Here you will find the current, upcoming and past events of the Weizenbaum Institute.
The Weizenbaum Debate opens the space for controversial but respectful debates on the major challenges of digital society. Besides experts, everyone interested in digital politics is invited.
The Weizenbaum Forum is a (virtual) event series with which we invite a broad audience to exchange ideas with experts on issues of the networked society.
The Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) and the Weizenbaum Institute (WI), again co-organise DigiMeet, a forum for early career researchers with a focus on digitalisation-related topics.
Digitale Plattformen spielen eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Verbreitung von journalistischen Inhalten. So erreichen auch Nachrichten- und Dokumentationsformate auf Social Media-Plattformen hohe Reichweiten, was Medienorganisationen klare Vorteile bietet.
On the occasion of Joseph Weizenbaum's 100th birthday, we are organizing a workshop that will focus on technological change and Weizenbaum's critique of computing in the United States and Germany between 1960 and 1990.
We are thrilled to invite you to join us at the live recording of “Purple Code” at this year's Berlin Science Week in November. “Purple Code” is an innovative podcast exploring intersectional feminist perspectives on digital societies.
In this Weizenbaum Forum, participants will discuss connections between civic data and counterdata production.
The 6th annual conference of the International Network on Digital Labor brings together researchers, activists, artists, and policymakers from around the world to discuss the lasting and unprecedented disruptions of the Covid-Pandemic.
As part of the jubilee year W\100, the symposium “Critical Stances towards AI: For a Critical and Self-Determined Approach to Digital Technology” will take place in September at Deutsches Haus at NYU.
Neue Arten von Daten definieren neue Anforderungen an Techniken zur Automatisierung und Analyse von digitalen Prozessen. Ziel dieses Workshops ist es, Potenziale und Risiken neuen Entwicklungen für das Management von Geschäftsprozessen und deren digitale Unterstützung zu diskutieren.
Digitalization and sustainability transformation are two of the most significant challenges facing the world today. However, the links between these topics have rarely been addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective. This conference aims to bring together digitalization and sustainability scholars for a vibrant exchange across disciplinary boundaries.
Künstliche Intelligenz eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten für die Bildende Kunst, aber stellt auch vieles infrage. Braucht es noch Menschen, um Kunst zu schaffen, oder helfen selbstlernende Systeme beim Kreativprozess?
In this latest colloquium on Technology, Power and Domination, Laura Schertel Mendes and Mariana Valente will discuss the power struggles in the current fight to regulate AI in Brazil.
Die diesjährige BIFOLD-Weizenbaum-Summer-School vom 11. bis 15. September 2023 bietet Sessions zu KI und ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit sowie fachspezifische Tracks in den Bereichen Machine Learning, Data Management und den gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen von KI.
Rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies are set to have a significant impact on a broad range of professions. Advanced software systems with high degrees of autonomy will prospectively execute a broad range of functions, including high-skill and non-routine tasks like preparing tax reports, providing financial services or diagnosing diseases. These developments affect the way in which human workers execute their tasks, resulting in new challenges with regard to their ability to understand and evaluate machine-generated inputs.
Bei der diesjährigen Weizenbaum-Filmnacht wurde der Film „Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work“ gezeigt, eine Dokumentation über den deutsch-amerikanischen Computerpionier, Informatikkritiker und Namensgeber unseres Instituts.
In the 100th anniversary year of Josef Weizenbaum, we would like to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Orit Halpern (TU Dresden), organized together with our Fellow Dr. Hannah Fitsch.
As part of our Distinguished Fellow Program, Prof. Sandra Wachter of the Oxford Internet Institute presented her work on Discrimination and AI.
This workshop on DSA will be held at the Weizenbaum Institute together with the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS) and is sponsored by Stiftung Mercator.
In his upcoming talk, Ulises A. Mejias, Professor of Communication Studies, agues that the notion of data as a non-rival resource is an illusion.
Register now for our fifth annual conference with exciting talks, workshops and keynotes taking place at Silent Green Kulturquartier in Berlin.
Der Einsatz und die Nutzung digitaler Medien in Lernprozessen sorgen für Gesprächsstoff. Wohin führen uns diese neuen Möglichkeiten in der Bildung und welche Risiken gibt es? Darum geht's in diesem Forum.
Bei der diesjährigen re:publica sprechen Prisca von Hagen und Lisa Völzmann über die Potenziale und Grenzen der Datenspende.
Rita Gsenger und Alexandra Keiner sprechen bei der diesjährigen re:publica über die Monetarisierung von Desinformation.
This year's conference of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF) hosted in cooperation with the Berlin University of the Arts and the Weizenbaum Institute centers on the relationship between social justice, digital technologies and AI.
