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Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society

Digital technologies are fundamentally changing our economy and society. They are upending many traditional ways of doing business and at the same time opening up new economic and societal opportunities. Researchers in our group conceptualize and theorize these transformations while also delivering practical and applied knowledge in innovative formats for practitioners and policy makers.

The HIIG Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society Group (IES) embraces these diverse developments. Our aim is to understand, inform and co-create innovation and entrepreneurship in a rapidly changing, globally interconnected digital economy and society.

IES was founded based on three years of action research within HIIG’s Startup Clinics, followed by several sector-specific research projects on topics such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, digital platforms and the future of work. Our current work builds on this legacy, focusing on four research areas, through which we investigate the mechanisms and enablers of digital innovation and entrepreneurship at different analytical levels:

 

AI & Work

What are the promises and perils of algorithms including AI in the world of work? How can organizations adopt digital technologies in a way that is economically and socially sustainable? And how do stakeholders perceive and navigate tensions and paradoxes that arise in the process?

Digital Organising & Openness

What opportunities and challenges are arising from the ‘datafication of everything’ and the ‘connectification of everyone’ for the process of organizing? How can organizations effectively coordinate the digitally supported decision making and sensemaking processes with both internal and external partners? 

Platforms & Ecosystems

How do platforms function and compete? How and why did platforms evolve as a new organizational form? What are the competitive dynamics between and across platform ecosystems? What is the effect of platforms on traditional industries, employment, and entrepreneurship? What are the risks, opportunities, and alternatives?

Digital Entrepreneurship & Sustainability

How can entrepreneurs use data and digital technologies such AI, blockchain and platforms and combine them with social innovations such as hackathons to tackle grand societal challenges such as biodiversity loss, gender inequality and climate change? What contextual challenges do sustainable entrepreneurs encounter, especially in the global south?  How can researchers leverage their expertise to contribute to the development of locally sensitive solutions?

Research approach

In line with HIIG’s mission, we aim to pioneer interdisciplinary research and promote unconventional approaches in the area of innovation, entrepreneurship and society. We conduct theoretically grounded research and seek to co-create societal and economic value together with businesses, policymakers and the public. To achieve this, we develop novel research approaches and use new technologies and methodologies. Our work is participatory and collaborative, ensuring that joint learning and knowledge transfer happen continuously and consistently. This approach helps us keep up with the novelty, complexity and dynamism of the digital economy.

Contact

Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Prof. Dr.

Head of Research Group and Associate Researcher: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society

Explore current HIIG Activities

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 organising and the future of work

The future of work is characterised by spatial and temporal flexibility and by the increasing interaction between people and technology.

Digitalisation and sustainability

In terms of sustainability, digitalisation faces countless opportunities and challenges. We explore how technology is used responsibly.

Completed research projects

  • Entrepreneurship & innovation

    Data Cooperation Platforms for SMEs

    The project Data Cooperation Platforms for SMEs (DaPla Mittelstand) is exploring how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in data-rich markets can better participate...
  • Entrepreneurship & innovation · Media & data

    Platform Alternatives

    The project team will derive Corporate Governance Principles for digital platforms that seek to distribute collectively created value more fairly. The project is implemented...
  • Learn Match Partner | HIIG
    Entrepreneurship & innovation

    Learn. Match. Partner.

    The aim of the first phase is to develop an understanding of the functioning and basic principles of the partner. Interfaces thus found enable...
  • Wissensarbeit | HIIG
    AI · Entrepreneurship & innovation · Society & culture

    Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Work – Implications, Opportunities and Risks

    The research project focuses on the use of AI applications in the intraorganizational workplace of knowledge workers.
  • Dewmystifying AI
    AI · Entrepreneurship & innovation

    Demystifying AI in entrepreneurship

    The AI production process is not a magic blackbox, but rather an entrepreneurial process designed and carried out by actors, such as entrepreneurs, with...
  • Digitale Innovation im Mittelstand

    Digital Innovation in German mid-sized businesses

    The respective projects do not only take place in different functional areas of the companies, but are also related to trending topics like Smart...

  • Competing and complementing – The relation of Co-determination and new participatory platforms within companies

    In our project we do research on workers participation on digital platforms by examining new forms and processes of employee participation online.
  • Entrepreneurship & innovation · Science & education

    Open!NEXT – Open and community-based innovation processes

    New collaborations between company & consumer to foster the idea of open source and open innovation in the non-software area.
  • Entrepreneurship & innovation · Society & culture

    How to collaborate with startups?

    It is obvious that the tremendous differences in terms of culture, available resources and agility between corporates and startups present challenges for a successful...
  • Gemeinsam digital
    Entrepreneurship & innovation · Society & culture

    Gemeinsam Digital

    _Gemeinsam digital, the Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Berlin, is a central contact point for all companies in Berlin and nationwide that have questions about digitization. Our...
  • Entrepreneurship & innovation · Society & culture

    User innovation in smart energy technologies

    Interconnected, intelligent energy systems are a highly discussed issue. Such systems are used by customers to control and measure their energy us-age.
  • dwerft
    Entrepreneurship & innovation · Media & data

    »dwerft«

    In March 2014, a three-year research project on new technologies for digital moving images will start in Babelsberg: the »dwerft«.
  • Innovation Entrepreneurship
    Entrepreneurship & innovation

    Entrepreneurship Research Lab

    Our Innovation and Entrepreneurship team is a transdisciplinary group of researchers at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society (HIIG).

