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Data Portability – Significant, but not well known
Users have the right to retrieve their data stored with online services and have it transferred to other services, for example when changing providers. Initial studies from the bidt project “Motivation and Implementation…
“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.
Contact Tracing Apps in the Corona Pandemic
On the trail of the virus: How are Corona apps used throughout the world, what technical difficulties are encountered during their implementation and in which ways are they currently being refined. This is a comparison of Corona…
Codes of Ethics for Software Development: Why they are only of minor use
Codes of ethics in the context of software development lack practical applicability, as they cannot solve emerging conflicts of values. Our approach “Ethical Deliberation for Agile Software Processes” (EDAP) takes up ethical…
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.
bidt’s first anniversary
“The bidt is the right institute at the right time” – Highlights and impressions from an eventful year.
Attack with caution
The image of start-ups pushing traditional companies out of the market is only half the truth: A project funded by bidt shows how established companies benefit from new players with data-driven business models.
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.

