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

Context Collapse

Veranstaltung Invitation

Social Diversity and Political Opinion Formation

28. May 2026

How does political opinion formation take place in a diverse society? This issue of the Context Collapse salon series, hosted by the Hamburg section of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) in collaboration with Bücherhallen Hamburg, will explore this question. The discussion event will feature expert contributions from Jan Rau of the HBI and Hannah Göppert of the Open Society Initiative.

Verantstaltungsort Hamburg
Veranstaltung Bredows on Tour

Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)

4. June 2026

From 4 to 8 June, over 7,000 researchers will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, for the annual conference of the International Communications Association (ICA). In line with the conference theme, "Communication and Inequalities in Context", HBI researchers will also be presenting their work.

Verantstaltungsort Cape Town

HH Media Symposium

Veranstaltung Save the Date

Where Search and AI Converge – and the Media Might Fall Silent

25. June 2026

What impact will the convergence of traditional internet search and generative artificial intelligence have on the information ecosystem? This question will be discussed at the 16th Hamburg Media Symposium, which is organized by the HBI, the Media Authority of Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (MA HSH), and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. More information about the program will be available shortly.

Verantstaltungsort
Veranstaltung Bredows on Tour

Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)

1. July 2026

At the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Galway, Jan Rau, Jan-Ole Harfst, and Tobias Mast will give a presentation on "Platform Badges for Civic Communication: An Interdisciplinary Discussion of a Risk Mitigation Measure Pursuant to Art. 35 DSA."

Verantstaltungsort Galway

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