 

Books

Richter, N., Jackson, P., Schildhauer, T. (Eds.) (2018). Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Risi, D., Vigneau, L., & Bohn, S., & Wickert, C. W. (2022). Institutional theory-based research on Corporate Social Responsibility: Bringing values back in. International Journal of Management Reviews(00), 1-21. DOI: 10.1111/ijmr.12299 Publication details

Bohn, S., & Rogge, JC. (2022). The framing of green innovations—a comparative topic modeling study on the public frames of the electric vehicle in Germany and UK. Journal of Cleaner Production, 364, 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132499 Publication details

Köhne, S., Ulich, A., & Gümüşay, A. (2022). Digitale Weiterbildung in KMU: Ein Dreiphasenmodell zur Implementierung einer bedarfsgerechten Strategie. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 1(91), 35-41. Publication details

Adler, P. S., Adly, A., Armanios, D. E., Battilana, J., Bodrožić, Z., […], Gümüşay, A. A., et al. (2022). Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Global Retreat of Democracy: A Curated Discussion. Journal of Management Inquiry, 32(1), 3–20. Publication details

Gümüşay, A. A., Raynard, M., Etter, M., Albu, O. & Roulet, T. (2022). Digital Technology and Voice: How Platforms Shape Institutional Processes Through Visibilization. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 83, 57-85. Publication details

Scheidgen, K., Gümüşay, A.A., Günzel-Jensen, F., Krlev, G., & Wolf, M. (2021). Crises and entrepreneurial opportunities: digital social innovation in response to physical distancing. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 15. Publication details

Bohn, S., & Braun, T. (2021). Field-configuring projects: how projects shape the public reflection of electric mobility in Germany. International Journal of Project Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2021.04.006 Publication details

Bohn, S., Lohmeyer, N., Kumar, H. Jha and Reinecke, J. (2021). Hostile frame takeover: Co-opting the security frame in the German nuclear energy debate. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2021(1), 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.198 Publication details

Gümüsay, A. A., & Reinecke, J. (2021). Researching for Desirable Futures: From Real Utopias to Imagining Alternatives. Journal of Management Studies, 59(1), 236-242. Publication details

Gümüşay, A.A., Smets, M., & Morris, T. (2020). ‘God at Work’: Engaging Central and Incompatible Institutional Logics through Elastic Hybridity. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 63(1), 124 - 154. DOI: 10.5465/amj.2016.0481 Publication details

Bohn, S., Friederici, N., & Gümüşay, A. A. (2020). Too big to fail us? Platforms as systemically relevant. Internet Policy Review. Publication details

Grafenstein, M. v., Jain, A., Thorne, M., Rogers, J. et al. (2019). Our Friends Electric – Reflections on Advocacy and Design Research for the Voice Enabled Internet. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. DOI: 10.1145/3290605.3300344 Publication details

Friederici, N. (2018). Delineating African Innovation Hubs from Business Incubators: A Process Perspective. Research Paper submitted to 4th Biennial Conference of the Africa Academy of Management, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3rd - 6th January 2018. Publication details

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan; Bohné, Thomas (2018). Individual and organizational inhibitors to the development of entrepreneurial competencies in universities. Research Policy, 47(2), 363 - 378. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.11.008 Publication details

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan (2018). Commentary: Sharing is caring: From material to socio-material sharing. Academy of Management Discoveries, 4(3), 376 - 377. DOI: 10.5465/amd.2018.0083 Publication details

Jackson, P., Dobson, P., & Richter, N. (2017). The situational logic of entrepreneurship: a realist approach to national policy. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 1-24. Publication details

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan (2017). Unpacking entrepreneurial opportunities – an institutional logics perspective. Innovation: Organization & Management, 20(3), 209 - 222. DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2017.1404430 Publication details

Dopfer, M., Grafenstein v., M., Richter, N., Schildhauer, T., Tech, R., Trifonov, S., & Wrobel, M. (2015). Fördernde und Hindernde Faktoren Für Internet-Enabled Startups (Supporting and Hindering Factors for Internet-Enabled Startups). HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2015(06). Publication details

Edited works

Gümüşay, A.A., Marti, E., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Wickert, C. (2022). Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges. In A.A. Gümüşay, E. Marti., H. Trittin-Ulbrich, & C. Wickert, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 79. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20220000079002 Publication details

Book contributions and chapters

Gümüşay, A., Marti, E., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., & Wickert, C. (2022). How Organizing matters for Societal Grand Challenges. In A.A. Gümüsay, E. Marti, H. Trittin-Ulbrich & C. Wickert, Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges, Research in the Sociology of Organizations (79) (pp. 1-14). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20220000079002 Publication details

