Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the GIG-ARTS School on Digital
Governance 2027, which will take place in Salerno, Italy, from 22 to 26
February 2027.

The School is particularly addressed to PhD candidates, postdoctoral
researchers, early-career academics, and professionals working on
Internet governance, digital policy, and technology regulation,
including those with backgrounds in political science, international
relations, law, sociology, communication studies, and related
disciplines.

The School brings together an international faculty of scholars and
experts to examine contemporary challenges in Internet governance,
digital sovereignty, digital constitutionalism, AI governance, and the
geopolitics of digital infrastructures.

The faculty includes Robin Mansell (LSE), Andrea Beccalli (ICANN), Paolo
Benanti (LUISS Guido Carli), Joe Burton (Lancaster University), Edoardo
Celeste (Dublin City University), Marianne Franklin (University of
Groningen), Francesca Musiani (CNRS), Paul Nemitz (College of Europe),
Julia Pohle (Centre Marc Bloch), Dennis Redeker (University of Bremen),
and Niels ten Oever (University of Amsterdam), alongside seminar
speakers including Adio-Adet Dinika (University of Bremen), Sebastian
Hallensleben (Chair, CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 on AI), Chris Mondini (ICANN),
Riccardo Nanni (CNRS), Claudia Padovani (University of Padova), Daniela
Piana (University of Bologna), Mauro Santaniello (University of
Salerno/UNU-CRIS), Jamal Shahin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel/UNU-CRIS),
and Xiaojuan Grace Yang (Freie Universität Berlin).

Additional speakers will be announced in the next few weeks.

The five-day programme combines lectures, interactive seminars, and
multistakeholder roundtables involving academics, policymakers, civil
society representatives, and industry experts. It provides opportunities
for advanced learning, interdisciplinary discussion, and engagement with
the international digital governance research and policy community.

Early Bird registration is open until 15 November 2026, with a reduced
participation fee of €680 (instead of €800).

Global Access Programme

To support participation from underrepresented regions, the School
offers four scholarships for PhD candidates based in low- and
lower-middle-income countries. Each scholarship covers the registration
fee and five nights of accommodation.

The application deadline is15 November 2026.

**Information and programme:**
https://gig-arts.eu/gig-arts-school-on-digital-governance/

**Global Access Programme:**
https://gig-arts.eu/global-access-application-2027/

**Registration:**
https://gig-arts.eu/registration-form-2027/

We would appreciate it if you could circulate this announcement within
your academic and professional networks, particularly among doctoral
programmes, research groups, and institutions working on digital
governance, Internet policy, and related fields.

Best regards,

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GIG-ARTS - School on Digital Governance
school@gig-arts.eu