Policy and Law – Digital Society Blog

Robin Tech | 30. October 2015

Franco-German conference on the digitization of the economy

Following an invitation by French president Hollande, I attended the Franco-German conference on the digitization of the economy. Topics included strengthening startups and industrial digital applications, adequate education and further…

Urs Kind | 28. October 2015

“beasts of no nation” on Netflix and the changes in films distribution policies

Mid october the film “beasts of no nation” started on the Netflix platform accompanied with large public attention. The drama about child soldiers in west Africa with Idris Elba in…

Hannfried Leisterer | 20. October 2015

Global Cyberspace Cooperation Summit VI 2015 in New York

This year’s EastWest Institute’s Global Cyberspace Cooperation Summit in New York City convened policymakers, business leaders, technical experts, civil society and academia with the objective to work on issues that…

Sönke Bartling | 14. October 2015

Thoughts on the plagiarism affair: Instead of constantly rolling heads, we should talk about our research system

Written by Sönke Bartling and Sascha Friesike. We are facing one plagiarism affair after the other, but let’s face it: Instead of continuing to let heads roll, we should really…

Uta Meier-Hahn | 8. September 2015

“We’re making the internet work!“

Thanks to network engineers world wide the internet has become ubiquitous for many. Despite competition, networkers often collaborate in order to produce connectivity and trouble shoot irregularities. From a user…

Max von Grafenstein | 4. September 2015

Looking for platform holder for “Mobile Virtual Museum in Berlin”!

or A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER-DIALOG: DIGITIZATION OF BERLIN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE – Why the startup MAUERSCHAU wants to open its platform to Berlin’s cultural community Our doctoral researcher Max von Grafenstein looks for…

Adrian Haase | 10. August 2015

United Nations focus on cybercrime – A report from the UNODC congress in Doha

Our doctoral reseacher Adrian Haase was a participating expert at the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha, Katar a few weeks ago. His report focusses on…

Julian Staben | 7. July 2015

“The experience of privacy does not necessarily depend on the mercy of the law”

A short legal-psychological interview on privacy between Julian Staben and Ricarda Moll. First published on www.juwiss.de. The German Constitution protects a right to privacy under several labels. Firstly, there are explicit…

Theresa Züger | 19. June 2015

Three Ways to Understanding Civil Disobedience in a Digitized World

This article is a shortened version of the introduction Theresa Züger gave at the international and interdisciplinary workshop Civil Disobedience Beyond the State II: The Digitalization of Disobedience from Whistleblowing to Anonymous that…