I thought this might be interesting to some of you: http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2011/07/research-institute-for-intern... Coverage in English: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/google-to-open-internet-research-... http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20110711-36211.html ...and in German: http://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2011-07/google-uni-institut http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/institut-fuer-internet-und-gesellschaft-w... Best, Cornelius -- Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, M.A. Department for English Language and Linguistics Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Building 23.11, Level 1, Room 21 Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany +49 211 81 15927 (office) Nachwuchsforschergruppe "Wissenschaft und Internet" / Junior Researchers Group "Science and the Internet" http://nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de