<http://www.hiig.de/> <https://twitter.com/hiig_berlin> <http://www.hiig.de/feed> <https://www.facebook.com/HIIG.Berlin> [If you want to receive the HIIG-Newsletter Quarterly in the future, click here to subscribe <http://www.hiig.de/en/newsletter-registration/>.] Dear friends and fellow researchers, Your employers have it, Google has loads of it and your phone collects it everywhere you go: it’s data, and if you know how to use it, it has unlimited potential. With this in mind, this newsletter aims to give you all the information you need about the big issue of the next few months: big data. At the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, we’ll soon be starting our lectures series “Big data: big powershifts?” in cooperation with the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications. The kick-off event will be happening at the British Embassy on 5 November 2015, and if you’re fast, you might still grab one of the last spots on the guest list. Two further lectures are planned in January and March 2016 and on top of that, the Internet Policy Review is preparing a special edition on the lecture topic for March. Not enough? Then read the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Big Data” in the events’ section of this newsletter. Of course, this newsletter is also full of news, publications and other upcoming events. Have a look at the "dark side of power" and do not miss out on our wrap-up of this year’s ESRC. As always, there is something for everyone in our quarterly newsletter! Jeanette Hofmann | Ingolf Pernice | Thomas Schildhauer | Wolfgang Schulz Lecture Series: Big data: big power shifts? HIIG aims to anticipate tipping points and controversial questions: We want to discuss the impact of big data. After our kick-off event “Making Sense of Big Data” in November, the lecture series will turn to the health sector and in e-government in 2016. The lecture series is curated by Dr. Lena Ulbricht, WZB Research Fellow. | Sign up for our lecture series <http://www.hiig.de/big-data-big-power-shifts/>. Media Communication between Complexity and Simplification. Theory, Methods, Practice The conference Media Communication between Complexity and Simplification. Theory, Methods, Practice, organised by the German Communication Association (DGPuK), is scheduled for 5 to 7 November 2015 and will be held in German. | More about the conference <http://www.hiig.de/events/interdisziplinaerer-workshop-privacy-datenschutz-s...>. IPR Special Edition: Big data: big power shifts? The Internet Policy Review’s special edition revolves around the topic of big data and how it shapes society by influencing power relations. The call for papers is now closed and you’ll be able to read the best submissions in the special edition published in March 2016. | More on power shifts <http://policyreview.info/node/374>. RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES #SafeHarbor | Our Researchers on the ECJ Decision This month, the European Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling on the Safe Harbour agreement between the European Union and the United States, which previously allowed easy data transfer. The Court ruled that the agreement is invalid – raising several questions about the future of data protection. HIIG Director Jeanette Hofmann commented on the decision on the Breitband <http://breitband.deutschlandradiokultur.de/triumph-fuer-den-nutzer/>radio show, and our researcher Emma Peters wrote on blog.hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/die-usa-sind-kein-sicherer-hafen-fuer-europaeische-daten-...> about the judgement’s implications for companies. Find more on the Internet Policy Review webpage: Monika Ermert argues that Max Schrems' boomerang hit Europe <http://policyreview.info/articles/news/max-schrems-boomerang-hits-europe/375> and Daphne Keller wrote on Europe's pending General Data Protection Regulation <http://policyreview.info/articles/news/intermediary-liability-and-user-conte...> (GDPR). | Follow us on twitter for more on the issue. <https://twitter.com/hiig_berlin> ESRC 2015 | Algorithmic Governance and More We always encourage our researchers to engage in an ongoing dialogue with the global academic community. No better place than the ESCR in Berlin. Our annual Early Stage Research Colloquium once again gave researchers a platform to explore innovative topics including algorithmic governance, knowledge in the digital age and e-government. Those topics were discussed in five thematically focused sessions led by seven of our researchers. | R <http://www.hiig.de/en/user-innovations-n-the-energy-market-new-research-project-is-looking-for-energy-prosumers/>ead a detailed summary by Stefan Stumpp here <http://www.hiig.de/en/early-stage-researchers-colloquium-2015-a-summary/>. Startup Clinics on the Road | Tech Open Air If you have not done so yet, have a look at the Startup Clinics <https://www.facebook.com/startupclinics>’ YouTube channel. The Startup Clinics’ team is constantly going out to collect the best advice for entrepreneurs. Their latest videos include interviews with John Vars <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuwL7FhhADE>, CPO at TaskRabbit, and Chris Barton <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RCErz2MvCk>, Co-Founder of Shazam, at the Tech Open Air Berlin 2015. | Watch the latest videos <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-t9VLyLv2_dFRVoOZ1STg> (... and subscribe to the channel! <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-t9VLyLv2_dFRVoOZ1STg?sub_confirmation=1>) New Members | The NoC is Steadily Growing We are glad to announce that the Network of Centers is continuously growing and five new centers just recently joined our network of internet and society research centers from around the globe: Centro de Estudos Sociedade e Tecnologia (Brazil), Institute of Communication Sciences (ISCC, France), Melbourne Networked Society Institute (Australia), United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS, China) and Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (Netherlands). We say: Welcome! | L <http://www.hiig.de/fellow2016>earn more about the participating centers <http://networkofcenters.net/centers>. PUBLICATIONS Jörg Pohle | "Know the Power of the Dark Side" Together with computer scientist Andrea Knaut, Jörg Pohle <http://www.hiig.de/en/staff/jorg-pohle-2/> has recently published an analysis and opinion piece about the power invested in the knowledge of informatics in the LOG IN magazine <http://www.log-in-verlag.de/informatische_bildung/>. The authors assert that at a time when life processes of every kind are being automated, when control over human life and self-optimisation have become the highest priority, the internet still serves civil disobedience in creative ways – The article is a plea for such resistance. | Discover the dark side <http://www.hiig.