Large Language...
14. Feb 2024
Digitaler Salon: Fahrplan 4.0
In the January issue of the ‘Digitaler Salon’, we discuss how autonomous mobility could serve...
31. Jan 2024
Dr. ChatGPT: The use of LLMs in academia
In this Learning Call, Benedikt Fecher presents a study on the use of ChatGPT in...
30. Jan 2024
Not my Existential Risk! The politics of controversy in an age of AI
On behalf of the international research project Shaping 21st Century AI, the Alexander von Humboldt...
29. Jan 2024
Conference: Shifting AI Controversies
This conference will be centered around prompts, provocations & problematisations for society-centered AI.
29. Jan 2024
To share or not to share: can data sharing be a viable strategy in platform competition?
This event is the second installment of the discussion series on "Exploring Platform Alternatives: Shaping...
13. Dec 2023
XVI. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance
The workshop will discuss current research in the research field of privacy, surveillance, and data...
12. Dec 2023
Digitale Kommunikation und gesellschaftliche Steuerung
On 30 November and 1 December 2023, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and...
30. Nov 2023
Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient
How big is the 'gender data gap' in medicine really and how can we combat...
29. Nov 2023
Laboratory for citizen participation: Better air quality through a traffic turnaround?
We would like to develop ideas with them in an active workshop on what ideal...
25. Nov 2023
Online-Panel | Krieg in Nahost: Umgang mit Hassrede im Netz
Online-Panel zum Phänomen der Hassrede im Netz mit anschließenden praktischen Handlungsempfehlungen für den aktuellen Kontext.
22. Nov 2023
Daniel Miller: The global evolution of smart technologies
Daniel Miller's keynote will provide insight into the results of ten years of ethnographic research...
21. Nov 2023
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Women in the tech sector in Mauritania
In this dialogue, we want to explore the gender perspective within the tech-sector in Mauritania.
04. Nov 2023
Inspirational talk: Women* who inspire in technology
An inspirational talk by Fatimetou Mohamed-Saleck sharing her personal journey, challenges, and triumphs as a...
04. Nov 2023
Lunch Talk: Abstruse Characteristics of People Participation
In his Lunch Talk, Sharique Hassan Manazir talks about citizen participation through digital platforms in...
31. Oct 2023
Ideathon on Gender Equality and Equity in the Tech-Sector
Ideathon on Gender Equality and Equity in the Tech-Sector
27. Oct 2023
Inspirational talk: Women* who inspire in technology
An inspirational talk by Omuoy Henag on her personal journey, challenges and triumphs as a...
27. Oct 2023
Digitaler Salon: Mentale Mietfläche
How is the value of our data created in the attention economy? And how can...
25. Oct 2023
AoIR 2023: AI Systems for the Public Interest
Workshop: AI Systems for the Public Interest 18 October 2023 Co-located with the AoIR...
18. Oct 2023
From 'Big Tech' to 'Small Tech': Values, Norm-Building, and Open-Source
This event is the first installment of the discussion series on "Exploring Platform Alternatives: Shaping...
12. Oct 2023
Workshop: Shifting AI Controversies
An experts workshop on the topic "Are the AI controversies we have the AI controversies...
05. Oct 2023
Workshop: Digital Platforms, Gender & Cultural Policy
A workshop on the effectiveness of policies to establish a base for socioeconomic advancement and...
28. Sep 2023
Digitaler Salon: Frozen Eye
Big Bad Brother? We look at facial recognition software for surveillance purposes and the balancing...
27. Sep 2023
Interactive Workshop: AI explained in human terms
In this workshop you can explore two explanatory models for a better understanding of AI.
27. Sep 2023
KI 2023: AI Systems for the Public Interest
Workshop: AI Systems for the Public Interest 26 September 2023 Co-located with the 46th...
26. Sep 2023
Lorenz Hilty & James Maguire: Digitising the environmental paradigm
These lectures by Lorenz Hilty & James Maguire give an insight into the challenges of...
19. Sep 2023
10 Years of Internet Policy Review
Join us in celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Internet Policy Review.
19. Sep 2023
Experts Dialogue | Data models in public administration
The Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft organises an experts dialogue as part...
08. Sep 2023
Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient
How big is the 'gender data gap' in medicine really and how can we combat...
30. Aug 2023
Webinar II: Mapping Public Interest AI
Learn about AI in the public interest & join our collective project.
24. Aug 2023
Webinar I: Mapping Public Interest AI
Learn about AI in the public interest & join our collective project.
22. Aug 2023
Digitaler Salon: Friede, Freude, Meinungsvielfalt?
The road to the EU's digital regulatory package was long, but is it really over...
26. Jul 2023
Workshop: Making Sense of the Future
In cooperation with the bpb, HIIG invites you to try out the new methodological toolkit...
21. Jul 2023
Threats to Democracy: Climate Misinformation and Gender Related Disinformation
This deep dive explores strategies and tactics for addressing gender-based and climate misinformation.
20. Jul 2023
XV. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the fifteenth interdisciplinary...
18. Jul 2023
Sustainable Funding and Organisation of Journals
In this webinar we discuss the possibilities of sustainable funding and organisation of journals.
03. Jul 2023
Journal Workflows: from Submission to Communication
In this webinar, we will discuss magazine workflows and offer practical support.
30. Jun 2023
Digitaler Salon: Großbaustelle Daten
We ask ourselves how data sharing between local actors can be successful for public good...
28. Jun 2023
Advice from the advisory board: Potential of social media councils
How do we keep the balance between social change and structural institutionalisation? How should platform...
27. Jun 2023
Lunch Talk | The Theory of Artificial Immutability: Protecting Algorithmic Groups under Anti-Discrimination Law
In this lunch talk, we look at AI-based approaches to solving sustainability challenges.
27. Jun 2023
Lunch Talk | National Platforms in a World of Global Platform Giants: The Case of Russian Domestic Competitors
In this lunch talk, we look at Russian platforms in competition to global competitors.
08. Jun 2023
Multi-stakeholder dialogue: A Gender Perspective on the Tech-Sector
The dialogue centres on the gender perspective within the tech-sector in Ecuador.
07. Jun 2023
Inspirational Talk in Ecuador: Women* who inspire in technology
This event presents the working world of a woman in the technology sector.
07. Jun 2023
Digitaler Salon: Faktenfieber
We ask ourselves what are the consequences of hostility towards science and what is necessary...
31. May 2023
Inspirational Talk in Mexico: Women* who inspire in technology
This event presents the working world of a woman in the technology sector.
26. May 2023
Multi-stakeholder dialogue: A Gender Perspective on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Tech-Sector
The event centres on the gender perspective within the AI and tech-sector in Mexico and...
24. May 2023
Lunch Talk | AI, Predictive Modeling and Sustainability
In this lunch talk, we look at AI-based approaches to solving sustainability challenges.
23. May 2023
Potentials of Small Tech: What can we learn from the small platforms?
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, together with the Bertelsmann Foundation, is...
16. May 2023
Scholar-led publishing: Practice tips and perspectives
The Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft invites you to our closing workshop...
16. May 2023
How to organize Edtech at the University
To share insights on the future of digital teaching at universities, we would like to...
12. May 2023
Democracy & Platforms: The Digital Services Act (DSA) Milestone and What Matters Now
Do we need new models of social participation in the rules and design of the...
04. May 2023
Gina Neff: Making AI work for us
This lecture by Gina Neff gives an insight into how AI can work for us.
03. May 2023
Girls’ Day at HIIG
Making Sense of the Future – Science in girls' hands
27. Apr 2023
Digitaler Salon: Nur mal kurz die Welt retten?
We ask ourselves what hurdles stand in the way of small start-ups as drivers of...
26. Apr 2023
Decentralisation as Democratisation: Mastodon instead of Platform Power
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, together with the Bertelsmann Foundation, is...
18. Apr 2023
Lunch Talk Series I How India Became a Global Hub for IT Outsourcing and Consulting
In this lunch talk we will explore how India became a global hub for IT...
17. Apr 2023
Digitaler Salon: Von Gig zu Gig
We ask ourselves how digitalisation transforms the gig economy and how platforms can become more...
29. Mar 2023
Online Roundtable Discussion: How can we accelerate the production and adoption of e-government services in Morocco?
This event explores frameworks towards building and strengthening digital infrastructures for the expansion of e-government...
17. Mar 2023
Digitaler Salon: Chatbot potentia est!
We discuss what kind of impact Chat GPT will have on education in the future.
22. Feb 2023
Multi-stakeholder dialogue: Artificial intelligence and sustainability
This Event will focus on the promises and perils of applying AI to tackle climate...
14. Feb 2023
Multi-stakeholder dialogue: Digital entrepreneurship for climate
This Event will explore the potential of digital entrepreneurship in Mexico in order to mitigate...
13. Feb 2023
Hackathon I Developing explanatory models for AI
Within this workshop we will look at artificial thinking and how we can explain it...
03. Feb 2023
Digitaler Salon: Green Surveillance
We ask if and how digital solutions can contribute to the protection of exisiting forests...
25. Jan 2023
Lunch Talk Series I Digitalisation, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship
In this lunch talk we will explore digital pathways to sustainability.
14. Dec 2022
XIV. Interdisciplinary Workshop »Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance«
The Fourteenth Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance” is taking place on 13 December...
13. Dec 2022
Digital technology for rainforest protection
The growing importance of digital technologies for sustainable rainforest and climate protection is accompanied by...
13. Dec 2022
Digitaler Salon: Blinded by the Hype?
As part of Open Access Week 2022, we ask how equitable global access to knowledge...
30. Nov 2022
Green technology, digital entrepreneurship and climate
At this event we will take a closer look at the challenges that Vietnamese entrepreneurs...
30. Nov 2022
Green technologies: Opportunities and challenges for sustainable digitalisation working for climate
At this event we will discuss the opportunities and challenges that digital technologies offer.
25. Nov 2022
Infrastructures of Autonomy I Conference
This conference discusses the conditions, structures and relationships that constitute both human and machine autonomy.
25. Nov 2022
Beate Rössler on Autonomy and its Political Infrastructures | Keynote address
This conference discusses the conditions, structures and relationships that constitute both human and machine autonomy.
23. Nov 2022
Lunch Talk Series I Digitalisation & Sustainability I Protection of Natural Resources
In this lunch talk we will explore digital pathways to sustainability.
17. Nov 2022
Towards a fairer online platform economy in Kenya
This event is dedicated to exploring pathways for a sustainable regulation of online labour markets...
