Events

Events at the Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance

The Centre regularly hosts events on digital governance, digital government and related issues. These are addressed in public colloquia, workshops, and conferences.

Research event

PROMPT, or How AI Can Help Tackle Disinformation

Wednesday, 10.12.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

A presentation by Clément Bénesse, PhD and Martin Lestra, PhD (Opsci.ai). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Online event

Research event

Commercial Exploitation of Identity through AI and Social Media

Wednesday, 26.11.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

A presentation by Dr Nomalanga Mashinini (University of the Witwatersrand). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Online event

Research event

An Upgrade for Max Weber’s Bureaucratic Machine? Adopting (Agentic) AI in Public Administration

Wednesday, 19.11.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

A presentation by Prof. Dr. Oliver Neumann (University of Lausanne). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Online event

Public event

Digital Sovereignty for a Democratic Europe - United Voices from the European Parliament’s Pro-Democratic Groups

Tuesday, 18.11.2025 | 8:15 am - 9:15 am (CET)

On the occasion of the Franco-German Summit on Digital Sovereignty, we warmly invite you to a joint press conference featuring key digital policy-makers from the European Parliament, all part of the newly established Democratic Tech Alliance.

Online and On-site event

Public event

Community Resilience in Times of Crisis: Designing and Sustaining Online Communities through Social Structures

Wednesday, 12.11.2025 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CET)

Join us and our distinguished speaker Fadia Elgharib (Global Innovation Gathering) for a discussion on designing and sustaining online communities. The event will be moderated by Prof. Daniela Stockmann (Centre for Digital Governance). 

On-site event

Public event

'Let me just ask Judge GPT': on judicial independence and judges' ad hoc use of Generative AI chatbots

Thursday, 09.10.2025 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CEST)

Join us for a presentation by Helga Molbaek-Steensig (iCourts Centre, Copenhagen University; European University Institute) on judges’ ad hoc use of Generative AI. This event is co-hosted by Centre for Fundamental Rights, Centre for Digital Governance and Data Science Lab. 

On-site event

Research event

The New Geopolitics of Digital Government Reform in the Age of Trump and AI: A View from Canada

Wednesday, 08.10.2025 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Prof. Amanda Clarke (Carleton University). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Online event

Research event

Tech Policy in Practice: Lessons from Advising Political Leaders

Wednesday, 01.10.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Jakob Mökander, PhD (Tony Blair Institute). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Online event

Public event

Book Launch: Governing Digital China

Wednesday, 24.09.2025 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CEST)

Join us for the online launch event of Governing Digital China, the latest book by Prof. Daniela Stockmann and Prof. Ting Luo. This event is co-hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance and the Institute for Data and AI at the University of Birmingham. It will feature a discussion of the book’s key themes and findings.

Online event

Student event

Meet the Centre for Digital Governance

Wednesday, 24.09.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

Are you part of the Hertie School community and want to learn more about the Centre for Digital Governance, its mission and research activities? Join us on campus and meet our team. We look forward to seeing you!

On-site event

Public event

AI Ethics in the Age of Competitive AI "Democratisation"

Wednesday, 17.09.2025 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CEST)

Join us and our distinguished speaker Dr Margaret Mitchell (Hugging Face) for a discussion on AI Ethics. The event will be moderated by Prof. Joanna Bryson (Centre for Digital Governance). 

Online event

Public event

Open Source KI für die Digitale Verwaltung

Wednesday, 17.09.2025 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CEST)

Präsentation und Diskussion einer neuen Studie mit Expert:innen aus Verwaltung und Forschung.

On-site event