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-Knaut-Pohle-Die-dunkle-Se...> (German). TPRC43 Conference | Creating Connectivity Our researcher Uta Meier-Hahn went to the TPRC43 <http://www.tprcweb.com/> conference last month, where she presented her research about the paradox of internet interconnection, which is that competition and cooperation have to coexist for private network actors such as internet access providers to interconnect. One of her conclusions is that both trust and distrust play an essential role. Meier-Hahn’s social science focus and qualitative methodology were warmly welcomed at TPRC. | Find the article in the TPRC's SSRN collection <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2587843>. Startup Monitor | Satisfied Startup Founders in Germany For the third time, the “Deutsche Startup Monitor” has provided a comprehensive overview of the German startup scene. Over 1,000 startup founders participated in the study, representing their firms and more than 16,000 startup employees. The good news is that 89.3% of the founders are satisfied with their situation or even find it “good”. On a similarly promising note, the number of female founders has increased since last year. Associated doctoral researcher Steffen Tröger <http://www.hiig.de/staff/steffen-troger/> is project manager and co-publisher of the monitor. | Find all about the German startup scene here <http://deutscherstartupmonitor.de/fileadmin/dsm/dsm-15/studie_dsm_2015.pdf>. New Article | IT Security Law The new German IT Security Act is three months old. So, doctoral researcher Hannfried Leisterer thought it was time to examine the new statutory responsibilities in relation to IT security. His article looks at operators of critical infrastructure and telecommunication providers and examines whether there is a legal basis to collect personal data and in which specific attack scenarios this applies. This will be an informative read, especially for specialists in the field. | More about IT Security <http://www.hiig.de/publication/die-neuen-pflichten-zur-netz-und-informations...>. Kaja Scheliga | Open Science: Collaborative Writing 2.0 How do you write academic papers? And how does collaborative writing influence which tool you use? In a paper included in the proceedings at the i-Know conference <http://i-know.tugraz.at/>, Kaja Scheliga found that most researchers prefer to stay with Microsoft Word (in combination with other digital technologies) rather than using online text editors. Might a distrust in cloud based technologies be a reason for this? | Find the article here <http://www.hiig.de/publication/collaborative-writing-in-the-context-of-scien...>. UPCOMING EVENTS A Hitchhiker's Guide to BIG DATA | from 05 November 2015 In case we haven’t highlighted our big data events enough yet, follow this short guide. You may start on Thursday, 5 November 2015 at the British Embassy in Berlin: Mike Savage and Isabella Sonnenfeld will introduce you to contemporary debates about big data. Follow on with a visit to the DGPuKs conference on “Media Communication between Complexity and Simplification <http://www.hiig.de/events/medienkommunikation-zwischen-komplexitat-und-vereinfachung-konzepte-methoden-praxis/>” 6–7 November. After a short break, you’ll have a chance to learn more <http://www.hiig.de/big-data-big-power-shifts/>about the health sector in January and about e-government in March. After this action-packed schedule, you’ll hardly have to wait at all until the Internet Policy Review publishes its special edition on big data. | Making Sense of Big Data here. <http://www.hiig.de/events/making-sense-of-big-data/> Changing the Picture | 19 November 2015 Changing the Picture is a technology conference on 19 November aimed at broadcast industry executives, producers, production managers, sales and distribution companies and technology providers. The conference’s key issues are: How will we consume content in 2020 and what will the production tools look like? How are storytelling and technology intertwined? The cooperative research project dwerft – linked film & tv services <http://www.hiig.de/en/project/d-werft-2/>, in which the HIIG is involved, addresses those technological challenges with an open and common core technology: “Linked Production Data”. | Change the picture <http://www.hiig.de/en/events/changing-the-picture-2015/>. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance | 04 December 2015 Especially for those with works in progress, HIIG researcher Jörg Pohle and Johannes Eichenhofer (Uni Bielefeld) are inviting young researchers to present and discuss their current academic projects – no matter how far along you are. The focus of the workshop is the challenges of interdisciplinary research. Both speakers and attendees should apply by 8 November. Speakers are kindly asked to provide the title of their paper and a small abstract in the application form. | Apply now for the workshop <https://docs.google.com/a/hiig.de/forms/d/1KBe6_AvelVVFzAq6KT_UyKAv4ZG1IZ00k...>. If you want to receive the HIIG-Newsletter quarterly, click here to subscribe <http://www.hiig.de/en/newsletter-registration/>. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Oberwallstraße 9 | D-10117 | Berlin | info@hiig.de <mailto:info@hiig.de>