With Jonathan Gescher WHEN: 11 May 2023, 13:00 Uhr, Room A0_12 WHERE: WI Flexroom (A1 04), hybrid
Welche Auswirkungen haben so genannte generative KI-Modelle auf die Gesellschaft?
With Silvio Suckow & Sara Saba (both WI) WHEN: Thursday, 4 May 2023, 1–2pm WHERE: WI Flexroom (A1 04), hybrid
Seit 2019 wird am Weizenbaum-Institut in Kooperation mit der Freien Universität Berlin jährlich eine repräsentative Bevölkerungsbefragung zur politischen Partizipation in Deutschland unter den Bedingungen der Digitalisierung durchgeführt. Im Rahmen eines Vortrags mit Podiumsdiskussion werden nun erste Ergebnisse der jüngsten Befragung von Ende 2022 der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt und mit Gästen aus der politischen Praxis diskutiert.
Mit Christoph Neuberger und Christian Strippel (WI) DATUM: 13. April 2023, 9:00-13:00 Uhr ORT: Weizenbaum-Institut und online (hybrid)
Im Metaverse werden Träume und Wünsche wahr, denn mit digitalen Technologien kann man dort fast alles tun: Menschen treffen, arbeiten, spielen, lernen, shoppen und vieles mehr – einschließlich Dingen, von denen man heute noch gar keine Vorstellung hat. So oder so ähnlich klingt es, wenn Mark Zuckerberg über das Metaverse spricht. Doch wie viel Realität steckt dahinter? Darüber diskutieren wir mit unseren Gästen beim kommenden Weizenbaum-Forum.
With Roland Toth (WI) WHEN: Wednesday, 29 March and Thursday, 30 March, 10am–5pm WHERE: WI Flexroom (A1 04)
Schwarze Löcher, Tiefseetiere, Impfstoffe – wenn wir an Wissenschaftskommunikation denken, dann meistens in Verbindung mit Naturwissenschaften. Aber wie sieht es mit der Kommunikation aus den Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften aus?
With Florian Primig (FU Berlin), Steffen Lepa (TU Berlin), Felix Gaisbauer, and Lion Wedel (both WI) WHEN: Thursday, 2 March 2023, 10am–1pm WHERE: WI Flexroom (A1 04) + Collocall (hybrid)
Bei dem neuen Veranstaltungsformat des Weizenbaum-Instituts am 1. März drehte sich alles rund um Fragen zur Privatisierung und Digitalisierung staatlicher Funktionen. Wer behält dabei die Macht und wer verliert vielleicht die Kontrolle?
In February's Weizenbaum Forum, we discuss with our guests the working conditions and wages of employees at platform providers.
Join the talk by Martin J. Riedl on negotiating privacy, content moderation and platform regulation in encrypted spaces. Hosted by our research group “Technology, Power and Domination”
Join the online symposium with Prof. Annabelle Gawer, Prof. Shane Greenstein and Prof. Herbert Hovenkamp co-hosted by our own research group "Digital Economy, Internet Ecosystem, and Internet Policy".
The fourth AIA Roundtable will address the question: What roles and responsibilities arise from the AIA and how are liability issues also governed by the Liability Directive?
Joseph Weizenbaum hätte im Jahr 2023 seinen 100. Geburtstag gefeiert. Mit einem Festakt am 10. Januar 2023 leiten wir das Jubiläumsjahr W\100 ein.
Diese Sonderausgabe des Weizenbaum-Forums findet im Rahmen der Berlin Science Week am 8. November 2022 statt.
Im Rahmen der Berlin Science Week laden wir Sie am 2. November 2022 ins Kino FILMKUNST 66 ein! Sehen Sie mit uns den preisgekrönten Dokumentarfilm "Coded Bias" von Shalini Kantayya und nehmen Sie an der anschließenden Diskussionsrunde teil.
The European Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) will directly affect and change the lives and rights of many people, organisations and institutions. With over 3000 amendments in the European Parliament, the AIA has already set a record as one of the most comprehensive, relevant, and far reaching pieces of European technology legislation.
Die Digitalisierung verändert die Arbeitswelt, für Beschäftigte verändern sich Aufgaben und Prozesse. Was müssen Unternehmen tun, um ihre Mitarbeiter:innen in der Transformation zu halten? Was können Unternehmen tun, um ihre Mitarbeiter:innen an den Veränderungsprozessen zu beteiligen? Darum geht es in unserem Weizenbaum-Forum im Oktober.
