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"Self-determination in the digital society" as the Grand Challenge 2025
Image: GIThe topic deals with the increasing influence of data-driven technologies on the self-determination of the individual. While these technologies can make everyday life easier, they also pose risks to personal freedom. In particular, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on people and society means that simply reacting to technological developments is no longer sufficient. In order to ensure the self-determination of users, a socially beneficial design of technology is required - a central focus of research at the ITeG.
The ITeG at the University of Kassel pursues an interdisciplinary approach and concentrates on three central areas: Firstly, it investigates how artificial and hybrid intelligence can be embedded in social systems. Secondly, the focus is on questions of privacy and self-determination in the dynamics of the information society. Thirdly, the ITeG develops methods for a socially desirable IT design in order to further develop digital technologies in an ethical and user-oriented manner.
About the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
The Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) is the largest professional society for computer science in the German-speaking world. Since 1969, it has represented the interests of computer scientists in science, society and politics and is committed to digitization for the common good. With 14 Faculties, more than 30 regional groups and numerous specialist groups, the GI offers an interdisciplinary platform and acts as the central voice of computer science.
Further information on the ITeG: https://www.uni-kassel.de/forschung/iteg/startseite
To the GI press release: https://gi.de/meldung/grand-challenges-2025
Contact: Prof. Dr. Gerd Stumme iteg[at]uni-kassel[dot]de