<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">GigaNet \u2013 the Global Internet Governance Academic Network \u2013 warmly invites submissions of extended abstracts for its 2026 Annual Symposia. The onsite symposium will take place on December 13, the Day Zero of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), scheduled for 14\u201318 December 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. A separate online symposium will also be held, and this call serves as the entry point for both.</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">We welcome papers on any topic related to internet and digital governance, and we strongly encourage multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and global approaches. </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">As in previous years, we will endeavour to provide an outlet for publication of the most promising papers presented during the symposium. Papers from previous symposia have been published as a special issue in the journal \u2018Telecommunications Policy\u2019.</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Themes for 2026</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">We invite work across a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Internet Governance as a field of study</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Narratives, myths, contributing disciplines, and frictions in the construction of the field of internet governance</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Internet governance cultures and power dynamics\u202f</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Theoretical innovations and new methods applicable to internet governance research</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Postcolonial and decolonial internet governance studies</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">The evolution of internet governance, institutions, and norms</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Internet infrastructure, standards and protocols</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Accountability in platforms and data governance</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Security and resilience</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Digital rights online</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Digital sovereignty</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Governance of misinformation, disinformation, and online public discourse</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Internet governance and democratic legitimacy</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Regional and global forums for governing the internet</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013</span> <span style="box-sizing:inherit">Content moderation practices and governance</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Critical internet futures</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Sustainability and environmental impacts</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Digital colonialism</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Transformation of internet business models</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Space and internet governance\u202f</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Interdisciplinary perspectives on the governance of frontier technologies (Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, virtual currencies, metaverse, quantum computing), etc.</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Internet governance in a time of war:\u202f</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Online harms, cyberattacks and accountability</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Connectivity and access to information\u202f</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Cyber operations and sanctions</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Neutrality in the cyber domain</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Applicability of international law</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">\u2013 Role of international bodies and/or public-private partnerships</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Papers engaging with other current themes in internet governance research are also very welcome.</span></b><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Submission Guidelines</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">We invite submissions of work in progress as well as more developed research. Extended abstracts should be 800\u20131,000 words (excluding bibliography) and should address:</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6em 1.6em;padding-left:0px;list-style:decimal;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Research question(s)</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Data used</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Methodology</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Main (expected) findings</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Contributions to the literature and/or ongoing policy debates</span></li></ol><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">GigaNet encourages emerging scholars and researchers working with diverse methodologies to submit their work to the symposia. Theoretical papers are not required to specify data but should include a clear research question and articulate the theoretical frameworks and literature informing the analysis. </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">All extended abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Please ensure that no personally identifiable information appears in the uploaded file or the body of your submission.</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> In the first line of your abstract, please indicate whether you wish to be considered for the onsite symposium, the online symposium, or both.</span></b><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> Where authors indicate availability for both and are shortlisted, the Programme Committee Chair will exercise discretion in shaping the two programmes. </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">How to Submit</span></b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Submit your extended abstract at: </span><a href="https://giganet2026.gig-arts.eu/" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(244,122,32);text-decoration:none"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">https://symposium.giga-net.org/</span></a><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Submissions must be in English.</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Participation in the GigaNet Symposium is free of charge.</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Key Dates (Tentative)</span></b><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6em 1.6em;padding-left:0px;list-style:square;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Extended abstract submission deadline: </span><b style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">1 August 2026</span></b></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Notification to authors: 15 September 2026</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><i style="box-sizing:inherit">Online symposium</i> </strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6em 1.6em;padding-left:0px;list-style:square;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Papers due for online discussants: 1 November 2026</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Final online programme published: 3 November 2026</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">GigaNet Online Symposium: Week of 15 November 2026</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold"><i style="box-sizing:inherit">On-site symposium </i> </strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6em 1.6em;padding-left:0px;list-style:square;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Accepted authors confirm in-person attendance: 15 November 2026</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Papers due for onsite discussants: 1 December 2026</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Final onsite programme published: 3 December 2026</span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">GigaNet Onsite Symposium: 13 December 2026</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;color:rgb(25,41,48);font-family:&quot;Cooper Hewitt&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span><span style="box-sizing:inherit">We look forward to receiving your submissions and to welcoming you, in Nairobi or online, for what we hope will be a rich and inspiring symposium on internet governance!</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>