Digitalisation
All faculties of the University of Passau are addressing the technological foundations and societal impacts of the digital turn. The Digitalisation Hub is an open cooperation and exchange forum for networking scholars and scientists.
Our research clusters
At the Passau Institute of Digital Security (PIDS) and the Institute for Law and Digital Society (IRDG), scholars from the fields of mathematics, computer science, law and the humanities conduct interdisciplinary research on IT security and data protection and use their expertise to build a new Bavarian security research network
Generative language models have disruptive consequences – and not only for the software development process. Researchers at the University of Passau are analysing the technological, societal, ethical and legal questions raised by this technology.
The eHumanities focus that has established itself at the University of Passau in recent years is a bridging link between the humanities and social sciences on the one hand and computer science on the other. Here is an overview of projects and the people involved.
Exploring the core phenomenon of the digital economy and digital society requires a view from multiple disciplines. The University of Passau is setting new standards – such as in the DFG Research Training Group 2720 "Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE)".
Institutes and centres
Digitalisation research activity is concentrated in several interdisciplinary institutes and centres at the University:
Cybersecurity and Data Protection
At the Passau Institute of Digital Security (PIDS) and the Institute for Law and Digital Society, scholars and scientists conduct interdisciplinary research on IT security and data protection. Read on to find out more about the members, their research motivation and selected topics.
eHumanities
The eHumanities focus that has established itself at the University of Passau in recent years is a connecting bridge between the humanities and social sciences on the one hand, and computer science on the other. Here is an overview of our projects and the people involved.
Platform economy
Exploring the core phenomenon of the digital economy and digital society requires a view from multiple disciplines. The University of Passau is setting new standards – such as in the DFG Research Training Group 2720 "Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE)" – in training up early career researchers.
