Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

The research directorate is made up of Jeanette Hofmann, Björn Scheuermann, Wolfgang Schulz and Thomas Schildhauer.

[1] The four founding directors are Ingolf Pernice (Humboldt-Universität), Thomas Schildhauer (Berlin University of the Arts) and Jeanette Hofmann (WZB) as well as Wolfgang Schulz (Hans Bredow Institute).

The research programme is particularly concerned with the far-reaching social changes brought about by digitalisation in the area of governance and innovation.

To this end, it aims to create a forum where civil society, academia, public administration and politics can engage in exchange.

The publication was handed over to the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) in January 2020 and to the German Bundestag in May of the same year.

The members of the Founders' Council are Ursula Noack (WZB), Sabine Kunst (HU), Norbert Palz (UdK), Wieland Holfelder (representative of the Fördergesellschaft GFI gGmbH), Ulrike Guérot (Danube University Krems), Abraham Bernstein (University of Zurich) and Carsten Busch (HTW Berlin).

In 2020, HIIG researchers also launched the essay competition twentyforty, which resulted in a freely accessible publication and an exhibition.

In addition, HIIG organises academic conferences, e.g. the Association of Internet Researchers' AoIR 2016, workshops, talks and lecture series.

[14] In the Making Sense of the Digital Society event series launched in 2017, HIIG, together with the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb), invites European thinkers to share their thoughts on the digital society and thus come to a better understanding of comprehensive transformation processes.

In addition, HIIG organises scientific conferences, such as AoIR 2016 of the Association of Internet Researchers, workshops, talks and lecture series.

In a series of events launched in 2017, HIIG together with the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) invited “European thinkers” to share their thoughts on the digital society and thus gain a better understanding of comprehensive transformation processes.