Digitize! – Computational social science in the digital and social transformation

Next to the many benefits that digitalisation creates for research and teaching, it also poses new challenges in the social sciences. The development of digital data collection and analysis methods for examining and shaping social and political transformation processes must be a priority for teaching and research in the social science. New data formats and practices require new standards and practices within research ethics and data protection. Computational social science focuses on the legally and ethically grounded and reflective use of digital research data and analysis methods and their communication.