This piece is part of a novel collaboration between The Governance Post and The Paris Globalist, the international affairs magazine by students at Sciences Po in Paris, France. The onset of a global pandemic and… [Read more]
Digitalisation & Technology
The Governance Post’s section on current and future developments on “everything digital” and the implications for society and governance.
Spinning Out of Control: How Alternative Facts Changed the United States
He stands wearing a wrinkled white shirt, dark suit, and a slightly shaggy beard. An old Blackberry is in his right hand, a third cup of coffee in his left, a lot is on his… [Read more]
Online Homeschooling and Civic Participation in Lockdown: Unpacking Europe’s Digital Divide
In this unprecedented time, substantial inequalities in the use of the internet are depriving the young and the elderly of their fundamental rights to education, access to information and participation. As the Coronavirus relocates most… [Read more]
How Digital Giants Play Europe’s Tax Game: Why the European Union Needs a Unified Approach for Taxing the Digital Economy
Born-digitals, like Facebook and Google, are fooling Europe’s policymakers at their own game, as loopholes in the outdated European labyrinth of taxation have turned the hunters into the hunted. The century-old EU rules in place… [Read more]
Supervision or Suppression? How Content Moderation Can Uphold Racism
Content moderation protects our freedom of expression on the internet from morphing into anything dangerously sinister…or does it? Evan Yoshimoto (MPP 2021) exposes the racial undertones of online content moderation and its role in suppressing… [Read more]
Airbnb is Winning the Multi-Level Governance Game
While European cities seek to reign in commercial-style Airbnb rentals through stricter regulations, these efforts may be hamstrung by a recent decision in Europe’s highest court. Airbnb is now two-for-two in a game of multi-level… [Read more]
Space Force: How Dumb is it Really?
Should we take a moment to think before we dismiss the idea of a space force? MIA student Paige Higbie makes a case for considering Trump’s touting of space armament This article is part of a two part series on Space Militarisation Back in… [Read more]
A Space Force as a Force for Peace?
As the militarisation of space rises to the forefront of US defence plans, an understanding of what this would entail and mean for the world’s major players becomes necessary. MIA student Zach Larkin lays out… [Read more]
Don’t take our guns! A descriptive analysis of gun support in times of gun violence
Gun control legislation has a prominent place in US political discourse, falling in and out of fashion as high-profile shootings occur. But how much do we actually know about gun sales, or interest in gun… [Read more]
When Political Representation does not lead to Equality: The Influence of Women in National Parliaments
As part of our #WebDataMining Series, MPP student Donata Schilling uses PageRank analysis to question whether the political representation of women in Parliaments actually leads to political equality. Let’s try a straightforward exercise. Name a prominent female politician that is… [Read more]