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  • Diamond Open Access Flashlight

    24. Oct 2024

    Diamond Open Access Flashlight

    This webinar is part of the International Open Access Week on "Community over Commercialization".
  • Digitaler Salon: Faster, better, smarter?

    30. Oct 2024

    Digitaler Salon: Faster, better, smarter?

    In the October issue we discuss the future of urban planning and which perspectives are necessary in the advancement of  living environments.
  • Diamond Open Access erfolgreich organisieren und gestalten

    13. Nov 2024

    Diamond Open Access erfolgreich organisieren und gestalten

    This multi-stakeholder dialogue will focus on governance structures and sustainable organisational principles of open access.
  • XVIIIth Interdisciplinary Workshop “Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance”

    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 be discussed.
  • Rechtliche Perspektiven auf Diamond Open Access

    10. Dec 2024

    Rechtliche Perspektiven auf Diamond Open Access

    This is the kick-off of the webinar series “Legal Perspectives on Diamond Open Access” organized together with Verfassungsblog.
  • Past events

  • Gemeinsam finanzieren, gemeinsam profitieren: Diamond Open Access nachhaltig gestalten

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    Mitbestimmtes People Analytics

    This virtual workshop is all about people analytics in the past and future.
    30. Sep 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: DJ AI

    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’

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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«

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    Long Night of the Sciences 2024

    Whether to play games, program code, take part in a Pub Quiz oder enquiry the...
    22. Jun 2024

  • Interdisciplinary [art and research] chapbook workshop

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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)

    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 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

    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 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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 | 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: 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

    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

    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

    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

    Ideathon on Gender Equality and Equity in the Tech-Sector
    27. Oct 2023

  • Inspirational talk: Women* who inspire in technology

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Girls’ Day at HIIG

    Making Sense of the Future – Science in girls' hands
    27. Apr 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Nur mal kurz die Welt retten?

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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!

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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«

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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!?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    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 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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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"

    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…?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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"

    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
  • XII. Interdisciplinary Workshop "Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance"

    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?

    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

    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?

    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: 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?

    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

    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?

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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!

    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*

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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"

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    (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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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"

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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?

    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

    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

    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!

    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

    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.

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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”

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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«

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    “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

    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

    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)

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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? - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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! - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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! - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    CHANGING THE PICTURE 2014

    The film and television industry is undergoing huge technological change. For decades, the Industry has...
    19. Nov 2014

  • dwerft CONFERENCE - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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. - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    »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 - Generic Image

    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. - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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

  • Digitaler Salon: DJ AI

    Digitaler Salon: DJ AI

    The September edition of the Digitaler Salon is all about music and the impact of...
    25. Sep 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: KI und Kokolores

    Digitaler Salon: KI und Kokolores

    The August edition of the Digital Salon is all about science communication and how it...
    28. Aug 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Desinformation im Faktencheck

    Digitaler Salon: Desinformation im Faktencheck

    The July edition of the Digitaler Salon is all about disinformation and whether, how and...
    31. Jul 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Wie bitte?

    Digitaler Salon: Wie bitte?

    The June edition of the Digitaler Salon is all about easy language and how digital...
    26. Jun 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Damage Control

    Digitaler Salon: Damage Control

    Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon....
    29. May 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: (De)voted

    Digitaler Salon: (De)voted

    In the April issue, we talk about how essential media skills & democracy education can...
    24. Apr 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Quanten statt Quaken

    Digitaler Salon: Quanten statt Quaken

    In our March issue, we discuss the complexity of weather forecasting and how AI &...
    27. Mar 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Gekommen, um zu regeln

    Digitaler Salon: Gekommen, um zu regeln

    DSA - and now? We discuss the new rights and obligations for platforms and the...
    28. Feb 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Fahrplan 4.0

    Digitaler Salon: Fahrplan 4.0

    In the January issue of the ‘Digitaler Salon’, we discuss how autonomous mobility could serve...
    31. Jan 2024

  • Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient

    Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient

    How big is the 'gender data gap' in medicine really and how can we combat...
    29. Nov 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Mentale Mietfläche

    Digitaler Salon: Mentale Mietfläche

    How is the value of our data created in the attention economy? And how can...
    25. Oct 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Frozen Eye

    Digitaler Salon: Frozen Eye

    Big Bad Brother? We look at facial recognition software for surveillance purposes and the balancing...
    27. Sep 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient

    Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient

    How big is the 'gender data gap' in medicine really and how can we combat...
    30. Aug 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Friede, Freude, Meinungsvielfalt?

    Digitaler Salon: Friede, Freude, Meinungsvielfalt?

    The road to the EU's digital regulatory package was long, but is it really over...
    26. Jul 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Großbaustelle Daten

    Digitaler Salon: Großbaustelle Daten

    We ask ourselves how data sharing between local actors can be successful for public good...
    28. Jun 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Faktenfieber

    Digitaler Salon: Faktenfieber

    We ask ourselves what are the consequences of hostility towards science and what is necessary...
    31. May 2023

  • Digitaler Salon: Nur mal kurz die Welt retten?

    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

  • Digitaler Salon: Von Gig zu Gig

    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!

    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

    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?

    Digitaler Salon: Blinded by the Hype?

    As part of Open Access Week 2022, we ask how equitable global access to knowledge...
    30. Nov 2022

  • Digitaler Salon: Wissen MACHT Klima

    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

    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?

    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

    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…?

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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.

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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! - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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. - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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?

    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

    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

    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: 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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: 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

    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

    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

    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?

    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!

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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 - Generic Image

    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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