[Commlist] CFP Statecraft, Sovereignty and Digital Government

*Statecraft, Sovereignty and Digital Government*
A two-day symposium, 16-17 April, 2026, Goldsmiths, University of London 
(Submission deadline: 12 December, 2025)


Confirmed invited speakers include:
José van Dijck
Dang Nguyen
Paolo Gerbaudo
Lina Dencik
Fenwick Mckelvey

Support bursary
We are delighted to announce one travel and accommodation bursary will 
be given to support a PhD or early career researcher. We especially 
welcome applications from global majority populations. If you wish to be 
considered for the bursary, please send a separate email to the event 
organisers along with the normal abstract submission.

Indicative topics:

  * Digital sovereignty
  * Digital transformation initiatives
  * Transnational collaboration around digital transformation
  * Public-private relations between consultancies/tech companies and
    the state
  * Digital government as an exercise in statecraft (both internal and
    external)
  * Software as a source of soft or hard power
  * The persistence of open-source initiatives within public services
    and resources
  * Critical accounts of “Govtech”
  * Historicising digital transformation
  * Citizen or civil software
  * AI and digital government
  * Case studies of alternatives to Big Tech in the public sector
  * GitHub and government software
Full event details and submission portal: 
https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/research/statecraft-sovereignty-and-digital-government-/ 
<https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/research/statecraft-sovereignty-and-digital-government-/>


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