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Civic Data Lab

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Supporting civil society in creating social value with data — networking, learning formats, and project consulting.

Dan Verständig

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Dan Verständig is Professor for Educational Theory and Practices of Critical Computational Literacy at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S), Goethe University Frankfurt. His research addresses learning in the context of digitality, with a focus on inequality, civic participation, and creative-critical approaches to coding and data literacy. He is a founding member of the Critical Big Data and Algorithmic Literacy Network (CBDALN) and works with experimental formats such as interactive installations, data-driven art, and playful methods to make digital infrastructures visible and reflect on their societal implications. He also advises NGOs on digital literacy and information security.

Codenauten

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Programming school in Braunschweig teaching young people to plan, design, and code their own ideas.

Deutsche Bahn

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cooperation in the areas of innovation and training.

display - creative space

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Creative and experimentation space for digital society in the heart of Frankfurt.

Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Together we created the Data Detectives workshops on children’s rights and privacy literacy.

NODE Forum for Digital Arts

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Frankfurt-based non-profit platform for the exchange on culture, arts, and technology.

Welcome to the Working Group!

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Rosalie Waelen to our research group. Starting October 1, she will be joining our team as a postdoctoral researcher focusing on AI, ethics, and critical theory.

SKILL at Plattform Privatheit 2026

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

At the annual Plattform Privatheit conference, we will present the SKILL project and our work on AI, privacy literacy, and Critical Computational Literacy.

DGS Congress 2026 in Mainz

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

At the DGS Congress 2026 in Mainz, Dan Verständig, Annekatrin Bock, and Franco Rau will discuss possible futures of education under data-intensive and AI-supported conditions.

ECCES 2026 in Hamburg

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000

From 16–19 September, our team will be at ECCES 2026 in Hamburg, contributing two hands-on workshops on AI, data privacy, and reflexive visualization practices.

Human and Machine in the Studio

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In an interdisciplinary ethnographic study, Juliane Koglin shows how creativity and mediality are renegotiated in a world shaped by algorithms and emergent processes — and what computational technologies mean for processes of articulation and subjectivation in creative and artistic practices.

Job Opening: Student Assistant

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000

The BMFTR-funded SKILL project at the C3S is looking for a student assistant (80 hrs/month), starting as soon as possible.

Digital Collectives. Educational-Theoretical Analyses for a Culture of Digitality

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This habilitation project asks how a theory of Bildung can be reformulated under the conditions of a culture of digitality. Its focus is the notion of the in-between as a space of the undecided — a space that dwindles in binary-algorithmic structures, and with it the basis of a critically reflexive relation to oneself, to others, and to the world.

Co-Constructive Interaction with Language Models

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This doctoral project investigates how explanations can be developed jointly in the interaction between humans and large language models. Building on hybrid interaction systems, explanation as a social practice, and AI literacy, it develops the concept of co-constructive prompting: an iterative process of examining, refining, and extending generated explanations. Three exploratory studies trace how users organize, monitor, and reflect on their interaction with LLMs.

Meet us at the ECER 2026!

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Meet us at ECER 2026 in Tampere, where we will present our work from the SKILL project and join the international conversation on educational research.

Anna Bräunig

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Anna Bräunig is a research associate in the working group and works in the SKILL project. As a digital creative, she also works across photography, digital design, social media, and public relations. A portfolio of her work can be found on her website.

Welcome to the Working Group!

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to welcome Anna Bräunig and Lynn Haag to the Critical Computational Literacy research group.

Raspberry Pi Foundation Seminar Series

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 14 July, Dan Verständig will give an online seminar in the Raspberry Pi Foundation Research Seminar Series, exploring Critical Computational Literacy and educational perspectives on AI.

CCWS @ Tech Utopia Barcamp 2026

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

From 9–12 July, Ula Przybylska will join Tech Utopia Barcamp and facilitate a co-construction workshop on Explainable AI (XAI).

Civic Data Lab

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Supporting civil society in creating social value with data — we contribute through advisory board membership.

Launch of the New Website

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We’ve relaunched our website with a new design and a clearer overview of our research, teaching, and resources.

Lynn Haag

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lynn Haag is a student assistant in the working group. She supports the team’s communication and helps create and edit workshop materials.

As a designer, she works across graphic design, animation, 3D visualization, and scientific illustration. A portfolio of her work can be found on her website.

RMU Data Dialogue

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A format and platform for sharing and discussing data-related topics — fostering critical and creative perspectives on data visualization, algorithmic practices, and digital infrastructures.

Rosalie Waelen

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Rosalie Waelen is a postdoctoral researcher in the working group. Her research focuses on the ethics of artificial intelligence, applied ethics, philosophy of technology, critical theory, and social and political philosophy. In her work she examines technologies such as computer vision, facial recognition, and emotion recognition from an ethical perspective, with particular attention to questions of power.

SKILL – Playfully Understanding the Effects of AI in Schools

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Strengthening privacy literacy in school media education through workshops, training modules, and an interactive escape box with AI applications.

TRR 318 – Constructing Explainability

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Collaborative Research Centre on co-constructive explanations of AI systems, involving users actively in the explanation process.

Speaking at Breaking the Code 2026

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Next week, Dan Verständig will present ‘Refusing to Run: Critique as Practice in Critical Computational Literacy’ at the Breaking the Code conference in Porto.

CCWS @ Civic Data Barcamp

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ula and Dan will present the first iteration of ‘The Biased Five’, a playful unplugged role-play workshop on Social Explainable AI, at the Civic Data Barcamp in Erfurt.

Michael Lenke

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Michael Lenke is a researcher at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S). His work in the field of computer science education focuses on educational approaches that foster reflective and meaningful interactions with digital technologies. He is particularly interested in artificial intelligence, (explainable) AI in educational contexts and computational thinking.

Natalie Scheib

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Natalie Scheib supports the working group from the office of the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S). She assists with management and communication, with events, and with organizational matters.

Ula Przybylska

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ula (Sowa) Przybylska (she/her) is a researcher and digital creative with a background in cultural anthropology and immersive media. At the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S), she explores playful approaches to AI literacy as part of the TRR 318 project Constructing Explainability.

postdigital.io

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

35 master’s students from Würzburg and Magdeburg developed four media-education projects in a cross-site teaching-research collaboration — from a game-based learning environment to a robotics course for primary school children, published as Open Educational Resources.