Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)

Author: Dennis Redeker

  • PGMT member gives public lecture on platform regulation

    PGMT member gives public lecture on platform regulation

    On 13 July 2024, Dr. Dennis Redeker, ZeMKI and PGMT lab member spoke about social media platforms and their regulation as part of the “Wissen um 11 (Knowledge at 11)” lecture series at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen. The public lecture in the Olbers Hall, entitled “Against hate, censorship and disinformation – challenges and solutions…

  • PGMT Lab Member at EuroDIG 2024

    PGMT Lab Member at EuroDIG 2024

    PGMT Lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker presented early results from the REMIT Horizon Europe research project at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) 2024. The European regional version of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum brings together various European stakeholders – national policymakers, representatives of international organizations, companies, technical experts and civil society in…

  • PGMT Lab member organizes session at first REMIT Conference in Leuven

    PGMT Lab member organizes session at first REMIT Conference in Leuven

    Member of ZeMKI and the PGMT Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker organizes a conference session on the topic of “Digital Governance between Multistakeholderism and Multilateralism” as part of the first conference of the EU Horizon Europe research project “Reignite Multilateralism via Technology” (REMIT). The conference takes place on 16 and 17 May 2024 at KU Leuven in Belgium and brings…

  • Erasmus+ BIP on the UN Global Digital Compact a success

    Erasmus+ BIP on the UN Global Digital Compact a success

    In late April 2024, ZeMKI and the University of Bremen, hosted their first-ever Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). Around thirty students and half a dozen instructors from eight universities across Europe participated in a week-long workshop designed under the theme “Digital Constitutionalism and the UN Global Digital Compact”. This in-person phase of the blended-intensive format is…

  • “Science Comics” Exhibition opens at Haus der Wissenschaft

    “Science Comics” Exhibition opens at Haus der Wissenschaft

    PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker organizes an exhibition of science comics at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen. The communication of scientific methods and findings to the general public has been breaking new ground for some years now. This now includes media formats that were previously rarely associated with scientific communication. So-called science comics initially only conveyed academic…

  • PGMT member presents two papers at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

    PGMT member presents two papers at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

    Member of ZeMKI and the PGMT Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker presented two papers at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. The centre and the university are a close partner of ZeMKI and the University of Bremen respectively and Dennis had been invited by Professor Marianne Franklin to present two papers in Groningen on…

  • Interdisciplinary Erasmus+ blended-intensive programme a success

    Interdisciplinary Erasmus+ blended-intensive programme a success

    More than 20 students and ten instructors from universities across Europe spent a week in beautiful Padova for the final phase and highlight of their Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). The in-person component of the BIP “Digital Constitutionalism and Platform Governance” took place in late September at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies…

  • Social media governance discussion with three Georgian legal scholars

    Social media governance discussion with three Georgian legal scholars

    On 2 November 2023, at Haus der Wissenschaft, three guest speakers from Georgia participated in a public panel discussion with host and PGMT member Dr. Dennis Redeker. The two-hour session was moderated by PGMT member Vasilisa Kuznetsova. The public event under the auspices of ZeMKI, University of Bremen, included a lively discussion with a small…

  • Public panel discussion on social media governance in Georgia and beyond

    Public panel discussion on social media governance in Georgia and beyond

    On Thursday, 02 November 2023, Member of the ZeMKI’s Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker convenes a panel discussion entitled “Building Trust in the Digital Age: How to fight hate and misinformation on social media – in Georgia and beyond”. The public event will take place at 17:00-19:00h at Haus der Wissenschaft…

  • PGMT member presents at the UN IGF in Kyoto

    PGMT member presents at the UN IGF in Kyoto

    Member of ZeMKI and the Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab, Dr. Dennis Redeker, attends the 2023 United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kyoto, Japan to conduct research and present research and teaching activities. In Japan, Dennis pursues background conversations, individual interviews and focus group interviews with stakeholders in the UN Global Digital Compact consultation and negotiation processes. This research is part…