ICPC at the Workshop on International Relations in the Digital Age: Governing – and Being Governed by – Technology | University of Bremen – ZeMKI
The Internet & Communication Policy Center (ICPC) proudly participated in the workshop “International Relations in the Digital Age: Governing – and Being Governed by – Technology”, held at the University of Bremen on 26–27 March 2026.
Organized by the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) and the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS), the event brought together scholars working on the intersections between international relations, digital governance, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sovereignty, and global political change.
ICPC contributions
Our research center was represented by Mauro Santaniello, Nicola Palladino, Chiara Spiniello, and Armando Antonio Ferrara, whose participation highlighted ICPC’s ongoing engagement with key debates on digital sovereignty, AI governance, and corporate power in the digital age.
Mauro Santaniello
“Beyond digital empires: Reassessing digital sovereignty through the arab-speaking world”
with Gertjan Hoetjes and Jamal Shahin
Armando Antonio Ferrara
“Governing the chip stack? The structural limits of EU digital sovereignty”
Nicola Palladino
“Competing models of AI governance: Neoliberalism, digital sovereignty, digital constitutionalism and their global implications”
Mauro Santaniello & Chiara Spiniello
“Corporate sovereignty in the digital age”
A shared contribution to current debates on digital politics
The Bremen workshop offered a stimulating setting for interdisciplinary exchange on how digital technologies are reshaping international relations and global governance. Over the course of the two-day programme, participants engaged with issues ranging from cybersecurity and digital sovereignty to artificial intelligence, platform governance, military AI, environmental politics, and the growing role of technology companies in world politics.
In this context, ICPC’s contributions addressed several key dimensions of contemporary digital politics, including digital sovereignty beyond dominant geopolitical frameworks, the structural limits of EU technological autonomy, competing models of AI governance, and the expanding role of corporate sovereignty in the digital sphere.
Taken together, these contributions highlighted the breadth of the center’s research agenda and its strong engagement with some of the most pressing questions surrounding power, governance, and technological transformation in contemporary global politics.
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