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Developing the socio-technical architecture method to inform policy choices in the shaping of COVID-19 digital infrastructure

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Prof Dr and Prof Dr Wolfgang Schulz, Tilo Böhmann, Niva Elkin-Koren

  • Research Location

    Germany, Israel

  • Lead Research Institution

    Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Policy research and interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

This project aims at developing a framework to inform policy choices in the shaping of digital infrastructure and will develop and apply an architecture method to understand the socio-technical complexity of COVID-19 digital infrastructure. Therefore, different COVID-19 tracing apps developed in Germany and Israel are studied to understand the implication of different design choices regarding COVID-19 digital infrastructures. The final version of the framework will support the assessment of the impact of policy choices concerning technologies during crisis and beyond including impact on human rights.