Joint press release by bidt/HBI/WI/CAIS
The aim is to jointly promote skills development and professionalise career paths. This will specifically prepare young academics for careers within and outside academia through suitable qualification and networking programmes.
Professor Christoph Neuberger, Scientific Director of the Weizenbaum Institute, praises the collaboration on behalf of the involved partners:
The positive response to our junior researcher programme is the result of the excellent cooperation between the participating research institutes. We are delighted that the Hans Bredow Institute will now be expanding this circle. This will further strengthen our joint initiative to support young researchers and to shape the scientific future in a sustainable and interdisciplinary way.
Prof. Christoph Neuberger, Scientific Director of the Weizenbaum Institute
Qualification programmes and career advancement
The four institutes focus on interdisciplinary digitalisation research and have a similar organisational profile thanks to public funding from the federal and state governments. As the oldest media research institute in Germany, the HBI contributes a wide range of valuable experience and best practices in the area of promoting young talent. The cooperation includes joint events for doctoral students and postdocs, the establishment of a pool of trainers, reciprocal participation in qualification programmes and regular exchange on career development measures, programme offerings, qualification standards and interdisciplinary cooperation within the framework of a working group.
This cooperation marks an important step in the promotion of young researchers in the field of digitalisation research. By joining our resources and expertise, we can offer young scientists optimal development and networking opportunities. Together, we are creating a solid foundation for the next generation of researchers to develop innovative solutions to the challenges of the digital world.
Prof. Wolfgang Schulz, Scientific Director of the Hans Bredow Institute
DigiSem 2024: “Digital Freedom”
As a prelude to the extended cooperation, the institutes will host the next Digitalisation Research Seminar — DigiSem 2024 on 14 and 15 October 2024 at CAIS in Bochum with the topic “Digital Freedom — Autonomy, Wellbeing and Participation”. Further information on the programme can be found here.
About the institutes
Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI)
The HBI researches media change and the associated structural changes in public communication. Cross-media, interdisciplinary and independent, it combines basic science and transfer research and thus creates problem-relevant knowledge for politics, business and civil society.
Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt)
The bidt is an institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW). It contributes to a better understanding of the developments and challenges posed by digital transformation. In doing so, it lays the foundations for shaping society’s digital future together, responsibly and for the common good. The bidt promotes internationally outstanding interdisciplinary research and, as a think tank, provides decision-makers with scientific evidence through up-to-date data and analyses. For this institute, research is based on dialogue between science, politics, economy, and society.
Centre for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)
The CAIS is a research institute funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the social opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation are researched. It sees itself as a place for innovative interdisciplinary research and as a source of inspiration for a critical public that wants to come to an understanding about guiding principles for a self-determined life in the digital society.
Weizenbaum Institute (WI)
The Weizenbaum Institute stands for excellent, independent, interdisciplinary, and fundamental digitalisation research. It provides politics, business and civil society with well-founded findings and value-based recommendations for action. It helps to ensure that the digitalisation of society is not only better understood, but can also be shaped in a sustainable, self-determined and responsible manner. The Weizenbaum Institute was founded in 2017, is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the state of Berlin and is supported by seven partners from Berlin and Brandenburg.
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