Session
Subtheme
Organizer 1: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 2: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 3: Government, African Group
Organizer 4: Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 5: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 2: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 3: Government, African Group
Organizer 4: Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 5: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 1: Isadora Hellegren, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 2: Virginia Dignum, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Hon. Neema Lugangira, Government, African Group
Speaker 4: Alex Moltzau, Intergovernmental Organization, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 5: Jason Tucker, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 6: Tatjana Titareva, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 2: Virginia Dignum, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Hon. Neema Lugangira, Government, African Group
Speaker 4: Alex Moltzau, Intergovernmental Organization, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 5: Jason Tucker, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 6: Tatjana Titareva, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Format
Roundtable
Duration (minutes): 90
Format description: The roundtable format fosters interactive dialogue and encourages diverse perspectives from all stakeholders. This format ensures active engagement rather than passive listening, allowing participants to contribute meaningfully to the discussion. This format also reduces barriers to exchange between different types of stakeholder groups. We will invite researchers and policymakers to kick off the discussion and encourage participants from diverse stakeholder groups to join in with their own experiences and suggestions.
Duration (minutes): 90
Format description: The roundtable format fosters interactive dialogue and encourages diverse perspectives from all stakeholders. This format ensures active engagement rather than passive listening, allowing participants to contribute meaningfully to the discussion. This format also reduces barriers to exchange between different types of stakeholder groups. We will invite researchers and policymakers to kick off the discussion and encourage participants from diverse stakeholder groups to join in with their own experiences and suggestions.
Policy Question(s)
A. How can AI policy research support global cooperation in AI governance while respecting regional diversity?
B. What mechanisms can best support the access to and effective integration of AI policy research into AI governance processes?
C. How can AI policy research frameworks be aligned with sustainability and digital rights protection?
What will participants gain from attending this session? Insights into the latest research priorities and trends in AI policy governance.
A deeper understanding of how AI policy research can support governance that intersects with sustainable development, the inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented groups, digital rights, and ethical AI development, decision-making, deployment.
Best practices for inclusive multistakeholder cooperation in AI policy development, including methods for bridging research, policymaking, and industry practices.
Practical knowledge of how to contribute to AI policy research through collaborations, capacity-building initiatives, and knowledge-sharing platforms.
SDGs
Description:
In alignment with the IGF 2025 theme of “Building Digital Governance Together”, this roundtable session will focus on furthering international cooperation in AI policy research, ensuring diverse stakeholder engagement, and strengthening mechanisms to integrate AI policy research into global governance processes. As AI systems and processes evolve rapidly alongside shifting geopolitical dynamics, governance and policy frameworks guiding their development and application must keep pace. A crucial challenge is ensuring evidence-based policy development. This session aims to strengthen the capacity for multistakeholder cooperation in AI policy development through methods for bridging research, policymaking, and industry practices. The discussion builds on the Roadmap for AI Policy Research, which was developed through international multistakeholder collaboration to identify key principles, research priorities, and governance strategies to ensure AI is ethical, transparent, and inclusive. The session will leverage roundtable discussions and live case studies to provide participants with a deeper understanding of how AI policy research can contribute to responsible AI governance. By bringing diverse stakeholders together to share practical knowledge on how to contribute to AI policy research through collaborations, capacity-building initiatives, and knowledge-sharing platforms, this session will strengthen the ability of AI policy research initiatives to effectively inform AI governance. Participants will engage with experts from academia, industry, civil society, and government to discuss core policy priorities, including: Transboundary AI Governance Accountability and Transparency AI and Sustainable Development In addition, participants will identify avenues for effective integration of AI policy research into practice, by exploring needs, challenges, and opportunities for bridging policy priorities with AI policy research initiatives and outcomes. Through these activities, international and multistakeholder collaboration, and with the support of the AI Policy Research Roadmap, we will collectively work towards evidence-based, ethical, and sustainable AI policy and governance.
In alignment with the IGF 2025 theme of “Building Digital Governance Together”, this roundtable session will focus on furthering international cooperation in AI policy research, ensuring diverse stakeholder engagement, and strengthening mechanisms to integrate AI policy research into global governance processes. As AI systems and processes evolve rapidly alongside shifting geopolitical dynamics, governance and policy frameworks guiding their development and application must keep pace. A crucial challenge is ensuring evidence-based policy development. This session aims to strengthen the capacity for multistakeholder cooperation in AI policy development through methods for bridging research, policymaking, and industry practices. The discussion builds on the Roadmap for AI Policy Research, which was developed through international multistakeholder collaboration to identify key principles, research priorities, and governance strategies to ensure AI is ethical, transparent, and inclusive. The session will leverage roundtable discussions and live case studies to provide participants with a deeper understanding of how AI policy research can contribute to responsible AI governance. By bringing diverse stakeholders together to share practical knowledge on how to contribute to AI policy research through collaborations, capacity-building initiatives, and knowledge-sharing platforms, this session will strengthen the ability of AI policy research initiatives to effectively inform AI governance. Participants will engage with experts from academia, industry, civil society, and government to discuss core policy priorities, including: Transboundary AI Governance Accountability and Transparency AI and Sustainable Development In addition, participants will identify avenues for effective integration of AI policy research into practice, by exploring needs, challenges, and opportunities for bridging policy priorities with AI policy research initiatives and outcomes. Through these activities, international and multistakeholder collaboration, and with the support of the AI Policy Research Roadmap, we will collectively work towards evidence-based, ethical, and sustainable AI policy and governance.
Expected Outcomes
An updated AI Policy Research Report that includes the latest developments in AI policy research and reflections from under-represented groups respecting regional variations of AI governance.
A collaborative action plan for a community of practice that will enhance multistakeholder engagement in AI policy research.
A call to action to build bridges between AI researchers, policymakers, and civil society to co-develop responsible AI policies.
Increased awareness of the roadmap for AI policy research, encouraging adoption and adaptation by stakeholders.
Hybrid Format: - Live polling and Q&A tools will be used to allow both online and in-person attendees to actively participate.
- A dedicated online moderator will ensure that remote participants can engage in real-time discussions.
- Pre-event engagement through short surveys or discussion prompts to gather participant input beforehand.