09. Nov 2022
Workshop: Making Sense of the Future
In cooperation with the bpb, HIIG invites you to try out the new methodological toolkit...
04. Nov 2022
Berlin Science Week: Programmed discrimination!?
Within this event, experts will discuss the (un)fair game in the use of algorithms and...
02. Nov 2022
Digitaler Salon: Wissen MACHT Klima
As part of Open Access Week 2022, we ask how equitable global access to knowledge...
26. Oct 2022
Workshop II Artificial thinking explained in human terms
Within this workshop we will look at artificial thinking and how we can explain it...
20. Oct 2022
Workshop: People Analytics in der betrieblichen Praxis
The panel will discuss issues surrounding the malicious use and abuse of AI systems from...
19. Oct 2022
Stefania Milan: Resistance in the datafied society
This lecture by Professor Stefania Milan gives an insight into resistance in the datafied society.
06. Oct 2022
Public presentation: Study on the sustainable spatial transformation of the Innovation and Training Park (ITP) Prizren
The Event will be held in English with an Albanian simultaneous translation. Please find the...
05. Oct 2022
The Future of Platform Supervision: On the Implementation of the DSA in Germany (Part II)
The talk between Klaus Müller and Wolfgang Schulz continues with the distinguished Conversation Series Insights...
29. Sep 2022
Digitaler Salon: Spirit in the Cloud
We discuss how religion is changing through the digital age.
28. Sep 2022
The Future of Platform Supervision: On the Implementation of the DSA in Germany (Part I)
The talk between Tobias Schmid and Wolfgang Schulz continues with the distinguished Conversation Series Insights...
22. Sep 2022
Workshop I Artificial thinking explained in human terms
Within this workshop we will look at artificial thinking and how we can explain it...
02. Sep 2022
Digitaler Salon: (Alb-) Traum 36°C und Dachgeschoss?
Whose world views dominate and what power structures become visible in the digital maps of...
31. Aug 2022
David Betz: Warfare in the digital age
This talk gives an insight into warfare in the digital age.
29. Aug 2022
Malicious (ab)use of Artificial Intelligence
The panel will discuss issues surrounding the malicious use and abuse of AI systems from...
29. Aug 2022
Future Health Morning Booster
The Workshop Future Health - Morning Booster: The Female Data Gap is taking place on...
25. Aug 2022
Digitaler Salon: Diese Karte ist nicht verfügbar
Whose world views dominate and what power structures become visible in the digital maps of...
27. Jul 2022
The future of online labour markets and regulation of the platform economy
This panel discussion focuses on the regulation of two-sided labour markets in Kenya and Ghana.
26. Jul 2022
Policies towards fairer online gig work
This multi-stakeholder-dialogue seeks to make policy reccomendations for the regulation of gig-work in Kenya and...
25. Jul 2022
AI for social good?
This panel discussion examines the application of AI for sustainable entrepreneurship in Africa.
07. Jul 2022
Sustainable digital entrepreneurship in Benin
This multi-stakeholder dialogue addresses sustainable digital entrepreneurship in Benin and Francophone West and Central Africa.
06. Jul 2022
XIII. Interdisciplinary Workshop "Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance"
The Thirteenth Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance” is taking place on 5 Juli...
05. Jul 2022
Digitaler Salon: Alles schon mal da gewesen…?
In May, we address whether legally regulated sharing of data is compatible with further control...
29. Jun 2022
Lunch Talk Series I Grand Challenges, Digitalisation & Sustainability
In this lunch talk we will explore digital pathways to sustainability.
22. Jun 2022
AI and the Public Interest Workshop
The AI and the Public Interest Workshop is taking place on June 13, 2022.
13. Jun 2022
Future Health-Morning Booster
The Workshop Future Health - Morning Booster: Der Weg zur Pflege 4.0?! is taking place...
03. Jun 2022
Digitaler Salon: Keeping up with the Gatekeepers
Is the legally regulated sharing of data compatible with further control mechanisms, such as data...
25. May 2022
Kanta Dihal: How the world sees intelligent machines
This talk will introduce culture-specific visions of technology from around the world and discusses if...
11. May 2022
Artificial Intelligence and the Human – Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction
Current debates on artificial intelligence often conflate the realities of AI technologies with the fictional...
11. May 2022
Digitaler Salon: Expertise in der Krise
We address the tension that digital tools open up for researchers through science communication: On...
27. Apr 2022
Globalizing the European Media Order: The Brussels Effect in Times of Crisis
The talk between Renate Nikolay and Wolfgang Schulz continues with the distinguished Conversation Series Insights...
07. Apr 2022
Diamond Open Access gemeinsam absichern: Qualitätskriterien, Förderbereiche und Möglichkeiten der Mitbestimmung
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Alexander von Humboldt...
07. Apr 2022
Digitaler Salon: Unable to Reconnect
How does it affect the digital society if critical infrastructures are so decoupled by laws...
30. Mar 2022
Krisztina Rozgonyi and Marius Dragomir: Freedom of expression in Central and Eastern Europe
This talk will examine the media systems in Central and Eastern Europe and how we...
21. Mar 2022
KI in der Arbeitswelt: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen und Handlungsfelder für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung – Workshop III
The workshop is aimed at managers and company representatives with an interest in the use of...
02. Mar 2022
Great Expectations: What Research Expects from Platforms and Platforms from Research
The talk between Wolfgang Schulz and Susan Wojcicki, CEO YouTube, is the inaugural event of...
10. Feb 2022
KI in der Arbeitswelt: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen und Handlungsfelder für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung – Workshop II
The workshop is aimed at managers and company representatives with an interest in the use of...
10. Feb 2022
Closing event for the project "The Ethics of Digitalisation"
Closing event for the project "The Ethics of Digitalisation" with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
07. Feb 2022
KI in der Arbeitswelt: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen und Handlungsfelder für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung – Workshop I
This workshop focuses on AI in the context of work.
25. Jan 2022
XII. Interdisciplinary Workshop "Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance"
The Twelfth Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance” is taking place on 14 December...
14. Dec 2021
Digital Sustainability or Sustainable Digitality?
3rd annual conference of the working group »Digitalisation as a Challenge for Sociological Theory«.
02. Dec 2021
Digital Lunch Talk - Open Innovation and Grand Challenges
In this fourth talk we will explore how to realize the potential of this research...
30. Nov 2021
Digitaler Salon: Digital Society - Nerds Only?
Where do we stand when it comes to the digitalisation of the health system?
24. Nov 2021
Helen Kennedy: Everyday life in times of datafication
Helen Kennedy will talk about the relationship between existing social inequalities and datafication.
16. Nov 2021
AirBnB, Uber, Lieferando: Die Zukunft der Wirtschaft?
A panel discussion as par of the Berlin Science Week on current research on the...
03. Nov 2021
Datenschutz by Design in der (Vollzugs)Praxis – Workshop für Expert*innen
Workshop on the audit methodology of Art. 25(1) GDPR and effective transparency and intervention measures...
28. Oct 2021
Digitaler Salon: Digital Hell's Care?
Where do we stand when it comes to the digitalisation of the health system?
27. Oct 2021
Scholar-led and community-paid?
A panel discussion with the Open Access Bureau Berlin (OABB) on academic Open Access publishing.
26. Oct 2021
Digitaler Salon: Machine Gun Learning
In September, we will talk about autonomous weapon systems. The talk will be held in...
30. Sep 2021
Infrastrukturen der Autonomie
We will discuss the various interpretations of the concept of autonomy. The event will bei...
29. Sep 2021
Platform Entrepreneurship & Society – Lunch Talk
In this third lunch talk we explore possible alternatives for Platform Entrepreneurship that are both,...
27. Sep 2021
Judith Simon: The ethics of AI and big data
This talk will examine how fundamental rights and moral values can be accounted for in...
06. Sep 2021
EDIT-A-THON Intersectional AI Toolkit
A co-creation workshop on intersectional approaches to AI, organized in cooperation with our partners from...
01. Sep 2021
Digitaler Salon: Cookies make you lose control
In August, we will talk about digital self-determination. The talk will be held in German.
25. Aug 2021
Digitaler Salon: Plattformen im Konflikt
In July, we will talk about politics, society and social media platforms. The talk will...
28. Jul 2021
Digitaler Salon: Lost in Regulation
In June, we will talk about regulations of internet platforms. The talk will be held...
30. Jun 2021
Genia Kostka: Big data dreams and local reality in China
This talk will examine the intended and unintended consequences of incorporating digital technologies into local...
15. Jun 2021
Artificial Intelligence & Work – Lunch-Talk
In this second lunch talk, we explore how researchers can study the adoption of Artificial...
10. Jun 2021
Dialogtag: Stärkung für junges und digitales Engagement
The HIIG hosts a hybrid event on the support of young and digital engagement. The...
08. Jun 2021
Digitaler Salon: Click Chat Love
In May, we will talk about Online-Dating and how it changed during the lockdown. The...
26. May 2021
Digital Entrepreneurship & Society – Lunch-Talk
In this first lunch talk we will explore how – and what this means for...
18. May 2021
Digitaler Salon: Vom Fließband zur KI
In April, we will talk about the implications of AI in the workplace. The talk...
28. Apr 2021
Roundtable: Plattformen im Engagement – Fachveranstaltung zum Dritten Engagementbericht
The HIIG will host a roundtable on Platforms in civic engagement. The event will be...
16. Apr 2021
Digital Future Talk: Andrew Burt on Data, Cyberspace and the Dangers of the Digital World
Andrew Burt (Visiting Fellow at Yale University) will talk about Data, Cyberspace and the Dangers...
14. Apr 2021
Digitaler Salon: KI – Die Letzte räumt das Internet auf
In January, we will talk about education and digitalisation. The talk will be held in...
31. Mar 2021
CfP: The First Annual Conference of the Platform Governance Research Network
A three-day online conference seeking to bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers who produce...
24. Mar 2021
Jan-Werner Müller: The critical infrastructure of democracy
Political parties and professional media are undergoing major structural transformations today. The lecture will offer...
09. Mar 2021
Digitaler Salon: Schulicon Valley
In February, we will talk about the future of school. The talk will be held...
24. Feb 2021
Datenwerkstatt: Fachveranstaltungen zum Dritten Engagementbericht
The HIIG will host a workshop on data and digitalisation for civil society organisations (in...
17. Feb 2021
Online-Werkstattgespräch: Neue Regeln für das Internet
Neue Regeln für das Internet: Deutschland und die Cybergovernance 2021 mit der Cyberbotschafterin Deutschlands, Dr....