Am 6. und 7. Oktober 2022 findet die 5. INSIST-Nachwuchstagung zum Thema "Wissenschaft und Technologie kommunizieren. Kontroversität, Dialog und Partizipation" im Weizenbaum-Institut statt.
Das Weizenbaum-Institut ist Mitorganisator der Konferenz für Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit, die vom 30. September bis 2. Oktober 2022 an der TU Berlin stattfindet. Jetzt Ticket(s) sichern!
At the first biannual Digitalisation Research Seminar (DigiSem 2022) in Nürnberg on 22-23 September 2022 doctoral and postdoctoral researchers will investigate data literacy and its role in a fair digital society.
Am 22. und 23. September 2022 laden wir KMU-Entscheider:innen ins Weizenbaum-Institut ein, um zu erleben, was eigentlich bei welcher Art von IT-Angriffen passiert.
Die Eröffnungsveranstaltung „Aktionstage IT-Sicherheit“ findet am 21. September 2022 von 17:00 – 21:00 Uhr statt. Sie richtet sich an IT-Sicherheitsspezialisten, die wir herzlich dazu einladen.
The Weizenbaum Institute and ALLAI are hosting a roundtable series this year in which we will take a deeper look at the European Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). It is aimed at policy makers with the aim of providing a deeper understanding of the EU proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence, exchanging different points of view and identifying common positions.
Bei der diesjährigen Weizenbaum-Filmnacht am 25. August im Freiluftkino Kreuzberg zeigen wir den Dokumentarfilm über Wau Holland, den berüchtigten Hacker und Gründer des Chaos Computer Clubs (CCC).
With artists from the exhibition of the Weizenbaum Conference 2022 and students of the University of the Arts Berlin, on the curse and blessing of technological developments.
Die Nachricht von der Übernahme des Kurznachrichtendienstes Twitter durch US-Milliardär und Tesla-Gründer Elon Musk hat für viele Diskussionen gesorgt. Und auch wenn der Ausgang seines Kaufangebots noch unklar ist, stellt sich trotzdem die Frage, wem eine weitreichenstarke, digitale Meinungsplattform eigentlich gehören darf oder sollte?
The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society is pleased to announce this year’s Weizenbaum Conference titled “Practicing Sovereignty. Interventions for open digital futures.” The event will take place at the „Alte Münze“ (Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin) on the 9th and 10th of June 2022.
Online media play a crucial role in the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine. What are the main challenges for Ukrainian journalists covering the war in their country?
Das Weizenbaum-Forum findet am 12. April 2022, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, statt
Das Weizenbaum-Forum findet am 15. März 2022, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, statt
Das Weizenbaum-Forum findet am 15. März 2022, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, statt.
Interdisziplinäres Kooperationsprojekt „Coding IxD” präsentiert Studierenden-Projekte im Rahmen einer Ausstellung im Weizenbaum-Institut.
Das Weizenbaum-Forum findet am 8. Februar 2022, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, statt
Das Weizenbaum-Forum findet am 8. Februar 2022, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, statt
Im Rahmen der Berlin Science Week vom 1.-10. November 2021, lädt das Weizenbaum-Institut zusammen mit dem Einstein Center Digital Future und dem Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft zu einer Podiumsdiskussion ein.
Das Weizenbaum-Forum am 12. Oktober 2021 diskutiert die Bedingungen für die Schaffung besserer Arbeitsbedingungen in der Plattformarbeit.
Wie politische Parteien soziale Medien für ihren Wahlkampf nutzen – darum geht es im Weizenbaum-Forum am 14. September 2021.
A joint event by the Weizenbaum Institute and the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Deutschlandpremiere im Rahmen der Weizenbaum-Filmnacht: Die Regisseurin Liz Smith zeichnet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm "I Am Gen Z" ein Portrait einer Generation, die eine Welt ohne Computer, Smartphones und soziale Medien nicht kennt. Dem Film geht eine Diskussion über das Verhältnis von Jugendlichen zu KI voraus.
Am 23. Juni ab 13:00 startet die Reihe "Digitale Demokratie". Beim Auftakt untersuchen wir zunächst das Feld Öffentlichkeit und politische Meinungsbildung. Die Veranstaltung findet online über Zoom statt.
Annual scientific conference of the Weizenbaum Institute
At the Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting (DigiMeet 2021) on 10 June 2021, 9am-6pm CEST doctoral researchers discuss sustainability issues in digital transformation.
Das Weizenbaum-Forum am 8. Juni 2021 widmet sich dem Thema Künstliche Intelligenz im Bildungsbereich
Das Weizenbaum-Forum am 11. Mai 2021 widmet sich dem Thema Digitalisierung und Ungleichheit
Jointly organized by the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, the Johns Hopkins University Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute, and the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society hosted by Professor Nina Hall
Das Weizenbaum-Forum am 13. April 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, widmet sich den Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die Arbeitswelt.