Grafenstein, M. v. (2019). Co-Regulation and the Competitive Advantage in the GDPR: Data protection certification mechanisms, codes of conduct and the “state of the art” of data protection-by-design. In González-Fuster, G., van Brakel, R., & P. De Hert, Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law. Values, Norms and Global Politics, Edward Elgar Publishing, 1st Ed.. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Publication details

Richter, N., Volquartz, L., Schildhauer, T., Neumann, K. (2018). What Drives Internet Startups in Berlin? A Qualitative Analysis of the Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors. In N. Richter, Jackson, P., T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Richter, N., Schildhauer, T. (2018). Startup Clinics: Applied Research and “First Aid” for Early Stage Startups. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Wrobel, M. (2018). Do You Have What It Takes to Become an Internet Entrepreneur? The Key Competencies of Successful Founders. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Dopfer, M. (2018). Why Business Model Innovation Matters to Startups. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer T. (2018). How Established Firms can Profit from Working with Startups. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer T. (2018). Meeting the Innovation Challenge: Agile Processes for Established Organisations. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Meier, P. (2018). Digitale Plattformen als Innovationstreiber. In P. Plugmann (Ed.), Innovationsumgebungen gestalten. Impulse für Start-ups und etablierte Unternehmen im globalen Wettbewerb (pp. 207-217). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler. Publication details

Friederici, N. (2018). Innovation Hubs in Africa: Assemblers of Technology Entrepreneurs. In M. Tynnhammar (Ed.), New Waves in Innovation Management Research (ISPIM Insights) (pp. 435-454). Delaware, USA: Vernon Press. Publication details

Schildhauer, T., & Flum, T., & Voss, H. (2018). „Weiterbildung 4.0“ für die Wirtschaft 4.0. In C., Bär, T., Grädler, R. Mayr (Eds.), Digitalisierung im Spannungsfeld von Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Recht (pp. 283-298). Berlin: Springer Gabler. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer T. (2017). Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Startups: The Case of Germany and the USA. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Sauer, R., Dopfer, M., Schmeiss, J., & Gassmann, O. (2016). Geschäftsmodell als Gral der Digitalisierung. In O. Gassmann & P. Sutter, Digitale Transformation im Unternehmen gestalten (pp. 15-26). München, Deutschland: Hanser Verlag. Publication details

Working paper

Köhne, S., von Richthofen, G., & Send, H. (2023). Künstliche Intelligenz und betriebliche Mitbestimmung. Herausforderungen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten für Arbeitnehmer*innenvertretungen. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2023(1). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7615028 Publication details

Friederici, N., & Graham, M. (2018). The Bounded Opportunities of Digital Enterprises in Global Economic Peripheries. Friederici, N., & Graham, M.. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3249499 Publication details

Other publications

v. Richthofen, G., Köhne, S., & Send, H. (2023). KI in der Wissensarbeit: Handlungsfelder und Ansätze für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Masmoudi, M., & Rashid, L. (2023). Determinants and Outcomes of Innovative Entrepreneurship in a Turbulent Context: The Case of Post-Revolution Tunisia. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Friederici, N., Krell, T., Meier, P., Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Plattforminnovation im Mittelstand, . Publication details

Schmeiss, J., & Friederici, N. (2019). How much magic lies behind German AI production? Digital Society Blog. Publication details

Ogolla, S. (2018). Employee Empowerment or workers’ control? The use case of Enterprise Social Networks. Connected Life Conference. Publication details

Richter, T., & Große, M. (2018). Mehr Energie für die Energie. Publication details

Olk, C. (2018). Die Zukunft der Arbeit? An der Zukunft arbeiten!. Publication details

Wrobel, M., Schildhauer, T., & Preiß, K. (2017). Kooperationen zwischen Startups und Mittelstand. Learn. Match. Partner. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Ogolla, S. (2017). Artificial Intelligence at a Crossroads. Publication details

Große, M. (2015). Autarkie und der große Plan – die Energiewende und kleine, konkrete Lösungen. Publication details

 

Lectures and presentations

Leading in Academia
Munich Postdoc Day 2023. Insights into Leadership. TUM Vorhoelzer Forum, Munich, Germany: 09.05.2023 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar: A Research Potpourri – Innovative Templates, Circular Forms of Organizing, and Futures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany: 22.03.2023 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

A Research Potpourri – Innovative Templates, Circular Forms of Organizing, and Futures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany: 22.03.2023 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Between Benin & Berlin: Research & Impact at the Intersection of Sustainability & Digitalization
Master in Global Economic Governance and Public Affairs. Centre internationale de formation européenne. Centre internationale de formation européenne, Berlin, Germany: 20.03.2023

Georg von Richthofen

Digitale Zukünfte
Digital Future Challenge 2022/23: Halbfinale. Initiative D21, Deloitte-Stiftung. Deloitte Greenhouse, Berlin, Germany: 16.01.2023 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

