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Unequal and contested – Content Delivery Networks as critical infrastructures
Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers are increasingly influencing military contexts and geopolitical tensions and conflicts. A digital policy debate on these critical infrastructures has been overdue.
How Germany is spending too much time talking about digitalisation
In this blog post, Dirk von Gehlen writes about the debate on the digital transformation in Germany – and why we need more courage.
#climatechange – Do internet memes influence climate policy?
Memes are spreading across social media and shaping the public climate debate. How exactly do they do this – and do memes even influence political decisions?
Identity crisis? How companies transform digitally and stay true to themselves at the same time
How to make digital transformation work for companies? Angela Graf and Thomas Hess show that it is an organisation’s identity that counts.
“bidt-Digitalbarometer.international”: Germany lags behind in digital skills
The new “bidt-Digitalbarometer.international” reveals that the German population has weaker digital skills compared to other European countries.
“Looking at the processes is particularly important”
Dr. Stephan Jäger joined the bidt in August as the new Head of Organisation, Finance, Human Resources and IT. At the same time, he takes on the function of Deputy Managing Director. Before his move, he worked at the TUM School…
“There is a need for further education regarding the right to data portability”
After completing their project, Susanne Mayr, Jens Großklags, and Johann Kranz discuss their findings on data portability in this interview.
Agile research organisations: oxymoron or reality?
Agile principles are a response to the evolving business landscape and a method for improving organisational performance. Implementing Agility in the research process and research organisations can be challenging. In this blog…
Andreas Wenninger as a guest on the “Datenaffaire” podcast
Annika B. Bergbauer and Andreas Wenninger discuss efficient methods for achieving high-quality and speedy research results in the podcast “Datenaffaire”.
Closing security gaps
The most recent bidt policy brief focuses on the responsible management of IT security vulnerabilities.