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Digitalisation Research Seminar – DigiSem 2026
BMFTR Funds Prof. Hendrik Heuer’s Project to Combat Disinformation
News from the Institute
Christoph Bieber discusses challenges in public debate culture
On 11 June 2026, the Grimme Institute will host the discussion forum “Journalism: between objectivity, activism and awards” in Düsseldorf. CAIS researcher Christoph Bieber will...
The 3,000,000? and the Special Case – Digital Social Sciences as Detective Work
In his public inaugural lecture at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Johannes Breuer provides insights into his research on digital data and methods.
Academic Freedom Forum: Truth Matters: Universities, Academic Freedom, and Democracy in a Fragmented World
The Academic Freedom Forum in Bochum, taking place from June 9 to 11, 2026, focuses on the challenges facing universities in times of global crises....
Social Media Ban Debate: Facts Over Gut Feeling
Since December 2025, young people under the age of 16 in Australia have been prohibited from using platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, or Snapchat. Similar...
CAIS at re:publica 2026
Researchers from CAIS are represented at Europe’s leading conference on digital society, re:publica 2026 in Berlin. Their contributions focus on current debates around social media...
Tightening the Interconnection of Digitalization Research
At the annual meeting of the Network of Institutes for Digitalization Research in Hamburg, current priorities such as open science, interdisciplinarity, futures research, and transdisciplinary...
How Is Artificial Intelligence Changing the Future of Education?
Prof. Nikol Rummel will give a keynote on April 29 about how generative AI can support collaborative learning and strengthen the ability to work together.
Conference Contributions on Hybrid Intelligence and Self-Regulated Learning
Prof. Nikol Rummel will serve as a panel speaker at the workshop “Hybrid Intelligence: Human-AI Collaboration and Learning,” while Katharina Teich will give a presentation...
International Conference on Learning Analytics Research brings together Academia and Practice.
Prof. Nikol Rummel will serve as a panel moderator at the workshop “Hybrid Intelligence: Human–AI Collaboration and Learning,” while Katharina Teich will give a presentation...
Latest Publications
Financing Post-War Circular Reconstruction: Digital Tools and Investment Pathways for Ukraine’s Industrial Regions
An article by Tetiana Gorokhova was published in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management.
Platformization in the Cultural Sector: Impact on Institutions and Cultural Education
Leo Cao, a former CAIS Fellow, has published the results of his fellowship on the development of Google Arts & Culture in the “Convergence Journal,”...
Smart as a City: Insights into the Implementation of Smart City Projects in Kansas City
The new book by former CAIS Fellow Burcu Baykurt will be published shortly. In it, she examines how smart cities emerge, how technologies are tested...
News Audiences’ Acceptance of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Journalism: A Use Case Study Across Three Domains
T.J. Thomson, former CAIS fellow, conducted research during his time at CAIS on “generative visual artificial intelligence (AI) in news: audience perceptions and newsroom guidelines.”...
Generating the Language of AI Harms: Mapping Guardrails Using Critical Code Studies
Dr. Sarah Ciston, former CAIS Fellow, has published an article in the journal AI & Society. In it, she analyzes the safety and filtering mechanisms...
Sebastian Gießmann publishes “The Credit Card Book”
Sebastian Gießmann, former CAIS Fellow, conducted research on the history and theory of digital payment during his time at CAIS. His book “The Credit Card...
How Digital Media Reproduce Discrimination: Hate Speech, Visual Language, and Artificial Intelligence
Josephine B. Schmitt publishes a chapter inthe a new edited volume “Language – Power – Diversity: On the (Re-)Production of Difference and Belonging through Language”,...
Who Owns Digital Heritage? New Study on Memes, Copyright, and Culture
Jörg Lehmann, former CAIS fellow, publishes the results of his CAIS Fellowship as a book chapter in the “Research Handbook on Art, Culture and Heritage...
Three New Publications Released
During her fellowship at CAIS, Olga Matveieva conducted research on “Technology-Driven Sociopolitical Transformations in Ukraine: Analyzing the Gendered Impacts of the Russian War in Ukraine.”...