the third attempt at a human-centered internet
humanet3 is an interdisciplinary research group which analyzes and puts forward proposals of how a human-centered digital transformation, as proposed by the European Commission in its ‘European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade’, can be defined and be worked towards.
Who we are
humanet3 is a joint research group established by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Prof. Armin von Bogdandy), the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Prof. Josef Drexl), and the Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin (Prof. Iyad Rahwan). It is led by Erik Tuchtfeld.
What we do
The research group analyzes and puts forward proposals of how a human-centered digital transformation can be defined and be worked towards. Its focus will be the digital public, as space for debate and for the expression of opinion on the internet. The group investigates how current developments in the digital realm, such as the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications, affect individual rights by either limiting or by facilitating them. In addition, it also deals with possible systemic changes on an infrastructural level orientated towards an internet committed to the public interest and not merely the profit and power of private actors.
Join us
humanet3 is a joint project by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL), the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI-IP), and the Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
All group members are – independent of their affiliation – physically based in Berlin at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
The group is currently in the process of formation. For the positions at the MPIL and the CHM, the Call for Applications is closed already.
The Call for the MPI-IP is open until 13 November 2023.