Topic: Digital society

How can society successfully undergo digital transformation? From the state of digitalisation in Germany to questions regarding its benefits for the common good, social change requires a dialogue prioritising knowledge transfer.

Digital inequality

The digital inequality thesis claims that people of higher status benefit to a greater extent from the availability of digital technologies.

Digital violence

Digital violence is a collective term for those uses of digital technologies with which other people are unlawfully attacked and put under pressure.

bidt-Digitalbarometer: Digital competence

bidt-Digitalbarometer: Digital competence

The indicator, based on self-assessment, illustrates how digital competence is distributed among the German resident population aged 14 and above. The indicator provides insight into which population groups in Germany are better…

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Effective data protection as a success factor for the digital work environment

The Policy Brief with the topic “More is more: Better employee data protection for comprehensive use of workplace data” can be found here: The top five challenges for data protection Teebken and Hess criticise the current…

Digital participation

Digital participation refers to the social involvement of stakeholders in political and social decision-making and opinion-forming processes with the help of digital information and communication technologies.

Resilience by orchestrating citizen-driven innovation through digital platforms in urban-rural constellations (ROBIN)

We are investigating how the resilience of municipalities in their respective regional interdependencies can be improved by orchestrating citizen-driven innovation. The focus is on exploring design knowledge.

Working from home is increasingly becoming a competitive factor for companies

A new study by the bidt shows:
The offer of working from home is a decisive factor for the acquisition and retention of employees and their identification with the company.

bidt as guest at SZ: Presentation of new study on generative AI

As part of the presentation of the “SZ Langstrecke” Dr. Roland A. Stürz presented current study results on the prevalence of generative AI in Germany.