Our FAU sub-project is funded with approximately €779,000 by the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space.
What is it about? The system of disability support (SGB IX) and social welfare (SGB XII) secures participation, self-determination, and basic livelihoods — for people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or in particularly difficult social circumstances. Behind these broad terms are very concrete services, such as:
School and university assistance, work assistance, and job coaching
Outpatient supported living and special housing arrangements
Family support services and everyday assistance
Psychosocial counseling, addiction counseling, and therapeutic group programs
Early intervention for children, mobility and daily living training
Transport and escort services, day-structuring programs
Inclusive leisure and sports activities in local communities
The scale is enormous: in 2024 alone, German providers of disability and social welfare support spent nearly €49 billion on services.
A clear need is evident in public administration: case managers must quickly locate social services, check current availability, combine benefits meaningfully, and factor in digital offerings. Equally important is identifying structural undersupply early, in order to deliberately develop new services where they are needed.
This is exactly where KIDaS comes in. We are developing, demonstrating, and evaluating an AI-supported data platform that:
semantically identifies available services and matches them precisely to individual needs,
makes capacities, waiting times, and possible service combinations transparent,
reveals gaps in service provision and highlights potential for innovation.
Project partners:
Anlei-service GmbH as technology partner of the major providers LWV Hessen, Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), and Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL)
PRODATO – A DATACIDERS COMPANY as implementation partner
Research conducted jointly with the team of Jan Marco Leimeister (University of Kassel)
We are hiring! Research associates who wish to pursue a doctorate within KIDaS:
with a focus on service research and the question of how service innovation succeeds on the basis of generative AI,
with a technological focus on the design of AI-based methods and prototypes.
We are looking for graduates from (business) informatics, industrial engineering, business administration, and related disciplines. Interested? Apply via our website.