Project details

Overview

Start of the term: 2022; End of term: 2025

Persons involved

Contact person

Gregor Wiedemann

Dr. Gregor Wiedemann

Senior Researcher Computational Social Sciences

We are no longer located at Rothenbaumchaussee 36. You can reach us temporarely at the following address:

Leibniz Institute for Media Research, Hans-Bredow-Institut
c/o betahaus | Gänsemarkt
Gänsemarkt 43
20354 Hamburg

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Digital Constitutionalism Rethought

In a chapter of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Constitutionalism, Matthias C. Kettemann and Anna Sophia Tiedeke explore digital constitutionalism from the perspective of various normativities. These are the diverse rules, values, and organizing principles that shape the digital space.

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It is the most extensive publication the HBI has ever produced: the 1600-page commentary on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), edited by Tobias Mast, Matthias C. Kettemann, Stephan Dreyer and Wolfgang Schulz. In addition to several current and former researchers from the institute, almost 30 other experts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were recruited for the commentary project.

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