People Analytics im Spannungsfeld zwischen Be- und Entlastung
Netzwerktreffen Stabsmitarbeiter*innen “Gute und gesunde (Mitbestimmungs-)Arbeit in einer transformierenden Wirtschaft”. Institut für Mitbestimmung und Unternehmensführung (I.M.U.) der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany: 10.01.2023

Sonja Köhne

Parlamente für die Plattformen? Die Grenzen digitale Selbstbestimmung auf digitalen Diensten
Interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung am Wissenschaftlichen Zentrum für Informationstechnik-Gestaltung (ITeG) an der Universität Kassel (Session: Digitale Gesellschaft - eine gestalterische Herausforderung). Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany: 21.12.2022 Further information

Matthias C. Kettemann

Co-creating Desirable Futures
Internationale Fachkonferenz 2022: Creative Ways into Desirable Futures. Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes. online, online, Germany: 10.11.2022 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Künstlicher Intelligenz im Recruiting
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Künstlicher Intelligenz im Recruiting. Fortbildungsakademie des Ministeriums des Innern des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Online, Germany: 29.09.2022

Sonja Köhne

Algorithmisches Personalmanagement: Kartierung einer komplexen Landschaft
Demo Day. Prototype Funds. bUm, Raum für solidarisches Miteinander, Berlin, Germany: 31.08.2022 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Digital organizing in open-source IoT companies. The mutual relationship between datafication and connectification.
38th EGOS Colloquium: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection. Wirtschaftsuniversität, Vienna, Austria: 07.07.2022 Further information

Stephan Bohn, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Social Data Science and the Digital Economy
4th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (Session: Social Data Science and the Digital Economy). CARMA 2022, Valencia, Spain: 29.06.2022 Further information

Fabian Braesemann

Managing Digital Platforms and Ecosystems
Course at BI Norwegian Business School (Session: Managing Digital Platforms and Ecosystems). BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway: 19.06.2022 Further information

Philip Meier

Is the Future of Work Online? Exploring the Global Online Gig Economy
GIZ.digital Gateway Online Event (Session: Is the Future of Work Online? Exploring the Global Online Gig Economy). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Virtual, Virtual, Germany: 15.06.2022

Fabian Stephany

Coffee Chat: A human has viewed your CV – Künstliche Intelligenz im Bewerbungsprozess?
Künstliche Intelligenz im Bewerbungsprozess?. re:publica 2022, Berlin, Germany: 09.06.2022 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Das interaktive People-Analytics-Quiz. re:publica 2022, Berlin, Germany: 09.06.2022 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Resilience of the workforce in the digital age
The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks (Session: Resilience of the workforce in the digital age). Henry Stewart Talks. Virtual, Virtual, Virtual: 30.05.2022 Further information

Fabian Stephany

(Un-)Happy Hosts? Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing in the Sharing Economy
EMAC 2022 (Session: The Darker Shades of The Sharing Economy). Corvinus University. Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary: 26.05.2022 Further information

Georg von Richthofen

Vom digitalen Wandel zur digitalen Wende
Die digitale Transformation gestalten - Fachtagung im Rahmen des 75jährigen Jubiläums der Universität Speyer (Session: Vom digitalen Wandel zur digitalen Wende). Universität Speyer, Speyer, Germany: 08.04.2022 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Class XIV: Organizations, Institutions and War
Organizing in Times of Crisis - Collaborative Open Courses for Master Programs in Business Administration, Management and Organization Studies (Session: Class XIV: Organizations, Institutions and War). Virtual, Virtual, Germany: 01.04.2022 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

People Analytics and the Promise of the Good Life—A Critical Transformative Perspective
17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2022 Proceedings 4, Online, Germany: 21.02.2022 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Closing the Digital Skill Gap: The Potential of Online Platform Data for Active Labour Market Policies
IE Business School Madrid, Centre for the Governance of Change, Expert Meeting (Session: Closing the Digital Skill Gap: The Potential of Online Platform Data for Active Labour Market Policies). IE Business School Madrid, Centre for the Governance of Change, Madrid, Spain: 04.02.2022 Further information

Fabian Stephany

Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world's remote freelancing market
PLAMASIO Talk Weizenbaum Institute (Session: Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world's remote freelancing market). Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. Virtual, Berlin, Germany: 29.01.2022 Further information

Fabian Stephany

KI entzaubern: Kann KI menschliches Verhalten präzise vorhersagen und optimieren?
KI entzaubern: Kann KI menschliches Verhalten präzise vorhersagen und optimieren?. KI & Wir Convention, Online, Germany: 26.11.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Inclusive Digital Economies - A quick tour of findings from three research streams
UNDP Chief Digital Office. United Nations Development Programme, Online, USA: 18.11.2021 Further information

