Contemporary History of the Information Society

The projects analyse the changes of society because of the process of computerisation and the use of information technology.

Forschung

Projekte

Computers during the Cold War. The Computerisation of the Bundeswehr and the NVA up to Reunification

 Janine Funke

Associated PhD project

This PhD project addresses leadership systems underpinned with computers in the Bundeswehr and the National People’s Army (NVA) in the context of the formation and establishment of both armies within the alliance system of NATO and of the Warsaw Pact.

Man | Microchip. India, the Cold War and the Computer

 Michael Homberg

Habilitation project
Supported by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (2018-2020)

The project investigates how computer companies and their experts from the USA, the USSR and the Federal Republic of Germany transferred digital know-how to India within the framework of technical assistance programs. Thus laying the foundation for the emergence of Indian programmers.

Computers in Love. A Cultural History of Dating and Mating in the Digital Age

 Michael Homberg

Research project (Postdoc)
Supported by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (2019-2020)

Long before Tinder & Co., marriage institutes and dating agencies in Europe, Asia and the USA began using computers to conquer the markets of the "lonely hearts". This research project examines the long and chequered history of electronic matchmaking since the 1950s

Data Work. The Development of the IT Service Industry in Germany, 1950s-1990s.

 Michael Homberg

Research project (own position, DFG)
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

The project investigates the development of the IT service industry in Germany between the 1950s and the 1990s by analyzing the systems, actors and modes of knowledge circulation in the dawning digital age.

Contemporary History of the Information Society

The projects analyse the changes of society because of the process of computerisation and the use of information technology.

Forschung

Projekte

Computers during the Cold War. The Computerisation of the Bundeswehr and the NVA up to Reunification

 Janine Funke

Associated PhD project

This PhD project addresses leadership systems underpinned with computers in the Bundeswehr and the National People’s Army (NVA) in the context of the formation and establishment of both armies within the alliance system of NATO and of the Warsaw Pact.

Man | Microchip. India, the Cold War and the Computer

 Michael Homberg

Habilitation project
Supported by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (2018-2020)

The project investigates how computer companies and their experts from the USA, the USSR and the Federal Republic of Germany transferred digital know-how to India within the framework of technical assistance programs. Thus laying the foundation for the emergence of Indian programmers.

Computers in Love. A Cultural History of Dating and Mating in the Digital Age

 Michael Homberg

Research project (Postdoc)
Supported by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (2019-2020)

Long before Tinder & Co., marriage institutes and dating agencies in Europe, Asia and the USA began using computers to conquer the markets of the "lonely hearts". This research project examines the long and chequered history of electronic matchmaking since the 1950s

Data Work. The Development of the IT Service Industry in Germany, 1950s-1990s.

 Michael Homberg

Research project (own position, DFG)
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

The project investigates the development of the IT service industry in Germany between the 1950s and the 1990s by analyzing the systems, actors and modes of knowledge circulation in the dawning digital age.