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NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE

Video

Digital Salon: Paywall or Payback

Those who want to access scientific findings often encounter a paywall. But who pays when everything is freely accessible?

Publication

Rethinking Scientific Publishing

This blueprint from the ELADOAH project shows how Diamond Open Access can be realised through collaboration. 

Publication

Employee-oriented people analytics

This annotated set of slides uses the latest findings to discuss whether people analytics is truly employee-oriented.

Video

Is AI stealing our jobs?

On the Twitch talk show ‘Politik & wir’, researcher Sonja Köhne discusses artificial intelligence and the world of work with other guests.

Call for Papers

Inclusive by design?

The Internet Policy Review seeks contributions for a special issue on participatory governance and the future of digital public spaces. Abstracts: 15 October.

Train-the-Trainer workshop

Dealing with hostility towards science

Communication leads and professionals supporting scientists at universities and research institutions can apply to attend our KAPAZ workshop.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Further events

  • October 09
    Risik narratives in the field of privacy, surveillance, and data protection
    All Day | Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |
  • October 29
    Omnipresent & hidden: Impact, costs, and futures of AI
    14:00 - 18:00 | Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |

    • RESEARCH ISSUES IN FOCUS

    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?

    Digitalisation and sustainability

    In terms of sustainability, digitalisation faces countless opportunities and challenges. We explore how technology is used responsibly.
    Du siehst eine Bibliothek mit einer runden Treppe die sich in die höhe schraubt. Sie steht sinnbildlich für die sich stetig weiterentwickelnden digitalen Infrastrukturen unserer Wissensgesellschaft. You see a library with a round staircase that spirals upwards. It symbolises the constantly evolving digital infrastructures of our knowledge society.

    Open higher education

    We explore the use of open higher education & edtech to create, share and disseminate knowledge for all in our knowledge society.
    Man sieht einen leeren Büroraum ohne Möbel und braunen Teppichboden. Das Bild steht sinnbildlich für die Frage, wie die Arbeit der Zukunft und digitales Organisieren und Zukunft unseren Arbeitsplatz beeinflusst. You see an empty office room without furniture and brown carpeting. The image is emblematic of the question of how the work of the future and digital organising and the future will influence our workplace.

    Digital future of the workplace

    How will AI and digitalisation change the future of the workplace? We assess their impact, and the opportunities and risks for the future of work.

    Experts for Media

    HIIG Expertise – Startseite - Micro - single

    Here you will find our experts on current press topics relating to the Internet and digitalisation.

    AI Compass

    KI Kompass Startseite

    Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI). But what is all the hype? Find out with this card game.

    Data Governance Guide

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    Our new handbook provides guidance on the legally compliant and efficient use of data for administrations.

    DIGITAL SOCIETY BLOG

    Further articles

    ecological sustainability is getting more and more important in the tech sector

    Public Interest Tech: A take on the actors’ perspectives on ecological sustainability

    We asked actors in the field of public interest AI how they deal with ecological sustainability. What do they know about it in general and what measures do they take in particular?

    Irina Kühnlein on 13 April 2023
    Picture shows a transparent umbrella from above. It stands symbolic for the AI Transparency Circle.

    The AI Transparency Cycle

    A common notion of AI transparency is to either make code public or explain exactly how an algorithm makes a decision. Both ways sound plausible, but fail in practice.

    Theresa Züger, Daniel Pothmann on 24 March 2023
    Could digital supply chains help the industry to become more sustainable?

    Sustainable industries through digital supply chains?

    Can digital supply chains help the industry to become more sustainable? Researchers at the Research Institute for Sustainability take a look at its opportunities and risks.

    C. Hanebeck, G. Mewes, S. Kunkel on 1 March 2023