[Commlist] Swing – School on Internet Governance - call for participants

Belgium, from 20 to 24 April 2026. Hosted by the *United Nations 
University* Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies 
(UNU-CRIS), SWING is designed for *graduate students, early-career 
researchers, ICT professionals, policymakers*, and anyone interested in 
the field. The program aims to strengthen participants’ understanding of 
the actors, processes, and policy challenges, shaping the* governance of 
the internet and digital technologies*. Through a combination of 
expert-led lectures, seminars and interactive group work, participants 
collaboratively analyse key governance issues and develop policy 
recommendations to be presented during the program’s final sessions.

*SWING 2026 Theme: Digital Sovereignty*
The 2026 edition will focus on Digital Sovereignty — a timely and 
fast-evolving concept at the crossroads of Internet governance, 
geopolitics, economics, innovation, and fundamental rights.

*Key Dates*
13 February 2026 — Application deadline, including fee payment
20–24 April 2026 — SWING 2026 (Bruges, UNU-CRIS)

*Core Seminars and Lectures*

  * Introduction to Digital Sovereignty (seminar)
    with */Jamal Shahin/* - VUB, UVA, UNU-CRIS; */Julia Pohle/* - WZB
    Berlin; */Sophie Hoogenboom/* - UNU-CRIS, VUB.
   * From Governance to Sovereignty (seminar)
    with */Jamal Shahin/* - VUB, UVA, UNU-CRIS; */Mauro Santaniello /*-
    University of Salerno; */Julia Pohle/* - WZB Berlin.
  * EuroStack: European Digital Sovereignty (seminar)
    with */Paul Timmers/* - University of Oxford, European University
    Cyprus, KU Leuven; */Niels ten Oever/* - University of Amsterdam;
    more TBA
  * Digital Sovereignty and Competitiveness
    with */Orsolya Gulyas/* - Brussels School of Governance
  * Digital Sovereignty and Fundamental Rights
    with */Marianne Franklin/* - University of Groningen.
  * Indigenous Data Sovereignty
    with */Claudia Padovani/* - University of Padova.
  * Digital Sovereignty and Undersea Cables
    with */Kavé Salamatian/* - Polytech Annecy-Chambéry.
  * Digital Sovereignty and Semiconductors
    with */Linda Monsees/* - Institute of International Relations Prague.
  * Digital Sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence
    with */Nicola Palladino/* - University of Salerno.
  * Digital Sovereignty and LEOs (Low Earth Orbit satellites)
    with */Berna Akçalı Gür/* - Queen Mary University of London, UNU-CRIS.
  * Internet Governance: Conflicts and Cooperation
    with */Jan Aart Scholte /*- Leiden University.
  * The Geopolitics of Digital Sovereignty (seminar)
    with */Kseniia Ermoshina/*  - CNRS, France; */Grace X.
    Yang/* - Freie Universität Berlin; more TBA.

*Registration*
To register, applicants will be asked to submit:

  * Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  * Completed application form (template
 <https://cris.unu.edu/sites/cris.unu.edu/files/SWING_2026_Registration_Form%20%281%29.docx>)
  * Copy of a valid ID document (passport or national identity card)
  * Proof of payment of the participation fee (receipt/confirmation)

*Participation Fee and What It Covers*
The participation fee is 800,00 € and includes:

  * Registration costs
  * Meals provided during the School programme
  * Social event(s)

The participation fee does not include:

  * Accommodation
    Although students are required to provide for their own
    accommodation, SWING has an agreement with a local hotel that is
    willing to provide a reduced fare for the students of the school.
    Details will be provided after a successful registration.

  * Dinners


*Scientific Committee
Co-directors: *Mauro Santaniello (University of Salerno, UNU-CRIS) and 
Jamal Shahin (VUB, UVA, UNU-CRIS).
*Scientific Advisory Board: *Andrea Beccalli (ICANN), Dennis Broeders 
(Leiden University), Edoardo Celeste (Dublin City University), Philippe 
De Lombaerde (UNU-CRIS), Sophie Hoogenboom (UNU-CRIS, VUB), Robin 
Mansell (London School of Economics), Francesca Musiani (CNRS), Nicola 
Palladino (University of Salerno), Dennis Redeker (University of Bremen) 
and Riccardo Nanni (CNRS).
*Organizing Committee: *Sophie Hoogenboom (UNU-CRIS, VUB), Carlos Andres 
Fonseca Diaz (Ghent University, UNU-CRIS), Armando Antonio Ferrara 
(University of Salerno), Chiara Spiniello (University of Salerno) and 
Stephanie Teeuwen (VUB).

*More information on the programme, faculty and registration*: 
https://cris.unu.edu/swing-school-on-internet-governance 
<https://cris.unu.edu/swing-school-on-internet-governance>
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