Making sense of our connected world
The troll next door: an interview with Laura Lackas
Digital debate culture and forms of communication on the internet are frequently discussed topics in public and scientific discourse. In an interview, communication scientist Laura Lackas talked about the experiences…
Arranging voluntary engagement via platforms
The research project “Jung. Digital. Engagiert.” dives into voluntary service in the times of the digitalisation. How young people get into their positions of voluntary service has been arranged more…
Constrained Identity Projects: How Measures to Contain Covid-19 Impact Consumers
Measures to contain Covid-19 affect people differently, depending on their age, occupation, and whether they have children to take care of. In this blog post, we will draw on the “identity project” concept to explain why the pandemic impacts people differently as consumers.
Development and relaying of technology
The research project “Jung. Digital. Engagiert.” deals with voluntary engagement in times of the digitalisation. The shaping of the digital society depends on technological knowledge, amongst other things. In the…
Digitalisation as a subject for volunteering
The research project “Jung. Digital. Engagiert.” deals with voluntary service within the framework of digitalisation. While many of the organisations portrayed in the project make use of digital tools for…
Digital Discourse Culture and the Formation of Political Opinion
While providing previously unknown spaces for debate and exchange, the digitalisation also enables trolls, bullies and right-wing propagandists. In our project „Jung. Digital. Engagiert.“, we explored how young people engage…
Digital Ethics
Whether civil society, politics or science – everyone seems to agree that the New Twenties will be characterised by digitalisation. But what about the tension of digital ethics? How do we create a digital transformation involving society as a whole, including people who either do not have the financial means or the necessary know-how to benefit from digitalisation? And what do these comprehensive changes in our actions mean for democracy? In this dossier we want to address these questions and offer food for thought on how we can use digitalisation for the common good.
