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NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE

Press

AI voices: Deceptively real?

On Bayerischer Rundfunk, media economist Philip Meier talks to other experts about the cloning of human voices.

Job Posting

Voluntary Year in Research (FJN)

Experience research after your A-levels? Apply now and experience science communication, digitalisation and exciting projects from September 2025.

Call for Contributions

Science under pressure

Funding cuts, political interference, shrinking trust: This call invites reflections on visible symptoms and underlying dynamics of the forces that alter academia.

Press

When scientists are targeted, what helps?

At our KAPAZ workshop, researchers explored how to move from awareness to action. Read the summary on wissenschaftskommunikation.de.

Press

Public Interest AI

On reset.org, researcher Theresa Züger explains why artificial intelligence requires a new approach to technology for the benefit of society as a whole.

Press

Legal advice from AI: opportunity or risk?

Researcher Matthias C. Kettemann talks to ZDF about the question of whether AI language models are also suitable for answering legal questions. (In German)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Further events

  • August 27
    Abschlussveranstaltung: Diamond Open Access gemeinsam gestalten
    17:00 - 20:00 | Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |
  • October 09
    Risik narratives in the field of privacy, surveillance, and data protection
    All Day | 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

    The photo shows a close-up of a spiral seashell. This symbolises complexity and hidden layers, representing AI’s environmental impact across its full life cycle.

    Blind spot sustainability: Making AI’s environmental impact measurable

    AI’s environmental impact spans its entire life cycle, but remains a blind spot due to missing data and limited transparency. What must change?

    Lena Winter, Theresa Züger on 30 July 2025
    The photo shows an old television set standing in the middle of a forest, symbolising the hidden environmental cost of digital technology and the concept of the digital metabolic rift.

    The digital metabolic rift: Why do we live beyond our means online?

    We cut plastic and fly less, but scroll and stream nonstop. The digital metabolic rift reveals why our eco-awareness ends where the digital begins.

    Nele Buß on 24 July 2025
    The photo shows a brown cow running freely, representing how data governance helps cities and municipalities escape the digitalisation backlog and enter the digital fast lane.

    Escaping the digitalisation backlog: data governance puts cities and municipalities in the digital fast lane

    The Data Governance Guide empowers cities to develop data-driven services that serve citizens effectively.

    Maurice Stenzel on 10 July 2025