by Annika Gödde | 10. September 2025
This special issue is dedicated to the emergence, practices, and dynamics of digital public spaces, with a particular focus on inequalities and the socio-technical configurations that shape access, participation, and representation. We invite contributions from various disciplines that critically analyze the tensions, challenges, and future perspectives of digital publics at the intersection of technology, participation, and democracy.
by Annika Gödde | 5. August 2025
This special issue explores the growing role of Big Tech companies as security actors at both national and international levels – ranging from cybersecurity and sanctions regimes to cooperation with state institutions. We welcome contributions from various disciplines that analyze the power relations, challenges, and dynamics at the intersection of technology, politics, and global security.
by Annika Gödde | 2. May 2025
The use of generative AI in academia is growing rapidly – but it is not only an opportunity, it is also a symptom of an overburdened research system. An analysis of future scenarios involving generative AI in science reveals: when academia is under structural pressure, AI can appear to be the solution – with ethically risky consequences.
by Annika Gödde | 17. December 2024
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) will jointly publish the renowned open-access journal Internet Policy Review in the future.
by Maurice Tietze | 11. November 2024
In the future, CAIS will publish the Internet Policy Review (IPR) together with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). The IPR is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that has been publishing research on issues of internet regulation...
