Field of research activity

Future of Politics, Work and Society / Digitalization

Research and projects in this cluster are focused on the labor market and job prospects, communication and free speech, data protection, etc., in an environment of automation and digitalization.

© www.pixabay.com

Members – Future of Politics, Work and Society / Digitalization

Prof. Dr. Christian Martin

Kiel University, Political Science

The Empirics of Anxiety – Who Fears What and Why (Not).

Anxiety Index: The Digital Corpus of Anxiety Culture. Taxonomy (collection, classification and processing) of interdisciplinarily measured feelings of insecurity and anxiety in epidemiological (longitudinal) cohorts over the life span as well as construction of an anxiety index as an instrument for effective democratic system control, cooperation with Professor Frauke Nees

Prof. Dr. Elke Krahmann

Kiel University, International Relations and Security Studies

Can we combat anxiety in civil society by restoring ontological security? Or: What do the social sciences have to contribute when examining the consequences of technology has to be reflected?

Anne Metten, PhD cand.

Kiel University, Political Science

Populism – Determination – Consequences: How do fears in civil society follow from societal transformations? What are the consequences for political behaviour? Cooperation with Anne Metten.

 

Michael Bayerlein, PhD cand.

Kiel University, Political Science

Populism – Determination – Consequences: How do fears in civil society follow from societal transformations? What are the consequences for political behaviour? Cooperation with Michael Byerlein

Prof. Dr. André Calero Valdez

Lübeck University, Computer Science

How do technology and AI-based media impact opinion formation and fear. Can digitale media and its protocols be design to foster information exchange between different groups in a population without increasing polarization?
Does xenophobia increase in filter bubbles and between member of different bubbles?