Das Weizenbaum-Forum am 9. März 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr, widmet sich dem Thema Datenkompetenz.
Zu dem Thema „Meinungsbildung und Meinungsmacht in dissonanten Öffentlichkeiten“ laden wir zur diesjährigen Tagung POLKOMM21 am 12. Februar 2021 ein.
Das Weizenbaum-Forum am 9. Februar 2021 widmet sich der Idee einer digitalen europäischen Medienplattform.
The online event taking place on 9 December 2020 (2.00 - 6.30 pm) and is jointly organised by Weizenbaum research group head Dr. Volker Stocker and Prof. Georgios Smaragdakis (TU Berlin / Max Planck Institute for Informatics).
Das dritte Weizenbaum-Forum am 8. Dezember 2020 widmet sich dem Thema digitale Bildung und soziale Ungleichheit.
Das zweite Weizenbaum-Forum am 10. November 2020 widmet sich dem Thema KI und Haftung.
As part of this year’s Berlin Science Week, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) and the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society are happy to invite you to our joint event on “Sustainable Digitalization in Urban Areas”.
The one-day symposium will provide a novel venue for researchers across fields (e.g., economics, sociology, information systems, law, communication) to present their work on the digital economy and debate a wide array of issues in an international research environment.
Auftakt der neuen Veranstaltungsreihe Weizenbaum-Forum.
The 20th conference of the Disruption Network Lab focuses on smart city visions for the future, addressing the implications of new data policies, as well as analysing the unintended negative consequences of tracking and surveillance to our privacy and freedom. This event is co-organised by the Weizenbaum Institute.
Join the talk on 11 August 2020 from 13:30-15:00 via Zoom on the topic: From Predictive Policing to Data Analysis Platforms: The Datafication of Policing in Germany
In his lecture, Prof. Hans-Jörg Trenz will discuss the potential of a broader transnational democratic movement that takes collective lessons in post-crisis Europe.
Routers are equipment our devices use to connect to the Internet. Through them are transferred the whole internet traffic, encryption, backups, communication, business and private interaction. Router Freedom is the right every one has to choose and use trusted and secure routers. Although protected in Europe by the Net Neutrality Regulation (Regulation EU 2015/2120), Router Freedom has been confronted by several challenges, ranging from business interests, legal hurdles and political pressure.
Over the past decades, Internet governance has been developing in a dialectical tug-of-war between the democratic and transnational nature of the web and attempts of national governments to put the digital space under control. Recently, the idea of Internet sovereignty has started to gain increasingly more followers among national governments.
\ Opening – Keynotes & Exhibition: 12 March 2020, 6.00 p.m. \ Symposium: 13 March 2020, 10.00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. \ Workshops, Exhibition: 12–18 March 2020
The governance of global platforms, particularly related to content has proven to be a difficult problem. How can we regulate such platforms, in a world of nation-states, in which people and societies have legitimate disagreements over where the limits of free speech should lie.
In seiner Monografie "Kritik der Ontologie des Immaterialgüterrechts" ist Alexander Peukert der Frage nachgegangen, in welcher Weise Werke, Erfindungen und andere Schutzgegenstände des 'geistigen Eigentums' existieren.
In his lecture, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kerber will adress the future role and scope of individual consent and contractual solutions as legal instruments for protecting personal data and privacy.
The panel will critically discuss the expansion of cryptoeconomics into an 'art of government'.
The scientific and public debate about cyber and IT security is characterized by a focus on national and international discourses and practices. However, little is known about how national cyber security discourses are transferred to organizations and which internal conflicts arise as a result.
Interdisziplinäre Fachtagung des Weizenbaum-Instituts für die vernetzte Gesellschaft und des Fachausschusses Urheberrecht der Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung (GMM) am 20. | 21. Februar 2020 in Berlin.
Die Forderung nach der Öffnung der Wissenschaft ist in den letzten Jahren von Seiten der Politik, der Geldgeber, aber auch der Wissenschaft selbst lauter geworden. Gerade der Verlust von Forschungsdaten und damit die Unmöglichkeit der Nachnutzung, wird stark kritisiert. Insbesondere in der qualitativen Sozialforschung ist die Archivierung, Bereitstellung und Nachnutzung von Daten bisher allerdings keine gelebte Praxis.
Die Forschungsgruppen 8 „Ungleichheit und digitale Souveränität“ und 12 "Digitalisierung und Demokratie" laden zu einem gemeinsamen Werkstattgespräch ein, das sich Räumen digitaler Partizipation widmet.
