CAIS supports research projects that focus on the social opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation. Our research agenda includes five areas:
- Economy & labour
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- What will labor look like in the future?
- How will digitalization affect markets and consumers?
- What consequences will big data and the sharing economy have for working conditions and social systems?
- Democracy & the public sphere
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- What opportunities does the internet offer for civic engagement and political participation?
- How do algorithms influence the public and opinion-making?
- What risks arise when the internet is misused by anti-democratic groups?
- Governance & regulation
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- Which legislative challenges are involved in regulating the internet?
- How important is the claim to privacy in an age of increasing digitalization?
- How can governance be enforced for the internet in an international context and at the national, regional, and local level?
- Security & trust
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- How can data protection and data security be implemented online?
- Where is the line between effective networking potential and uncontrolled visibility?
- How can freedom of the internet be facilitated in autocratic states?
- Education & knowledge
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- What does the school of the future look like?
- What is the significance of digitalization for lifelong learning?
- What new educational objectives, qualifications and competences will be required?
The programs are open for applications with innovative approaches from other research fields.