11. Feb 2021
Digital Health - Networking for Value. Networking for Wealth.
To what extent can new infrastructures be created for a healthy and self-determined life in...
28. Jan 2021
Digitaler Salon: Das zoomende Klassenzimmer
In January, we will talk about education and digitalisation. The talk will be held in...
27. Jan 2021
State and Economy - Data and Money | Presentation of four current books from the HIIG series "Internet and Society
Invitation to the book presentation of four current new publications.
13. Jan 2021
Iyad Rahwan: How to trust machines?
Machine intelligence plays a growing role in our lives. Today, machines recommend things to us,...
16. Dec 2020
Fachveranstaltungen zum Dritten Engagementbericht - Digitalisierungswerkstatt
The HIIG will host a workshop on digitalisation for civil society organisations. The event will...
08. Dec 2020
Anwesenheit, Kommunikation und Interaktion im Raum der Digitalisierung
Zweite Tagung des Arbeitskreises Digitalisierung und Soziologische Theorie zum Thema Raum und Digitalisierung.
03. Dec 2020
Digitaler Salon: Steckt eine "App" in happiness?
In November we will talk about Mental-E-Health. The talk will be held in German.
25. Nov 2020
AI and Content Moderation - Closing event of the first research sprint
A panel discussion on the results of the first research sprint of the project ethics...
11. Nov 2020
Sustainable Digitalisation in Urban Areas
A panel discussion on the overarching question of how to enable sustainable digitalisation in cities...
03. Nov 2020
Citizens, give us your problems! How to Open Data without giving it away
Workshop as part of the Berlin Science Week about how to Open Data without giving...
03. Nov 2020
Digitaler Salon: Swipe for President
In October, we will talk about E-Voting. The talk will be held in German.
28. Oct 2020
Tilman Santarius: Making digitalisation work for the climate!
Digitalisation is one of the biggest transformation processes of our time - everyone agrees on...
26. Oct 2020
Roundtable IV: AI and Women*
The aim of this event series is to continue the exchange between different interest groups...
13. Oct 2020
Digitaler Salon: Der Fall der Paywall
In September, we will talk about open access. The talk will be held in German.
30. Sep 2020
Workshops on Sustainable Open Access: Strategies for scholar-led publishing
The aim of these workshops is to connect and activate publishing institutions and journals in...
29. Sep 2020
Roundtable III: AI and Sustainability
AI and climate - (how) do they fit together? Economic growth vs. sustainability - what...
21. Sep 2020
Roundtable II: Inclusive AI
The aim of this event series is to continue the exchange between different interest groups...
10. Sep 2020
Digitaler Salon: The troll next door
In August, we will talk about how our online discussions differ from personal conversations. The talk...
26. Aug 2020
1st Pop-Up Lab: Inclusive AI? The challenges of automated tools in HR
The aim of this event series is to continue the exchange between different interest groups...
24. Aug 2020
Roundtable I: AI and IoT
The aim of this event series is to continue the exchange between different interest groups...
19. Aug 2020
Launch event for the project "The Ethics of Digitalisation"
What rules do we need if we want to develop AI that serves the public...
17. Aug 2020
Digitaler Salon: Diskriminierung vorprogrammiert?
Das Internet nehmen viele als offenen und diversen Ort wahr. Doch schon eine kleine Google...
29. Jul 2020
Screening: twentyforty - Utopias for a Digital Society
We kindly invite you to the screening of the twentyforty film - utopias for a...
14. Jul 2020
Exhibition: twentyforty - Utopias for a Digital Society
The twentyforty exhibition explores the digital utopias of 13 visionary researchers from different fields of...
02. Jul 2020
Digitaler Salon: Technik hautnah
In June, we will talk about fashion and technology. The talk will be held in...
24. Jun 2020
Workshop on Empirical Approaches in Platform Governance Research
In this virtual workshop we are seeking to bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers...
17. Jun 2020
The Corona Crisis and International Law: 1st Digital International Law Salon
Wie kann es gelingen, die Krise, die durch die COVID-19-Pandemie verursacht wurde, durch globale Zusammenarbeit...
04. Jun 2020
Platform Entrepreneurship in Europe: Which Business Models are Viable and Sustainable?
Global digitisation has enabled US platform companies to gain global reach and significant market power....
03. Jun 2020
Digitaler Salon: Data Kolumna
In May, we will talk about data and journalism. The talk will be held in...
27. May 2020
Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network - AUC Regional Conference 2020
On May 27, 2020 the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network in partnership with the African...
27. May 2020
Joanna Bryson: The role of humans in an age of intelligent machines
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the information age are bringing us more information about ourselves and...
25. May 2020
twentyforty talks - A drink with Burkhard Schafer
Burkhard Schafer's play “Digital Pharaohs” depicts a society where people routinely train AIs on their...
19. May 2020
Verbraucherschutz und Meinungsfreiheit in Sozialen Netzwerken
In Kooperation mit dem HIIG geht es in der Veranstaltung von 14 bis 18 Uhr...
14. May 2020
Security in Cyberspace: dynamics, limits and opportunities
Wondering how cyberspace can bring challenges and solutions for interstate relations? So come join us...
14. May 2020
Online-Werkstattgespräch: Rechtsfreie Datenräume?
Wer die Definitionsmacht über den in Datenstrukturen abbildbaren Inhalt hat, schafft „Datenräume“, welche die soziale...
12. May 2020
(Bibliotheks-)Konsortien für gebührenfreies Open Access
Viele der aktuellen wissenschaftspolitischen Positionen und Aktivitäten finanzieren Open-Access-Publikationen über Gebührenmodelle.
05. May 2020
Digitaler Salon: Digital ist man weniger allein?
In April, we will talk about the potential aftermath of social distancing. The talk will...
29. Apr 2020
Livestream: Philipp Staab – The crises of digital capitalism
For around 50 years, digital technologies have been the key to economic transformation. However, it...
27. Apr 2020
twentyforty talks - A Drink with Preeti Mudliar
Is a rebellion against technology sustainable in a digitally connected world? Preeti Mudliar's short story...
22. Apr 2020
twentyforty talks - A drink with Dirk Baecker
Following the digital launch of the twentyforty anthology at the beginning of April, we are...
15. Apr 2020
Livestream only: Digitaler Salon – Grün hinter dem Bildschirm
In March, we will talk about how digitasation influences our climate.
25. Mar 2020
Cancelled: Lina Dencik – Justice in the Datafied Society
Cancellation of the event due to COVID-19 Due to the immediate measures decided on 11...
23. Mar 2020
Cancelled: Book Launch: twentyforty - Utopias for a Digital Society
We are pleased to celebrate the launch of our freshly printed book twentyforty – Utopias...
18. Mar 2020
Digitaler Salon: Faster, harder, E-Scooter?
In February, we will talk about how our cities change as e-mobility services like carsharing,...
26. Feb 2020
Decrease in universality and abstractness thesis in the development of new human rights - Lunch Talk mit Mart Susi
The presentation by professor of Human Rights Law Mart Susi will give an overview of the research...
26. Feb 2020
Workshop: Logistics meets AI
More and more delivery services and logistics companies of the last mile have to divide...
25. Feb 2020
digital macht stadt – Visionen der vernetzten Stadt
On 20th February, a panel discussion on future visions and narratives for the technological transformation...
20. Feb 2020
Sybille Krämer: Cultural history of digitisation
It is often assumed that digitisation and computer technology are inseparably linked. However, digitality is...
13. Feb 2020
Digitaler Salon | Essen auf Rädern
In the January edition of the Digitaler Salon we will discuss how our consumer habits...
29. Jan 2020
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen: The power of platforms and how publishers adapt
Today, more people follow the news via platform companies like Facebook and Google than via...
16. Dec 2019
XI. Interdisciplinary Workshop "Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance"
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the Eleventh Interdisciplinary...
10. Dec 2019
Digitalisierung als Herausforderung für die Soziologische Theorie
Mit der Tagung streben wir einen sachlichen Diskurs über das Phänomen der Digitalisierung als konzeptuelle...
06. Dec 2019
Smart City Digital Governance - Lunch Talk with Ellen P. Goodman
Following the assumption that IT news outlets represent an avant-garde of technologically and socially interested...
04. Dec 2019
Digitaler Salon: The Hashtag is Alt-Right
Whether it’s members of the Identitarian movement, Pegida or right-wing factions: Right-wing populists and movements...
27. Nov 2019
Many Worlds. Many Nets. Many Visions
The HIIG is organising an IGF side event on critical voices, visions and vector for...
26. Nov 2019
digital macht stadt – KlimaStadt
Digitale Technologien werden oft als Lösung für die Herausforderungen der Zukunft betrachtet, so auch im...
20. Nov 2019
Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media - Lunch Talk with Marc Smith
Following the assumption that IT news outlets represent an avant-garde of technologically and socially interested...
18. Nov 2019
Shoshana Zuboff: Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy
The collection and analysis of data is changing the way economies operate. Are these changes so...
06. Nov 2019
Blockchain for Science - Con 2019
HIIG associated researcher PD Dr. Sönke Bartling is inviting to Blockchain for Science - Con...
04. Nov 2019
Digitaler Salon: Score me maybe?
Score me maybe? Bewertungssysteme entscheiden schon jetzt über Kreditvergabe. In China geht das sogenannte Social...
30. Oct 2019
Translating Science: What’s good and what’s not?
Researchers are more and more expected to help solving problems faced by the society and...
01. Oct 2019
Impact School 2019
The Impact School is an international and interdisciplinary 3-day training, targeting young and upcoming researchers.
30. Sep 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Beep, beep, wir haben uns alle lieb
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
25. Sep 2019
Influencing the digital transformation? – Rethinking culture & participation!
Funded by the Hans Boeckler Foundation the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society...
23. Sep 2019
Internet Governance: Chancen für den Mittelstand
Der Mittelstand steht dem digitalen Wandel nicht „gegenüber“ – er ist mittendrin.
11. Sep 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Hashtag e.V.
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
29. Aug 2019
Armin Nassehi: What problem does digitalisation solve?
Digital technology has revolutionised the world in just a few years: our relationships, our work...
28. Aug 2019
The IT blogsphere and its impact on digital policy – Lunch Talk
Following the assumption that IT news outlets represent an avant-garde of technologically and socially interested...
07. Aug 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: In dubio pro Data
Online data is like fingerprints for investigators today. Chat messages and data in the cloud...
