Digitalisation and Opening up of Science

Our interdisciplinary research group is situated at Technical University of Berlin, at Fraunhofer FOKUS and at Weizenbaum Institute. It researches the digitalisation and opening up of science, and puts a special emphasis on research data infrastructures.

At Technical University of Berlin, we are part of the Research Data Infrastructure group, at Fraunhofer FOKUS we are part of the Research Data Infrastructure group, and at Weizenbaum Institute we are part of the Digitalisation and Opening up of Science group.

The group is active in several third-party funded projects, especially within the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) and the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). Our researchers bring in their expertise in these projects.

News

QUADRIGA
We are happy to announce that today is the start of the BMBF-funded project QUADRIGA. The data competency center QUADRIGA combines four disciplines: digital humanities and public administration, supported by computer and information science. It is situated in Berlin-Brandenburg and focuses on the three data types, text, tables and videos. Our role is the scientific co-lead of the project and to develop a navigator that gives an interactive overview of the learning materials available within QUADRIGA.
2023-11-15
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Weizenbaum Library launched
The Weizenbaum Library has successfully been launched. The Weizenbaum Library collects the scientific publications of the Weizenbaum Institute that are openly available, in particular journal articles, books, contributions to edited volumes, conference papers and research data. Info on Weizenbaum Library Weizenbaum Library
2023-11-01
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Prof. Dr. Sonja Schimmler
Sonja Schimmler took on a visiting professorship at the Technical University of Berlin on 1. October 2023. In the coming years, she will set up and lead the ‘Research Data Infrastructure’ department at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. At the same time, she will continue to work as a research group lead at Fraunhofer FOKUS.
2023-10-01
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Publication in Big Data and Society
Our paper ‘Clickbait or conspiracy? How Twitter users address the epistemic uncertainty of a controversial preprint’ by Mareike Bauer, Maximilian Heimstädt, Carlos Franzreb, and Sonja Schimmler was published in the international Journal Big Data and Society. The paper can be found here, the associated data and source code is available here.
2023-10-01
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Weizenbaum Forum - ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion & Co
On 9. May, our Weizenbaum Forum ‘ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion & Co’ took place. Moderated by Angelie Kraft and Carolin Holtermann from University of Hamburg, the panelists Anja Gebauer (Hamburger Kunsthalle), Hans-Peter Zorn (Inovex GmbH), and Jaana Müller-Brehm (iRights.Lab) shed light on their perspectives - art, industry and research.
2023-05-09
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