HIIG Discussion Paper Series on Internet and Society
The HIIG Discussion Paper Series on Internet and Society spans and connects our diverse fields of research. The series aims at stimulating discussions across disciplinary boundaries by making the findings of our current research available to a broader scholarly public as open access publications. Many of these papers have already appeared or will appear in professional journals or edited volumes. All HIIG discussion papers are listed below.
Publications in the series
2025
Kruse, L., Auer, A., & Stenzel, M. (2025). Kommunaler Umwelt-, Klima- und Gesundheitsschutz durch Verkehrswende? Eine Analyse der bestehenden rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und Empfehlungen zur Anpassung unter besonderem Fokus auf der digitalen Kontrolle des Parkraums. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2025(1). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5288983 Publication details
2024
Kettemann, M. C., & Müller, M. (2024). Das neue Digitalrecht der EU im Praxistest: Welche Herausforderungen warten bei der Umsetzung? FES impuls. Publication details
2023
Auer, A., von Grafenstein, M., Kruse, L. & de Macedo Schäfer, N. (2023). Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung in der datengetriebenen Verwaltung. Ein prozessbezogener Ansatz zur Lösung datenbezogener Interessenkonflikte durch die Ergänzung formeller Beteiligung. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2023(5). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4603704 Publication details
Babo, S. R. S., & Odame, A. (2023). Where have all the women gone? The gender gap in Ghana’s gig economy. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2023(2). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7913207 Publication details
de Macedo Schäfer, N., Schweinberg, M. J., Stenzel, M., & von Grafenstein, M. (2023). Data Governance im Spannungsfeld datengetriebener Verwaltung. Herausforderungen von Kommunen bei der Etablierung einer Smart City Administration. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2023(4). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8297607 Publication details
Köhne, S., von Richthofen, G., & Send, H. (2023). Künstliche Intelligenz und betriebliche Mitbestimmung. Herausforderungen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten für Arbeitnehmer*innenvertretungen. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2023(1). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7615028 Publication details
Vilchez, P. (2023). Venturing on a double trend. Digital startups for climate action in Mexico. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2023(3). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7915646 Publication details
2022
De Filippi, P., Mannan, M., Reijers, W., Berman, P., Henderson, J. (2022). Blockchain Technology, Trust & Confidence. Reinterpreting Trust in a Trustless system? HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2022(3). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6516991 Publication details
Grafenstein, M. v. (2022). Reconciling Conflicting Interests in Data through Data Governance. An Analytical Framework. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2022(2). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7390542 Publication details
Jones, M. (2022). Towards Civil Strategization of AI in Germany. An investigation of the involvement of civil society in the making of the German National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2022(01). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6091638 Publication details
Pohle, J. (2022). “A Legal Discipline of the Future” – A Short History of the Intersection of Law and Computer Science. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2022(05). Publication details
Pohle, J. (2022). Framing follows business models: How major private data processors frame the privacy problem. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2022(04). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4082029 Publication details
2021
Grafenstein, M. v. (2021). Kurzpapier: Data Governance. Ein Framework zur Erfassung “erfolgreicher” Data Governance-Modelle. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(6). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6327345 Publication details
Grafenstein, M. v. (2021). Specific certification schemes as rule, general schemes (and criteria) as exception. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(04). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4905484 Publication details
Koulu, R., Peters, A., & Pohle, J. (2021). Finding design patterns in law: An exploratory approach. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(03). Publication details
Waidlein, N., Wrzesinski, M., Dubois, F., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Working with budget and funding options to make open access journals sustainable. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(01). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558790 Publication details
Wrzesinski, M., Riechert, P., Dubois, F., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Working with publication technology to make open access journals sustainable. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(02). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558781 Publication details
2020
Beytía, P., Cruz Infante, C. (2020). Digital Pathways, Pandemic Trajectories. Using Google Trends to Track Social Responses to COVID-19. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2020(1). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3571360 Publication details
Grafenstein, M. v. (2020). How to build data-driven innovation projects at large with data protection by design. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2020(3), 93. Publication details
Iglesias Keller, C. (2020). Exception and Harmonization: Three Theoretical Debates on Internet Regulation. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2020(2). Publication details
2019
Pernice, I. (2019). Digitale Abstimmung, Zufallsauswahl und das Verfassungsrecht: Zur Überbrückung der Kluft zwischen Regierung und Regierten. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3456579 Publication details
2018
Celeste, E. (2018). Digital Constitutionalism: Mapping the Constitutional Response to Digital Technology’s Challenges. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2018(2). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3219905 Publication details