31. Jul 2019
City to Go
Elektroroller auf dem Gehweg, private Autos unterwegs als Taxis und zu wenig Wege für viele...
15. Jul 2019
X. Interdisciplinary Workshop ”Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance”
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the Tenth Interdisciplinary...
05. Jul 2019
Autonomous weapon systems – realities and imaginaries of future warfare
On 4th July the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is organising...
04. Jul 2019
Picture it! What data visualisations can do for science
On 3rd July Elephant in the lab are organising their next Meetup session. If you...
03. Jul 2019
Louise Amoore: Our lives with algorithms
From detecting anomalies in the landscape of medical images to drone footage to the influencing...
01. Jul 2019
The Memes are alright – Memes, democracy und youth work
On 27 June the Center for Internet and Human Rights (CIHR) and la Red e.V....
27. Jun 2019
Workshop: Sicherheits- und Strafrecht im Angesicht der Digitalisierung
On June 27 the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is organising...
27. Jun 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Zurück in die Zukunft
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
26. Jun 2019
Long Night of the Sciences 2019
On 15th of June, 2019, the HIIG opens its doors during the Long Night of...
15. Jun 2019
José van Dijck: Europe and responsible platform societies
The growing pains of digitisation involve intense struggles between competing ideological systems and contesting societal...
05. Jun 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Ende der Kreidezeit
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
29. May 2019
Justice 4.0. – Lunch Talk with Franziska Oehmer
On 22 May an open brown-bag lunch will be held in the HIIG kitchen. Franziska...
22. May 2019
Critical AI Studies & The Epistemic Ensemble of Deep Learning | Lunch Talks
Prof. Jonathan Roberge and Prof. Michael Castelle are guest researchers at the Alexander von Humboldt...
15. May 2019
The futures of eHealth
On 29 & 30 April the HIIG is inviting to a conference on The futures...
29. Apr 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: E-dentifiziert?
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
24. Apr 2019
Privacy and Machine Learning – Pitfalls and Solutions | Lecture with Frank Kargl
When processing personally identifiable information (PII) in machine learning systems, there are a number of...
24. Apr 2019
Dirk Baecker: Digitalisation and the next society
A new era in human society is beginning with digital media. While language, writing and...
16. Apr 2019
Talk: Is one hour enough to protect human rights online?
Is one hour enough to protect human rights online? The EU seems to think so....
09. Apr 2019
IX. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance
On 9 April 2019 the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) and...
09. Apr 2019
Thinking about robots
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is organising a workshop on 4...
04. Apr 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: plattform.coop
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
27. Mar 2019
The Normative Order of the Internet: Norms, Actors and Normative Figurations - Lunch Talk with Matthias C. Kettemann
Matthias C. Kettemann will discuss and defend his concept of a coherent normative order of...
07. Mar 2019
Eva Illouz: Capitalist subjectivity and the internet
In her lecture, Eva Illouz takes a closer look at the dating app Tinder. In...
06. Mar 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Daddelbusiness
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
27. Feb 2019
City Making in the Digital Age
Eager to showcase themselves as innovative and future ready, cities worldwide are implementing a variety...
21. Feb 2019
Leave our democracy to chance in the future?
This event will be held in German. As part of the project DECiDe - Digital...
31. Jan 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Zahlen, die malen
Once a month, we will discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digital Salon....
30. Jan 2019
Fake News, Online disinformation and democratic processes in Europe
With the European Parliamentary elections on the horizon, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet...
11. Jan 2019
Andreas Reckwitz: Digitalisation and society of singularities
The late-modern society produces singularities. It does no longer aim at the general, standardized...
11. Dec 2018
VIII. Interdisciplinary Workshop »Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance«
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the Eighth Interdisciplinary...
11. Dec 2018
Digitaler Salon: Alles nur gefakt?
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
28. Nov 2018
Nick Couldry: Colonised by data – the hollowing out of digital society
The current datafication of society not only brings about another iteration of capitalism, but also...
20. Nov 2018
Privacy in Germany – Discussion with UN Special Rapporteur Joe Cannataci
Together with the Society for Civil Rights (GFF) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) the Alexander...
09. Nov 2018
Digitaler Salon: LANgelegt
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
31. Oct 2018
Data protection and regulation in Brazil - Lunch talk with Clara Iglesias Keller
Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann will talk about the normative order of the internet.
31. Oct 2018
Formal Methods Meet Privacy - Lunch talk with Sibylle Schupp
Sibylle Schupp, Associate Researcher at HIIG and professor for computer science at Hamburg University of...
10. Oct 2018
Transatlantic Conference: Building Common Approaches for Cybersecurity and Privacy in a Globalized World
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) organises – in cooperation with...
01. Oct 2018
Digitaler Salon Special: Gewissensbytes
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
26. Sep 2018
Stephen Graham: The politics of urban digital infrastructures
Already more than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and this number...
24. Sep 2018
Finding the essence. Businesses facilitating knowledge transfer
Startups play an increasing role in facilitating knowledge transfer processes, including the transfer of scientific...
17. Sep 2018
Impact School 2018: Science Transfer in the 21st Century
There is a pressing need for informed expertise from virtually all fields of academic research...
17. Sep 2018
Approaching datafication from the perspective of social justice
The Data Justice Project will advance a research framework for studying datafication that is rooted...
13. Sep 2018
Lunch Talk: A fast moving technology like AI
On 12 September, we were hosting a lunch talk on the societal impact of artificial...
12. Sep 2018
5 Years of Internet Policy Review
Internet Policy Review (IPR), our open access journal on internet regulation, turned five this year. On...
04. Sep 2018
From Spotify to YouTube – Potentials and Challenges for Music Platforms
Online platforms have disrupted the music business. Users of streaming services such as Spotify enjoy...
04. Sep 2018
Digitaler Salon: Appschuften | Talk
Permanent vacation in a virtual working paradise? How do digital nomads work and when does...
29. Aug 2018
The future of Open Access in Germany
At this meeting we will discuss the DEAL negotiations and the future of Open Access...
13. Aug 2018
Digitaler Salon: Rest in Pixels | Talk
Rest in pixels. Chatbots, holograms, digital clones: Dead and forever in cyberspace? How do we...
25. Jul 2018
Data Access Rights - Lunch talk with Alfred Früh
Alfred Früh, Visiting Researcher at HIIG, will address the question whether law should provide access...
17. Jul 2018
Social robots as an interface - Lunch Talk with Thomas Christian Bächle
Thomas Christian Bächle, co-head of the research programme "Digital Society" at HIIG, talks about social...
11. Jul 2018
VII. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the Seventh Interdisciplinary...
10. Jul 2018
Telemedicus summer conference
The annual Telemedicus summer conference (Soko18) will be taking place from 30 June - 1...
30. Jun 2018
Digitaler Salon: Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht? | Talk
How do smart apps and journeys through the cyberspace change our perception of time? Do...
27. Jun 2018
Content Moderation and Platform Accountability - Lunch talk with Martin J. Riedl
Martin Riedl wants to discuss and emphasize current developments in research about content moderation
27. Jun 2018
The smart way for the energy revolution
The Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is inviting to a symposium about the potentials...
22. Jun 2018
The Politics of Patterns - Lunch talk with Mareile Kaufmann
Mareile Kaufmann wants to offer you a new angle on the debate about big data,...
20. Jun 2018
A constitution for social media? - Lunch talk with Edoardo Celeste
In his lunch talk Edoardo Celeste, fellow at HIIG, deals with the question of digital...
13. Jun 2018
Meetup: Understanding the impact of science
Scientists are increasingly asked to foster the societal impact of their research. But what exactly...
11. Jun 2018
Long Night of the Sciences
On 9th of June, 2018, the HIIG opened its doors for the second time during...
09. Jun 2018
Workshop: Copyright and Music in the Global South
The current international system for protecting intellectual property and its global expansion date back over...
06. Jun 2018
Digitaler Salon: Mistgabel 4.0 | Talk
Mistgabel 4.0 – agricultural drones, automated farms and smart breeding. How can digitisation make food...
30. May 2018
Facebook Forum: Community Standards
On the evening of May 17th the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society invites to...
17. May 2018
Algorithmic Imaginaries - Lunch talk with Astrid Mager
Astrid Mager, guest researcher at HIIG, deals with the question which role norms, values and...
16. May 2018
Marion Fourcade: Social order in the digital society
Modern institutions, both public and private, rely on tools and procedures that track individuals, assess...
07. May 2018
Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index: European Launch
Ranking Digital Rights ranks the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies on their...
02. May 2018
“We are on a mission”. Exploring the role of future imaginaries | Workshop
Please register in advance via the form below until the 25th of April. “We are...
27. Apr 2018
Talk Series Digitaler Salon: Directed by Data
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
25. Apr 2018
Workshop: Back to the Basics – Deconstructing Intellectual Property Protection for Music
Recent legal disputes regarding music have revolved around the question whether the new song is...
19. Apr 2018
VI. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance (Bochum Edition)
The Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), in cooperation with the Alexander...
10. Apr 2018
Digitaler Salon: Catch me if you scan | Talk
Preventing crimes before they were committed: Could algorithms and big data possibly lower the level...
28. Mar 2018
Workshop: The turn to artificial intelligence in governing communication online
The technology underlying artificial intelligence research has increasingly found applications in the area of content...
20. Mar 2018
Elena Esposito: Future and uncertainty in the digital society
What does knowing through algorithms and AI mean? How does AI shift our understanding and...
12. Mar 2018
Data Collaboratives: Can Privately Collected Data Become an Asset for the Public Good? – Lunch talk with Stefaan G. Verhulst
OPEN BROWN-BAG LUNCH Lunch talk with Stefaan G. Verhulst: Data Collaboratives: Can Privately Collected Data...
01. Mar 2018
Digitaler Salon: LOL war gestern | Talk
Cat falls off the sofa: Roflmao, epic fail! How does humour work on the web,...
28. Feb 2018
Workshop: The Future of Sampling – Transformative Art or Copyright Infringement?
Plenty of sampling cases have reached the courts in Europe and the US over the...
28. Feb 2018
Internet Bill(s) of Rights – Lunch talk with Edoardo Celeste
Image: © N. Egger – E. Celeste OPEN BROWN-BAG LUNCH Lunch talk with Edoardo Celeste:...
21. Feb 2018
Digitaler Salon: App's Anatomy | Talk
The doctors in the phone track our cycle or analyse the blood sugar level. Have...
