Topic: Digital work environment
Digitalised processes facilitate workflows, while technology enables new forms of communication and collaboration: insights into the opportunities and possible conflicts arising from the partnership between humans and machines.
Keeping an eye on the big picture
As managing director, Christoph Egle keeps an eye on the big picture at bidt. The political scientist organises the processes that steer the institute’s research, from the strategic direction of research and determination…
Working from Home: New Normal for Employees?
What seemed unthinkable a few years ago is now being discussed as the new normal: Since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, many employees are increasingly working from home – and it is already becoming apparent that…
Digital Literacy for All!
In a data-driven world, data literacy, the understanding of the algorithmic processing of data, becomes a fundamental competence for digital literacy. This knowledge and the informed handling of new – for example AI-based…
Digital Technology Adoption by German Firms: Uncovering the Metadata of the ifo Business Climate Index
The ifo Business Climate Index is often referred to as a representative study, investigating inter alia German companies’ digitisation progress. The Data collected attracts a great deal of media attention in Germany. However,…
Demo Day 2021
Beim Demo Day werden anwendungsbezogene Studierendenprojekte aus den neun bidt-Innovationslaboren gezeigt. Die zweite Auflage nach 2019 bildet zugleich den Abschluss der aktuellen Förderrunde.
How can interactive AI help us write emails?
In this project, we built a prototype AI email editor with text generation from Natural Language Processing (NLP) and asked 156 people to write emails with it. We compared different user interface settings and use by native…
Demand for ICT professionals
The demand for ICT professionals indicator shows how large the share of companies is that have attempted or actually hired ICT professionals.
Employed ICT specialists
The indicator shows the proportion of ICT specialists among all employees in a country. It thus provides insights into how well the national economy is positioned for digital innovation, competitiveness and transformation.
Working from home usage
The indicator home office use shows the proportion of people who work from home in European countries or in Germany. In this way, the indicator shows changes in the world of work.
What is … Mixed Skill Factory
Humans will also continue to work in factories. In mixed skill factories, machines will help to make work more humane.