30 September 2026 · Jonas Breuer, Carina Nasser · #DATAGOV #EASST #GovernancebyDataInfrastructure #DataInfrastructures #DataAssemblages #STS Hosted in Kraków in early September, EASST 2026—Europe’s largest science & technology studies (STS) conference—asked its participants to think about the more-than-now:the STS conviction that the present is not fixed, that things could be otherwise, and that the future is […]
29 July 2026 · Mattéo Bard · #DATAGOV #SSN2026 #PlanetarySurveillance #Interoperability #Biometrics #DataGovernance #GovernancebyDataInfrastructure From 9 to 12 June, the Université Catholique de Lille hosted the 11th biennial Surveillance Studies Network conference under the theme “Planetary Surveillance.” Under said theme, presenters went beyond one context or technology, and instead exploring the many facets of surveillance,
24 June 2026 · Jonas Breuer, Sruthi Vanguri, Giulia Campaioli · #DATAGOV #CPDP #DataPrivacy #DigitalRights #DataInfrastructures #GovernancebyDataInfrastructure Every year, Brussels hosts CPDP: one of the foremost international conferences at the intersection of technology, law, and society. For a week, academics, regulators, civil society, and industry practitioners share a space to debate the most pressing questions
03 June 2026 · Sruthi Vanguri · #DATAGOV #DigitalSovereignty #Statecraft #DigitalGovernment #DPI #GovernancebyDataInfrastructure Digital government is often discussed through the language of efficiency, innovation and service delivery. After two days of discussions at the Statecraft, Sovereignty and Digital Government symposium at Goldsmiths, University of London (16-17 April 2026) however, I started to think about digital transformation not
11 May 2026 · Joëlle Grotendorst, Giulia Campaioli · #DATAGOV #KickOff #Biometrics #DigitalID #DigitalHealth #Edtech #Infrastructure #ExpertWorkshop #GovernancebyDataInfrastructure We are sitting around the table at the Institute for Advanced Studies, with experts and scholars on data infrastructures from all over the world. The professional illustrator MaryJet, who specializes in mapping processes and projects in a
30 April 2026 · Yelyzaveta Terentieva, Jonas Breuer, Giulia Campaioli · #DATAGOV #KickOff #Biometrics #DigitalID #DigitalHealth #Edtech #Infrastructure On 26 and 27 March, DATAGOV held its Kick-Off event in Amsterdam. The DATAGOV project explores the intersections of data infrastructure, governance, and democratic participation in the digital age to study how data infrastructures shape democratic life.
10 March 2026 · Carina R. Nasser, Mattéo Bard, Sruthi Vanguri · #DigitalCitizenship #DigitalWelfareState #DigitalRights #DigitalPublicInfrastructures On February 12 and 13, we had the opportunity to present our work at the “Understanding and Reimagining the Digital Welfare State” workshop at Oslo Metropolitan University. Over two days, scholars examined how welfare systems are increasingly shaped by
26 February 2026 · Carina R. Nasser · #DigitalID #Brazil #Federl-Local #DigitalPublicInfrastructures After gathering a long list of documents and multiple appointments, Joana has finally managed to have her legal gender changed to match her gender identity. Her city district’s civil registry office has confirmed this change via a nice little package of official-looking papers.
18 February 2026 · Mattéo Bard · #EU #Interoperability #Surveillance #Automation When people joke about mass surveillance, they usually think of NSA intelligence officers listening in on your phone calls. But that image is outdated. Today’s surveillance system do not need to spy on suspects individually. It records everyone, all the time. It passively collects
12 February 2026 · Giulia Campaioli · #RegulatoryDataInfrastructures #Inequality #Brazil In November 2023, the Brazilian non-profit organization Coding Rights held a workshop on their project Map of Internet Territories in Campinas, South-East Brazil. When I arrived at the Fazenda Roseira, where the workshop would be hosted, the chairs had been placed in a circle and a Cartography poster was hanging
