About us

Digital constitutionalism describes the political process of entrenching rights and principles into the global governance of digital technologies, specifically the Internet. Digital constitutionalism does not describe actual legal constitutions but normative conversations about which rights and principles should govern the Internet – locally, nationally and globally. Documents of digital constitutionalism have been proposed by different kinds of actors – including civil society, business, governments, national parliaments, political parties, international organizations – and have emerged from a national level or transnationally.

The Digital Constitutionalism Network aims to systematically study the political, social, and legal processes involved in this field. The Network was created in late 2019 from a working group on digital constitutionalism supported by the Bochum-based Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS). As of February 2020, the Network is comprised of members located at twelve universities in Africa, Australia and Europe.

Karolin Rippich

Karolin Rippich

PhD Researcher, Dublin City University
Tiina Pajuste

Tiina Pajuste

Professor, Tallinn University
Chiara Spiniello

Chiara Spiniello

Research Fellow, University of Salerno
Krisztina Rozgonyi

Krisztina Rozgonyi

Senior Scientist, University of Klagenfurt
Marianne Franklin

Marianne Franklin

Professor, University of Groningen
Mauro Santaniello

Mauro Santaniello

Assistant Professor (Director), University of Salerno
Claudia Padovani

Claudia Padovani

Associate Professor, University of Padova
Nicola Palladino

Nicola Palladino

Assistant Professor, University of Salerno
Kinfe Yilma

Kinfe Yilma

Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University
Dennis Redeker

Dennis Redeker

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bremen
Mariëlle Wijermars

Mariëlle Wijermars

Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
Edoardo Celeste

Edoardo Celeste

Associate Professor, Dublin City University