GIG-ARTS Conference Series

Past Editions

Explore the archive of the GIG-ARTS annual multidisciplinary conference on Internet governance: programmes, themes, speakers, committees and conference materials.

A decade of Internet governance research

2017 — 2026
2026
Dublin
Ireland
10th GIG-ARTS Conference

Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities, and Governance

Dublin City University · 14–15 May 2026
2025
Salerno
Italy
9th GIG-ARTS Conference

The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges

University of Salerno · 26–28 May 2025
2024
The Hague
Netherlands
8th GIG-ARTS Conference

Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects

Leiden University, The Hague Campus · 3–4 June 2024
2023
Padova
Italy
7th GIG-ARTS Conference

The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy

University of Padova · 15–16 May 2023
2022
Nicosia
Cyprus
6th GIG-ARTS Conference

Global Internet Governance and International Human Rights: Whose Rights, Whose Interpretations?

Nicosia · 13–14 April 2022
2021
Vienna
Austria
Cancelled due to Covid-19
5th planned edition

Online Information Governance – More Expression, Less Freedom?

Vienna · Planned for 2021
2020
Vienna
Austria
Cancelled due to Covid-19
4th planned edition

Online Information Governance – More Expression, Less Freedom?

Vienna · Originally scheduled for 7–8 May 2020
2019
Salerno
Italy
3rd GIG-ARTS Conference

Europe as a Global Player in Internet Governance

University of Salerno · 16–17 May 2019
2018
Cardiff
Wales
2nd GIG-ARTS Conference

Overcoming Inequalities in Internet Governance: Framing Digital Policy Capacity Building Strategies

Cardiff University · 26–27 April 2018
2017
Paris
France
1st GIG-ARTS Conference

Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue

Paris · 30–31 March 2017

Next: Tallinn 2027

The 11th GIG-ARTS Conference will take place at Tallinn University, Estonia, on 20–21 May 2027.

Conference 2027
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Past editions

Since 2017, GIG-ARTS has travelled across Europe, bringing together scholars and practitioners around the changing challenges of global Internet governance.

1st editionParis
2017

Paris, France

Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue

General Chair: Meryem Marzouki
2nd editionCardiff
2018

Cardiff, Wales

Overcoming Inequalities in Internet Governance

General Chair: Andrea Calderaro
3rd editionSalerno
2019

Salerno, Italy

Europe as a Global Player in Internet Governance

General Chairs: Francesco Amoretti · Mauro Santaniello
4th editionCancelled
2020

Vienna, Austria

Online Information Governance

General Chairs: Meryem Marzouki · Katharine Sarikakis
Cancelled due to COVID-19.
5th editionCancelled
2021

Vienna, Austria

Online Information Governance

Cancelled due to the pandemic.
6th editionNicosia
2022

Nicosia, Cyprus

Global Internet Governance and International Human Rights

General Chairs: Konstantinos Kouroupis · Meryem Marzouki · Katharine Sarikakis
7th editionPadova
2023

Padova, Italy

The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy

General Chairs: Meryem Marzouki · Maria Stella Righettini · Claudia Padovani · Mauro Santaniello
8th editionThe Hague
2024

The Hague, Netherlands

30 Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance

General Chairs: Jan Aart Scholte · Tatiana Tropina · Meryem Marzouki · Mauro Santaniello
9th editionSalerno
2025

Salerno, Italy

The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges

General Chairs: Francesco Amoretti · Nicola Palladino · Mauro Santaniello
10th editionDublin
2026

Dublin, Ireland

Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities, and Governance

General Chairs: Edoardo Celeste · Tetyana Lokot · Mauro Santaniello