Nicolas Friederici

Finalist: Science and Innovation Management
Breakthrough of the Year. Falling Walls Science Summit 2021, Bremen, Germany: 09.11.2021 Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Warum wir die Megatrends Demografie und Digitalisierung zusammen denken müssen
Symposium: Körber Demografie 2021. Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany: 04.11.2021 Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Algorithmisches Management: Ein Phänomen der Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt
Multistakeholder-Dialog. Ethik der Digitalisierung. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany: 08.10.2021 Further information

Georg v. Richthofen

“One strategy does not fit all” – A typology of European platform competition.
Session E: Platform Economy. BEYOND4.0 Conference. Online, Sofia, Bulgaria: 01.10.2021 Further information

Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici

Zwischen Automation und Augmentation: KI in der Wissensarbeit
Fachgespräch: Künstliche Intelligenz – Veränderungen von Arbeitsmärkten – Folgen und Herausforderungen für die Stadtentwicklung. Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung, Berlin, Germany: 23.09.2021

Georg v. Richthofen

Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world’s remote freelancing market
3rd Crowdworking Symposium. Universität Bremen, Online, Germany: 17.09.2021 Further information

Fabian Stephany

Health in the City Online Meetup — Smart City meets Healthcare. Berlin Innovation Agency (BIA), Online, Germany: 18.08.2021 Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Why, AI? Mythos: KI kann menschliches Verhalten präzise vorhersagen und optimieren. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Online, Germany: 09.08.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Autonomie und Überwachung? Künstliche Intelligenz in der Personalsteuerung am Beispiel der Pflege
Summer School Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg. Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg, Online, Germany: 09.07.2021

Sonja Köhne

Myth: AI is disrupting knowledge work
Why AI?. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Online, Germany: 10.06.2021 Further information

Hendrik Send

People Analytics am Arbeitsplatz: Every Break You Take, Every Click You Make
People Analytics am Arbeitsplatz: Every Break You Take, Every Click You Make. re:publica 21, Online, Berlin, Germany: 22.05.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Künstliche Intelligenz – Potenziale, Grenzen und betriebliche Mitbestimmung
KI-Tag der Technologieberatungsstelle DGB NRW (TBS NRW). TBS NRW, Online, Dortmund, Germany: 20.05.2021

Sonja Köhne

Künstliche Intelligenz in der Personalarbeit: Risiken, Chancen, neue Machtfragen
Vom Wert der Demokratie und demokratischen Werten in Zeiten des Wandels (Session: Künstliche Intelligenz in der Personalarbeit: Risiken, Chancen, neue Machtfragen). Forum Politische Bildung – IG Metall, Frankfurt, Online, Germany: 11.05.2021

Sonja Köhne

Is the future of work online? How online labour markets change the world of work
Webinar: British Council 'Knowledge is GREAT' lecture: Is the future of work online?. British Council Singapore, Online, Singapore: 29.04.2021 Further information

Fabian Stephany

Weiß der Algorithmus vor mir, dass ich kündigen möchte?
Webseminar. IG BCE, Online, Germany: 23.03.2021

Sonja Köhne

People Analytics und das Versprechen objektiver Personalentscheidungen
Digitalkonferenz der IG BCE. IG BCE, Hannover, Germany: 11.03.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Daten-Kooperationsplattformen für den Mittelstand
Digitale Plattformen im Mittelstand – Gemeinsame Wertschöpfung als Chance?. Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Online, Berlin, Germany: 16.02.2021 Further information

Nicolas Friederici

Künstliche Intelligenz und digitale Wertschöpfung
Industrie und Handelskammer zu Berlin. IHK Berlin. IHK Berlin, Online, Berlin: 14.12.2020

Annika Ulich

Varieties of Platform Strategy: An Exploratory Study of European Enterprises
Workshop Regulating work in the platform economy (Session: The effects of the platform economy: business models and value chains). Hertie School. Online, Berlin, Germany: 27.05.2020

Nicolas Friederici

Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa: Last Mile Platforms and Other Localized Business Models
GIZ.Digital Gateway Online Event. GIZ. Online, Bonn, Germany: 27.03.2020

Nicolas Friederici

Economic Geographies of the Digital. Universität Bayreuth. Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin, Deutschland: 24.01.2020

Nicolas Friederici

Was steckt eigentlich hinter dem Begriff „Künstliche Intelligenz"?
Deutsche Wohnen SE:. Deutsche Wohnen SE. Deutsche Wohnen SE, Berlin, Germany: 30.09.2019

Thomas Schildhauer

How can startups collaborate and engage with corporates
Startup Class 2019 (Session: Digitales Lernzentrum from Facebook). Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin. Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 20.09.2019 Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa. BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway: 13.09.2019

Nicolas Friederici

An exploration for value capture mechanisms in platform-orchestrated networks
International Conference on Design and Technology. Technion, Haifa, Israel: 18.06.2019 Further information

Philip Meier

Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa: Escaping from Silicon Valley’s Long Shadow
World Bank Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice. World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA: 21.05.2019

Nicolas Friederici

Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa: How a Continent Is Escaping from Silicon Valley’s Long Shadow. Quello Center, Michigan State University, Michigan, U.S.A.: 20.05.2019 Further information

