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
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Adio-Adet Dinika, Ph.D, on “The African Innovators Series”
On August 14, 2026, DCN member Adio-Adet Dinika, Ph.D appeared as a guest on the 74th episode of Rebecca Mbaya’s interview series “The African Innovators Series”. The title of the
Adio-Adet Dinika, Ph.D, on the “Purposeful Empathy” Podcast
DCN member Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika was a guest on Dr. Anita Nowak’s podcast “Purposeful Empathy”, discussing the topic of “The Hidden Exploitation (and Trauma) Behind AI”. How is artificial intelligence
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
Mariëlle Wijermars for The Kyiv Independent
Mariëlle Wijermars, Associate Professor in Internet Governance at Maastricht University, recently provided some comments for The Kyiv Independent, looking back at the development of Russian internet censorship and surveillance over
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
DCN Members Bring Together the Next Generation of Internet Governance Experts
DCN members at the Lodz Cyber Hub were among the organizers of the 2026 Summer School on Internet Governance and International Law (SSIGIL), hosted at the University of Lodz and
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
‘Digital Constitutionalism’ now part of the Collaborative Glossary on Imagining the Internet(s)
An entry on 'Digital Constitutionalism', written by DCN member Karolin Rippich, has been included in the recently published Imagining the Internet(s): A Collaborative Glossary. The entry belongs to the thematic
Mariëlle Wijermars & Tetyana Lokot publish new OA chapter “Telegram as a Developing Political Actor: Conceptualising Platform Actorness”
In the chapter, part of the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics, Wijermars & Lokot develop their platform actorness framework and use it to examine