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.
Critical infrastructure
Organisations and facilities of outstanding importance for supply security on a societal level are called critical infrastructures.
Digital policy
As a new term, digital policy describes a comparatively young and still evolving policy field. It is becoming increasingly visible through institutionalisation.
Digitalisation
Originally a technical term, digitalisation broadly describes the use of various digital technologies and the associated, diverse transformation processes.
Digital transformation
In the first approach, digital transformation refers to changes in society or social subsystems accompanying digitalisation.
Digital infrastructure
The digital infrastructure is the foundation for internet access and digital services. We distinguish between the cable-based fixed network and the mobile network.
Vectors of Data Disclosure – A comparative study on the disclosure of personal data from the perspectives of legal, cultural studies, and business information systems research
By means of a comparative study, this interdisciplinary research project analysed various aspects of individuals’ willingness to disclose personal data.
New Digital Strategy: Classification on the topic of governance
Following the adoption of the digital strategy by the Federal Government on 31 August, bidt Managing Director Dr. Christoph Egle will present his views on the topics of coordination and governance.
Digital transformation strategies of German federal states
The project provided a systematic comparison of different approaches to digital policy.
Challenges of regulating digital communication platforms (ReDiKo)
What are society’s requirements for regulating video platforms? To answer this question, the project was aiming to develop evidence-based regulatory policy options.
Data sovereignty
In its literal sense, data sovereignty means control over data as well as data collection, storage and processing. The concept of data sovereignty is not synonymous with the term data protection.

