A breath of fresh air.

Our new research focuses are
available for exploration!

A breath of fresh air.

Our new research focuses
are available for exploration!

NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE

Workshop: AI & governing communication online

Artificial intelligence technology has increasingly found applications in the area of content moderation and communication governance on digital platforms. What are the risks for…

Democracy and public sphere in the digital society

What happens with our central democratic values like freedom, equality and truth in the digital society?How does the public sphere fulfill its function of…

Digitaler Salon: App’s Anatomy

The doctors in the phone track our cycle or analyse the blood sugar level. Have family physicians become obsolete and do digital tools turn…

Happy new year!

What was your favorite HIIG moment in 2017? Our advent calendar gives you a glimpse of the past year’s research and hot topics in…

Otfried Jarren honored by Schader-Stiftung

The HIIG congratulates Otfried Jarren, chairman of the foundation board of the Foundation for Internet and Society, which supports the institute, for his award…

Workshop: Nudging and Digital Platforms

Are digital platforms the new ‘iron cages’ of society? Will Big-Data-based nudging lead us into a technocratic future of cyber-social control? Is China’s Social…

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Explore our current issues
while we reshape our research agenda…

More to come soon.

Explore our current issues
while we reshape our research agenda…

Featured Topics

Platform governance

In our research on platform governance, we investigate how corporate goals and social values can be balanced on online platforms.

Du siehst eine Tastatur auf der eine Taste rot gefärbt ist und auf der „Control“ steht. Eine bildliche Metapher für die Regulierung von digitalen Plattformen im Internet und Data Governance. You see a keyboard on which one key is coloured red and says "Control". A figurative metaphor for the regulation of digital platforms on the internet and data governance.

Data governance

We develop robust data governance frameworks and models to provide practical solutions for good data governance policies.

Du siehst Eisenbahnschienen. Die vielen verschiedenen Abzweigungen symbolisieren die Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten von Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Gesellschaft. Manche gehen nach oben, unten, rechts. Manche enden auch in Sackgassen. Englisch: You see railway tracks. The many different branches symbolise the decision-making possibilities of artificial intelligence and society. Some go up, down, to the right. Some also end in dead ends.

Artificial intelligence and society

The future of artificial Intelligence and society operates in diverse societal contexts. What can we learn from its political, social and cultural facets?