Weizenbaum Lecture mit Senior Fellow Prof. Dr. Benjamin Raue | Universität Trier
How do the digital tools and services that we use each day differ from each other and why does it matter? In this workshop a simple framework for making informed choices on which tools to use in the digital space will be introduced.
Please find below the program of the Weizenbaum Colloquium on 26 November 2019
Rampant abuse, hate speech, censorship, bias, and disinformation – our Internet has problems. It is governed by technology companies – search engines, social media platforms, content hosts, and infrastructure providers – whose rules influence what we are allowed to see and say.
We warmly welcome you to the annual conference of the Institute for Social Movement Studies. Together with the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, the Center for Technology and Society and the Jena Institute for Democracy and Civil Society, we are proud to bring together up-tothe-minute research, activist voices and civil society initiatives that deal with the challenges and opportunities for protest and movements in the digital age.
Please find below the program of the Weizenbaum Colloquium on 12 November 2019
Annual Conference of the German Communication Association’s Division “Digital Communication” 6 November - 8 November 2019, Berlin
Die Berlin Science Week ist ein internationales Event, dass sich dem Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft widmet, um ein tieferes Verständnis unserer Welt zu fördern. In Kooperation mit dem Theaterdiscounter beteiligt sich das Weizenbaum-Institut in diesem Jahr an dem Wissenschaftsfestival mit einem interaktiven Theaterstück mit anschließender Diskussion.
Predictive algorithms are not only used for music recommendations and tailored ads. Public administration and courts make use of them, too, for example to confer welfare benefits, allocate prison sentences or allow immigration. The Weizenbaum Lecture by Dan L. Burk aims to explain and understand those tools and their effect on our public servants and justices.
Das Privatrecht erfasst die Beziehungen der Menschen untereinander, aber auch ihr Verhältnis zur Gemeinschaft. Diese verschiedenen Beziehungen verändern sich in der digitalen Gesellschaft. Das Privatrecht passt sich dieser Entwicklung allerdings nur langsam an, was den grundlegenden Veränderungen nicht gerecht wird. Der Gesetzgeber agiert bestenfalls punktuell oder auf technische Aspekte beschränkt. Aber auch der Privatrechtsdiskurs bleibt häufig auf isolierte Einzelprobleme beschränkt, wenn nicht sogar verneint wird, dass sich neue Fragen stellen.
Large-scale telecommunication networks have traditionally been built in a top-down fashion and with centralized control of the critical infrastructure. Networks incumbents often maintain an oligopoly, by integrating vertically and maintaining centralized control over active and passive network infrastructure.
Matt Vidal considers claims that digitalization has ushered in a new stage of capitalism, or is the beginning of a transition to postcapitalism, via a historical-institutional analysis of the evolution of western capitalism.
Das Weizenbaum-Institut präsentiert zusammen mit der Gesellschaft für Informatik am 16. Oktober 2019 den Film "Plug & Pray – Von Computern und anderen Menschen" des Regisseurs Jens Schanze.
We are currently in the midst of a global transformation to a Digital Economy, yet National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. and similar agencies in other countries are still operating under legacy telecommunications policies set in place to manage the Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN). There is general agreement that new frameworks are needed to manage communications policy in the era of IPbased broadband access platforms and the Internet.
Die Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit dem Futurium statt.
Thomas Ramge ist preisgekrönter Autor zahlreicher Sachbücher sowie Technologie-Korrespondent von brand eins. Seine Texte erschienen unter anderem in The Economist, International Affairs und im Harvard Business Review. In seinem Vortrag plädiert er für eine Korrektur gängiger dystopischer Narrative zu Künstlicher Intelligenz.
In this talk, Jason Allen explores the agentive nature of "smart contracts" used to structure the relations between persons involved in a collective undertaking, i.e. in constituting a "body" capable of collective action without (human) organs.
The ways we build trust and manage distrust are changing. We use digital technologies to produce trust and manage distrust on a planetary scale. The same technologies transcend our interpersonal relations and institutions and change the nature of trust which emerges there.
The 19th ACM Symposium Document Engineering (DocEng 2019) will take place from 23 September to 26 September 2019 at Fraunhofer FOKUS. The symposium will be organised by the research group "Digitalisation and Scientific Value Creation“ in cooperation of Fraunhofer FOKUS and the Weizenbaum Institute.
Political elections see several actors rise to the fore in order to influence and inform voters. Increasingly, such processes take place on social media like Facebook, where media outlets and politicians alike utilize seek promote their respective agenda.
