Research

Technology, individual life and society are continuously merging and are thus having direct interactions with one another. Therefore, one of the IDE’s core activities as a research institute of Stuttgart Media University is to provide analyses of ethical as well as legal implications.   

 

Main research fields of the IDE:

 

• Cultivation of communication behaviour on the internet in consideration of the phenomena of cyberbullying, hate speech and digital courage
• Big data in the area of human-machine interaction (privacy by design
• Human-centred development and design of innovative interaction technologies (ethics by design)

 

Current research projects of the IDE:

 

• Federal grant project “Co-operative Driver-Vehicle Interaction”: safe, efficient and controllable interaction with autonomous vehicles
• Federal grant project “Preventive Digital Safety Communication”
• State grant project “Learning Analytics for Examinations and Academic Success”