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Power and Politics of Digitalization
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Research groups Politics of Digitalization @wzb.bsky.social & Technology, Power, and Domination @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

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Keynote Invitation 💬💡

We are happy to be joined by @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social who will hold a public Keynote on "The Power of AI: From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms" as part of our workshop

📅 Nov. 20th, 18:30pm, Berlin

Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
b/w portrait of Rainer Mühlhoff
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Looking forward to your abstract submissions for our workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20-21 Novemeber!

Further details: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/events-1/...
Poster for the Call for Abstracts for the workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power". The workshop aims to explore and critically reflect on the multifaceted power dynamics associated with generative AI across social, political, and cultural domains. We invite conceptual, theory-building, or comparative contributions that engage with power in the context of GenAI and related themes such as economic concentration, algorithmic governance, epistemic authority, and digital subjectivation. Proposal length: approx. 500 words Include: a brief biography (max. 150 words) Deadline: 15 August 2025 Send to: workshop-generative-ai@wzb.eu Languages: Abstracts and presentations in English or German, discussions in English Organisers: Sebastian Berg, Jana Heim, Clara Iglesias Keller, Florian Irgmaier, Ann-Kathrin Koster
July 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Thank you @robyncaplan.bsky.social for visiting us in Berlin and giving a wonderful presentation on your recent research!

Last week we hosted Duke University's Robyn Caplan for her talk on why big (social) media companies have changed their self-descriptive narrative, and why that matters.
Image of the screen during Robyn Caplan's talk at Weizenbaum Institute, reading the presentation's title "Why media companies now insist they are media companies, and why that matters" Robyn Caplan, during her talk to an audience at Weizenbaum Institute
June 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Why media companies now insist they are media companies, and why that matters 🌐🏢

Duke University assistant professor Robyn Caplan (@robyncaplan.bsky.social) will present her research on this exact topic 💬

24 June 2025, 11:00-12:30, WI

Please sign up here: survey.lamapoll.de/Why-media-co...
Portrait of Robyn Caplan
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Today our group hosted @pjleerssen.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law) at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social for his presentation on platform ownership and the political economy of content moderation governance. 💬🌐

Thank you for visiting us and sharing new insights! 🎓
April 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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What are the political and legal implications of #blockchain technology?

📖 Book launch: “Blockchain Governance”
📅 28 March 2025, 5PM
📍 Am Kupfergraben 5, Berlin / online (DM for more info)

With @wesselreijers.bsky.social, @katrinbecker.eu and @annanosthoff.bsky.social.

See you there!
March 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Our research group lead @claraigk.bsky.social joined @friedrichmoser.bsky.social at the German premiere of his new documentary “How to Build a Truth Engine” to discuss disinformation, propaganda, and the possibilities for resistance on and off the Web — especially through the regulation of Big Tech.
February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Want to know what our research group has been reading? The latest version of the TechDo Digest is out, with a new section on disinformation: www.weizenbaum-library.de/items/ceb12c...
February 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Letzte Woche haben wir auf dem #weizenbaumforum mit @jsmirnova.bsky.social und @juliareuschenbach.bsky.social über die #BTW25 diskutiert. Dabei ging es u.a. um den Einfluss von Desinformationskampagnen und die Rolle von sozialen Medien und Qualitätsjournalismus. Vielen Dank an alle, die dabei waren!
February 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Gestern Abend diskutierten im voll besetzten publix @claraigk.bsky.social @jeah.bsky.social und @curdknupfer.bsky.social mit @mariaexner.bsky.social über die Bedeutung von Desinformation und den Zustand demokratischer (Infra-)Strukturen!
January 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Last week we hosted the 2-day workshop "Contextualizing Misinformation Research: Theoretical, Empirical, and Legal Frameworks" at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 📝

Thank you to all participants, organizers and speakers for the wonderful event!

Keynote by Prof. Dr. @judithmoeller.bsky.social 👩‍🏫
November 13, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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Our Principal Investigator Jeanette Hofmann was selected by @table.media as one of the top ten most important heads from Think Tanks. Congratulations on this honor!
October 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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Our research group is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science 👩‍🎓
If you are interested, all relevant information can be found here: wzb.eu/de/node/83565
Feel free to share the announcement! ✉️
September 19, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Last week we were honored to host Virgilio Almeida at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social - the first stop of his book tour presenting "Algorithmic Institutionalism: the changing rules of social and political life". Thank you for your interesting insights and a wonderful interdisciplinary discussion!
April 19, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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📆 Interested in digital democracy? Join us as @hansasenbaum.bsky.social presents and discusses his new book "The Politics of Becoming" at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social in April!

More information and registration: survey.lamapoll.de/The-Politics...
Event Information: Book presentation by Hans Asenbaum on his new book "The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity and Democracy in the Digital Age". The event will take place in a hybrid format on 17.04.2024 from 14:00 to 16:30 at the Flexroom A1_05 at the Weizenbaum Institute Berlin.
March 26, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Join us in two weeks as Virgilio Almeida presents his new book "Algorithm Institutionalism: the changing rules of social and political life" (Oxford University Press)

📍 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
📆 April 8th, 10:30–12:30

Registration and more information: survey.lamapoll.de/Registration...
March 22, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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A new edition of our TechDo Digest literature radar is out now! Explore our curation of new publications on power, the state, democracy, regulation, and contestation in digitalized societies 📚 From now on, you can find all our editions in the Weizenbaum Library: doi.org/10.34669/wi....
March 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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In the second session of the day, @annamkr.bsky.social and @claraigk.bsky.social presented their work on data protection in menstrual apps and posed the difficult question of how to adequately protect intimate data. Lisa Markschies followed up with an overview of the European Health Data Space.
March 5, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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Alexandra Keiner explored the role of digitalization and payment platforms in the remittances sector, a topic of timely relevance with the ongoing debate around "Bezahlkarten" for refugees
March 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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Natasha Tusikov and @bhaggart.bsky.social have a new book out: "The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power" (OA: rowman.com/WebDocs/RLOA...). Their talk at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social opened an exciting half-day of presentations on the power of data and knowledge!
March 5, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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Next Monday Jeanette Hofmann is speaking about imaginaries of democracies in the digital transformation, as a part of Lena Ulbricht's lecture series Digital Democracies, a two-face story at TU München.

📆 18.12.23, 18.30–20.00
📍TUM Think Tank, München
Registration: tumthinktank.de/de/event/die...
December 14, 2023 at 10:26 AM
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Looking out at a snowy blue sky from our office, it's also finally time for us to join you! 👋 We're looking forward to sharing all our updates, literature, and events with you here. For instance, you can look forward to a new edition of our literature newsletter next week 📖
December 1, 2023 at 1:45 PM