Events

We offer a variety of events online and in presence, for scientific and non-scientific interested people.

Upcoming events can be found below. And click here for our event archive.

Our Scientific Events

The following series of events are primarily aimed at a scientific audience:

  • Leibniz Media Lunch Talks series: one-hour online event via Zoom with a short presentation by an expert followed by a discussion, usually from 12 noon on a Tuesday
  • Leibniz Media Lectures series: one-and-a-half-hour online or hybrid event with presentations by experts followed by a discussion, usually from 4 p.m. on a Tuesday
  • Conferences and workshops on current research issues: one- or two-day specialist events with international experts, irregular

Our Events for Non-Scientific Target Groups

The offers for different, predominantly non-scientific target groups include

  • Events as part of the “Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC)“: various formats and partner institutions from the FGZ context
  • Hamburg Media Symposium: half-day event in cooperation with the Medienanstalt Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein MAHSH and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, once a year in June
  • Cooperation events with various institutions: joint events with partners such as the University of Hamburg, ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, Körber-Stiftung
  • results-oriented workshops and working sessions with experts

Contact person: Dr. Wiebke Schoon

Last update: 17.07.2024

Upcoming events

Veranstaltung Event Recommendation

Media History Lunch Talks

16. April 2025

The international research network Entangled Media Histories (EMHIS), in which the HBI is a partner, has put together a programme of online seminars on media history topics for the spring.

Verantstaltungsort Online
Veranstaltung Lunch Talk

Australian Media History

23. April 2025

In this Lunch Talk, Professor Dr. Bridget Griffen-Foley, Macquarie University, will provide insights into Australian media history.

Verantstaltungsort Hamburg
Veranstaltung Bredows on Tour

Facts, Fakes and Feeds

12. May 2025

In a presentation hosted by the Kreisjugendring Stormarn e.V., Dr Jan-Hinrik Schmidt will outline how opinions are formed in digital spaces and how social cohesion is changing.

Verantstaltungsort Bad Oldesloe

Context Collapse

Veranstaltung Invitation

Context Collapse

15. May 2025

How can we ensure successful communication in society? This is the topic of the upcoming edition of the Context Collapse salon series, hosted by the Hamburg section of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC).

Verantstaltungsort Hamburg
Veranstaltung Bredows on Tour

Protection of Democracy and Public Opinion

16. May 2025

Prof. Dr. Judith Möller will give a presentation on the communication and media system of the digital society as part of the anniversary conference of the Mainz Media Institute. Conference participants will be discussing the new communicative power of social media and its consequences for the media order.

Verantstaltungsort Mainz

#LeibnizMediaLecture

Veranstaltung Leibniz Media Lecture

Semantic Struggles and Strategic Communication in Social Media

20. May 2025

This Leibniz Media Lecture is hosted by the Hamburg section of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC). Prof. Dr. Friedemann Vogel, University of Siegen, will talk about the practices of the new right from a discourse-linguistic perspective.

Verantstaltungsort Online
Veranstaltung Bredows on Tour

re:publica 2025

26. May 2025

The 19th edition of re:publica, one of Germany's most important digital conferences, is taking place at STATION Berlin this year. This year's festival for the digital society is themed “Generation XYZ”. The event will be held in German. Several HBI researchers will be at the venue and present their research.

Verantstaltungsort Berlin

Veranstaltung

From European Concert to Brussels Solo?

12. June 2025

Under the title "From European Concert to Brussels Solo? What EU Media Regulation Means for the German Media System", experts and the audience will discuss the transfer of media regulation to the European level and what this means for Europe's diversity.

Verantstaltungsort Hamburg

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