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Nadine Birner

Nadine Birner coordinates the EU Hub of Internet and Society Research Centers as well as the research project on the Ethics of Digitalisation at the HIIG.

Her previous professional chapters include her positions as a program coordinator at the Fulbright Commission and IES Berlin and as Registrar Assistant at Bard College Berlin.
Nadine studied American Studies (M. A.) with a focus on visual culture studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Reading and Scripps College. In 2018 she completed her training as a mediator.

Her personal passion, which she pursues, among other things, as a board member of Frau und Beruf e. V., centers around feminist themes and empowerment processes

Other publications

Asghari, H., Birner, N., Burchardt, A., Dicks, D., Fassbender, J., Feldhus, N., Hewett, F., Hofmann, V., Kettemann, M. C., Schulz, W., Simon, J., Stolberg-Larsen, J., & Züger, T. (2022). What to explain when explaining is difficult. An interdisciplinary primer on XAI and meaningful information in automated decision-making. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Birner, N., Hod, S., Kettemann, M. C., Pirang, A., & Stock, F. (Eds.) (2021). Increasing Fairness in Targeted Advertising. The Risk of Gender Stereotyping by Job Ad Algorithms. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Moderation of workshops and panels

AI and Content Moderation
Research Sprint: AI and Content Moderation. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, Digital Asia Hub. Online, Berlin, Germany: 17.08.2020

Wolfgang Schulz, Matthias Kettemann, Alexander Pirang, Christian Katzenbach

Organisation of events

Closing Event: Ethics of Digitalisation
with attending Vip: Sandra Cortesi, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University; Malavika Jayaram, Digital Asia Hub. From 07.02.2022 to 07.02.2022. Schloss Bellevue, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Office of the Federal President of Germany, Network of Centers, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Digital Asia Hub (International) Further information

Hanna-Sophie Bollmann, Vincent Hofmann, Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Stakeholder-Dialog – Ethik der Digitalisierung
From 06.10.2021 to 08.10.2021. Humboldt Institute für Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Berkman Klein Center, Digital Asia Hub (International) Further information

Nicole Butters, Hanna-Sophie Bollmann, Nadine Birner, Christian Grauvogel

Virtual research clinic – Cities and the ethics of digitalisation
From 01.10.2021 to 31.10.2021. Online, The Digital Asia Hub, Hong Kong, HKSAR. Co-Organised by: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berkman Klein Center (International) Further information

Nadine Birner

Research clinic – Explainable AI
From 08.09.2021 to 11.09.2021. Coconat Gutshof, Bad Belzig, Germany. Co-Organised by: Berkman Klein Center, Digital Asia Hub (International) Further information

Hanna-Sophie Bollmann, Nadine Birner

Virtual research clinic – Challenges & opportunities of public sector AI policy
From 01.07.2021 to 31.07.2021. Online, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. Co-Organised by: The Digital Asia Hub, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (International) Further information

Nadine Birner

Research Sprint – Toward an African Narrative on Digital Sovereignty
From 08.06.2021 to 27.07.2021. Online, South African Research Chair in Industrial Development at the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa (International) Further information

Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann

Clinic Closing Event – Increasing Fairness in Targeted Advertising
23.03.2021. Online, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (International)

Shlomi Hod, Friederike Stock, Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Alexander Pirang, Wolfgang Schulz

Research Clinic – Increasing fairness in targeted advertising – The risk of gender stereotyping by job ad algorithms
From 01.02.2021 to 14.02.2021. Online, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Deutschland (International)

Shlomi Hod, Friederike Stock, Nadine Birner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Alexander Pirang, Wolfgang Schulz

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Position

Former Coordinator: The ethics of digitalisation | NoC

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