About the Centre
The Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation (CD2I) conducts cutting-edge academic and policy-relevant research on the ongoing digital transformation of society. We critically examine the evolution of new (digital) modes of governance from an interdisciplinary perspective, specifically multistakeholder and democratic processes that involve private, public, and civil society actors, whilst paying attention to issues of power and participation.
Does technology break down barriers to participate in decision-making? What are visible and invisible barriers to participation? How do traditional public values translate into an online environment? Do we govern technology or does technology govern us? Can governance of the Internet be entrusted to private actors alone?
Such questions address the difficulties in leveraging new technologies to enable effective citizen participation, the growing need for continued stakeholder engagement in global, European, national and local governance, and the need for concerted regulation and novel governance approaches in the digital environment.
Key Themes
- Digitalisation and Democracy
- Digitalisation and Innovation
- Legitimacy and Participation beyond the State
- Political Disinformation in a Digital Context
- Digital Markets
- Innovative Education
News at the Centre
Publications
Forging their path in the Brussels bubble? Civil society resistance within the domestic advisory groups created under the EU trade agreements
Domestic advisory groups in EU trade agreements
Participation of Civil Society in EU Trade Policy Making: How Inclusive is Inclusion?
Events
'DSA in Perspective’ 2021 Seminar Series
Ambiguous parties: causes & consequences
DSA in Perspective’ Seminar Series
News
Inan Izci defends his PhD thesis
Brussels School of Governance organises its first Winter School on EU Policy-Making
Briefing EU-NATO Cooperation on Hybrid Threats
In the media
GCHQ’s plans to use AI to tackle disinformation raise thorny questions
Brexit heralds a bleak future for the City of London
How can the law regulate removal of fake news?
Projects
GREMLIN: The Contribution of ‘regional’ multistakeholders mechanisms in improving global governance
UNU
Jean Monnet Module: Europe Explained - Inter-University Summer School on EU Policy-making
Erasmus +
Revisiting the Past, Anticipating the Future
European Commission
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: VOWED - Virtually Excellent: Opening Europe to the World through Innovative Education
Erasmus +
De Staat van Vlaanderen
Study on Freedom of Expression and Addressing Disinformation on the Internet
UNESCO
Contribution to the Next Generation Internet: engaging stakeholders (SpeakNGI)
SpeakNGI