Research at HIIG
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) aims to broaden the theoretical and empirical foundation of internet and society research in order to contribute to a better understanding of digital society. Throughout the process of digitalisation, societies are undergoing changes. Our conceptual frame of reference for identifying and assessing these societal changes is the relationship between innovation and governance.
Innovation Governance
Innovation and governance interact in ambiguous ways; they may both mutually stimulate and even enable each other but they may also be constraining. Tensions and synergies emerging from this relationship can be found across all societal fields and organisations including the state, corporations and markets, from the local to the global level.
Analysing the relationship between innovation and governance, HIIG has developed three long-term research programmes, who provide the framework for research activities at HIIG. Further research groups and projects add to and strengthen our programme-oriented research. Research results are presented and discussed through science transfer projects and events.
CONCEPTS, DISCOURSES, MATERIALITIES
The evolving digital society
DATA, ACTORS, INFRASTRUCTURE
The governance of data-driven innovation and cyber security
LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION
Innovation in knowledge organisation and transfer
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- Entrepreneuship and innovation
- Innovation
- Media and Data
- Politics and law
- Science and education
- Society and Culture
Voting and surveys through digital identity and random sample voting
There is a deep and broad gap between citizens and governing bodies in the EU. It is...
User innovation in smart energy technologies
Interconnected, intelligent energy systems are a highly discussed issue. Such systems are used by customers to control...
The Third Engagement Report
The Third Engagement Report is a report on civic engagement that focuses on “The Future of Civil...
The Public International Law of the Internet
The rapid development of the Internet and the increasing digitalisation of everyday life is raising new legal...
The Futures of Telemedicine: Knowledge, Policy, Regulation
Digital health card, electronic health record, medical telematics infrastructure – these are the terms dominating the public...
The Digital Administrative State
Current discussions on the Internet’s impact on public administration and on public institutions in general have centred...
Privacy by design in smart cities
How to build smart cities in a privacy and security-friendly way, when more and more movements and human...
Pelagios Commons: Linking the places of your past
Being able to link one document to another — and move easily between them — is one...
Open!
The meaning of Open Source Innovation for the future firm Open Source Innovation (OSI) is an important...
Networks of Outrage
In the past decade, Europe has witnessed the birth of many movements at the right end of...
Internet Policy Review
The Internet Policy Review is an open access, fast track and peer-reviewed journal on Internet regulation.
Innovation and Imitation in the Games Sector
This 2-year study investigated the tension between innovation and imitation in the Digital Games Industry. In this...
Goodcoin – Robust Privacy for Loyalty Programmes and Payment Systems
The processing of customer data plays an important role both in traditional business and e-commerce.
Global Privacy Governance
In the age of the Internet, in the wake of new challenges from increased network connection, new...
Gemeinsam Digital – SME 4.0
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) are the backbone of the German economy but many struggle to define...
Freedom of Expression in the Quasi-Public Sphere
The emerging publics on the Internet heavily rely on the infrastructure and platforms provided by private entities...
Entrepreneurship Research Lab
Our Innovation and Entrepreneurship team is a transdisciplinary group of researchers at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute...
Empirical Copyright Research
Copyright is one of the most contested fields of Internet regulation. Strong copyright protection is routinely assumed...
DREAM (Digital Research Mining)
As part of the DREAM project, a mobile application is being developed that simplifies the search for...
Digital Innovation in German mid-sized businesses
Digitalisation brings new opportunities and growth potential, especially for the German Mittelstand. What kind of activities and...
Cybersecurity
With critical infrastructure becoming increasingly networked and the number of networked sensors and other objects of everyday...
Creative uses and cross – border copyright regulation
The Internet and digitisation simplify access to copyright protected works, and facilitate their distribution and use. However,...
Competing and complementing – The relation of Co-determination and new participatory platforms within companies
In our project “Competing and complementing – The relation of co-determination and new participatory platforms within companies”...
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society is currently launching an 18-month study into the...
Big Data & Nudging – Regulation by Big Data and Behavioural Sciences
In recent years, the possible intersections of “big data” and “nudging” (as well as related instruments) increasingly...
»dwerft«
In March 2014, a three-year research project on new technologies for digital moving images will start in...
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- Entrepreneuship and innovation
- Innovation
- Media and Data
- Politics and law
- Science and education
- Society and Culture
Wahlkompass Digitales
Digital policy will be a focal point of the German federal elections in 2017. More than ever,...
Opening Science
It seems as though the digitalisation of research is accompanied by a revision of established research practices...
The emergence of cyberspace has challenged the law of civil security in Europe. Today, nearly all aspects...
From the Internet of Computers to the Internet of Things The internet of things refers to a...
How to collaborate with startups?
Joint innovation projects by corporates and startups are being supported by ongoing digitalisation. These collaborative approaches consist...
The political phenomenon of civil disobedience has undergone a remarkable change in recent times, with the expression...