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SUMMARY:Digital Infrastructure\, the State and Digital Sovereignty
DTSTAMP:20260501T175511Z
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DESCRIPTION:Digital Public Infrastructure – or Digital Public Infrastructur
	es (DPIs) – is a\npopular new term in global policy and governance. It is 
	promoted by\norganisations such as the United Nations\, the World Bank\, l
	arge philanthropic\nfoundations\, and governments in both the Global North
	 and the Global South. DPI\nis closely linked to digital sovereignty (havi
	ng control over your own digital\nsystems) and to governance (how we make 
	decisions together).\n\nDPIs include Cloud Storage\, Networks\, Data Proto
	cols and Standards\, as well as\nSoftware and Tools. Building on the India
	 Stack model\, DPIs or DPI-like\ninfrastructures are now being implemented
	 in over 100 countries and even within\nthe European Union (Eurostack).\n\
	nDPIs offer new ways of thinking about infrastructure\, governance and the
	 role of\nthe state. We invite you to a panel discussion to explore the po
	ssibilities and\nimplications of these new ways of thinking about digital 
	sovereignty and\ngovernance.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nNiels ten Oever Assistant Pr
	ofessor of European Studies and co-chair of the\nCritical Infrastructure L
	ab at the University of Amsterdam. Niels studies how\ninvisible infrastruc
	tures shape the socio-technical ordering of information\nsocieties and how
	 this affects the distribution of wealth\, power\, and\nopportunities.\n\n
	Carolina Maurity Frossard Assistant Professor of Political & Economic Geog
	raphy\nand co-director of the Centre for Urban Studies at the Amsterdam In
	stitute of\nSocial Science Research (AISSR) at the University of Amsterdam
	. Carolina\ninvestigates how digital devices and infrastructures shape soc
	io-spatial\npolitics and inequalities at different scales.\n\nNafis A. Has
	an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of\nAmsterdam. He
	 studies the impacts of digital technology on humans and\norganizations in
	 the realm of public governance in South Asia.\n\nBidisha Chaudhuri Assist
	ant Professor of Government\, Information Culture and\nDigital Citizenship
	 in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Bidisha\nconducts resear
	ch on the political economy of digital infrastructures and\ngovernance in 
	the Global South.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/digital-infrastructure-the-state-and-di
	gital-sovereignty
GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879
LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,discussion,spui
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Digital Public Infrastructure – or Digital 
	Public Infrastructures (DPIs) – is a popular new term in global policy and
	 governance. It is promoted by organisations such as the United Nations, t
	he World Bank, large philanthropic foundations, and governments in both th
	e Global North and the Global South. DPI is closely linked to digital sove
	reignty (having control over your own digital systems) and to governance (
	how we make decisions together).  </p>  <p>DPIs include Cloud Storage, Net
	works, Data Protocols and Standards, as well as Software and Tools. Buildi
	ng on the India Stack model, DPIs or DPI-like infrastructures are now bein
	g implemented in over 100 countries and even within the European Union (Eu
	rostack).  </p> <p>DPIs offer new ways of thinking about infrastructure, g
	overnance and the role of the state. We invite you to a panel discussion t
	o explore the possibilities and implications of these new ways of thinking
	 about digital sovereignty and governance.  </p> <h3>S<strong>peakers</str
	ong></h3> <p><em><strong>Niels ten Oever</strong></em> Assistant Professor
	 of European Studies and co-chair of the Critical Infrastructure Lab at th
	e University of Amsterdam. Niels studies how invisible infrastructures sha
	pe the socio-technical ordering of information societies and how this affe
	cts the distribution of wealth, power, and opportunities. </p> <p><em><str
	ong>Carolina Maurity Frossard</strong></em> Assistant Professor of Politic
	al &amp; Economic Geography and co-director of the Centre for Urban Studie
	s at the Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) at the Uni
	versity of Amsterdam. Carolina investigates how digital devices and infras
	tructures shape socio-spatial politics and inequalities at different scale
	s. </p> <p><em><strong>Nafis A. Hasan</strong></em> Assistant Professor of
	 Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He studies the impacts of di
	gital technology on humans and organizations in the realm of public govern
	ance in South Asia. </p> <p><strong><em>Bidisha Chaudhuri</em> </strong>As
	sistant Professor of Government, Information Culture and Digital Citizensh
	ip in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Bidisha conducts resea
	rch on the political economy of digital infrastructures and governance in 
	the Global South. </p>
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