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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
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The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) will be opening its (virtual) doors
to new fellows in 2022! Our Hybrid Internet and Society Fellowship is internationally focused and offers a unique opportunity for innovative thinkers who wish to engage in the exchange of research experiences and to set up new initiatives. Depending on your
individual situation and the COVID-19 situation, the fellowship can be realised virtually, partly or even fully in person.
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Time frame: 3-6 months between March and December 2022
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Application deadline: 24 November 2021
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Key Areas
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For our 2022 class of fellows, we consider applicants who intend to pursue topics that fall within one of our research programmes
or groups. Please read the information on each of the linked websites closely, and position yourself and/or your project within the programme that suits you best.
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The
evolving digital society: How do discourses on and imaginaries about artificial intelligence (AI), anthropomorphised interfaces and robots shape the development of policies, technologies and theories – and vice versa? How can cross-cultural perspectives
inform our understanding of technological change? How do we tackle the challenges that lie ahead for public discourse, such as competing media realities, misinformation or deep fakes?
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Data,
Actors, Infrastructures: How can we make data held by private and public organisations usable for scientific purposes and for the general good of society, and still take legal, ethical, economic or organizational challenges and legitimate interest
of all stakeholders into account, without resorting to “silver bullets” such as “open data” or “data sharing”?
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Knowledge
& Society: Changes in knowledge production, organisation and dissemination through digital innovations. How does digitisation affect the internal scholarly communication and the science communication with the society? How can the quality of science
be assured? How do universities respond to the new requirements of the third mission and Open Science?
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Innovation,
Entrepreneurship & Society: Understanding, informing and co-creating innovation and entrepreneurship in a digital economy & society. How do organisations address grand challenges such as the climate crisis or inequality using digital technologies
related to artificial intelligence, open innovation, and platforms? How do digital technologies impact organisational practices, processes, and purpose?
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AI
Lab & Society: Exploring the concrete changes and challenges artificial intelligence introduces and their societal implications. What profound social changes go hand in hand with an increasing integration of AI in political, social and cultural
processes? How can AI infrastructures be developed and deployed in order to realise the public interest?
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We would highly appreciate it if you could spread this call across your networks.
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About HIIG
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The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) was founded in 2011 to research the development of the internet
from a societal perspective and better understand the digitalisation of all spheres of life. As the first institute in Germany with a focus on internet and society, HIIG has established an understanding that centres on the deep interconnectedness of digital
innovations and societal processes. The development of technology reflects norms, values and networks of interests, and conversely, technologies, once established, influence social values.
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