Weizenbaum Institute

interdisciplinary research institute investigating the ethical, legal, economic and political aspects of digital transformation
Organization research_institute Q31839610
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Summary

Weizenbaum Institute is a research institute[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Weizenbaum Institute's field of work was social science[3].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's field of work was political science[4].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's field of work was media studies[5].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's field of work was computer science[6].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's field of work was economics[7].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's field of work was jurisprudence[8].
  • Weizenbaum Institute was a member of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[9].
  • Weizenbaum Institute was a member of Network of Institutes for Digitalisation Research[10].
  • Weizenbaum Institute is located in Berlin[11].
  • Weizenbaum Institute is in the country of Germany[12].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's instance of is recorded as research institute[13].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's instance of is recorded as academic publisher[14].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[15].
  • Joseph Weizenbaum is named after Weizenbaum Institute[16].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[17].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's Commons category is recorded as Weizenbaum Institut[18].
  • 2017 marks the founding of Weizenbaum Institute[19].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.50814166666667, 'lon': 13.329222222222223}[20].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's official website is recorded as https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/[21].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's director / manager is recorded as Christoph Neuberger[22].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's director / manager is recorded as Ricarda Opitz[23].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's legal form is recorded as Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[24].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's member count is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[25].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[26].
  • Weizenbaum Institute's funder is recorded as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space[27].

Body

Founding

2017 marks the founding of Weizenbaum Institute[19].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Christoph Neuberger[22] and Ricarda Opitz[23].

Operations

Weizenbaum Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[17].

Industry

Fields of work include social science[3], a class used in Universal Decimal Classification[28]; political science[4], an academic major[29]; media studies[5], an academic discipline[30]; computer science[6], an academic discipline[31]; economics[7], an academic discipline[32]; and jurisprudence[8], an academic discipline[33].

Why It Matters

Weizenbaum Institute ranks in the top 7% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . weizenbaum-institut.de. weizenbaum-institut.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . transparenzdatenbank.berlin.de. Retrieved . transparenzdatenbank.berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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