The aim is to jointly promote skills development and professionalise career paths. The aim is to prepare young academics for a career within and outside academia by offering suitable qualification and networking programmes.
Professor Christoph Neuberger, Scientific Director of the Weizenbaum Institute, acknowledges the collaboration on behalf of the cooperation partners: “The positive response to our junior researcher programme is the result of the excellent cooperation between the participating research institutes. We are delighted that the Hans Bredow Institute will now be expanding this circle. This will further strengthen our joint initiative to support young researchers and shape the scientific future in a sustainable and interdisciplinary way.”
The four institutes focus on interdisciplinary digitalisation research and have a similar organisational profile thanks to public funding from the federal and state governments. As the oldest media research institute in Germany, the HBI contributes a wide range of valuable experience and best practices in the area of promoting young talent. The cooperation includes joint events for doctoral candidates and postdocs, the establishment of a pool of trainers, reciprocal participation in qualification programmes and regular exchange on career development measures, programme offerings, qualification standards and interdisciplinary cooperation within the framework of a working group.
“This cooperation marks a significant step in the promotion of young researchers within digitisation research. By pooling our resources and expertise, we can offer young researchers optimal development and networking opportunities. Together, we are creating a solid foundation for the next generation of researchers to develop innovative solutions for the challenges of the digital world,” says Professor Wolfgang Schulz, Scientific Director of the HBI.
To kick off the extended cooperation, the institutes will host the next Digitalisation Research Seminar – DigiSem 2024 on 14 and 15 October 2024 at CAIS in Bochum with the topic “Digital Freedom – Autonomy, Wellbeing and Participation”. Further information on the programme can be found at: https://www.cais-research.de/event/digisem2024/
ABOUT THE LEIBNIZ – INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA RESEARCH | HANS-BREDOW-INSTITUTE (HBI)
The Leibniz Institute for Media Research │Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) researches media change and the associated structural changes in public communication. Cross-media, interdisciplinary and independent, it combines basic science and transfer research and thus creates problem-relevant knowledge for politics, business and civil society.
ABOUT THE BAYERIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION(bidt)
The Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) is an institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and contributes to a better understanding of the developments and challenges of digital transformation. In doing so, it provides the basis for shaping the future with society in a responsible and public-interest orientated manner. The bidt promotes outstanding interdisciplinary research and, as a think tank, provides decision-makers in politics and business with evidence-based recommendations. The institute also promotes open dialogue between research and society.
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED INTERNET STUDIES (CAIS)
The CAIS is a research institute funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the social opportunities and challenges of digital transformation are researched. It sees itself as a place for innovative interdisciplinary research and as a source of inspiration for a critical public that wants to come to an understanding about guiding principles for a self-determined life in the digital society.
ABOUT THE WEIZENBAUM INSTITUTE
The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society – The German Internet Institute is a joint project from Berlin and Brandenburg funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It conducts interdisciplinary and fundamental research into the transformation of society through digitalisation and develops design options for politics, business and civil society. The Weizenbaum Institute sees itself as a place of excellent research and as a hub for national and international digitalisation research and plans to provide more long-term orientation, networking and infrastructure services for research and society in the future.