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Was ist digitale Selbstbestimmung – und für wen? Wer fördert sie und was steht ihr im Weg? In der neuen Themenreihe geben unsere Wissenschaftler:innen in Interviews, Berichten und Dossiers Einblicke in die Forschung zu Gestaltungsmacht, Autonomie und Anhängigkeiten in der digitalen Welt.

What does the internet have to do with the current chaos in the world? What does it mean for political participation, civic engagement and democratic institutions that so many interactions - including politics - have shifted to the digital realm? How are digital technologies fuelling hate speech, election manipulation and culture wars? Are we really as polarised as we seem, or is the digital image deceptive?

We have compiled insights into our researchers' research on these questions in interviews, workshop reports, dossiers and discussion contributions.

Life has a lot of questions in store for us, big and small. Social Sciences have many of the answers. Sascha Friesike discusses them in this videocast every week.  

Researchers at the Weizenbaum Institute discuss current developments and social aspects of generative AI.

Weizenbaum researchers talk with female artists, researchers, activists journalists and gender dissidents about new perspectives on digital technologies.