Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation

The Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) is an institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences founded in 2018 . It helps to better understand the developments and challenges of digital transformation. It thus provides the basis for shaping the digital future of society in a responsible manner that is oriented towards the common good.

The Munich Center for Internet Research (MCIR) , which has been part of the academy since 2016, has been integrated into bidt. The opening event of bidt with the topic "Using data, protecting data - challenges for Europe" took place on July 17th and 18th, 2019 in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich.

Goals and Organization

The Bavarian State Government decided to found the bidt in June 2018 in order to develop a "sound understanding of the digital transformation, on the basis of which existing strengths of Bavaria, Germany and Europe in the digital world can be expanded and redeveloped."

The main activities of bidt are:

• Research : internationally outstanding interdisciplinary research in the fields of politics and society , economy and work, media and public communication; In consortium projects, researchers from various locations, universities and institutions across Bavaria work together on socially relevant issues.
• Think tank : ensures decision-makers in politics, business and society have access to the findings of the digital transformation and develops recommendations for implementation; creates indicators and analyzes, provides ongoing information on current developments and trends, publishes expert reports and reports ( e.g. annual report on the Internet and Society in Germany).
• Dialog : is the interface between research, politics, business and society; makes scientific findings available to the public; through constant exchange with the general public, questions from the center of society are fed back to research.

Members of the Board of Directors

• Alexander Pretschner (Chair), Chair for Software Engineering , TU Munich
• Andreas Boes , Institute for Social Science Research , Munich
• Felix Freiling , Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Dietmar Harhoff , Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition , Munich
• Dirk Heckmann , Chair for Law and Security in Digitization , TU Munich
• Thomas Hess , Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
• Eric Hilgendorf , Professor of Criminal Law , Criminal Procedure Law , Legal Theory , Information Law and Legal Informatics , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Julian Nida-Rümelin , Chair for Philosophy and Political Theory , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
• Ute Schmid, Professorship Applied Computer Science / Cognitive Systems , Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
• Hannah Schmid-Petri, Chair for Science Communication , University of Passau

Andreas Boes, Dietmar Harhoff, Thomas Hess and Alexander Pretschner form the executive committee of bidt.

Former members of the board of directors

• Lisa Herzog , Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Groningen
• Ursula Münch , Academy for Political Education , Tutzing

Web links

• official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Academy Institute opens: BIDT starts work. Retrieved October 28, 2018 . 
2. ↑ bidt opening. In: bidt. Retrieved July 17, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Research Institute for Digital Transformation: Bavaria shifts up a gear. Computerwoche, July 18, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Rieke C. Harmsen: 6.2 million for research: Institute for digital transformation (BIDT) opened in Munich. Sunday paper, July 18, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2019 . 
5. ↑ New Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (BIDT) starts work. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Interview with Alexander Pretschner: We support Bavaria in mastering the digital transformation! fortiss, August 9, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Portrait of Alexander Pretschner: Research, enlighten, shape. In: bidt. April 14, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Portrait of Dirk Heckmann: "Digitization is shaking the law in its foundations". In: bidt. April 21, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Interview with Julian Nida-Rümelin: Ethics and software - what works, what doesn't? In: bidt. May 4, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Interview with Ute Schmid: "It's impressive to see what humans can do - and machine learning (yet) not." In: bidt. February 10, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Interview with Hannah Schmid-Petri: Researching how digitization is changing public discourse. In: bidt. February 10, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Change in the bidt directorate. In: bidt. May 29, 2020, accessed June 2, 2020 .