Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)

A global network for scholars of internet governance

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The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging scholarly community initiated in spring 2006 in conjunction with the UN Internet Governance Forum. Its four principal objectives are to:

support the establishment of a global network of scholars specializing in Internet governance issues;
promote the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study;
advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly defined, and;
facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society).

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New Book: Frames and Connections in the Governance of Global Communications: A Network Study of the Internet Governance Forum

Lexington will release next month Frames and Connections in the Governance of Global Communications: A Network Study of the Internet Governance Forum, a new book by GigaNet member and University…

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Posted by GigaNet Admin on December 24, 2011 at 1:30pm

REGISTRATION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM FOR SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium

United Nations Office, UNON complex, Nairobi, Kenya

September 26, 2011

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET) will hold its Sixth Annual Symposium on 26 September 2011, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach. Prior successful symposia took place in Greece (2006), Brazil (2007), India (2008), Egypt (2009) and Lithuania (2010). In 2011, the Internet Governance Forum has entered its second phase, after having reached the end of its first 5-years mandate. This year’s event will provide room to discuss the challenges encountered and results achieved during the first five years of IGF. As…

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Posted by Julia Pohle on August 12, 2011 at 12:00pm