Department of InformaticsEthics in IT

This is the homepage of the research group Ethics in Information Technology at the Department of Informatics at University of Hamburg. Our team researches the ethical, legal, social and political implications of contemporary information technologies and big data practices.

Here you can learn more about our research group and interdisciplinary team, the research, and teaching we do within and beyond the department of informatics and find latest news about activities from members of the research group.

June will bring us two more lectures in our „Taming the Machines“ series. Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam) will be our guest on June 5th talking about "People vs. Algorithms: Data Witchcraft and the Future of Data Activism", followed by Axel Gelfert's (TU Berlin) lecture "Fake News, False Beliefs, and the Fallible Art of Knowledge Maintenance" on June 19th.

Please join us to explore and discuss the ethics of information technologies with renowned international guest speakers. Programme

Under "Bits and Pieces" we share reads, podcasts or videos which we find interesting. Please note that the viewpoints expressed in the shared content do not represent the position of the Ethics in Information Technology working group, any of its members, nor of the University of Hamburg.