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Scientists around the world are increasingly under pressure. In the course of some major recent events, such as the Brexit referendum, the election of Donald Trump, and legislation in specific countries, science has been under hefty attack: Its methods, data, and results are fundamentally questioned – to an extent to which the use of scientific work as such is disavowed. As a reaction to these developments, the movement “March for Science” was formed at the beginning of this year. Also in Berlin, a large demonstration took place at the Brandenburger Tor to support scientific freedom.

Begriffe, mit denen wir den Zustand der Gesellschaft beschreiben, machen uns auf Transformationsprozesse aufmerksam, die das Potenzial für tiefgreifende Veränderungen haben. Derzeit kreisen solche Gesellschaftsbeschreibungen sehr oft um Daten. So ist zum Beispiel die Rede von der „Gesellschaft der Daten“ (Süssenguth 2015), der „Datafied Society“ (Schäfer/van Es 2017) und von einer „revolution that will transform how we live, work and think“ (Mayer-Schönberger/Cukier 2013).