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06/16/2021 | Campus-Meldung

Digitization and democracy: Jörn Lamla contributes to statement

Jörn Lamla, Professor of Sociological Theory, Director at the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) at the University of Kassel and member of the "Forum Privatheit," has contributed to a statement on "Digitization and Democracy" by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Academy of Science and Engineering acatech, and the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities.

Among other things, the statement addresses how digitization has changed the democratic public sphere, what expectations regarding their democratization potential the new digital communication formats have raised, but also what critical developments they are associated with.

Prof. Dr. Jörn Lamla heads the Department of Sociological Theory at the University of Kassel and is a member of ITeG, an interdisciplinary research institution at the University of Kassel focusing on the social responsibility of IT design. In his research, he deals, among other things, with open problem and crisis constellations of contemporary society - such as global economic interdependencies, ecological challenges, side effects of digitalization, or political and cultural transnationalization dynamics.

Leopoldina statement "Digitization and Democracy": https://www.leopoldina.org/publikationen/detailansicht/publication/digitalisierung-und-demokratie-2021/

Another current expert opinion by Prof. Dr. Jörn Lamla on the subject area in the "Digital Germany" project: https://digid.jff.de/kritische-bewertungskompetenzen-joern-lamla/