Research on digital technologies takes place alongside fast-moving debates about how those technologies should be governed. Across the Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN), members are helping to shape these debates by
DCN Member Nicolas Suzor on How AI May Be Globalising Restrictions on Free Expression
In a new Oversight Board blog post, DCN member Nicolas Suzor examines evidence that leading AI models may reproduce, and potentially globalise, speech restrictions associated with repressive regimes. As part
Congratulations to DCN Members Redeker, Dinika, Spiniello and EL Qochairi on the Launch of the AI PAN-AFRICANISM Project
Congratulations to our DCN members involved in “Fostering Digital Pan-Africanism in AI Governance through Evidence and Action”, a new four-year research and advocacy project dedicated to strengthening pan-African perspectives in
New publication spotlight: Eco-digital constitutionalism
We are pleased to highlight a new article by Edoardo Celeste and Alba Pérez Victorio, published in Global Constitutionalism.The paper introduces the concept of ‘eco-digital constitutionalism’, bringing together environmental and
DCN at Council for European Studies (CES) Conference
From 16-18 June, University College Dublin (UCD) hosted the annual Council for European Studies Conference. Edoardo Celeste and Victor Henriquez Diaz represented the Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN) across several panels
Mauro Santaniello and Chiara Spiniello at TILTing Perspectives 2026
This June 17-19th, TILTing Perspectives 2026 once again brought together scholars working at the intersection of law, technology, governance and society. In their contribution to the event, our ICPC colleagues
Digital Constitutionalism Network at the ICON-S Annual Conference 2026
This year's ICON•S Annual Conference, aka the ("Coachella of public law"), brought together scholars working at the intersection of public law with technology, identity & truth. As such, we were
Mauro Santaniello & Carlos Fonseca publish paper on “THe EU’s Differentiated Approaches to Cyber Security Capacity Building in Its Neighbours”
In their latest publication, UNU-CRIS's Carlos Fonseca and DCN Member Mauro Santaniello examine how the EU operationalizes its strategic and geopolitical interests through cyber cooperation with three key neighbouring regions:
New publication by Mauro Santaniello & Chiara Spiniello
Early on this year, ICPC colleagues Mauro Santaniello & Chiara Spiniello published their essay reviewing the growing literature on techno-feudalism, titled "For a critique of techno-feudalism". In it they argue
DCN Member Joanna Kulesza Co-Edits Open-Access Volume on Global Governance of LEO Satellites
We are pleased to share that, together with UNU-CRIS Associate Research Fellow Berna Akcali Gur, DCN member Joanna Kulesza has co-edited a new open-access volume titled "Global Governance of Low