The 10th edition of the #GIGARTS conference was kicked-off by the Executive Dean of DCU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Derek Hand who welcomed our presenters and students to beautiful All Hallows Campus. @dculawandtech.bsky.social @icpc-unisa.bsky.social

Excited to kick off the 10th GIG-ARTS Conference “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities & Governance” taking place at @dublincityuni.bsky.social 14-15 May! gig-arts.eu/dublin-2026/ @dculawandtech.bsky.social #gigarts @icpc-unisa.bsky.social @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social

This week we held the in-person sessions of our annual Digital Constitutionalism Network Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme. Students from across 6 universities discussed policy issues concerned with the theme “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities, and Governance”.

Our WZB research group, “Politics of Digitalization,” is wrapping up with a final conference, “Digital Power and Democratic Futures,” on June 4–5. So excited to meet and reflect on how digitalization is reshaping power, governance, & democracy—and what it means to study these processes critically.

Join us in Dublin as we welcome Prof Iris Eisenberger for her keynote at the 10th #GIG-ARTS conference. 🔗 GIG-ARTS 2026 Programme: lnkd.in/dFhQ9PYT 🔗 Registration (deadline April 30): lnkd.in/dp4ikZan

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the 10th GIG-ARTS Conference is now available! You can find it here: lnkd.in/dFhQ9PYT @dculawandtech.bsky.social @emildai-eu.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @hiigberlin.bsky.social @tanyalokot.bsky.social @msantaniello.bsky.social

At last week's annual conference of the British and Irish Law, Education & Technology Association (BILETA), Edoardo Celeste (@dculawandtech.bsky.social) delivered a presentation on "The Data Centre Governance Deficit: An EU Digital Sovereignty Challenge".

Is a social media ban the true answer for under sixteens? With EU leaders, including An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, discussing a potential ban, DCU's Dr Sinan Aşçı @sinanasci.bsky.social warns these measures often fail. Listen on @newstalkfm.bsky.social: launch.dcu.ie/4tRWVTZ

Looks like great conversations and great weather all around ☀️ Greetings from Wales!

Dennis Redeker@redeker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This parallel engagement shows the great breath of interests of scholars working on #digitalconstitutionalims. We had a great #REMIT conference at #LUISS in #Rome. Congrats to everyone’s talks!

It’s a busy week for the Digital Constitutionalism Network!

As Ireland takes the EU's rotating chairmanship in July, Dublin must broker the bloc's next trillion-euro budget, shepherd contested digital legislation, and manage the demands of the US tech companies that bankroll its economy, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Liz Carolan.

Ireland's Upcoming EU Presidency Puts its Big Tech Dependence in Spotlight

The Presidency is a big deal for a small country like Ireland, bringing rare agenda-setting powers and the responsibility to reach bloc-wide compromises.

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🚨🚨Welcome and very significant news on #EU-UK relationship and #brexit reversal: yesterday, the European Union and the United Kingdom have enabled the UK's association to #Erasmus+ in 2027. 🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

European Union and United Kingdom take decisive step towards Erasmus+ association in 2027

Today, the European Union and the United Kingdom have enabled the UK\'s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.

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Last Friday I had a pleasure to talk with @jitorreblanca.bsky.social (@ecfr.eu) and Murielle Popa-Fabre (@normalesup.bsky.social) about two dimensions of EU's digital sovereignty: regulations and the AI stack. Both of these conversations are now available as a podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4a...

Is digital sovereignty possible? | WEC 2026

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Dublin City University’s Water Institute is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD scholarship as part of the Decarbonising Ireland: AI-Powered Pathways to Climate Resilience (DECARB-AI) initiative. 👉 Apply now: forms.gle/F8TkxmKYPg5S... #PhDOpportunity #FullyFundedPhD #ClimateChange

Online event: Talking to young people about the environmental sustainability of digital technologies Wednesday 13 May 14:00 - 15:00 BST Join us online for the next webinar in our series, Digital good in progress, with Susan Lechelt & Neelima Sailaja. luma.com/1x25i9m1