31. Jan 2018
Christoph Neuberger: Democracy and public sphere in the digital society
What happens with our central democratic values like freedom, equality and truth in the digital...
30. Jan 2018
Nudging and Digital Platforms | Workshop
Are digital platforms the new ‘iron cages’ of society? Will Big-Data-based nudging lead us into...
10. Jan 2018
Manuel Castells: Power and counter-power in the digital society
How is power constituted in the digital society? Who is powerful – and how can...
12. Dec 2017
V. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the Fifth Interdisciplinary...
05. Dec 2017
Digitaler Salon: Hacking the Elfenbeinturm | Talk
Hacking the Elfenbeinturm – Behind paywalls and bookshelves: How can science have a greater impact...
29. Nov 2017
Workshop: Collecting Societies and Music – History, Current Challenges, and Ways Ahead
Collecting societies represent the interests of creatives and exercise their rights. At the same time,...
22. Nov 2017
Artificial Intelligence and Inclusion Symposium
Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers Official Meeting Symposium Website OVERVIEW / CONCEPT Artificial...
08. Nov 2017
Privacy and Cyber Security on the Books and on the Ground | Transatlantic Conference
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) organised – in cooperation with New...
06. Nov 2017
Data journalism and data analysis of social networks
Please note: This workshop is not a public event but on invitation only. This data...
03. Nov 2017
Blockchain for Science - Hack'n'Share Weekend
HIIG associated researcher PD Dr. Sönke Bartling is inviting to a Hack'n'Share Weekend on Blockchain...
27. Oct 2017
Digitaler Salon: iCare for you | Talk
iCare for you – Plush robots, smart walking aids and digital conversation partners: Could machines...
25. Oct 2017
Algorithmic Decision Making and its Human Rights Implications
Please note: This workshop is not a public event but on invitation only. With the...
12. Oct 2017
Questioning the inclusion of ‘cyberfraud’ in the ambit of cybercrime - Lunch talk with Sagwadi Mabunda
OPEN BROWN-BAG LUNCH Lunch talk with Sagwadi Mabunda: Questioning the inclusion of ‘cyberfraud’ in the ambit...
11. Oct 2017
Presentation and Awards | Game Jam: Unveil the privacy threat
On 7 and 8 October 2017 we run a Game Jam to explore solutions for...
08. Oct 2017
Game Jam – Unveil the privacy threat
On 7 to 8 October 2017, an event between Smart City, Privacy and Security topics...
07. Oct 2017
Digitaler Salon: World White Web? | Talk
World White Web? The event in September is dealing with digital colonialism: Inside the once...
27. Sep 2017
Translating critical perspectives on technology – Lunch talk with Zara Rahman
Zara Rahman will talk about the importance of building bridges between civil society and researchers...
27. Sep 2017
Disrupted! The Automotive Roundtable
On 13th September the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team at Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet...
13. Sep 2017
Researching Social Media governance and freedom of expression – Lunch talk with Chiara Poletti
Can SMPs be a space of free expression? The question relates not only to diverse...
06. Sep 2017
Digitaler Salon: Bei Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie Ihren Algorithmus | Talk
Longer and better living through personalised pills and nano-robots. Which influence does AI have on...
30. Aug 2017
Blockchainified scientific computations & the living knowledge network
HIIG associated researcher PD Dr. Sönke Bartling is inviting to discuss Blockchain & Open Science....
22. Aug 2017
Internet beyond megapolis – Lunch talk with Polina Kolozaridi
Russia is not only a huge country, but it is also very diverse in the...
07. Aug 2017
Beyond Online Copyright Enforcement – Lunch talk with Sharon Bar-Ziv
This presentation demonstrates some of the risks involved in potential misuse of online copyright enforcement...
02. Aug 2017
Digitaler Salon Special: Lost in Neuland?
Lost in Neuland? The event in June is dealing with digital election issues: German politicians...
26. Jul 2017
Towards P2P Online Voting Protocols – Lunch talk with Robert Riemann
Robert Riemann is a visiting researcher at the HIIG. He carries out his doctoral studies...
19. Jul 2017
DISRUPTED! at TOA
How are global data streems entangled into and shaped by the local political and economic...
13. Jul 2017
Social Conflicts and Academia: Taking Sides or Staying Neutral – Lunch talk with Melih Kırlıdoğ
Open Brown Bag Lunch at HIIG with associated researcher Melih Kırlıdoğ, HIIG research Max von...
10. Jul 2017
International Cybersecurity Policy – Lunch talk with Karsten Geier
Karsten Geier will share some experiences and insights into international cybersecurity policies, as gathered in...
05. Jul 2017
Telemedicus summer conference
Am 1. und 2. Juli 2017 findet die jährliche Telemedicus Sommerkonferenz (Soko17) statt. Wie in...
01. Jul 2017
Digitaler Salon: Ein Herz für Cyborgs | Talk
A heart for cyborgs. Smart robotic hands, leg prosthesis systems and printed organs: Is smart...
28. Jun 2017
IV. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the 4th Interdisciplinary...
28. Jun 2017
Infrastructuring Connectivity – Lunch talk with Asta Vonderau
How are global data streems entangled into and shaped by the local political and economic...
21. Jun 2017
Digitaler Salon: Internet killed the Videostar | Talk
Internet killed the Videostar! Which music emerges in the age of technological reproducibility? How are...
31. May 2017
Data Sprint on Digital Rights in the Telecom Sector
Ranking Digital Rights ranks the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies on 35...
23. May 2017
dwerft Conference
It's showtime: The research alliance dwerft – linked film & tv services presents the results of its four-year research...
12. May 2017
A living knowledge network | Event
Today, researchers interact 'offline' with their research devices and they document research results in traditional...
09. May 2017
Digitaler Salon: Out of the Dark | Talk
Out of the Dark! Darknet, drug-trafficking location and whistleblower’s hideout: should we disenchant the sacred...
26. Apr 2017
Digitaler Salon: Million Bitcoin Baby! | Talk
Million Bitcoin Baby! Blockchain instead of financial institutions and bitcoins instead of loose coins? Is...
29. Mar 2017
Digitaler Salon: Make Fakten relevant again | Talk
Make facts relevant again. Have emotions replaced reason? How can enlightened citizens oppose populism? How...
22. Feb 2017
IoT & Trust | Researchers Conference
From 22 to 23 February 2017, a transdisciplinary conference will take place at HIIG concerning...
22. Feb 2017
Towards Data Justice – Lunch talk with Arne Hintz
In this talk, Arne Hintz will explore what datafication means for social justice. He will...
01. Feb 2017
Digitaler Salon: Akademie der Autodidakten | Talk
Academy of Autodidacts. Will online platforms and YouTube channels become tomorrow’s further training centres? To...
25. Jan 2017
Anonymous drug markets on the Internet – Lunch talk with Meropi Tzanetakis
Meropi Tzanetakis will explore how resilient, global markets for drugs were able to emerge on...
18. Jan 2017
Beyond the black box – Lunch talk with Chris Baumann
The paper presented deals with the sociotechnical infrastructure that organises and maintains digital media players....
11. Jan 2017
Towards Data Justice? – Lunch talk with Arne Hintz
Am 1. Februar findet ein öffentlicher Brown-bag Lunch in der Küche des Instituts statt. Zu...
01. Jan 2017
Towards Data Justice – Lunch talk mit Arne Hintz
In this talk, Arne Hintz will explore what datafication means for social justice. He will...
01. Jan 2017
III. Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance“
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society kindly invites for the Third Interdisciplinary...
09. Dec 2016
Digitaler Salon: Internet der Sinne | Talk
Internet der Sinne. Sehen. Hören. Schmecken. Mit der Sinnmaschine Internet in die virtuelle Realität der...
30. Nov 2016
Blockchain for Lifesciences | Event
"Science is about trust, privacy and proof. So are the blockchain and cryptography." Blockchain organises...
29. Nov 2016
Remake Remix Rip-Off
You know about Bollywood. You might be a fan of Nollywood. But what do you...
24. Nov 2016
CHANGING THE PICTURE 2015
The film and television industry is heavily transformed by the usage of new technologies since ever...
17. Nov 2016
Digitaler Salon: Schutz der Pubertiere | Talk
Schutz der Pubertiere. Zwischen Zensur und ungebremster Neugier. Wie selbstbestimmt sind Jugendliche online unterwegs und...
26. Oct 2016
NoC Working Meeting @AoIR 2016
Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers Unofficial Meeting AoIR 2016 – Internet...
08. Oct 2016
Who rules the Internet?
Taking its cue from AoIR 2016 conference theme, the panel consisting of Kate Crawford, Fieke...
06. Oct 2016
#pre-AoIR: Legal Hackathon | Workshop
Pre-conference Workshop to the AoIR 2016 Legal Hackathon Building Standards of Privacy and Security-by-Design for...
05. Oct 2016
#pre-AoIR: The Internet Rules, But How?
#Pre-conference Workshop to the AoIR 2016 The Internet Rules, But How? A Science and Technology...
05. Oct 2016
AoIR 2016: Internet Rules!
In 2016, the annual conference of the Association of Internet Research will take place 5–8...
05. Oct 2016
Digitaler Salon: Game of Drones | Talk
Game of Drones. Sie töten. Sie überwachen. Sie retten Leben. Welche Chancen bieten Drohnen, welche...
28. Sep 2016
Digitaler Salon: Haters gonna hate? | Talk
Haters gonna hate? Digitale Zivilcourage und Strategien gegen Hate Speech. Wo liegen die Grenzen der...
31. Aug 2016
Digitaler Salon: Am warmen Polar | Talk
Am warmen Polar. Ich möchte kein Eisbär sein. Was war noch mal Klimawandel und wer...
27. Jul 2016
II. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data protection & Surveillance
Hiermit möchten wir Sie bzw. Euch gerne zum zweiten eintägigen offenen Workshop »Privacy, Datenschutz und...
30. Jun 2016
Digitaler Salon: Forever Punk!
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Jun 2016
From Alma Mater to Algo Mater
The keynote dialogue From Alma Mater to Algo Mater is the fourth event in the...
22. Jun 2016
The digital trade imbalance – Lunch talk with Susan Aaronson
Open Brown-Bag Lunch Lunch talk with Susan Aaronson: The digital trade imbalance At The Intersection...
22. Jun 2016
Long Night of the Sciences
On 11 June, 2016, the HIIG will open its doors for the first time during...
11. Jun 2016
Startup Clinics Talk: The App Economy in Europe
The App Economy in Eurpope — leading cities and best practices At our Startup Clinics...
