[Commlist] Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute

2024 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute

Jesus College, Oxford

July 29-August 9, 2024

https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute-2024/ 
<https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute-2024/>


The 2024 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute is open for applications!


In the tradition of the Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, now in its 
third decade, this year’s edition — /Technology, Policy and Democracy in 
Flux: From Inequalities to Inclusion /— brings together regulators, 
policymakers, graduate students, academics, NGOs and others to engage 
with issues at the heart of technology law and policy: democracy, 
justice, and security in the digital age.

2024 is a year of unprecedented electoral contests. Around 4 billion 
people are expected to vote across 50 countries. As generative AI 
becomes more sophisticated, there are growing concerns about the 
accelerating spread of mis/disinformation around elections and the 
increasing use of internet shutdowns and surveillance as a response to 
both domestic and international threats. As some have suggested, we are 
in the midst of a ‘polycrisis’ turned ‘permacrisis’. In this 
year’s Summer Institute, we will focus on several core themes, including 
AI for development and human rights, its growing application in 
anticipating crises, the role of technology in conflict, and the 
regulation of new technologies, including AI and social media.

With the participation of speakers from around the world, we will 
explore these themes in the context of 2024’s year of elections and the 
pressures facing a range of polities.  By focusing on current events 
such as the continuing wars in Ukraine and Ethiopia, the politics of AI 
policymaking across the Global South, and efforts to curb hate speech in 
countries that have markets marginal to Big Tech, we will explore issues 
of infrastructure, inequalities, and ways to foster inclusion. Our 
approach is decidedly global, with an emphasis on the Global South.

We will also use our vantage point from the UK to discuss emerging 
issues in the EU and engage with local actors, including Ofcom, the BBC, 
and the European Commission.  As with Summer Institutes in the past, we 
will have speakers from across Oxford, as well as prominent guests 
from policy, government and the private sector. One of the most exciting 
aspects of the Summer Institute is the vibrant and engaged group of 
participants and the lasting networks created.

For over two decades, the Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute has built 
a dynamic cohort of alumni worldwide. Join us to discuss contemporary 
issues of global media policy over breakfast, during seminars, and on 
long walks through the Oxford countryside!  Please get in touch with us 
if you have any questions: *(pcmlp /at/ socleg.ox.ac.uk)* 
<mailto:(pcmlp /at/ socleg.ox.ac.uk)>.

Apply by March 24, 2024 for an early decision.

The final application deadline is April 24, 2024.

Apply here: 
https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute-2024/ 
<https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute-2024/>

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