IGF 2025 Networking Session #145 Building Internet governance Research for WSIS and Beyond

    AFNIC, CNRS
    Lucien CASTEX, AFNIC, Technical community, WEOG (ONSITE) Francesca MUSIANI, CNRS, Academia, WEOG Elif Kiesow Cortez, IS3C, academia, Asia-Pacific (ONSITE)
    Speakers
    (Confirmed) Julien ROSSI, Academia, EE (ONSITE) (Confirmed) Esther NGOM, Private sector, Africa Nicolas Fiumarelli, LACNIC, technical community, GRULAC (ONSITE) (Confirmed) Elif Kiesow Cortez, IS3C, academia, Asia-Pacific (ONSITE) The session organizers are in the process of contacting several partners organizations to share research projects and contribute to the session.
    Onsite Moderator
    Lucien CASTEX, AFNIC, Technical community, WEOG
    Online Moderator
    Francesca MUSIANI, CNRS, Academia, WEOG
    Rapporteur
    Elif Kiesow Cortez, IS3C, academia, Asia-Pacific (ONSITE)
    SDGs
    4. Quality Education
    9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
    17. Partnerships for the Goals


    Targets: The session aim at building partnership and cooperation between experts and stakeholders by sharing research projects, good practices and ideas (SDG 17). Internet governance research from a technical and policy standpoint contribute to a solid, resilient internet infrastructure that serves as the basis for innovation and promote good governance (SDG 9). Several participants, as teachers, professors and expert contribute to curriculum and quality of education by sharing knowledge and ideas in the networking session (SDG 4).
    Format
    Classroom

    The classroom format would be best suited to this session as it allows for both structured discussion and project presentation while remaining interactive. The format will enable participants onsite and online to dialogue with each other and foster future partnerships and cooperation, which is one of the expected outcomes of the session.
    Duration (minutes)
    60
    Description
    With rapid technological progress and the ubiquitous digitization of society, the Internet has become both a critical infrastructure and an essential driver of society. Its governance is both a central issue as the 20-year review of the WSIS gets underway and a research object. The design and modalities of Internet governance have become both geopolitical, institutional and technical issues, requiring the mobilization of the human and social sciences, from law to political science or ICT sciences, in order to shed light on how they work and evolve. This is all the more important given the multiplication of arenas, from the adoption of the Global Digital Compact to discussions on AI governance and digital cooperation. The session aims to discuss the different methods of social science research applied to Internet governance as well as present different research projects and studies in a multi-stakeholder context, in order to encourage collaboration and strengthen impact as well as promote capacity building and the sharing of expertise and best practices.

    Both on-site and remote participants will be encouraged to contribute to the discussion. In the run-up to the session, the organizers will be inviting stakeholders, in particular experts and researchers, to present their projects. During the session, the classroom format will allow for enhanced interactivity through the use of tools such as Slido and wooclap. This will be complemented by an interactive chat (using a tool like Padnet) to feed into the session in real-time. Both on-site and remote participants will be encouraged to contribute to the discussion. In the run-up to the session, the organizers will be inviting stakeholders, in particular experts and researchers, to present their projects. During the session, the classroom format will allow for enhanced interactivity through the use of tools such as Slido and wooclap. This will be complemented by an interactive chat (using a tool like Padnet) to feed into the session in real-time.