Topic: Digital politics
Digitalisation as a cross-sectional issue presents particular challenges for policymakers. Digital policy unites the social and political questions and responsibilities arising from digital transformation.
Debate on a social media ban: Preventive regulation, but at a European level!
A study by the bidt found that 66 percent of people in Germany support a ban on social media for children under 14. But what form of regulation can adequately address this issue?
Digital security: balancing risks, the law and regulation – DigiSem 2026 at the Weizenbaum Institute
DigiSem 2026: Four digitalisation research institutes (NifD) bring together early-career researchers in Berlin to discuss digital security.
For fair competition: the bidt research project on the regulation of digital markets
Through independent research carried out in Bavaria, the bidt’s RESREG project is helping to regulate digital markets more fairly. In this interview, Jan Krämer and Leonie Ott explain why interoperability plays a key role…
A review of the 20th International For..Net Symposium
Under the theme “Project 20/42”, the 20th International For..Net Symposium looked ahead to the future, exploring ideas for a sovereign, just, and digitally enabled constitutional state.
bidt Digital Transformation Research Conference
The interdisciplinary academic conference provides a forum for interdisciplinary exchange, networking, and joint discourse on the societal, economic, legal, and technological dynamics and implications of digital transformation.
Digital Humanism – 2nd International Interdisciplinary Research Conference
The conference builds on the Digital Humanism Initiative, an international collaboration dedicated to fostering a community of scholars, policymakers, and industry leaders committed to ensuring that technological development…
A ban on social media for children and young people: public attitudes in Germany and Bavaria
The study by the bidt examines the attitudes of internet users towards a ban on social media for children and young people in Germany and also provides data comparing Bavaria with the rest of Germany.
Policy Brief on the social media ban: The bidt provides facts for a controversial debate
A new bidt policy brief reveals how people in Germany view a potential ban on social media for children and young people. The story was covered by numerous national and regional media outlets.