Christian Djeffal (2018). Künstliche Intelligenz in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Berichte des NEGZ. Publication details
Dametto, D. (2018). Managing the innovation space: How firms can shape collaboration practices in the context of innovation communities. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2018(4). Publication details
Djeffal, C. (2018). Künstliche Intelligenz – Beitrag Zum Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2018(3). Publication details
Gollatz, K., Beer, F. &, Katzenbach, C. (2018). The Turn to Artificial Intelligence in Governing Communication Online Workshop Report. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2018(09). Publication details
Schulz, W. (2018). Regulating Intermediaries to Protect Privacy Online – the Case of the German NetzDG. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2018(1). Publication details
2017
Djeffal, C. (2017). Leitlinien der Verwaltungsnovation und das Internet der Dinge: Vom E-Government Zum Smart Government Durch Verfassung, Gesetz, Organisation Und Strategie. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Dopfer, M. (2017). Pick and choose: A venture’s cognitive toolbox to business model innovation. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Neumann, E.K., Send, H., Tech, R.P.G. (2017). Central components of open business models. What makes an open business model open? HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Pernice, I. (2017). Risk Management in the Digital Constellation – A Constitutional Perspective. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Pernice, I. (2017). Cybersecurity Governance: Making Cyberspace a Safer Place. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Pernice, I. (2017). Die Verfassung der Internetgesellschaft: Zur Rolle von Staat und Verfassung im Zuge der digitalen Revolution. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Pernice, I. (2017). Vom Völkerrecht des Netzes zur Verfassung des Internets: Privacy und Digitale Sicherheit im Zeichen eines schrittweisen Paradigmenwechsels. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
2016
Hofmann, J. (2016). Multi-Stakeholderism in Internet Governance: Putting a Fiction into Practice. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2016(02). Publication details
Meier-Hahn, U. (2016). Exploring the Regulatory Conditions of Internet Interconnection – A Survey Among Internet Interconnection Professionals. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2016(03). Publication details
Pernice, I. (2016). E-Government and E-Democracy: Overcoming Legitimacy Deficits in a Digital Europe. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2016(01). Publication details
Puschmann, C. & Scheffler, T. (2016). Topic Modeling for Media and Communication Research: A Short Primer. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2016(05). Publication details
Richter, N., Schildhauer, T., Neumann, K., & Volquartz, L. (2016). Fostering and hindering factors — success of early stage internet-enabled startups. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2016(04). Publication details
2015
Al-Ani, A. & Stumpp, S. (2015). Motivationen und Durchsetzung von Interessen auf kommerziellen Plattformen. Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter Kreativ- und IT-Crowdworkern. (Motivations and Enforcement of Interests on Commercial Platforms: A Survey among Creative- and IT-Crowdworkers.). HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(05). Publication details
Dopfer M., Grafenstein, M. v., Richter, N., Schildhauer, T., Tech, R. P. G., Trifonov, S., Wrobel, M. (2015). Fördernde Und Hindernde Faktoren Für Internet-Enabled Startups. (Supporting and Hindering Factors for Internet-Enabled Startups.). HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details
Hansch, A., Hillers, L., McConachie, K., Newman, Ch., Schildhauer, T., Schmidt, P. (2015). Video and Online Learning: Critical Reflections and Findings from the Field. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(02), 1-34. Publication details
Hansch, A., Hillers, L., McConachie, K., Schildhauer, T., & Schmidt, P. (2015). Video and Online Learning: Critical Reflections and Findings from the Field. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(02). Publication details
Hansch, A., Newman, C., & Schildhauer, T. (2015). Fostering Engagement with Gamification: Review of Current Practices on Online Learning Platforms. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(04). Publication details
Meier-Hahn, U. (2015). Creating Connectivity: Trust, Distrust and Social Microstructures at the Core of the Internet. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(03). Publication details
Pernice, I. (2015). Global Constitutionalism and the Internet. Taking People Seriously. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(01). Publication details
2014
Al-Ani, A., Stumpp, S., & Schildhauer, T. (2014). Crowd-Studie 2014 – Die Crowd als Partner der deutschen Wirtschaft. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(02). Publication details
Hofmann, J., Katzenbach, C., & Gollatz, K. (2014). Between Coordination and Regulation: Conceptualizing Governance in Internet Governance. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(04). Publication details
Oermann, M., Lose, M., Schmidt, J.-H. & Johnsen, K. (2014). Approaching Social Media Governance. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(05). Publication details
Saldías, O. (2014). Coded for Export! The Contextual Dimension of the Brazilian Framework for Internet Law & Policy. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(06). Publication details
Schmidt, J. & Johnsen, K. (2014). On the Use of the E-Petition Platform of the German Bundestag. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(03). Publication details
Send, H., Friesike, S., & Zuch, A. N. (2014). Participation in On-Line Co-Creation: Assessment and Review of Motivations. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(01). Publication details
Send, H., Friesike, S., Ebert, J., Gollatz, K. & Schildhauer, T. (2014). Online Participation and Decision-Making. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2014(07). Publication details
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