Category: Young Talents
Graduate Centre for doctoral candidates: Application phase started
The bidt is launching the call for applications for the Graduate Centre for doctoral students: Doctoral projects on digital transformation will receive €3,000 per year in funding, as well as further training and networking…
DigiMeet 2025: Global perspectives on platform governance
DigiMeet connects young researchers and promotes dialogue on the social, political and technological conditions of digital transformation. Focus for 2025: Design and regulation of digital platforms.
Call for proposals opened: Programmes for early career researchers Graduate Center for Postdocs and Digitalisation Labs
Promoting young talent: The bidt is advertising the bidt Digitalisation Colleges and the bidt Graduate Centre for postdocs – with a focus on digital skills and AI applications.
Networking, promotion, visibility: bidt is a member of the Network of Institutes for Digitisation Research (NIfD)
Six research institutes are pooling their expertise in the Network of Institutes for Digitalisation Research (NIfD) in order to analyse and help shape the digital transformation from a fundamental scientific perspective.
Young Scientist of the Year – 2nd place for Dr. Sarah Rachut
Every year, academics, the leading online career portal for science, research, public affairs and society, honors a person who has made a lasting contribution to the respective scientific field with outstanding and forward-looking…
DigiSem Podcast
At the CAIS in Bochum, doctoral researchers and postdocs discussed the topic of “digital freedom” at the Digitalisation Research Seminar (DigiSem) in October. The conference and selected projects are presented in the English-language…
Science prize for Sarah Rachut
Sarah Rachut was awarded the Bernd Hentschel Prize 2024 for her dissertation.
From responsible medical decisions to online youth protection in the age of AI: around five million Euro for young researchers on artificial intelligence
“The AI talents of today will shape our society of tomorrow,” says the Minister of State for Science, Markus Blume. Ten new postdocs have been selected for the bidt Graduate Center’s funding program.
Professor Allister Loder about his time at the bidt Graduate Centre
Allister Loder was part of the first cohort of the Graduate Centre for two years and now shares his experiences: On academic self-organisation, interdisciplinary research and what he personally takes away from it.
Joint forces for the next generation of scientists in digitalisation research
Good news for young researchers: The HBI joins the cooperation of the German Internet Institutes bidt, CAIS and WI. The common goals are qualification, networking, career advancement and much more.