Online platforms providing intermediation services (e.g. Amazon, eBay) are to be differentiated from operator platforms organizing the new innovative markets for intelligent network services.
The growing pressure on online platforms to expeditiously remove illegitimate content, is fostering the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to minimize their potential liability. This is potentially game-changing for democracy.
Geographers have long been interested in the spaces brought into being by the internet. In the early days of the Web, digital technologies were seen as tools that could bring a heterotopic cyberspace into being: a place beyond space detethered from the material world. More recent framings instead see digital geographies as always-augmented, hybrid, and ontogenetic: integrally embedded into everyday life. Against that backdrop, the talk presents findings from three large research projects about digital platforms.
Many services in the digital world are provided “for free”. Online services for free are indeed based on the idea that contracts are not concluded in reciprocity with a monetary consideration. In most cases, however, consumers will have the opportunity to use the service only after consenting to the processing of their personal data.
Payment systems are a critical infrastructure where the technology creates an implicit strait-jacket for our life. While a multitude of new electronic payment options are competing for our attention, the advantage of economies of scale creates a natural drive for oligopolies.
In his talk, Mathieu d'Aquin (National University of Ireland Galway) will discuss whether knowledge engineering approaches are still relevant and what they can contribute to a broader view of AI and data science.
In his fellow talk, Hermann Elendner will address the longer-run perspective of crypto-asset Investments.
Roman Lipski & Florian Dohmann entwickeln gemeinsam die erste künstlich intelligente Muse für Kreativschaffende. In ihrem Impulsvortrag visualisieren die beiden Referenten ihre Vision eines harmonischen Miteinanders von Mensch und Maschine.
In her presentation Dr. Yun Sun talks about Data activism and environmental civic tech in China – connecting public opinion with formal decisions in the deliberative system for environmental governance.
Sandra González-Bailón will discuss her research about communication and the hidden architecture of collective behavior.
Unsere Zivilisation zeichnet sich vor allem durch den Prozess der Industrialisierung aus. Dieser hat nicht nur zu ungeahntem materiellem Wohlstand geführt, sondern hat auch unsere Lebensweise tief durchdrungen. Deutlich wird dies an der arbeitsteilig ausdifferenzierten und strikt durchorganisierten Industriearbeit sowie der strikten Trennung von Arbeitszeit und Freizeit. In seinem Vortrag geht Klaus Erlach auf die Auswirkungen der zunehmenden Digitalisierung unseres Privatlebens ein.
The conference explores political epistemologies of big data. Political epistemologies are practices by which societies construct politically relevant knowledge and the criteria by which they evaluate it. Big data is the practice of deriving socially relevant knowledge from massive and diverse digital trace data. Practices such as “big data analysis”, “web scraping”, “opinion mining”, “sentiment analysis”, “predictive analytics”, and “nowcasting” seem to be common currency in the public and academic debate about the present and future of evidence-based policy making and representative democracy.
The demands for more openness in science are growing, especially in times of fake news and doubts of scientific findings. In her presentation Isabel Steinhardt will discuss the different facets of Open Science and how to conduct qualitative research in coherence with requirements of Open Science.
In this talk Pablo Boczkowski will summarize the results of a study about how people experience and manage an information environment in which news is plenty, circulates rapidly, has been largely commoditised, and can hardly be avoided.
Unlike previous mobile technologies, 5G has been designed to enable a general-purpose digital platform that can serve different vertical industries, such as healthcare, energy, or automotive.
Following the assumption that the IT-blog sphere represents an avant-garde of technologically and socially interested experts, Jens Pohlmann presents a research platform to observe its input on the public discussion of matters situated at the intersection of technology and society.
Am 28. und 29 Juni 2019 findet in Berlin die jährliche „Telemedicus Sommerkonferenz“ statt. Das Thema lautet „Über den Tellerrand”. Bei der diesjährigen Soko wollen wir über den juristischen Tellerrand hinausschauen und verstärkt ExpertInnen nichtjuristischer Fachrichtungen einbeziehen.
The influence of the Internet and social media on political participation is a pressing theme in current discussions. In her talk, Helena Wenninger presents the findings of her study that show a positive connection between extreme right-wing voting intention and increased political online discussion especially for Facebook users.
The practices of algorithmic registering, tracking and controlling through algorithms are continuously expanding in order to make more parameters accessible. In her presentation Eva-Maria Nyckel provides a media-theoretical perspective on Salesforce, a widely used process management system, uncovering some of the epistemological implications lying in the code of Salesforce.
In his talk Mario Daniels focus on the question why the History of the US Export Control System Matters and offers an introduction to the complex and conceptually sophisticated world of American export controls.
