The Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications is Vodafone’s European think tank. We focus on the implications of digitalisation in the fields of digital economy and sustainability. And we conduct research into opportunities and challenges for business and society.
With our work, we contribute to collective thinking about the digital and green transformation of business and society and highlight sustainable approaches to shaping the future. Our work as a think tank is thus consistent with the strategic objectives of the European Commission, which has identified this twin transition as a core task.
Practice-oriented research
The Vodafone Institute operates at the intersection of the economy, politics, science and civil society. That is where we take a constructive and critical look at the opportunities, benefits and challenges of digitalisation. With our recommendations for action, we also want to make a contribution to shaping the digital transition in an ecologically and economically sustainable manner.
Scientific partnerships
To this end, we work together with partners from science and civil society in addition to funding and supporting scientific research. We also publish research and policy papers in addition to developing studies on pressing issues of our time, through which we seek to make a constructive contribution to the societal and economic policy discourse. We organise events and we develop and support programmes for social innovation processes.
Actively supporting digital change
We are convinced that digital technologies like artificial intelligence, Big Data and 5G will make a decisive contribution to improving the future for all people while also protecting the climate and the environment. We want to play an active role in ensuring that digitalisation is conceived in a responsible and sustainable manner by all those who shape it.
Corporate think tank
We are an independent subsidiary of Vodafone GmbH. As a corporate think tank, we are part of the Intelligence Unit of the Vodafone Group. Our independent research activities, conducted in cooperation with select scientific institutions, are consistent with the Vodafone purpose strategy, which is built on the three pillars of digital society, social inclusion and planet.
