Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Impetus for the digital society

Digitalisation is innovation. Exploiting digitalisation for society needs
governance of innovation. In order to shape societal change, we first need to understand it.

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Lab for digital mavericks

A home for researchers who cross disciplinary boundaries, love questioning
norms and discourses – in order to explore the depths of digital transformation.

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We are making sense of the digital society

Digital transformation affects all areas of societal life. In our research at HIIG we analyse these changes and shed light on current discourses, in order to inform and activate the actors involved.

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Incubator for digital research networkers

Interested in becoming part of a home to digital mavericks? HIIG offers young researchers
a platform for their interests and helps them grow their international network.

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Exploring digital spheres

HIIG is on a mission: We are making sense of the digital society.
While everyone is asking for interdisciplinary research, we have been doing it since the beginning.

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European perspective on global issues

In times of rapid change there is great need for global explanations.
We look for these answers by putting on European glasses.

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Hub for Internet Research

Together with economic, political and civil-society stakeholders we're exploring digitalisation
in order to bridge the gap between the web and society.

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NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE

New publication

How SMEs successfully tackle digitalisation

A study by HIIG and Sirius Minds analysed how small and medium-sized enterprises tackle the digital transformation.

New project

Exploring new publication models

Together with the ZBW, we are starting to implement a project, which will expand our open access...

Nomination

HIIG researcher starts professorship at THB

Prof. Dr. Martin Wrobel takes up a professorship at Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences specialising in business...

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ISSUES IN FOCUS

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Digital innovation and entrepreneurship

Increasingly, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are investing in digital technologies to respond to the rapid changes that are now affecting almost all sectors of life and work. Many SMEs take this step either to realign their business model, to make their processes more efficient or simply because they are forced to do so by structural change and altering customer needs. But what concrete activities and strategies do SMEs pursue in terms of digital innovation? What are the different approaches? What exactly do successful digitisation projects look like in medium-sized companies? In our dossier we get to the bottom of these and other questions.

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