In times where ownership is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a powerful few, there has been a renewed interest in the concept of the commons – especially in the digital realm. Deeply rooted in human history, a commons arises wherever a community decides to manage a resource in a collective manner with regard to equitable access, use and sustainability. There will be an introduction to the field by Emilia Knabe.
Der zunehmende Einfluss digitaler Netzwerke in allen Lebensbereichen bedeutet auch, dass sie gesellschaftliche Wertvorstellungen verändern und auf veränderte Präferenzen reagieren. In seinem Vortrag geht Herbert Zech darauf ein, wie digitale Netzwerke die dem Recht zugrundeliegenden Regelungsziele beeinflussen.
The efficient market hypothesis assumes that stock prices are solely dependent on the rational processing of information and, thus, cannot be predicted. In his talk Marten Risius shows that social influences on social media platforms affect information dissemination and, ultimately, stock returns.
Since the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook has announced and implemented an impressive array of what Lincoln Dahlberg refers to as "quality initiatives" in response to extensive allegations and evidence that it hosts and amplifies a significant amount of content and interaction that is harmful to democratic communication. These initiatives do not seem to respond to the political economy critique that there is an antagonistic relationship between Facebook’s profitdriven, targeted-advertising business model and public sphere communication.
Fake news is ubiquitous in public discourse. While fake news reports are flooding the internet, fake news allegations have become a regular part of many politicians’ rhetorical toolbox. Despite its omnipresence, however, it is anything but clear what fake news is. What do politicians, researchers, and journalists mean when they call something "fake news"?
Mit Unterstützung der Forschungsgruppe „Digitalisierung der wissenschaftlichen Wertschöpfung“ des Weizenbaum-Instituts veranstaltet Wikimedia Deutschland unter dem oben genannten Titel zum zweiten Mal eine Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema „Offene Wissenschaft“.
In seinem Vortrag geht Raoul Moritz Nissen auf die Kommerzialisierung von Daten im Zusammenhang auf Veränderungen im Privatrecht ein.
With the rise of Internet behemoths and the surveillance of increasingly personal domains there is a trend of questioning life online. This talk draws attention to hacking practices that interrogate the diverse faces of online veillance.
The power of social media for political activism and mobilization has been well established and celebrated. Dr. Michael A. Xenos will speak about social media’s potential effects by drawing on recent projects focused on public engagement with a number of controversial issues and elections in the US.
In his presentation Rainer Rehak will talk about the so called "Snowden Revelations" and will summarise important revelations and outline technical and political advances in IT security, privacy and data protection.
The lecture by Norbert Gronau, Principal Investigator of the Weizenbaum Institute, is part of the lecture series of the cross-sectional format "Autonomous Systems and Self-Determination".
Online harassment, a type of cyberbullying behavior, poses serious risks to users of social networking sites (SNSs) and challenges to platform providers. Therefore many SNS providers have implemented built-in reporting functions to combat such aversive online behavior but the effectiveness of these tools are relatively unknown. In her talk, Christy Cheung gives insights about her research to address this gap.
Vincent August reveals how social and political thought deliberately enforced cybernetic network ideas to re-shape the way we think about society and politics.
Der Fokus des Projekts "Träumen Roboter vom Stricken?" liegt für Pat Treusch darin, als feministische Technik- und Wissenschaftssoziologin zu erfahren, was es konkret bedeutet, mit einem cutting-edge Roboterarmmodell, das durch seine Flexibilität und Mobilität sowie einfache Handhabung sowohl für eine Industrie 4.0 steht als auch in Bereichen außerhalb der industriellen Produktion Anwendung finden soll, zusammen zu arbeiten.
Prof. Dr. Ofir Turel will give a presentation about a series of three pre-post case-control studies where he tried to examine the consequences of short (up to one week) self-imposed abstinence/deprivation from social media (SM) use, and whether the results differ between normal and at-risk for SM addiction users.
In her talk, Natasha Tusikov (York University, Canada) considers the ways in which non-state actors rely upon the state to facilitate or legitimize their regulatory efforts and explores the state’s interests in furthering certain types of non-state regulation.
In his presentation Christiaan Maasdorp will talk about entail temporal effects of Digitalisation in organisations
The capture of data on political opinions and affiliation permits the construction of profiles on individual voters and the “micro-targeting” of increasingly precise messages to increasingly refined segments of the electorate. But to what extent should modern campaigns be allowed to “know” the electorate?
The conference will take place in Berlin on Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May 2019 on the topic of “Challenges of Digital Inequality: Digital Education, Digital Work, Digital Life”.