Nicolas Friederici

The Platformization of Everything
Presentation. Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, Haas Business School, University of California, Berkeley, USA: 22.04.2019 Further information

Philip Meier

Colloquium Development Geography (Session: Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa: Escaping from Silicon Valley’s Long Shadow). Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 01.02.2019

Nicolas Friederici

Blockchain-enabled value creation between multiple parties: A transaction cost perspective.
World Open Innovation Conference (Session: Digital Transformation). UC Berkeley, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation. Berkeley Haas, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, San Francisco, USA: 13.12.2018 Further information

Jessica Schmeiss, Katharina Hölzle, Robin Tech

Kooperation zwischen Startups und Mittelstand
Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Regionalkonferenz Berlin. Gemeinsam digital: Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum. Mercure Hotel Berlin Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany: 08.11.2018

Philip Meier

Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa
Management Research Seminar: Lecture on Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa. WU Wien, Vienna, Austria: 06.11.2018 Further information

Friederici, N.

Künstliche Intelligenz und neue Formen der Arbeit
Think Big Camp XXL. Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung. O2-Tower, Munich, Germany: 19.10.2018 Further information

Shirley Ogolla

Smart Energy in Deutschland – Wie Nutzerinnovationen die Energiewende voranbringen
HEA-Tagung 2018 - Märkte.Partner.Energie (Session: Energie smart nachgefragt). Umweltforum Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 19.09.2018

Matti Große

Determining Datamining - A Marxist perspective
MyData Conference 2018 (Session: Debating Rights and Responsibilities). Open Knowledge Foundation Finland. Kulturittaallo, Helsinki, Finland: 29.08.2018

Christopher Olk

The governance of open business models through blockchain technology
R&D Management Conference 2018 (Session: Digitally-enabled business model innovation). Politecnico di Milano. Politecnico di Milano School of Management, Milan, Italy: 02.07.2018 Further information

Jessica Schmeiss, Robin Tech, Jonas Kahlert

Surviving Social Media In The Workplace: A Kit
re:publica 2018. Station Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 03.05.2018 Further information

Shirley Ogolla

Triggers of collaborative prototyping: A netnographic study of user innovation in open source hardware communities
15th International Open and User Innovation Conference (Session: Communities: User Innovation and Open Source 1). University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria: 12.07.2017

Matti Große

Identification and Classification of User Innovation: Implications for Future Research
15th International Open and User Innovation Conference (Session: Innovation Policy). University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria: 11.07.2017

Jakob J. Korbel, Matti Große

Consequences of digitalization for service innovation theories: conceptual ideas and implications for future research
16th International Schumpeter Society Conference (Session: The Digital Economy). International Schumpeter Society. Hotel Bonaventure, Montéal, Canada: 07.07.2016

Matti Große

Panels

Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz
Digitalisierung, Arbeit und Gesellschaft in der postpandemischen Konstellation. Forschungsgruppe Globalisierung, Arbeit und Produktion. WZB, Berlin, Germany: 12.05.2023 Further information

Sonja Köhne

People Analytics: Management zwischen Daten, Intuition und Diskriminierung
Geschlechterungleichheit und KI am Arbeitsplatz. Gleichstellungsforum 2023, Berlin, Germany: 03.03.2023 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Resilienz im digitalen Wandel
#D21TALK – Fachkongress digitale Gesellschaft 2023. Initiative D21 e. V.. Amplifier Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 27.02.2023 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Wissenschaftskooperation für ethische KI-Entwicklung in Afrika - Welche Rolle kann die deutsche Forschungspolitik spielen?
Ethische KI in Afrika: Welche Rolle kann die Deutsche Entwicklungs- und Forschungspolitik spielen?. Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, Bonn, Germany: 03.11.2022 Further information

Georg von Richthofen

Theorizing Desirable Futures
38th EGOS Colloquium: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection. WU, Vienna, Vienna, Austria: 07.08.2022 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Juliane Reinecke, Tor Hernes

Digital organizing & strategizing in open-source IoT companies. The mutual relationship between datafication and connectification.
38th EGOS Colloquium: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection. WU, Vienna, Vienna, Austria: 07.08.2022 Further information

Stephan Bohn, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Quo vadis Künstliche Intelligenz?
ZVEI-Jahreskongress 2022. bcc Berlin Congress Center, Berlin, Germany: 18.05.2022 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Theory Elaboration on Religion in Entrepreneurship Research
LIFE Konferenz. LIFE Konferenz, Berlin, Germany: 12.04.2022 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Experimentierräume und Reallabore
Festival: The unknOwn unknOwns. ınnOscı | Forum für offene Innovationskultur, Berlin, Germany: 16.12.2021 Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Airbnb, Uber, Lieferando: Die Zukunft der Wirtschaft?
Berlin Science Week 1–10 Nov. Einstein Center Digital Future, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Weizenbaum-Institut, Berlin, Germany: 03.11.2021 Further information

Tina Krell

Mehr KI als Verstand – Technik im Dienste des Menschen?
Ali Aslan Gümüsay. Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft und Studium Generale. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany: 10.10.2021 Further information

Mehr KI als Verstand – Technik im Dienste des Menschen?

