The Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting (DigiMeet) is an interdisciplinary forum designed specifically for early career researchers with a focus on digitalization-related topics.
Topic: Platform Governance & Power: Between control, ethics and societal dynamics
In an increasingly platform-centred digital world, the governance of platforms has become a critical tool in maintaining and expanding a democratic digital infrastructure in the EU and beyond. At the same time, these efforts are confronted with global policy challenges, as the platform landscape is rapidly transforming. DigiMeet 2025 aims to explore the latest developments in global platform governance, focusing on the underlying power dynamics, societal implications and technological advancements that shape our policy discourse.
Programme
09:30–10:00 | Welcome and Introduction, Greeting by Wolfgang Schulz (Director HBI)
10:00–11:00 | Keynote by Dr. Tobias Mast, Head of the research programme “Regulatory Structures and the Emergence of Rules in Online Spaces” at HBI, and member of the advisory board of the German Coordination Office for Digital Services at Bundesnetzagentur.
11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel Sessions
Track 1: Platform regulation and community building – Regulatory frameworks
Track 2: Platforms as shapers and instruments of governance – Opportunities and challenges of AI
12:30–13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 – 13:45 | Kick-Start Afternoon Sessions with Martin Krzywdzinski (Director WI)
13:45 – 15:15 | Parallel Sessions
Track 1: Platform regulation and community building – Networks and discourses
Track 2: Platforms as shapers and instruments of governance – Platforms as governance facilitators
15:30 – 16:00 | Group debate – Visions for the ideal platform of the future
16:00 | Farewell and End
You can download the full programme here.
Registration (Deadline: 12.10.2025)
About DigiMeet
DigiMeet is the joint Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting hosted by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), the Leibniz Institute for Media Research – Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI), and the Weizenbaum Institute (WI). It’s an interdisciplinary forum designed specifically for early career researchers with a focus on digitalization-related topics. DigiMeet offers opportunities for networking, discussing results and ideas, and gathering inspiration for new and ideally collaborative research projects.