09. Jun 2016
Digitaler Salon: Digital Abstinence | Talk
This month we tried to approach an 'endangered species': those who abstain from social media....
25. May 2016
The Role of Regulatory Authorities in the Governance of Data Protection
The institution of privacy and data protection commissioners has developed into a veritable success since...
20. May 2016
My data – My choice! What does the European Data Protection Reform offer us?
Filmvorführung von ‘Democracy. Im Rausch der Daten’, gefolgt von einem kurzen Vortrag und einer Diskussion...
28. Apr 2016
Digitaler Salon: Is this Utopia? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. Apr 2016
dwerft conference: The benefit of linked production data!
The research project dwerft – linked film & tv services is presenting its results in form...
12. Apr 2016
Digitaler Salon: It's a Match | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
30. Mar 2016
Big Data for President
The keynote dialogue Big Data for President! is the second event in the series Big data:...
14. Mar 2016
Digitaler Salon: After Work 4.0 | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
24. Feb 2016
Die Datenschutz-Richtlinie ist tot – lang lebe die Datenschutz-Grundverordnung!
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and the Walter-Hallstein-Institute for European Constitutional law...
11. Feb 2016
Big Data for Health. Who benefits?
The keynote dialogue Big Data for Health. Who benefits? is the second event in the series Big...
10. Feb 2016
Digitaler Salon: Dem Hölderlin sein Hashtag | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. Jan 2016
Interdisziplinärer Workshop: Privacy, Data protection & Surveillance
Hiermit möchten wir Sie bzw. Euch gerne zu einem eintägigen offenen Workshop zu den Themen...
04. Dec 2015
Internet & Society: Emerging topics and research communities
The Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC) will host its annual...
27. Nov 2015
Digitaler Salon: Fluchthelfer Smartphone | Talk
Navigator nach Europa, Sprachrohr in die Heimat. Wie hilft das Internet Menschen auf der Flucht? Digitale Konnektivität...
25. Nov 2015
Civil Disobedience Beyond the State III
The Right of Resistance in a Globalised World Liberal political philosophers have traditionally defended a narrow interpretation...
25. Nov 2015
Conference: CHANGING THE PICTURE 2015
The film and television industry is heavily transformed by the usage of new technologies since ever...
19. Nov 2015
Making Sense of Big Data
To watch the keynote speeches of the event, please go to our youtube channel here....
05. Nov 2015
Media communication between complexity and simplification
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society organises the conference "Media Communication between...
05. Nov 2015
Digitaler Salon: Porno vernetzt | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
28. Oct 2015
Digitaler Salon: Virtual Past | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
30. Sep 2015
Gikii 2015 in Berlin | conference
Welcome to the future… The future doesn’t look exactly as we imagined, only a handful...
24. Sep 2015
Early Stage Researchers Colloquium 2015
Hereby the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society announces the annual colloquium held...
24. Sep 2015
Privacy in Asia – Lunch talk with Abu Bakar Munir
Privacy in Asia: The Changing Regulatory Landscape Lunch talk with Abu Bakar Munir Monday, 7...
07. Sep 2015
Wikimedia–Salon: J=Journals. Which form of scientific publishing will prevail?
Please join us for the upcoming Wikimedia-Salon J=Journals, organised by Wikimedia Deutschland in cooperation with...
03. Sep 2015
Startup Clinics Talk: How to find the right co-founder?
More than 75% of all startups are started in Teams (DSM 2014). Especially complex businesses...
01. Sep 2015
Digitaler Salon: Everyone is a scientist | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
26. Aug 2015
Digitaler Salon: World Wide Weg. | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Jul 2015
Entrepreneurship Circle Meetup at HIIG
Together with our Startup Clinics team, the German Entrepreneurship Circle Berlin are organising their next...
09. Jul 2015
Werkstattgespräch with Martin Schallbruch
The Werkstattgepräche is a lecture series held at the juridical faculty of the Humboldt Universität...
07. Jul 2015
Werkstattgespräch with Bertold Huber
The Werkstattgespräche is a lecture series held at the juridical faculty of the Humboldt Universität...
30. Jun 2015
The Future of Privacy Governance
A conversation between Colin J. Bennett, University of Victoria, Canada, and Renata Avila, Web We...
29. Jun 2015
Digitaler Salon: Level Up! | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
24. Jun 2015
The War on Terror and the Deep Dilemma of Evidence
A workshop on The War on Terror and the Deep Dilemma of Evidence Kim Lane...
24. Jun 2015
Werkstattgespräch with Cornelia Rogall-Grothe
The Werkstattgepräche is a lecture series held at the juridical faculty of the Humboldt Universität...
23. Jun 2015
Innovation in the Games Sector – Do we need more protection or freedom?
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg are...
09. Jun 2015
Digitaler Salon: Social media for the bad | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. May 2015
iLINC Best Practice Sharing Event
The third Best Practice Sharing Event of the iLINC Network took place on 18 and...
18. May 2015
9th Berlin DH-Rundgang at the HIIG
The DH-Rundgang is an initiative by the Interdisciplinary Research Association for Digital Humanities in Berlin...
13. May 2015
Gabriella Coleman: Weapons of the Geek
Exploring digital spheres with Gabriella Coleman. Gabriella Coleman is on of the most (if not...
08. May 2015
Civil Disobedience Beyond the State II
The Digitalization of Disobedience from Whistleblowing to Anonymous From the Civil Rights Movement to Occupy,...
08. May 2015
Digitaler Salon: Mein Haus, dein Auto, unser Boot | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Apr 2015
Save Game – Legal Challenges in Game Preservation
The German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik) has identified the long-term preservation of access to...
22. Apr 2015
HIIG-Roundtable – VCs X Startups: Changing Perspectives on Business Models and their Potentials
After the last roundtable discussion on financing strategies and business models by phases in December...
21. Apr 2015
The Internet as a Challenge for State, Law and Society | discussion series
The Werkstattgepräche is a lecture series held at the juridical faculty of the Humboldt Universität...
14. Apr 2015
Digitaler Salon: Disobedience revisited | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
25. Mar 2015
Science 2.0 Conference
The 2nd International Science 2.0 Conference will take place from March 25 to 26, 2015 in...
25. Mar 2015
Linked Production Workshops 2015
Linked workflows, new technologies and standards determine the production, archiving and distribution of audiovisual media. Only those who improve their...
25. Mar 2015
General Online Research Conference 2015
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is partner of the annual...
18. Mar 2015
Digitaler Salon: Lasset uns tweeten | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
25. Feb 2015
Startup Clinics Talk: Sales for Startups
Sales for Startups: Four Experts Offer Tips & Advice. According to the Startup Genome Report...
05. Feb 2015
Digitaler Salon: User-generated Art | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
28. Jan 2015
Lunch Talk with Peter Thiel
Please note, that the event will be held in German – below you can find...
21. Jan 2015
Challenges and opportunities for law and public administration in the digital age | Workshop
The objective of the Seminar is to bring together relevant actors in a Technical-Academic dialogue...
16. Jan 2015
Open HIIG Club with Christian Stern
The german biologist Christian Stern just came back from a one year journey to the labs of...
10. Dec 2014
Privacy and data protection in times of big data, state surveillance and digital globalisation
The digital world with its transnational possibilities calls for solution focused debates on the protection...
03. Dec 2014
Digitaler Salon 'Spezial': Paducation. Digitales Lernen für eine digitale Welt? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
26. Nov 2014
Open HIIG Club with Wendy Hall
We are glad to welcome Dame Wendy Hall at Open HIIG Club. Wendy Hall is a is a professor...
25. Nov 2014
CHANGING THE PICTURE 2014
The film and television industry is undergoing huge technological change. For decades, the Industry has...
19. Nov 2014
dwerft CONFERENCE
dwerft - linked film & tv services – On 18 November 2014 the research alliance for new film...
18. Nov 2014
Open HIIG Club with Rafael Horzon
Rafael Horzon - furniture magnate, original genius und apple pie tycoon is a guest at Open Hiig Club....
12. Nov 2014
Civil Disobedience Beyond the State
From the Civil Rights Movement to Occupy, civil disobedience is an essential part of the...
30. Oct 2014
Digitaler Salon: Krisenberichterstattung in sozialen Netzwerken | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Oct 2014
Berlin Open Access Week: Generation Open
In keeping with the theme of this year's Open Access Week of "Generation Open", this...
22. Oct 2014
Open HIIG Club with Luciano Floridi
We are pleased to welcome Luciano Floridi at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society....
13. Oct 2014
Internet Governance. Actors, Technology, Content.
Only recently, the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, Turkey dealt with nothing less than the...
09. Oct 2014
Early Stage Researchers Colloquium 2014
The Berlin Early Stage Researchers Colloquium on Internet and Society 2014 was held in Berlin on...
09. Oct 2014
Digitaler Salon 'Spezial': Von kommunikativen Kühlschränken und selbstfahrenden Autos. Ist das Internet der Dinge mehr als eine Vision? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
24. Sep 2014
»dwerft«: linked film & tv workshops
Within the scope of the workshop-block 'Anytime, Anyway, Any Devices, workshops on the topic of...
16. Sep 2014
Digitaler Salon: WiFi Hotspot Serengeti. Entwicklungshilfe mittels Internet? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. Aug 2014
Digitaler Salon: Dr. Bing & Dr. Google. Suchen wir uns krank? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
30. Jul 2014
How to start up in Berlin
This year Tech Open Air will take place on July 16 and 17 at Alte...
17. Jul 2014
Digital civil disobedience
Am 7. Juli – 20.00 Uhr findet am Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft eine...
07. Jul 2014
Digitaler Salon 'Spezial': Online-Partizipation. Von Machern, Mitläufern und Motivierten.
Supported by the German Science Year "The Digital Society", we will have the opportunity to...
25. Jun 2014
Barcamp "Society 2.0"
The Barcamp ‘Society 2.0’ is organised by Wissenschaft im Dialog in cooperation with the Alexander...
13. Jun 2014
HIIG @ Factory Opening
When the "Factory", campus for founders & innovators, opens its doors on Wednesday 6 June,...
11. Jun 2014
Digitaler Salon: Wearables. Fit und schlank dank Smartwatch | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
28. May 2014
Startup Clinics Talks about how to onboard talents with KPMG
To utilize in the most efficient way the talents and the energy of the employees,...
27. May 2014
Open Journal Club with Anupam Chander
"Breaking the Web". At our next Open Journal Club, 5 May 2014 – 5pm, Anupam...
