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.
Data exchange in the EU: New rules in the Data Governance Act (Part 2/2)
The infrastructuralisation process is to be driven forward by the Data Governance Act. The DGA is intended as a control tool to regulate data exchange processes, but there are doubts about its control potential.
Data exchange in the EU: Infrastructure (Part 1/2)
Geopolitical considerations make digital sovereignty of the European area necessary. An important step towards this is European data sovereignty through the creation of federated data spaces.
A Regulatory Clustering of Privacy Laws
The working paper constitutes a central component of the underlying project’s approach of allowing interdisciplinary comparison of the impact of different regulatory systems on individual behavior.
“The law alone cannot explain how data protection actually works in different countries.”
In this interview, Professor Kai von Lewinski reveals exciting results from the “Vectors of Data Disclosure” project, a comparative study on the use of personal data.
State Minister of Digital Affairs Dr Fabian Mehring as a guest at bidt
During his visit to the bidt, we spoke with State Minister of Digital Affairs Dr. Fabian Mehring about important topics of digital transformation, including generative artificial intelligence and the fight against disinformation…
Paradigm shift: new approach to measuring opinion power in the platform age
Youtube, X, BILD – which media brands influence public opinion and how can opinion power be measured? The ‘bidt policy brief’ outlines how opinion power monitoring can replace the tv-centred media concentration law.
Monitoring opinion power: A new approach to ensure diverse opinion formation in the platform age
This policy brief shows how contemporary opinion power monitoring could look like and outlines the need for action.
Promoting digital competence and critical judgement in the age of artificial intelligence
How well prepared is Europe for generative AI and an increasingly digitalized society? Experts discussed this at the bidt event “More digital literacy for Europe in times of generative AI“ in Brussels.
Smart City
The EU defines smart cities as cities that use technology to improve the management and efficiency of urban space.
Earth observation
Earth observation describes the collection of information about the Earth’s physical, chemical and biological systems.