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Capturing the dynamics of digital transformation

The lawyer Eric Hilgendorf examines the extent to which technical developments need to be re-regulated in the course of the digital transformation. Often, the current rules would suffice.

“The allocation of funds is a crucial mechanism”

The bidt project “Digital Transformation Strategies of German Federal States” provides a comparison of different approaches to digital policy. An interview with Thomas Hess and Katharina Brunner on the project study.

Impulses for digital culture at bidt

More mobile working days and new digital tools: What bidt takes away from the experience gained during the Corona pandemic.

A new living world

Andreas Boes researches the effects of digitalisation on the individual and on social coexistence.

Disruptive innovation, untapped opportunities

Business IT specialist Thomas Hess looks at digitalisation from an entrepreneurial perspective. So far, says the bidt director, the opportunities associated with it have not really been seen or even exploited in Germany.

The quality of Citizen Science

An interview with Andreas Wenninger about good scientific practice in citizen science and why it benefits from digitalisation.

Ethics and software: what works, what doesn’t?

Philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin and computer scientist Alexander Pretschner are jointly researching how ethical considerations can already be integrated into the development of software.

Research, enlighten, shape

Alexander Pretschner helps to deepen the understanding of digital transformation and its consequences – the prerequisite for shaping digitalisation.

Explain clearly, debunk fake news

The social consequences of the Corona pandemic are far-reaching. Hannah Schmid-Petri explains what lessons science communication can learn.

“A huge experiment”

The social points system has an impact beyond China. What data is collected and what the system means for German companies and institutions like the World Bank is being investigated in bidt’s project “Learning from…