Research Group Politics of Digitalization

People / organizations involved:
WZB Berlin Social Science Center (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)

Locations:
Berlin, Germany

The WZB research group “Politics of Digitalization” undertakes conceptual and empirical research to understand how this conflictual and dynamic interplay shapes digital societies. Thee group’s research programme studies digitalization in relation to the evolution of democracy, statehood, and regulation, such as: changing forms of political self-determination in times of digital transformation disinformation and democratic backsliding digital sovereignty and digital geopolitics artificial intelligence and the capacity of effective governance changing and newly emerging regulatory paradigms in the public and the private sector, e.g. regarding digital platforms practices and boundaries of surveillance in democratic societies digitalization of the state and public administration The group employs qualitative and quantitative methods and draws on theoretical approaches from political science, sociology, communication and media studies, regulation and law. Its geographic scope is both national and transnational, focusing on Europe and beyond.

Duration: 01.01.2018 - ongoing

https://www.wzb.eu/en/research/digitalization-and-societal-transformation/politics-of-digitalization