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SUMMARY:Digital Constitutionalism and Platform Governance
DESCRIPTION:More than 20 students and ten instructors from universities across Europe spent a week in beautiful Padova for the final phase and highlight of their Erasmus+ “blended-intensive programme” (BIP). The in-person component of the BIP “Digital Constitutionalism and Platform Governance” took place in late September at the Department of Political Science\, Law and International Studies (SPGI) of the University of Padova. At the University of Bremen\, the BIP is co-organized by ZeMKI PGMT Lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker and Adio-Adet Dinika (BIGSSS). \nStudents of the BA Communication and Media Studies and the two MA programs at the University of Bremen\, participated in the transnational blended learning experience funded by the Erasmus+ program. Main organizers of the BIP were Prof. Claudia Padovani and Dr. Andrea Petracchin at the University of Padova. In addition to students from Bremen and Padova itself\, students from  Dublin City University taught by Prof. Edoardo Celeste also participated in this year’s BIP. Additional partners without students in the mobility include the University of Salerno (Prof. Mauro Santaniello)\, Maastricht University (Prof. Mariëlle Wijermars)\, the University of Groningen (Prof. Marianne Franklin)\, Complutense University of Madrid (Dr. Tamara Robles)\, WZB (Dr. Clara Iglesias Keller) and the University of Klagenfurt (Dr. Kristina Rozgony). Between May and June 2023\, students and instructors got to know each other and the topics of the BIP\, before the start of the five-day intensive phase. In between\, students worked together in inter-university groups to prepare opening presentations on a number of so-called digital bills of rights documents. \nThe contents of the semester-long BIP were comprehensive. Designed to explore the intersections between digital constitutionalism and platform governance\, the program aimed at providing students with the theoretical\, analytical and methodological tools to make sense of the values and principles that (should) guide regulatory arrangements for the digital age\, while critically addressing actors’ interactions and power positions as well as power limitations in the same context. The general theme was articulated in two sub-themes – values and fundamental rights and digital and green transition – around which a variety of educational activities were organized. In Padova\, presentations further investigated the UN process for a Global Digital Compact\, the role of pan-African movements in the fight for human rights online\, and the possibility for a global standard for platform content governance anchored in human rights. \nThe BIP also provided participants transversal skills\, including public speaking skills\, group work experience\, intercultural competences and the know-how needed for effective interventions in digital and platform governance. Dr. Petracchin and Dr. Rozgony provided students with instructions and advice on how to write effective policy briefs\, a method of communicating complex questions for a policy-oriented audience. Student groups then produced policy briefs focused on the implementation of principle-based documents in various national and sub-national settings\, and presented these to cap off the intensive week of (fun and) learning. \nIn order to facilitate funding and logistics\, the BIP relied on helping hands in the universities’ administrations (particularly in Padova this year). From the Bremen side\, Barbara Hasenmüller (International Office) and her colleagues have been instrumental to enabling the mobility of 13 students from Bremen. Dr. Sinner (ZeMKI) and Prof. Haunss (SOCIUM) supported the academic recognition of this new form of short-term exchange. \nThe BIP is the latest project of the interdisciplinary Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN)\, integrated into the fourth iteration of the DCN Teaching Partnership\, in which additional universities and instructors participate\, usually through virtual joint sessions. The 2024 iteration of the BIP is set to take place at ZeMKI in Bremen.
URL:https://digitalconstitutionalism.org/event/digital-constitutionalism-and-platform-governance/
CATEGORIES:Blended Intensive Program (BIP)
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SUMMARY:Radical Imaginings-Fellowships for NextGen Digital Activists
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Constitutionalism Network co-organized a networking session alongside the Transnational Institute and IT for Change at IGF 2023 in Kyoto. Our session\, titled “Radical Imaginings-Fellowships for NextGen Digital Activists\,” was held on Monday\, 9 October 2023\, from 16:30-17:30 Kyoto Time (JST)/ 7:30-8:30 UTC at WS 9 – Room C-2. \nWe invited all young activists eager to make an impact\, organizations aiming to enhance institutional capabilities\, and grant-makers focused on nurturing the next generation of leaders to gather their insights on: \n\nUnderstanding the distinct needs and challenges faced by young activists engaged with CSOs\, research entities\, academic institutions\, and trade unions.\nPinpointing the pivotal areas and types of work in digital justice that often go unnoticed and underfunded.\nDetermining immediate and mid-term action priorities and the most effective platforms for advocacy.\n\n 
URL:https://digitalconstitutionalism.org/event/radical-imaginings-fellowships-for-nextgen-digital-activists/
CATEGORIES:Networking Session
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SUMMARY:Social Media Governance in Georgia and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, 02 November 2023\, Member of the ZeMKI’s Platform Governance\, Media\, and Technology Lab Dr. Dennis Redeker convenes a panel discussion entitled “Building Trust in the Digital Age: How to fight hate and misinformation on social media – in Georgia and beyond”. The public event will take place at 17:00-19:00h at Haus der Wissenschaft (1st floor) in Bremen. \nFour speakers will each provide a short lecture on different aspects of social media in Georgia and their governance\, looking into challenges as well as potential solutions. Prof Sergi Jorbenadze (Tbilisi State University) will discuss how to empower civil law in the age of social media\, Prof. Ushangi Bakhtadze (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University) will talk about challenges presented by Internet crime and misinformation\, whereas Dr. Nina Shengelia (Tbilisi State University and Caucasus International University) will propose avenue of future social media governance in Georgia\, taking as an example the Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice Online Safety and Harms. Dennis will add an outsider’s informed perspective by providing an insight into the data of the Platform Governance Survey\, which was conducted at ZeMKI and which includes respondents from Georgia. Apart from taking stock of current challenges and discourses on social media governance in Georgia\, the panel will also debate possible ways ahead. The three Georgian guest speakers propose the creation of a Social Media Council in Georgia to enhance the protection of rights of Georgian users on social media platforms. \nThe conversation will be moderated by ZeMKI member Vasilisa Kuznetsova (also member of the Platform Governance\, Media\, and Technology Lab). The event is co-hosted by the Lab Platform Governance\, Media and Technology (PGMT) at the Centre for Media\, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI)\, University of Bremen.
URL:https://digitalconstitutionalism.org/event/social-media-governance-in-georgia-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Public Event
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