Areas of expertise
Digital development has contributed to the advancement of our societies and economies, helping us to achieve more efficient governance and more effective modes of production. In particular, advances in automation have contributed to increased cost efficiency and generated significant returns for investors, while generating growth and prosperity on a massive scale. As manufacturing moves toward Industry 4.0 and governments digitize their knowledge, services, and agencies, we are experiencing disruptive changes in the way we interact with organizations and ourselves.
While digitalization brings new possibilities and opportunities to our society and economy, it also poses a challenge to global peace and stability. All stakeholders in the digital domain - governments, the private sector, and academia - have worked hard over the past decades to achieve a more secure and trustworthy cyberspace. There have been some successes, but many challenges remain. Cyber threats have become a major security concern for many stakeholders. The urgency of the problem is evident in the numerous headlines about increasing cybercrime incidents and state-organized cyberattacks. Cyberspace is now the fifth domain of warfare, and governments have begun diplomatic negotiations to increase global cyber stability. Geopolitical tensions are shifting to cyberspace, companies see cyber-attacks as the greatest risk to their businesses, and the general public fears cyber threats.
As a research institute, the Digital Society Institute (DSI) seeks to advance understanding of the risks and opportunities of digitalization through discussion, policy analysis, and research. The DSI brings together policymakers, industry stakeholders, and researchers with technical, legal, and social science expertise to discuss cyber issues in an interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder setting. The Institute provides research and policy recommendations on a variety of topics, including the role of new and emerging technologies in conflict, cyber diplomacy processes, Internet governance, and the responsibilities of different actors in cyberspace.
Our areas of expertise:
- Digital and Cyber Diplomacy
- Supporting German Digital and Cyber Foreign Policy
- 1.5 Track Diplomatic Cyber Dialogues
- Digital Trust and Cybersecurity
- IT Law and Regulation (Was folgt aus NIS 2? Neue Pflichten für die IT-Sicherheit von KRITIS-Betreibern und dem Mittelstand, Ein Modell für ein Allgemeines IT-Sicherheitsrecht)
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Digital Programs and Capacity Building
- Conferences (C3 Cybercrime Conference, Digital Society Conference)
- Workshops (Cyber Resilience and Norms Workshop, Expert Workshop: Inside China's Cyber System)
- Training Programs
