Research area: Communication, Society and Participation

bidt Conference 2025: Really? Trust in the digital transformation

At the two-day event, we will present current results from bidt research projects and discuss them with experts from science, politics, business and society.

ORF article about Ute Schmid's contribution at the Digital Humanism Conference

ORF article about Ute Schmid’s contribution at the Digital Humanism Conference

Why do we need a human-centred approach to digitalisation and AI? bidt director Ute Schmid is quoted in a new ORF article.

Radio reports in Deutschlandfunk and FAZ about the AI assistant OneTutor

AI assistant OneTutor in Deutschlandfunk and FAZ podcasts

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the AI assistance system OneTutor for university teaching? This is the topic of two recent podcast episodes.

Nahaufnahme: Frauenhände machen Notizen auf Tablet und Papier

Understanding instead of measuring – insights into qualitative methods

Qualitative research methods play a particularly important role in interdisciplinary digitalisation research. They capture the subjective perspectives, experiences and attributions of meaning of the actors involved and thus…

bidt research projects in StarkesLandBayern about trust in AI

bidt research focus in cover story of Spiegel supplement on trust in AI

The new bidt research focus “Humans and Generative AI: Trust in Co-Creation“ is presented in the SPIEGEL supplement “StarkesLandBayern” from May 2025.

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bidt meets re:publica

Our researchers will be represented at this year’s re:publica with talks and panels on digitalisation. The festival for the digital society in 2025 has the motto “Generation XYZ”.

bidt is a member of the Network of Institutes for Digitisation Research (NIfD)

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

Asking the right questions: Tips for better AI answers

Asking the right questions: Tips for better AI answers

How can you achieve better results with the right prompts? This article provides an overview of key terms, strategies and application examples relating to generative AI and language-based models.