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As part of the Forum on Information and Democracy’s Global Dissemination month, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is opening its doors for a special multi-stakeholder event. This gathering will bring together academics, activists, and policymakers for an exclusive showcase of the OID’s latest findings. The OID’s results will be presented by Professor ...

In the USSR, information was a scarce resource shared only sparingly with the population at large; now Russians are awash in a flood of information. Yet each scenario proved conducive to unfettered suspicion and widespread conspiracy theorizing. Now the Russian media encourage viewers to believe they are surrounded by enemies who want to brainwash them with propaganda. Post-Soviet conspiracy ...

A new panacea?Why is it so hard to get rid of unhealthy behavior? According to the theory of behavioral health economics, unhealthy behaviors are partly due to cognitive biases that adversely affect decision-making. The corresponding public health strategy is to identify these biases and design interventions that address them. Based on practical examples like diabetes management or physical ...

Algorithms – and the actors behind them – are surveying and impacting ever more dimensions of our modern lives. They recommend which movies to watch; they calculate risk appropriate credit scores; and they play a role in meting out “just” punishment; to only name a few areas. At the same time, they correct imperfect human decisions and add new informational dimensions to decisions ...

How are individual and collective memories of extreme economic moments produced in a community? How do these memories translate into the political economy and shape the realm of possibility of macroeconomic policies? Why is some statistical data and economic policy represented more factual than others in the historical narration of national economies? How do some economic indicators become more ...

A. L. Kennedy is a Scottish author of numerous novels, essays, and newspaper columns, with occasional appearances as a stand-up comedian; most of her novels have been translated into German, most recently: "Das Blaue Buch" [2014]", "Gleißendes Glück" [2016], "Leises Schlängeln" [2016], "Süßer Ernst" [2018], in 2020 her short story collection "We are Attempting to Survive Our Time" was ...

Machine intelligence plays a growing role in our lives. Today, machines recommend things to us, such as news, music, and household products. They trade in our stock markets and optimise our transportation and logistics. They are also beginning to drive us around, play with our children, diagnose our health. How do we ensure that these machines will be trustworthy? This lecture explores various ...

Why has anger become such a dominant theme in today's world that people have even spoken of an "age of anger"? Is it conceivable that this emotionalization could also have a positive effect, under what conditions? In terms of the history of philosophy and religion, two approaches to this topic can be identified. On the one hand, a complete rejection, in Buddhism, for example, and in Stoicism; on ...

Why has anger become such a dominant theme in today's world that people have even spoken of an "age of anger"? Is it conceivable that this emotionalization could also have a positive effect, under what conditions? In terms of the history of philosophy and religion, two approaches to this topic can be identified. On the one hand, a complete rejection, in Buddhism, for example, and in Stoicism; on ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the information age are bringing us more information about ourselves and each other than any society has ever known. Yet at the same time it brings machines seemingly more capable of every human endeavour than any human can be. What are the limits of AI? Of intelligence and humanity more broadly? What are our ethical obligations to machines? Do these alter our ...

Pamela Newkirk - Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business —In Conversation with Jonathan Capehart In her latest book Newkirk, a journalist, professor of journalism at New York University and author of the award-winning Spectacle and Within the Veil, tracks the efforts of three predominantly white elite industries —Hollywood, corporate America, and academia— to ...

Mental health is described by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a state of well-being in which the individual is aware of his or her own abilities, can tolerate normal stress levels, function productively in the place of work and is able to contribute to their community. Mental disorders comprise a wide range of mental and behavioural disorders such as depression, bipolar affective disorder, ...

Jennifer L. Eberhardt - Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do Eberhardt, a professor of psychology at Stanford, is one of the foremost experts on unconscious racial bias. Her important new book draws on research—both in the lab and in real-world contexts such as courtrooms, prisons, boardrooms, and on the street—and her own experience to show that you ...

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda was a landmark achievement for the United Nations, providing for a shared global vision on sustainable development. The scale and ambition of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are unprecedented and require new and innovative approaches. A better understanding of the cognitive dimensions of human agents in their individual and collective behavior ...