This year’s Digitalisation Research Seminar (DigiSem) will be held from September 21 to 22 at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. Early-career researchers (doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and master’s students) are invited to present their research and play a key role in shaping the event. Participation is free of charge. Abstracts will be accepted as of April 1.
Key Topic: Digital Safety
This year, the seminar will focus on digital safety as an interdisciplinary, human-centered field of research. The overarching theme is “Balancing Digital Safety between Risks, Rights, and Regulation.”
Early-career researchers are invited to present their work on topics such as the following:
- Use of technologies to increase security
- Risks of using AI on bias and decision making
- Regulation of social media for human and societal safety
- Protection of of vulnerable groups (esp. children and young people) in the digital space
- Criminal misuse of digital technologies (deep fakes, doxing, cybercrime, identity theft,
etc.)
As part of the seminar, Prof. Dr. Lena Kästner (University of Bayreuth) will deliver a keynote presentation on the topic “Digital Safety – A Political, Technical and Social Reflection of Current Developments” (Working title).
Important Dates
CfP opens: 01 April 2026
Deadline for abstract submission: 01 June 2026
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2026
Registration opens: 01 July 2026
Deadline for registration: 07 September 2026
DigiSem: 21 to 22 September 2026
Registration
You can register via EasyChair .
Click here for more information.
Katharina Mosene from the HBI will be happy to answer any questions.
Organization
The Digitalization Research Seminar (DigiSem) is organized by the Weizenbaum Institute (WI), the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), and the HBI.
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