DCN member Dennis Redeker (University of Bremen) is co-organising a workshop on “International Relations in the Digital Age: Governing – and Being Governed by – Technology”, taking place on 26–27 March 2026 at the University of Bremen.
The workshop brings together scholars from International Relations (IR), Science and Technology Studies (STS) and global governance to examine how emerging technologies are reshaping global politics — and how political dynamics, in turn, shape technological development and regulation. It is organised by the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) and the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS), University of Bremen, and the International Relations Section (IB-Sektion) of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), in cooperation with the World International Studies Committee (WISC), the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), and the EU Horizon Europe project to “Reignite Multilateralism via Technology” (REMIT, grant agreement No 101094228).
The organisers welcome theoretical, empirical, and normative contributions addressing technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, digital infrastructures, small satellites and bio-technologies. Themes include digital sovereignty, platform regulation (including the EU’s DSA), global standards-setting, socio-technical imaginaries and postcolonial and feminist perspectives on technology and international order.
The workshop is designed as a discussion-oriented event with pre-circulated short papers (3,000–6,000 words). Early-career researchers are particularly encouraged to apply, and a limited number of travel grants are available. There is no registration fee.
Key dates:
- Abstract deadline: 1 December 2025
- Notification: 10 December 2025
- Short papers due: 10 March 2026
- Workshop: 26–27 March 2026
Abstracts (approx. 300 words) and short bios (max. 100 words) can be submitted to: IB-Sektion@dvpw.de. Further information is available here.