Exploring knowledge,
shaping digital environments

The Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) conducts research into how people use digital media and Artificial Intelligence to learn, obtain information, and share knowledge. In this way, we help to shape digital services, platforms and spaces that make knowledge accessible, support learning, enable participation, and foster exchange. Towards a world in which digital knowledge environments promote equal participation, informed understanding, and constructive social discourse.

In 2026, the IWM will celebrate its 25th anniversary — a quarter of a century of research into how digital media shape learning, understanding, and the exchange of knowledge.