Due to the ongoing technical advancements in robotics, new organizational and occupational impacts are expected in different sectors. The lecture focuses on the social conditions under which technology is embedded into production processes.
In his lecture on the topic "Big Data and Privacy" Prof. Dr. Frank Kargl (Ulm University) talks about a careful trade-off between data and privacy.
The talk of Tina Askanius on the topic "On Frogs, Holocaust LOLs and Execution Memes: Exploring the Humor-Hate Nexus at the Intersection of Neo-Nazi and Alt-Right Movements in Sweden”, is based on a case study of the online media practices of the militant neo-Nazi organisation the Nordic Resistance Movement in Sweden, conducted in the context of the larger research project Digital radicalisation - analogue extremism? (2018-2021)
Images are a powerful medium for communicating information, emotions, social identities and (political) opinions. At the same time, while scholars increasingly rely on textual data, images are still underutilized in social science research. In this talk, Carsten presents first insights from an ongoing project about the potential of images and in particular image recognition services.
Das Querschnittsformat „Autonome Systeme und Selbstbestimmung" begrüßt im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe „Weizenbaum meets" Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Coy. In seinem Vortrag geht er näher auf Buzzwords wie Digitalisierung, Algorithmen, Big Data oder Künstliche Intelligenz ein, die im journalistischen und politischen Alltag sehr unscharf formuliert werden.
In seinem Vortrag gibt Matthias C. Kettemann LL.M. (Harvard) Einblick in das Entstehen einer normativen Ordnung des Internets.
Andrew Sullivan, CEO, Internet Society, will give an outlook on the future of the IGF
Dr. Hagit Keysar (Ben Gurion University) will present a case study from Israel/Palestine that demonstrates DIY aerial photography as visual testimony for articulating and asserting rights abuse.
In seinem Vortrag stellt der Datenjournalist Michael Kreil anhand von Twitter-Daten dar, wie man diese wissenschaftlich analysieren, interpretieren und visualisieren kann.
Weizenbaum Fellow Roman Proskalovich (Belarusian State University) will give an overview of the chances and risks of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
Internetpublizist Tim Cole stellt in seinem Vortrag die zehn zentralen Thesen seines neuen Buches "Wild Wild Web" vor.
Prof. Hideyuki Tanaka (University of Tokyo) will present the Future Society Initiative, a project that brings together research activities of the university that contribute to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
Dr. Chee Tee Wan (Copenhagen Business School) will introduce a case study of five blockchain-inspired business models in his talk.
In his talk, Prof. Dr. Thomas Burri (University of St. Gallen) will present the first comprehensive “Evaluation Schema” for autonomous security systems.
In her talk Weizenbaum Fellow Katika Kühnreich will speak about past and present attempts of (digital) social control or „social management” in China.
Weizenbaum Fellow Stefan Baack will present findings from his research about the civic tech movement, which has been influential in shaping how data is used in the non-profit sectors.
Der Querschnittsbereich “Autonomous Systems and Self-Determination“ des Weizenbaum-Instituts lädt zum Vortrag mit Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Kreowski, Universität Bremen, ein. Dieser stellt die Auftaktveranstaltung einer Reihe dar, in der verschiedene Praxisfelder beleuchtet und im Anschluss gemeinsam diskutiert werden.
Weizenbaum meets Dr. Alexander Weiß – Helmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg
Weizenbaum Fellow Dr. Phoebe V. Moore (University of Leicester) will give an overview of artificial intelligence in the history of work design in her talk.
Im Rahmen der Weizenbaum Lecture wird Senior Fellow Dr. Aljoscha Burchardt (Deutschen Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz) in die Geschichte der KI einführen und Beispiele maschineller Übersetzung vorstellen.
As part of the Berlin Science Week, Weizenbaum Senior Fellow Prof. W. Lance Bennet (University of Washington) will introduce the three major challenges for democracies during his public lecture.
Prof. Andrew Clement is a member of Waterfront Toronto’s Digital Strategy Advisory Panel and will share and discuss insights on the concept of smart city during his talk.
In her lecture, Senior Fellow Prof. Ariadne Vromen (University of Sydney) will share insights into her research on digital political engagement.
Dr. Andreas Weigend, Gründungsmitglied des Digitalrats der Bundeskanzlerin, ist zu Gast am Weizenbaum-Institut und spricht über einige verbreitete Illusionen über digitale Daten.
Das Weizenbaum-Institut und die Humboldt Law Clinic Internetrecht laden zur ersten Weizenbaum Lecture mit Prof. Lawrence Lessig (Harvard Law School) ein.
The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society is organizing a symposium on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Berlin on the subject of “The Future of Work and Innovation in a Networked Society”.
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