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Welcome!

This is the homepage of the research group Ethics in Information Technology  at Universität 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.

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EIT Public Lecture Series: TAMING THE MACHINES

We are looking forward to welcoming our next guest speaker Prof. Dr. Henning Schmidgen (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) on 1 July 2026 with his lecture "Machinic Normativity". Join us this summer semester for six engaging talks as part of our new program - in Hamburg and online. 

This semester's lectures by Lucy Osler, Anna-Verena Nosthoff and Azadeh Akbari are now available for streaming. Please also browse our past programs and stream previous talks.

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Firmenschriftzug Anthropic auf Smartphone

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6 June 2026|Interview

WDR 5: Brauchen wir eine KI-Pause und was bringt das?

KI-Entwickler Anthropic fordert, die Weiter-Entwicklung von KI-Software vorerst zu unterbrechen. Der Mensch verliere gerade die Kontrolle. Wäre eine Pause sinnvoll? WDR 5 Morgenecho spricht dazu mit Prof. Dr. Judith Simon.

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3 June 2026|Event

Public Lecture: Uneven Datafication: Political Economy of Digital Colonial Capitalism

Prof. Dr. Azadeh Akbari, recently named by „Die Zeit“ as one of seven thinkers to know, is our next guest speaker at „Taming the Machines“ on 3 June 2026. In her talk she develops the concept of uneven datafication, drawing on literature on coloniality, uneven development, and dependency theory. She shows how datafication...

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2 June 2026|International

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon joins European Commission's AI Act Scientific Panel

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon has been selected as one of 60 independent experts to serve on the European Commission’s newly established AI Act Scientific Panel. The appointment is for two years and the result of a highly competitive selection process involving more than 1,000 applicants.

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27 May 2026|Event

Public Lecture: Cybernetic Authoritarianism: On Silicon Valley’s Technofascism

In her talk on 27 May 2026, Prof. Dr. Anna-Verena Nosthoff presents insights into her recent book “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” (Cybernetics and Critique: A Theory of Digital Government), and shows how Silicon Valley’s current authoritarian turn can be understood through the lens of...

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21 May 2026|Event

Weizenbaum-Institut: Generative KI, Täuschung und Vertrauen

Generative KI hat die Welt im Sturm erobert und damit Debatten über KI-Ethik im Allgemeinen und über Konzepte vertrauenswürdiger Generativer KI im Besonderen verstärkt. In ihrem Vortrag im Kolloquium der Forschungsgruppe "Reorganisation von Wissenspraktiken" schlägt Prof. Dr. Judith Simon den Begriff der vierfachen...

Die Illustration zum neuen BMFTR-Rahmenprogramm für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften "Orientierung für eine Welt im Wandel" - erstellt von Susanne Asheuer.

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19 May 2026|Event

Auftaktveranstaltung des neuen BMFTR-Rahmenprogramms für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften

Vom 18.-19. Mai 2026 fand die Auftaktveranstaltung des neuen Rahmenprogramms für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften des Bundesministeriums für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) im Berliner Sitz des BMFTR statt. Prof. Dr. Judith Simon war Panelistin der Podiumsdiskussion "Orientierung für eine Welt im Wandel...

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6 May 2026|Event

Public Lecture: Talking to Myself With AI: From Self-Knowledge to Solitude

In her talk on 6 May 2026, Dr. Lucy Osler explores the possibilities and limitations of using AI chatbots for talking to and with oneself. From artistic experiments with old diaries fed into ChatGPT to everyday conversations with a chatbot, she asks, drawing on Hannah Arendt’s work on the importance of solitude, whether AI...

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29 April 2026|Event

Public Lecture: Artificial Intelligence and Progress? A Pragmatist, Justice-Oriented Critique

AI in its many forms is often presented as a driver of “progress”: improving lives, accelerating solutions, and expanding human possibilities. Prof. Dr. Jan-Heilinger’s (Universität Witten/Herdecke, DE) talk on 29 April 2026 offers a critical framework for assessing such claims by arguing, from a pragmatist and...

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29 April 2026|Interview

bildungsklick: KI in der Schule: „Wer profitiert und wer nicht?“

Sinnvoll, gerecht, transparent: Wie lässt sich Künstliche Intelligenz in der Schule so einsetzen? Über die ethische Perspektive, über Nutzen und Gefahren von KI hat Anna Petersen auf der didacta mit Prof. Dr. Judith Simon gesprochen.

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