Projects of the Research Unit Digital Economy

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.06. – 31.12.2026

    Agentic AI in firms: An experimental study

    The current rapid developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) present firms with the challenge of swiftly weighing up the potential efficiency gains offered by new technologies against their often…

  2. Project // 01.04.2026 – 31.03.2030

    ZEW Webpanel

    In this research project, we are developing and testing the use of website information to measure innovation and technological developments. To this end, we analyze the websites of all companies and other…

  3. Project // 01.04. – 31.10.2026

    Scaling Sovereign Digital Innovations – Is There a Structural Gap in Innovation Policy in Germany and the EU?

    The aim of the planned project is to examine whether there is a structural gap in Germany and Europe regarding the support for scaling sovereign digital innovations. Within the scope of the project, innovation…

  4. Project // 01.09.2025 – 30.09.2026

    Calculation of the federal government’s digital budget 2025 in Germany

    The project “Calculation of the federal government’s digital budget 2025 in Germany” builds on the preceding project Calculation of the federal government's digital budget. The previous project represented the…

  5. Project // 01.02.2024 – 31.07.2027

    WinWin4WorkLife: Healthy, inclusive and sustainable remote work futures as a Win-Win for employees and employers

    WinWin4Worklife would like to help make flexible working arrangements (Remote Working Arrangements, RWA) in Europe healthy, integrative and sustainable.

    The project has five main objectives:
    1) to develop an…

  6. Project // 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2027

    Utilization of New Data in Communication Contexts at the Enterprise Level

    The EnDiKaU project is a joint projcet with the Justus Liebig University Gießen and part of the Distr@l funding programme of the state of Hesse. It supports Hessian SMEs in the effective use of communication data…

  7. Project // 01.04.2023 – 30.09.2026

    YouTube Adpocalypse: The YouTubers' Journey from Ads-Based to Patron-Based Revenues

    Digital platforms largely transform the creator economy. By providing easy access for content producers and content consumers, decentralized information sharing has implications for democracy and culture, as…

  8. Project // 01.01.2012 – current

    Economic survey of the information sector

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) conducts a quarterly survey among companies in the information sector starting in the third quarter of 2011. The latter effort is a follow-up project, replacing the