05. May 2014
Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance Models, Mechanisms and Issues
A Network of Centers (NoC) Event in the Series on the Collaborative Internet Governance Ecosystem...
25. Apr 2014
International Seminar on Internet Governance – Preparatory to NETmundial
Introduction On April 23-24, 2014 Brazil will be hosting the Global Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on the...
22. Apr 2014
General Online Research Conference 2014
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is partner of the annual...
05. Mar 2014
Startup Clinics Talks with Gitta Blatt
How to hire the best people for your startup We invited Gitta Blatt (Head of...
13. Feb 2014
Open Journal Club with James Evans
James Evans is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, a member of...
28. Jan 2014
Open Journal Club with Cornelius Puschmann
Cornelius Puschmann is an associate researcher at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. At...
15. Jan 2014
Workshop: Reforming Formats
Producing and protecting audiovisual formats in convergent media An international workshop – research meets practice
05. Dec 2013
NoC Regional Conference Germany 2013
Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers Events Series This event was part of...
23. Nov 2013
Chances and Risks of Social Participation
Participation is a key issue within Internet research and hence also for the Alexander von...
22. Nov 2013
Berlin Early Stage Researchers Colloquium 2013
The Berlin Early Stage Researchers Colloquium on Internet and Society 2013 will be held...
21. Nov 2013
Factory Summer Fair
We called and you came over - to meet our research project Innovation and...
02. Aug 2013
Cloud Computing and EU Data Protection Regulation
The workshop will bring together politicians, lawyers, and engineers for an interdisciplinary discussion on privacy...
26. Jul 2013
Open Journal Club with Julian Oliver
On the 3rd of July, Julian Oliver will be a special guest at the HIIG...
03. Jul 2013
"Spaces and things" - Berliner Wirtschaftsgespräche
In cooperation with Berliner Wirtschaftsgesprächen e.V., the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society...
13. Jun 2013
NoC Regional Con Turkey: ICT, Law, and Innovation
In collaboration with Bilgi University Istanbul, the recently launched global Network of Internet & Society...
23. May 2013
Test event 1 EN
01. Apr 2013
Berlin Colloquium for Internet and Society 2012
Within the trandisciplinary event "Berlin Colloquium for Internet and Society" early stage researchers came together in...
25. Oct 2012
Berlin Symposium on Internet and Society
Exploring the Digital Future Berlin, October 25 – 28th 2011We would like to thank all...
25. Oct 2011
Past discussions
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25. Jun 2025
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28. May 2025
Digitaler Salon: High-Tech und Hands-On
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30. Apr 2025
Digitaler Salon: Mind the Gap
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26. Mar 2025
Digitaler Salon: Update Unbekannt?
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26. Feb 2025
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29. Jan 2025
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27. Nov 2024
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30. Oct 2024
Digitaler Salon: DJ AI
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25. Sep 2024
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28. Aug 2024
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31. Jul 2024
Digitaler Salon: Wie bitte?
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26. Jun 2024
Digitaler Salon: Damage Control
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29. May 2024
Digitaler Salon: (De)voted
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24. Apr 2024
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27. Mar 2024
Digitaler Salon: Gekommen, um zu regeln
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28. Feb 2024
Digitaler Salon: Fahrplan 4.0
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31. Jan 2024
Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient
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29. Nov 2023
Digitaler Salon: Mentale Mietfläche
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25. Oct 2023
Digitaler Salon: Frozen Eye
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27. Sep 2023
Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient
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30. Aug 2023
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26. Jul 2023
Digitaler Salon: Großbaustelle Daten
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28. Jun 2023
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31. May 2023
Digitaler Salon: Nur mal kurz die Welt retten?
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26. Apr 2023
Digitaler Salon: Von Gig zu Gig
We ask ourselves how digitalisation transforms the gig economy and how platforms can become more...
29. Mar 2023
Digitaler Salon: Chatbot potentia est!
We discuss what kind of impact Chat GPT will have on education in the future.
22. Feb 2023
Digitaler Salon: Green Surveillance
We ask if and how digital solutions can contribute to the protection of exisiting forests...
25. Jan 2023
Digitaler Salon: Blinded by the Hype?
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30. Nov 2022
Digitaler Salon: Wissen MACHT Klima
As part of Open Access Week 2022, we ask how equitable global access to knowledge...
26. Oct 2022
Digitaler Salon: Spirit in the Cloud
We discuss how religion is changing through the digital age.
28. Sep 2022
Digitaler Salon: (Alb-) Traum 36°C und Dachgeschoss?
Whose world views dominate and what power structures become visible in the digital maps of...
31. Aug 2022
Digitaler Salon: Diese Karte ist nicht verfügbar
Whose world views dominate and what power structures become visible in the digital maps of...
27. Jul 2022
Digitaler Salon: Alles schon mal da gewesen…?
In May, we address whether legally regulated sharing of data is compatible with further control...
29. Jun 2022
Digitaler Salon: Keeping up with the Gatekeepers
Is the legally regulated sharing of data compatible with further control mechanisms, such as data...
25. May 2022
Digitaler Salon: Expertise in der Krise
We address the tension that digital tools open up for researchers through science communication: On...
27. Apr 2022
Digitaler Salon: Unable to Reconnect
How does it affect the digital society if critical infrastructures are so decoupled by laws...
30. Mar 2022
Digitaler Salon: Digital Society - Nerds Only?
Where do we stand when it comes to the digitalisation of the health system?
24. Nov 2021
Digitaler Salon: Digital Hell's Care?
Where do we stand when it comes to the digitalisation of the health system?
27. Oct 2021
Digitaler Salon: Machine Gun Learning
In September, we will talk about autonomous weapon systems. The talk will be held in...
30. Sep 2021
Digitaler Salon: Cookies make you lose control
In August, we will talk about digital self-determination. The talk will be held in German.
25. Aug 2021
Digitaler Salon: Plattformen im Konflikt
In July, we will talk about politics, society and social media platforms. The talk will...
28. Jul 2021
Digitaler Salon: Lost in Regulation
In June, we will talk about regulations of internet platforms. The talk will be held...
30. Jun 2021
Digitaler Salon: Click Chat Love
In May, we will talk about Online-Dating and how it changed during the lockdown. The...
26. May 2021
Digitaler Salon: Vom Fließband zur KI
In April, we will talk about the implications of AI in the workplace. The talk...
28. Apr 2021
Digitaler Salon: KI – Die Letzte räumt das Internet auf
In January, we will talk about education and digitalisation. The talk will be held in...
31. Mar 2021
Digitaler Salon: Schulicon Valley
In February, we will talk about the future of school. The talk will be held...
24. Feb 2021
Digitaler Salon: Das zoomende Klassenzimmer
In January, we will talk about education and digitalisation. The talk will be held in...
27. Jan 2021
Digitaler Salon: Steckt eine "App" in happiness?
In November we will talk about Mental-E-Health. The talk will be held in German.
25. Nov 2020
Digitaler Salon: Swipe for President
In October, we will talk about E-Voting. The talk will be held in German.
28. Oct 2020
Digitaler Salon: Der Fall der Paywall
In September, we will talk about open access. The talk will be held in German.
30. Sep 2020
Digitaler Salon: The troll next door
In August, we will talk about how our online discussions differ from personal conversations. The talk...
26. Aug 2020
Digitaler Salon: Diskriminierung vorprogrammiert?
Das Internet nehmen viele als offenen und diversen Ort wahr. Doch schon eine kleine Google...
29. Jul 2020
Digitaler Salon: Technik hautnah
In June, we will talk about fashion and technology. The talk will be held in...
24. Jun 2020
Digitaler Salon: Data Kolumna
In May, we will talk about data and journalism. The talk will be held in...
27. May 2020
Digitaler Salon: Digital ist man weniger allein?
In April, we will talk about the potential aftermath of social distancing. The talk will...
29. Apr 2020
Livestream only: Digitaler Salon – Grün hinter dem Bildschirm
In March, we will talk about how digitasation influences our climate.
25. Mar 2020
Digitaler Salon: Faster, harder, E-Scooter?
In February, we will talk about how our cities change as e-mobility services like carsharing,...
26. Feb 2020
Digitaler Salon | Essen auf Rädern
In the January edition of the Digitaler Salon we will discuss how our consumer habits...
29. Jan 2020
Digitaler Salon: The Hashtag is Alt-Right
Whether it’s members of the Identitarian movement, Pegida or right-wing factions: Right-wing populists and movements...
27. Nov 2019
Digitaler Salon: Score me maybe?
Score me maybe? Bewertungssysteme entscheiden schon jetzt über Kreditvergabe. In China geht das sogenannte Social...
30. Oct 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Beep, beep, wir haben uns alle lieb
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
25. Sep 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Hashtag e.V.
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
29. Aug 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: In dubio pro Data
Online data is like fingerprints for investigators today. Chat messages and data in the cloud...
31. Jul 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Zurück in die Zukunft
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
26. Jun 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Ende der Kreidezeit
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
29. May 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: E-dentifiziert?
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
24. Apr 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: plattform.coop
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
27. Mar 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Daddelbusiness
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
27. Feb 2019
Talk | Digitaler Salon: Zahlen, die malen
Once a month, we will discuss the impact of digitalisation on society at Digital Salon....
30. Jan 2019
Digitaler Salon: Alles nur gefakt?
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
28. Nov 2018
Digitaler Salon: LANgelegt
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
31. Oct 2018
Digitaler Salon Special: Gewissensbytes
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitalization on society at Digitaler Salon....
26. Sep 2018
Digitaler Salon: Appschuften | Talk
Permanent vacation in a virtual working paradise? How do digital nomads work and when does...
29. Aug 2018
Digitaler Salon: Rest in Pixels | Talk
Rest in pixels. Chatbots, holograms, digital clones: Dead and forever in cyberspace? How do we...
25. Jul 2018
Digitaler Salon: Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht? | Talk
How do smart apps and journeys through the cyberspace change our perception of time? Do...
27. Jun 2018
Digitaler Salon: Mistgabel 4.0 | Talk
Mistgabel 4.0 – agricultural drones, automated farms and smart breeding. How can digitisation make food...
30. May 2018
Talk Series Digitaler Salon: Directed by Data
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
25. Apr 2018
Digitaler Salon: Catch me if you scan | Talk
Preventing crimes before they were committed: Could algorithms and big data possibly lower the level...
28. Mar 2018
Digitaler Salon: LOL war gestern | Talk
Cat falls off the sofa: Roflmao, epic fail! How does humour work on the web,...
