Research Projects (2) previous 1234…9 next Active Reignite Multilateralism via Technology (REMIT) The four-year EU Horizon Europe project REMIT (Reignite Multilateralism via Technology) creates policy-relevant knowledge on how technologies are governed globally. It further develops academic insights aimed to enable greater international cooperation on technology governance, specifically multilateral governance pathways. The scope of the project is broad, including the governance of technologies such as AI, blockchain, Internet (…) Duration: 2023 – 2027Project lead: Dr. Dennis Redeker Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Active Communicative Figurations of Informal Learning in Digital Gaming (CoFi ILDG) With the rise of participatory media over the past decades, a ‘new culture of learning’ (Gee 2008; Thomas and Brown 2011) has been described, in which people develop expertise in domains outside formal education, vocational training or structured apprenticeships. Ito et al. (2009: 17) coined the term ‘geeking out’ for media-rich informal learning processes, in (…) Project lead: Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf Lab Media and Education Active We The (Social) Media: Social Media by and for social Movements Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research The aim of We The (Social) Media (WTSM) is to understand how members of social movements use social networks. This is important because millions of people use social networks to communicate, inform themselves and get in touch with each other. Social networks make it possible (…) Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Lab Socio-technical systems and critical data studies Active MINT-Digital-Labs Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research Project duration: 2023-2026 Collaborative project for the utilization of STEM student laboratories for teacher training Student laboratories have proven to be enormously beneficial for motivation, especially interest, in the sense of subject-related motivation, in STEM topics and working methods. In addition, they were able to (…) Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Lab Socio-technical systems and critical data studies Active Community Formation in Digital Games Post-Doc Project Much research in game studies has focused on game communities and their effects on people and society. But with this project I argue that we need a better theoretical grounding for how game communities form, and how they are then negotiated and maintained. What are the forces, influences and affordances that shape this (…) Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Dr. Dom Ford Lab Media and Religion Active molo.news: Research Network Tests Bremen News App Following a successful test operation in Bremen, researchers are investigating how the news and information app molo.news can be made available throughout Germany. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing 1.5 million euros of funding for the project. Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen , Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold Lab Datafication and Mediatization Active "You Are Your History": Family Memory and Identity on Genealogy Platforms This project analyzes how genealogy platforms shape and change media practices related to memory. It combines a mapping of platforms and an analysis of affordances with research into the lived experiences of users. Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Dr. Rieke Böhling Lab Datafication and Mediatization Active Equality, Platform Governance and Wellbeing Head: Prof. Dr. Chrisitan Katzenbach, Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero Lab: Platform Governance, Media and Technology Funding: YUFE Postdoctoral Program The project “Equality, Wellbeing and Platform Governance” investigates whether the rules and moderation policies of social platforms in relation to hate speech play a significant role in the discrimination and resulting wellbeing of minorities in Europe. (…) Duration: 2022 – 2025Project lead: Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology previous 1234…9 next
Active Reignite Multilateralism via Technology (REMIT) The four-year EU Horizon Europe project REMIT (Reignite Multilateralism via Technology) creates policy-relevant knowledge on how technologies are governed globally. It further develops academic insights aimed to enable greater international cooperation on technology governance, specifically multilateral governance pathways. The scope of the project is broad, including the governance of technologies such as AI, blockchain, Internet (…) Duration: 2023 – 2027Project lead: Dr. Dennis Redeker Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology
Active Communicative Figurations of Informal Learning in Digital Gaming (CoFi ILDG) With the rise of participatory media over the past decades, a ‘new culture of learning’ (Gee 2008; Thomas and Brown 2011) has been described, in which people develop expertise in domains outside formal education, vocational training or structured apprenticeships. Ito et al. (2009: 17) coined the term ‘geeking out’ for media-rich informal learning processes, in (…) Project lead: Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf Lab Media and Education
Active We The (Social) Media: Social Media by and for social Movements Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research The aim of We The (Social) Media (WTSM) is to understand how members of social movements use social networks. This is important because millions of people use social networks to communicate, inform themselves and get in touch with each other. Social networks make it possible (…) Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Lab Socio-technical systems and critical data studies
Active MINT-Digital-Labs Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research Project duration: 2023-2026 Collaborative project for the utilization of STEM student laboratories for teacher training Student laboratories have proven to be enormously beneficial for motivation, especially interest, in the sense of subject-related motivation, in STEM topics and working methods. In addition, they were able to (…) Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Lab Socio-technical systems and critical data studies
Active Community Formation in Digital Games Post-Doc Project Much research in game studies has focused on game communities and their effects on people and society. But with this project I argue that we need a better theoretical grounding for how game communities form, and how they are then negotiated and maintained. What are the forces, influences and affordances that shape this (…) Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Dr. Dom Ford Lab Media and Religion
Active molo.news: Research Network Tests Bremen News App Following a successful test operation in Bremen, researchers are investigating how the news and information app molo.news can be made available throughout Germany. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing 1.5 million euros of funding for the project. Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen , Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold Lab Datafication and Mediatization
Active "You Are Your History": Family Memory and Identity on Genealogy Platforms This project analyzes how genealogy platforms shape and change media practices related to memory. It combines a mapping of platforms and an analysis of affordances with research into the lived experiences of users. Duration: 2023 – 2026Project lead: Dr. Rieke Böhling Lab Datafication and Mediatization
Active Equality, Platform Governance and Wellbeing Head: Prof. Dr. Chrisitan Katzenbach, Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero Lab: Platform Governance, Media and Technology Funding: YUFE Postdoctoral Program The project “Equality, Wellbeing and Platform Governance” investigates whether the rules and moderation policies of social platforms in relation to hate speech play a significant role in the discrimination and resulting wellbeing of minorities in Europe. (…) Duration: 2022 – 2025Project lead: Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology