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Created page with "= Summary = {| class="wikitable" |- |Name of your School: | Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING) |- |Is your School a global, regional or national initiative? |global |- |Who is the convenor/s of your School? |University of Salerno, Internet & Communication Policy Center |- |Is your School targeting one specific stakeholder group (i.e. do you focus on young people)? |SWING is a Winter School on Internet Governance designed to provide an advanced education..."
 
 
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|Name of your School:
|Name of your School:
| Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING)
| SWING – School on Internet Governance
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|Is your School a global, regional or national initiative?
|Is your School a global, regional or national initiative?
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|Who is the convenor/s of your School?
|Who is the convenor/s of your School?
|University of Salerno, Internet & Communication Policy Center
|United Nations University, Bruges
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|Is your School targeting one specific stakeholder group (i.e. do you focus on young people)?
|Is your School targeting one specific stakeholder group (i.e. do you focus on young people)?
|SWING is a Winter School on Internet Governance designed to provide an advanced educational pathway for graduate students, early researchers, ICT professionals, and policymakers.
|Graduate students, early-career researchers, ICT professionals, policymakers
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|Region or country your School is based:
|Region or country your School is based:
|Italy
|Euro-Mediterranean Region
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|Year of foundation:
|Year of foundation:
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|Besides Internet Governance do you focus on another sub topic?
|Besides Internet Governance do you focus on another sub topic?
|The program aims to enhance the understanding of the themes and the stakeholders involved in the development, configuration, administration, and regulation of the Internet and digital technologies.
|Cybersecurity, Digital Sovereignty, Digital Constitutionalism
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|Is your school associated with or co-located with any other event or process?
|Is your school associated with or co-located with any other event or process?
|The school is located at research center that coordinates the GIG-ARTS scholarly network and the annual GIG-ARTS conference
|No
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|What is the funding model of your SIG?
|What is the funding model of your SIG?
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|Please provide the link to the website of your school:
|Please provide the link to the website of your school:
|www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025
|cris.unu.edu/swing-school-on-internet-governance
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|Anything else you would like to tell us about your school?
|Anything else you would like to tell us about your school?
|Participants will gain comprehensive knowledge and skills on topics that have long been integral to the agendas of national and international policymakers. These topics include the governance of protocols and standards, of telecommunication systems, of platforms, data and applications. Policy principles and governance mechanisms will be explored, with in-depth discussions about multi-stakeholder governance, digital constitutionalism, digital sovereignty, digital cooperation and diplomacy, cybersecurity and cyber-intelligence.  
|SWING – School on Internet Governance 2026 will take place in Bruges, 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 and interactive group work, participants collaboratively analyse key governance issues and develop policy recommendations to be presented during the program’s final sessions. 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.
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 1 February 2026

Summary

Name of your School: SWING – School on Internet Governance
Is your School a global, regional or national initiative? global
Who is the convenor/s of your School? United Nations University, Bruges
Is your School targeting one specific stakeholder group (i.e. do you focus on young people)? Graduate students, early-career researchers, ICT professionals, policymakers
Region or country your School is based: Euro-Mediterranean Region
Year of foundation: 2025
Frequency of your School: annually
Duration of your School: 5 days
Besides Internet Governance do you focus on another sub topic? Cybersecurity, Digital Sovereignty, Digital Constitutionalism
Is your school associated with or co-located with any other event or process? No
What is the funding model of your SIG? Not for profit
Please provide the link to the website of your school: cris.unu.edu/swing-school-on-internet-governance
Anything else you would like to tell us about your school? SWING – School on Internet Governance 2026 will take place in Bruges, 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 and interactive group work, participants collaboratively analyse key governance issues and develop policy recommendations to be presented during the program’s final sessions. 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.
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