Talking to young people about the environmental sustainability of digital technologies, Susan Lechelt & Neelima Sailaja · Zoom · Luma

Rescheduled from 1 April 2026. Hear from Digital Good Network researchers Susan Lechelt & Neelima Sailaja about their experiences of talking to young people…

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🌐 What happens when a country #disconnects from the global #internet? @mariellew.bsky.social explores the impact on #information, #communication & #digital control. 🔗 shorturl.at/at1IE 🔗 shorturl.at/S6RhY 🔗 shorturl.at/svnoJ

We're particularly looking to promote comparative and interdisciplinary research and to foster global perspectives. Please help share this call for book proposals with colleagues whose work would fit the scope and ambitions of our series.

Together with Edoardo Celeste, I co-edit the Routledge Series in Digital Law and Governance. Do you have an idea for a monograph or edited volume that pushes the boundaries of the field? Get in touch! We welcome proposals from, e.g., political science, law, sociology, STS and communication studies.

Hear from Susan Lechelt and Neelima Sailaja about their experiences of talking to young people about the environmental sustainability of digital technologies, including building repairability into the Internet of Things, and sustainable computing education. 13 May, 14:00 luma.com/1x25i9m1

Registration is open for the 10th #GIGARTS Conference! 🗓 14-15 May 2026 📍 @dublincityuni.bsky.social 🎓 Reduced fees available for students More info: gig-arts.eu/dublin-2026/ Registration: lnkd.in/dp4ikZan

The 2026 #DCN Blended-Intensive Programme has officially begun! Yesterday, ~ 30 students from 6 partner universities kicked-off their three months journey of learning about the environmental, social and governance implications of digital technologies. The goal: for them to develop policy solutions!

“Strengthening electoral integrity in the digital age requires moving beyond reactive, crisis-driven responses and investing in sustained governance frameworks.” @claraigk.bsky.social spoke with us about the study “Current Challenges in Digital Elections:” www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Electoral Oversight and the Realities of Digital Campaigning

Digital elections are forcing regulators to rethink governance, from platform accountability to AI-generated political content. A new Discussion Paper examines these challenges through Brazil’s 2024 l...

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🎉 Thank you, UPEC, for a fantastic cooperation seminar! A huge thank you to all speakers, participants, and especially our colleagues at UPEC for hosting such a high-quality and collaborative event. We look forward to many more opportunities to work together! #EMILDAI #UPEC #EPILDAI

We were delighted to see EMILDAI Programme Chair Edoardo Celeste take part as a speaker in the recent event “Navigating the AI Horizon: Key Highlights and Insights”, a timely and engaging discussion on AI, governance, and business transformation. #EMILDAI #AIandLaw #ResponsibleAI #DigitalGovernance

Last week, EMILDAI co-hosted a two-day event bringing together judges, scholars, and experts to explore how courts are responding to the challenges of data-driven technologies and artificial intelligence. 👉 Read the full recap here: emildai.eu/the-gavel-an... #EMILDAI #AIandLaw #JudicialAI

🆕 New on the Comparative Digital Law Blog: “Tales of Digital Sovereignty and Child Online Safety: Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Address.” Karolin Rippich & Victor Henriquez Diaz discuss what the 2025 address means for EU digital governance. 🔗 lawandtech.ie/tales-of-dig...

Tales of Digital Sovereignty and Child Online Safety: Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Address - Law and Tech

Each September, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address (SOTEU) before the European Parliament. First introduced in

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social von der @unibremen.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social stellt das Lehrprojekt „Digital Constitutionalism and the UN Global Digital Compact" vor: 👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/digital... #DVPWBlog #Lehrpreis

Very glad to have contributed to this collective effort of the #UN #InternetGovernanceForum Data and Artificial Intelligence Governance Coalition, with a chapter titled: "The Blind Watcher: Accountability Mechanisms in the #ArtificialIntelligenceAct". link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Please help share this vacancy for a 4-year postdoc in Disinformation and European Democracy at Maastricht University #Polisky #EUsky #Commsky #Academicsky

Mariëlle Wijermars@mariellew.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.