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Video: Governing Digital China

Watch the conversation between Professor Junyan Jiang (Columbia) and Daniela Stockmann, which dug into the divide between perceptions and realities of digital governance during the Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping eras.

New look back at our colloquium now on YouTube

Prof. Vili Lehdonvirta from the University of Oxford presented his work on the dynamics of a country's cloud infrastructure alignment with the U.S. or China and related digital geopolitics.

Study digital governance at the Hertie School

Interested about how digitalisation can shape public policy? We can prepare you for a career in the field: Our curriculum combines academic theory with practical applications in the digital realm, providing you with a deep understanding in policy design and implementation in the realm of digital transformation.

2 PhD scholarships in digital governance

The Hertie School is offering two three-year scholarships for exceptional candidates seeking to pursue full-time PhDs in the field of digital governance, starting from August 2024 onwards.

How effective is the 2018 German law combatting fake news, hate speech and misinformation?

Professor of Digital Governance Danie Stockmann and researchers Sophia Johanna Schlosser and Paxia Ksyatrio test the effectiveness of the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG).

Centre for Digital Governance Thesis Prize 2023

Paxia Ksatryo wins the Centre for Digital Governance Thesis Prize 2023 that awards the best thesis on digital governance every academic year.

How will the European Union govern social media platforms under the Digital Services Act?

Daniela Stockmann unpacks how the European Union will govern social media platforms under the Digital Services Act, and how what she calls the bloc’s process-based approach will differ from other comparable efforts at overseeing big tech platforms worldwide.

Hertie School researchers present recommendations for the implementation of the Digital Services Act

The European Digital Services Act (DSA) is a done deal. But whether the legislative package is effective or not depends on national implementation. A policy paper by the Hertie School shows which factors are key.

Expert panel identifies particularities and challenges of governing digital networks

During a high-level seminar co-organised with the European University Institute and the Oxford Internet Institute, experts discussed the particularities of digital network governance. They identified security, privacy and competition concerns as the debate's drivers and propose a reform of the multi-stakeholder model governing the internet.

Europe needs to develop alternatives to the targeted advertising business model used by US-based tech companies

The policy brief "Treating Root Causes, not Symptoms: Regulating Problems of Surveillance and Personal Targeting in the Information Technology Industries" is now available on the G20 insights platform.

Event highlight

How to build a European regulator to govern social media platforms?

Panelists discussed how the governance framework for the oversight of social media platforms should be created under the proposed EU Digital Services Act.