Institute

Welcome to the Institute of Information and Media, Language and Culture at the University Regensburg!

The professors at the I:IMSK (left to right): Daniel Drascek, Gunther Hirschfelder, Johannes Helmbrecht, Bernhard Dotzler, Christiane Heibach, Bernd Ludwig, Niels Henze, Udo Kruschwitz, Christian Wolff

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At our institute, 9 professors, approximatly 70 employees and about 3,000 students research, study, teach and work in our various research chains:

As an iSchool we are part of an international network of information schools and one of the leading German locations for research on information behavior. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching formulates and investigates research questions that focus on people and their cultural techniques. Our vision is to understand the interplay of technology and culture as a potential for positively shaping the future of society.

Selected Research Projects

A Social Media Companion Safeguarding and Educating Students

COURAGE

COURAGE is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and aims at a virtual companion that guides teenagers in the use of social networks. The virtual companion will increase awareness of the potential threats to which young people are exposed in social networks.

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