The seminar runs via Zoom on Tuesdays 12pm-1pm UK time during Oxford term time. Participation is open to researchers and students from any university or research institution. Please send your name and affiliation to philipp.riederle@oii.ox.ac.uk if you would like to join.
- Week 1: Tue 21 Jan 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Mimmi Piikkilä, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
“Global Interdependence in Public Software Procurement” - Week 2: Tue 28 Jan 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Johannes Geith, Stockholm University
“Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Mapping and Explaining a New Regime Complex” - Week 3: Tue 4 Feb 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Mikael Wigell, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
“Balanced Dependence” (tbc) - Week 4: Tue 11 Feb 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Hannah Sophie Weber, University of Oxford
“Corporate Control in Internet Governance: A Democratic Legitimacy Gap?” - Week 5: Tue 18 Feb 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Martina Ferracane, Teesside University
“Digital Trade Regulation: Global Trends” - Week 6: Tue 25 Feb 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Jonas Heering, Georgetown University
“When Big Tech Helps Big Brother: How the Civil Liberty-Security Tradeoff Shapes Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Technology Company Involvement in Government Surveillance” - Week 7: Tue 4 Mar 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Anniki Mikelsaar, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
“Telecom-Marine Cables: The Economics-Security Tradeoff of This Civilian Network Infrastructure with Strategic Relevance” - Week 8: Tue 11 Mar 2025, 12pm-1pm UK time
Corinne Cath, ARTICLE19 and University of Amsterdam
“Clouds Over the Netherlands: How the Dutch Domain Registry’s Move to Amazon’s Cloud Reveals the Future of Internet Governance”
About the Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Seminar
Today’s economies are critically dependent on transnational digital platforms and infrastructures. Platforms are shaped by economic forces but increasingly also by governments’ security interests, while large technology companies have themselves emerged as powerful actors in global politics. The Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Seminar brings together emerging research on the political economy and governance of transnational digital platforms and infrastructures, broadly understood. The virtual seminar is hosted by Professor Vili Lehdonvirta and doctoral researcher Philipp Riederle at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and the Department of Computer Science, Aalto University. The seminar has been running continuously since 2016 and was originally titled the Oxford Platform Economy Seminar.