Metaverse: Governance and Digitized Personhood

What it is about

You analyze governance questions around the Metaverse and digital personhood. By the end of the module you will be able to assess how personhood is negotiated in real and virtual spaces through governance and develop proposals for shaping governance approaches.

What you will be able to do

• Experience with governance challenges beyond the real world
• Critically question social relations in digital spaces and formulate governance-oriented
• Convey scientific topics in presentations
• Recognize security aspects of the Metaverse through good governance and name dangers of poor governance

What the module consists of

• BlockseminarIntensive workshop format for the joint development of the content
• Student presentationsExchange and discussion of research results and experiences

Teaching method

• Lectures/Presentations by instructorsIntroduction to research, policy work and use cases
• Student presentationsPromotion of communicative competences and peer feedback
• Group work on scenariosPractical application and collaborative problem solving
• Q&A on pre-reading (on-call)Deepening and clarification of understanding questions
• Discussions on contemporary experiencesLinking theory with real-world examples