Toward a new methodological paradigm in transition studies? Recent approaches for analyzing collections of texts by discourse (network) analysis, topic modeling and natural language processing
12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST). Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung, Online, Germany: 05.10.2021 Further information

Christian Binz, Stephan Bohn, Jonas Heiberg, Daniel Hain, Birthe Soppe & Bernhard Truffer

Remote Working During the Pandemic I: Experiences from different continents
Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. SASE Conference, Online, Germany: 03.07.2021 Further information

Fabian Stephany

Artificial Intelligence & Work
Open Lunch Talk Series. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany: 10.06.2021 Further information

Georg v. Richthofen

Future of Work After Covid-19: Opportunities and Challenges of Platform Cooperativism
PLUS Project – Platform Labour in Urban Spaces. Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Online, Italy: 04.06.2021

Tina Krell

KI und Wissensarbeit – Implikationen, Möglichkeiten und Risiken
Algorithmen, Automatisierung und Arbeit – Wie KI unsere Arbeit und unser Leben besser machen kann. BMAS. Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin, Germany: 20.05.2021 Further information

Georg von Richthofen

Entrepreneurship and faith – a diversity of religious perpectives
L.I.F.E. Research Conference 2021 – 1st Annual Research Conference on Faith and Entrepreneurship. Miami University, L.I.F.E. Research Lab. Online, Miami, USA: 08.04.2021 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

KI-Leuchtturm-Vorhaben: CO:DINA –Transformationsroadmap Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit
CO:DINA-Forum „Digitale Souveränität und Nachhaltigkeit“. Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment,, Online, Germany: 04.12.2020 Further information

Nicolas Friederici

KI in Betrieben - Realitäten aus der Arbeitswelt
Fachsymposium „Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Arbeitswelt".. Germany. Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), Online, : 01.10.2020 Further information

Georg von Richthofen

Brave new world?! Opportunities and challenges for sustainable development in the digital age
Gronen 2020 - All Systems go?! Sustainability in the Digital Age. Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment, Online, Portugal: 17.06.2020 Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

The Effects of Automation on Employment, Wages, and Inequality in Germany. American Academy. American Academy, Berlin, Germany: 09.12.2019 Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Kampf der Plattform-Giganten – wie sieht der deutsch-europäische Weg aus?
11. Internet Governance Forum Deutschland. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft & Energie, Berlin, Germany: 11.09.2019 Further information

Nicolas Friederici

Moderation of workshops and panels

Web Scraping
Web Scraping. Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, Germany: 22.11.2021

Fabian Stephany

Digitaler Kapitalismus #DigiCap der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Online-Kongress. Forum “Künstliche Intelligenz im Personalmanagement – mit Mitbestimmung gegen das Machtungleichgewicht”, Bremen, Germany: 18.11.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne

3. DUCAH Quartalstreffen
Podiumsgespräch: Gründung einer Genossenschaft. Digital Urban Center for Aging and Health (DUCAH), Online, Evangelische Bank, Diakonie Deutschland, DRK Schwesternschaft Berlin, Bundesärztekammer: 10.10.2021

Thomas Schildhauer

“Der People Analytics Jahresrückblick: Was hat sich getan im Bereich Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Personalarbeit?”
LABOR.A 2021. Hans Böckler Stiftung, Online, Germany: 06.10.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne

Presentation: Hostile frame takeover. Co-opting the security frame in the German nuclear energy debate
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM-2021). Academy of Management, Online, USA: 03.08.2021 Further information

Stephan Bohn, Nora Lohmeyer, Harsh Kumar Jha & Juliane Reinecke

Artificial Intelligence & Work
Open Lunch Talk Series. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany: 10.06.2021 Further information

Sonja Köhne (in representation for Shirley Ogolla)

Zwischen Autonomie und Überwachung – Kann People Analytics dem Interesse der Arbeitnehmer*innen dienen?
Machtfragen der Digitalisierung. Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Online, Germany: 19.01.2021

Sonja Köhne

Wir denken die Zukunft der Gesundheitswirtschaft im smarten Quartier neu
Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft. Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW), Online, Germany: 05.11.2020

Annika Ulich, Stephan A. Jansen

Organisation of events

Lunch Talk Series I Digitalisation & Sustainability I Protection of Natural Resources
17.11.2022. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information

Sarah Spitz, Stephan Bohn

People Analytics in der betrieblichen Praxis
People Analytics in der betrieblichen Praxis - Workshop I. 19.10.2022. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: IG Metall (National) Further information

Nele Buß, Georg von Richthofen, Sonja Köhne, Hendrik Send

PLATTFORM . MACHER TAGE (PLATTFORM . MACHER TAGE)
PLATTFORM . MACHER TAGE. From 09.06.2022 to 10.06.2022. Gut Hühnerhof, Gründau, Germany (National) Further information

