Digitalization

Digitalization is changing society in a number of crucial areas. At ITU, researchers are approaching digital transformation from both political, organizational, social, business-related and technical angles. For example, researchers are investigating how professional expertise is changing in public institutions and companies, how citizens must navigate in a digital world, how new forms of digital design can assist vulnerable groups, and what factors affect the successful completion of IT projects.

ITU researchers invite leaders to digitization conference

digitization Business IT Department Events management Dr. Alexander Richter

August 15, 2018

Business and organization leaders can find inspiration for their work with digital communication, digital innovation and data-driven leadership at a free conference in Copenhagen on Friday, September 7.

Data leaves us with gaps of knowledge

digitization Christopher Gad Business IT Department Research big data

June 28, 2018

Data, e.g. from assessments of public schools, needs to be contextualized in order to be used for something meaningful. Associate professor, Christopher Gad investigates how public institutions collect, use and interpret our data.

Digitalization is transforming the relationships between the state, corporations, and citizens

digitization Research Business IT Department James Maguire

March 22, 2018

Denmark is on its way to become a central node within the global distribution of data. Postdoc James Maguire investigates the rise of Apple, Facebook, and Google's datacenters in Denmark.

When digital education is a trip to Silicon Valley

digitization Research Business IT Department children and youth

March 7, 2018

The debate about how the Danish Folkeskole should equip students for a digital future has been rolling back and forth since the early 1970s. In her PhD project, Sofie Stenbøg investigates how politicians, researchers, industry organizations and others are battling to set the agenda for digital education.

CAST IT: Digital Ethnography

digitization Research cast IT ethics Thore Husfeldt

February 19, 2018

Professor Sarah Pink is a guest on this episode of Cast IT, which zooms in on the field of digital ethnography.

New ITU professor: "We should be careful not to get dumber as technology gets smarter"

digitization Business IT Department Research Brit Ross Winthereik e-government big data

January 10, 2018

Brit Ross Winthereik has been appointed Professor of Science & Technology Studies at the IT University of Copenhagen from January 1, 2018. In her research, she investigates how we build and use IT infrastructures – and she warns against letting the technologies and platforms we have already built limit our imaginations.

New research center at ITU will contribute to better public IT

digitization Research Collaborations e-government

November 21, 2017

In collaboration with the Danish Agency for Digitisation, the IT University in Copenhagen is establishing a research center that will provide knowledge about public IT systems development and operation. The research center is part of the Danish government's new IT strategy.

Email and Skype meetings are forcing leaders to shake up their communication habits

digitization Business IT Department Research management Dr. Alexander Richter

October 30, 2017

When Skype conversations, email exchanges and video conferences replace face-to-face conversations, leaders must adapt their communication style in order to remain in touch with employees, say researchers from ITU’s new Innovation for Leadership (I4L) project.

ITU researcher’s hack of a US voting machine makes headlines around the world

digitization Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research algorithms democracy e-government innovation IT security management

August 1, 2017

Carsten Schürmann, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, hacked an American WINVote machine at DEF CON, one of the world's largest hacker conventions. The hack has now been receiving a lot attention in some of the worlds most influential media.

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Digitalization