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