Team of Media Sociology and Sustainability

About us

The team of the research area deals with sustainability in the sense of socio-ecological-economic justice from a media sociological perspective. The focus is on the socio-ecological-economic consequences of digitization, datafication and automated communication with artificial intelligence, as well as on sustainability (in the sense of a just) design of digital media technologies and infrastructures of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, the question of how digital media and technologies of automated communication can be used to empower discriminated and marginalized actors is explored. Moreover, collectives and social movements are analyzed, in which actors network in order to shape digitalization, datafication and automated communication and other social processes in a just way. Overall, the question of how media (technologies) can be used for a good life is thematized.

Einladung zu Bits & Bäume NRW 2024

© Bits & Bäume NRW

Am 13. November 2024 veranstaltet das Eine Welt Netz NRW in Kooperation mit der Universität Münster und dem an der FernUniversität in Hagen angesiedelten Projekt bne:digital.nrw die nächste Bits & Bäume NRW-Konferenz im Unperfekthaus in Essen. Unter dem Titel „Die digitale Transformation an Hochschulen nachhaltig gestalten“ zielt die Veranstaltung darauf ab, einen Prozess zu initiieren, nachhaltige Digitalisierung in die nordrhein-westfälische Hochschullandschaft zu integrieren.

Der Eintritt ist frei. Weitere Informationen zu der Konferenz finden sich hier.