Philip Meier

The societal relevance of management & impactful research (The societal relevance of management & impactful research)
VHB Conference Symposium & Workshop 2022. From 08.03.2022 to 11.03.2022. Online, Düsseldorf, Germany (National) Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

KI in der Arbeitswelt: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen und Handlungsfelder für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung – Workshop III
KI in der Arbeitswelt – Workshop III. 02.03.2022. Virtual, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Digital Urban Center for Aging & Health (National) Further information

Georg von Richthofen, Sonja Köhne, Hendrik Send

KI in der Arbeitswelt: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen und Handlungsfelder für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung – Workshop II
KI in der Arbeitswelt – Workshop II. 10.02.2022. Virtual, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Spreehub der HTW Berlin (National) Further information

Georg von Richthofen, Sonja Köhne, Hendrik Send

KI in der Arbeitswelt: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Auswirkungen und Handlungsfelder für eine beschäftigtenorientierte Gestaltung – Workshop I
KI in der Arbeitswelt – Workshop I. 25.01.2022. Virtual, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: IG Metall (National) Further information

Georg von Richthofen, Marie Blüml, Sonja Köhne, Hendrik Send

Platform Entrepreneurship & Society. Lunch Talk with Inge Graef, Jovana Karanović and Christian Fieseler
Open Lunch Talk Series. 27.09.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany (International) Further information

Maria Gradl, Lena Starke, Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici

Artificial Intelligence & Work
Open Lunch Talk Series. 10.06.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany (National) Further information

Maria Gradl, Georg von Richthofen, Shirley Ogolla

Is the future of work online?
British Council 'Knowledge is GREAT' lecture. 29.04.2021. Online, Singapore, Singapore. Co-Organised by: British Council Singapore (International) Further information

Fabian Stephany

Vom Fließband zur KI
Digitaler Salon. 28.04.2021. Online, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Georg von Richthofen

Impulsvortrag zum Digital Urban Center for Aging and Health
Rotary Club Hannover-Kröpcke Online-Meeting. 23.04.2021. Online, Hanover, Germany. Co-Organised by: Rotary Club Hannover-Kröpcke (National) Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Roundtable: Treatment of users and complementors
21.04.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany. Co-Organised by: Oxford Internet Institute & European Commission (International)

Asal Dardan, Lea Erlenwein, Lena Starke, Tina Krell

“Commitment versus Compliance: Prioritizing, Compromizing, and the Development of Templates in Situations of Institutional Complexity”
MAN 910 – Area Management Seminar. 17.03.2021. University of Mannheim Business School, Mannheim, Germany (International) Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Digitale Innovation im Gesundheitssektor
Netzwerkveranstaltung für Mittelstand und Startups. 28.01.2021. Mittelstand-4.0 Kompetenzzentrum Berlin, Online, Germany (National) Further information

Frederik Efferenn, Annika Ulich, Christoph Gerling, Thomas Schildhauer

Keynote
Digitale Innovation im Gesundheitssektor – Netzwerkveranstaltung für Mittelstand und Startups. 28.01.2021. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Gemeinsam digital (National) Further information

Thomas Schildhauer

Doktorand*innen-Kolloquium IEG
16.07.2020. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National)

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Policy Co-Creation Workshop
17.06.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Federal Ministry of Finance (National)

Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici, Philip Meier

Artificial Intelligence and SMEs
AI Coffee Talks. 10.06.2020. across Mittelstand 4.0 Centres of Excellence, Online, Germany (National)

Klemens Witte, Nils Hungerland

Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Common Good
Collaborative Open Course for Master Programs in Business Administration, Management and Organisation Studies. 16.04.2020. Organising in Times of Crisis, Online, Austria (International) Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

‘God at Work’: Engaging Central and Incompatible Institutional Logics through Elastic Hybridity
07.01.2020. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (National) Further information

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Artificial intelligence consultation hours with small and medium-sized companies
Mittelstand 4.0 Centre of Excellence Berlin. From 19.09.2019 to 21.04.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Klemens Witte, Nils Hungerland

Nominations

Bertelsmann Stiftung: Nachhaltige Wertschöpfung.

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Ideenlauf Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

ONE-SIM Outreach Award.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Jury Mitglied des code.ahead Hackathons von 42 Wolfsburg, Microsoft und GDEXA.

Thomas Schildhauer

IGP Jury des BMWi.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneer Solutions (IGP).

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneer Solutions, IGP, BMWi 2021.

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Member of the Advisory Board: BMBF project Africa digital in cooperation with technopolis group and konnektiv.

Nicolas Friederici

Member of DFG Network Digital Strategizing.

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Principal Investigator: DFG Network “Grand Challenges & New Forms of Organizing”.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Jury member: Diamond Star (Handelsblatt-Tagung).

Thomas Schildhauer

Research Team "The Digital Revolution and the New Social Contract" at IE Madrid.

Sonja Köhne, Fabian Stephany, Philip Meier, Miriam Wolf, Christoph Gerling