28. Feb 2018
Digitaler Salon: App's Anatomy | Talk
The doctors in the phone track our cycle or analyse the blood sugar level. Have...
31. Jan 2018
Digitaler Salon: Hacking the Elfenbeinturm | Talk
Hacking the Elfenbeinturm – Behind paywalls and bookshelves: How can science have a greater impact...
29. Nov 2017
Digitaler Salon: iCare for you | Talk
iCare for you – Plush robots, smart walking aids and digital conversation partners: Could machines...
25. Oct 2017
Digitaler Salon: World White Web? | Talk
World White Web? The event in September is dealing with digital colonialism: Inside the once...
27. Sep 2017
Digitaler Salon: Bei Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie Ihren Algorithmus | Talk
Longer and better living through personalised pills and nano-robots. Which influence does AI have on...
30. Aug 2017
Digitaler Salon Special: Lost in Neuland?
Lost in Neuland? The event in June is dealing with digital election issues: German politicians...
26. Jul 2017
Digitaler Salon: Ein Herz für Cyborgs | Talk
A heart for cyborgs. Smart robotic hands, leg prosthesis systems and printed organs: Is smart...
28. Jun 2017
Digitaler Salon: Internet killed the Videostar | Talk
Internet killed the Videostar! Which music emerges in the age of technological reproducibility? How are...
31. May 2017
Digitaler Salon: Out of the Dark | Talk
Out of the Dark! Darknet, drug-trafficking location and whistleblower’s hideout: should we disenchant the sacred...
26. Apr 2017
Digitaler Salon: Million Bitcoin Baby! | Talk
Million Bitcoin Baby! Blockchain instead of financial institutions and bitcoins instead of loose coins? Is...
29. Mar 2017
Digitaler Salon: Make Fakten relevant again | Talk
Make facts relevant again. Have emotions replaced reason? How can enlightened citizens oppose populism? How...
22. Feb 2017
Digitaler Salon: Akademie der Autodidakten | Talk
Academy of Autodidacts. Will online platforms and YouTube channels become tomorrow’s further training centres? To...
25. Jan 2017
Digitaler Salon: Internet der Sinne | Talk
Internet der Sinne. Sehen. Hören. Schmecken. Mit der Sinnmaschine Internet in die virtuelle Realität der...
30. Nov 2016
Digitaler Salon: Schutz der Pubertiere | Talk
Schutz der Pubertiere. Zwischen Zensur und ungebremster Neugier. Wie selbstbestimmt sind Jugendliche online unterwegs und...
26. Oct 2016
Digitaler Salon: Game of Drones | Talk
Game of Drones. Sie töten. Sie überwachen. Sie retten Leben. Welche Chancen bieten Drohnen, welche...
28. Sep 2016
Digitaler Salon: Haters gonna hate? | Talk
Haters gonna hate? Digitale Zivilcourage und Strategien gegen Hate Speech. Wo liegen die Grenzen der...
31. Aug 2016
Digitaler Salon: Am warmen Polar | Talk
Am warmen Polar. Ich möchte kein Eisbär sein. Was war noch mal Klimawandel und wer...
27. Jul 2016
Digitaler Salon: Forever Punk!
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Jun 2016
Digitaler Salon: Digital Abstinence | Talk
This month we tried to approach an 'endangered species': those who abstain from social media....
25. May 2016
Digitaler Salon: Is this Utopia? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. Apr 2016
Digitaler Salon: It's a Match | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
30. Mar 2016
Digitaler Salon: After Work 4.0 | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
24. Feb 2016
Digitaler Salon: Dem Hölderlin sein Hashtag | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. Jan 2016
Digitaler Salon: Fluchthelfer Smartphone | Talk
Navigator nach Europa, Sprachrohr in die Heimat. Wie hilft das Internet Menschen auf der Flucht? Digitale Konnektivität...
25. Nov 2015
Digitaler Salon: Porno vernetzt | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
28. Oct 2015
Digitaler Salon: Virtual Past | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
30. Sep 2015
Digitaler Salon: Everyone is a scientist | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
26. Aug 2015
Digitaler Salon: World Wide Weg. | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Jul 2015
Digitaler Salon: Level Up! | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
24. Jun 2015
Digitaler Salon: Social media for the bad | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. May 2015
Digitaler Salon: Mein Haus, dein Auto, unser Boot | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Apr 2015
Digitaler Salon: Disobedience revisited | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
25. Mar 2015
Digitaler Salon: Lasset uns tweeten | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
25. Feb 2015
Digitaler Salon: User-generated Art | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
28. Jan 2015
Digitaler Salon 'Spezial': Paducation. Digitales Lernen für eine digitale Welt? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
26. Nov 2014
Digitaler Salon: Krisenberichterstattung in sozialen Netzwerken | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
29. Oct 2014
Digitaler Salon 'Spezial': Von kommunikativen Kühlschränken und selbstfahrenden Autos. Ist das Internet der Dinge mehr als eine Vision? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
24. Sep 2014
Digitaler Salon: WiFi Hotspot Serengeti. Entwicklungshilfe mittels Internet? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
27. Aug 2014
Digitaler Salon: Dr. Bing & Dr. Google. Suchen wir uns krank? | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
30. Jul 2014
Digitaler Salon 'Spezial': Online-Partizipation. Von Machern, Mitläufern und Motivierten.
Supported by the German Science Year "The Digital Society", we will have the opportunity to...
25. Jun 2014
Digitaler Salon: Wearables. Fit und schlank dank Smartwatch | Talk
Once a month we publicly discuss the impact of digitalisation on the society. Therefore we...
28. May 2014
Past lectures
Kim Lane Scheppele: Democracy at risk – The autocrat's spyware?
In this session, we discuss how the use of surveillance technologies is increasingly undermining democratic...
16. Oct 2024
Carola Westermeier: Money as a digital technology
In this issue, we will discuss the evolution of virtual money, how we deal with...
03. Jul 2024
Rob Kitchin: Navigating Smart Cities
In this session, we will discuss equal access to technology and decision-making, social justice and...
14. May 2024
Daniel Miller: The global evolution of smart technologies
Daniel Miller's keynote will provide insight into the results of ten years of ethnographic research...
21. Nov 2023
Lorenz Hilty & James Maguire: Digitising the environmental paradigm
These lectures by Lorenz Hilty & James Maguire give an insight into the challenges of...
19. Sep 2023
Gina Neff: Making AI work for us
This lecture by Gina Neff gives an insight into how AI can work for us.
03. May 2023
Stefania Milan: Resistance in the datafied society
This lecture by Professor Stefania Milan gives an insight into resistance in the datafied society.
06. Oct 2022
David Betz: Warfare in the digital age
This talk gives an insight into warfare in the digital age.
29. Aug 2022
Kanta Dihal: How the world sees intelligent machines
This talk will introduce culture-specific visions of technology from around the world and discusses if...
11. May 2022
Krisztina Rozgonyi and Marius Dragomir: Freedom of expression in Central and Eastern Europe
This talk will examine the media systems in Central and Eastern Europe and how we...
21. Mar 2022
Helen Kennedy: Everyday life in times of datafication
Helen Kennedy will talk about the relationship between existing social inequalities and datafication.
16. Nov 2021
Judith Simon: The ethics of AI and big data
This talk will examine how fundamental rights and moral values can be accounted for in...
06. Sep 2021
Genia Kostka: Big data dreams and local reality in China
This talk will examine the intended and unintended consequences of incorporating digital technologies into local...
15. Jun 2021
Jan-Werner Müller: The critical infrastructure of democracy
Political parties and professional media are undergoing major structural transformations today. The lecture will offer...
09. Mar 2021
Iyad Rahwan: How to trust machines?
Machine intelligence plays a growing role in our lives. Today, machines recommend things to us,...
16. Dec 2020
Tilman Santarius: Making digitalisation work for the climate!
Digitalisation is one of the biggest transformation processes of our time - everyone agrees on...
26. Oct 2020
Joanna Bryson: The role of humans in an age of intelligent machines
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the information age are bringing us more information about ourselves and...
25. May 2020
Livestream: Philipp Staab – The crises of digital capitalism
For around 50 years, digital technologies have been the key to economic transformation. However, it...
27. Apr 2020
Cancelled: Lina Dencik – Justice in the Datafied Society
Cancellation of the event due to COVID-19 Due to the immediate measures decided on 11...
23. Mar 2020
Sybille Krämer: Cultural history of digitisation
It is often assumed that digitisation and computer technology are inseparably linked. However, digitality is...
13. Feb 2020
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen: The power of platforms and how publishers adapt
Today, more people follow the news via platform companies like Facebook and Google than via...
16. Dec 2019
Shoshana Zuboff: Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy
The collection and analysis of data is changing the way economies operate. Are these changes so...
06. Nov 2019
Armin Nassehi: What problem does digitalisation solve?
Digital technology has revolutionised the world in just a few years: our relationships, our work...
28. Aug 2019
Louise Amoore: Our lives with algorithms
From detecting anomalies in the landscape of medical images to drone footage to the influencing...
01. Jul 2019
José van Dijck: Europe and responsible platform societies
The growing pains of digitisation involve intense struggles between competing ideological systems and contesting societal...
05. Jun 2019
Dirk Baecker: Digitalisation and the next society
A new era in human society is beginning with digital media. While language, writing and...
16. Apr 2019
Eva Illouz: Capitalist subjectivity and the internet
In her lecture, Eva Illouz takes a closer look at the dating app Tinder. In...
06. Mar 2019
Andreas Reckwitz: Digitalisation and society of singularities
The late-modern society produces singularities. It does no longer aim at the general, standardized...
11. Dec 2018
Nick Couldry: Colonised by data – the hollowing out of digital society
The current datafication of society not only brings about another iteration of capitalism, but also...
20. Nov 2018
Stephen Graham: The politics of urban digital infrastructures
Already more than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and this number...
24. Sep 2018
Marion Fourcade: Social order in the digital society
Modern institutions, both public and private, rely on tools and procedures that track individuals, assess...
07. May 2018
Elena Esposito: Future and uncertainty in the digital society
What does knowing through algorithms and AI mean? How does AI shift our understanding and...
12. Mar 2018
Christoph Neuberger: Democracy and public sphere in the digital society
What happens with our central democratic values like freedom, equality and truth in the digital...
30. Jan 2018
Manuel Castells: Power and counter-power in the digital society
How is power constituted in the digital society? Who is powerful – and how can...
12. Dec 2017
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