The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) and the Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research, with support from the Centre for Korean Research (CKR) organized a series of panel events on the theme of digital transformations, titled: “Global Conversations about Digital Disruptions”.
Watch the recordings from each event, and browse the articles created as part of this series.
The First Panel
The first panel in the series took place on October 18, 2022, and was titled: Can Democratic Elections Survive the Digital Age?
"Can Democratic Elections Survive the Digital Age" aimed to:
- Assess the level of disruption created by digital platforms, including social media platforms, in democratic elections and democratic outcomes in different national contexts;
- Compare disruptions between national examples to understand what is specific to each context and what are broader patterns; and
- Identify factors that influence the level of disruption caused by digital platforms, and which factors lead to relatively positive, benign, or dangerous electoral and democratic outcomes.
"Can Democratic Elections Survive the Digital Age" brought together a panel of experts to discuss the digital dimension of recent democratic elections in Brazil, Kenya, the Philippines, and South Korea including:
Dr. Aim Sinpeng, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Professor Ivar Hartman, Insper Institute ofEducation and Research
Ms. Angela Odour Lungati, Executive Director, Ushahidi
Professor Jade Kim, Texas A&M University
The event was co-chaired by Professors Heidi Tworek and Yves Tiberghien.
The Second Panel
The second panel in the series took place on December 6th, 2022, and was titled: Mind the Gap: Digital Trade Explosion vs Fragmented Data Governance.
"Mind the Gap" aimed to:
- To understand the implications of fragmented data governance on international data flows;
- To map out evolving paradigms, institutional arrangements, and sources of innovation in data governance; and
- To understand which governance structures can sustain global connectivity, privacy and freedom, and equity and access.
"Mind the Gap" brought together a panel of experts including:
Professor Kyung Sin Park, Korea University Law School
Professor Susan Ariel Aaronson, George Washington University
Stephanie Honey, Honey Consulting
Professor Henry Gao, Singapore Management University
Professor Masahiro Kawai, University of Tokyo
The event was co-chaired by Professors Heidi Tworek and Yves Tiberghien.
The Third Panel
The third panel in the series took place on February 28th 2023, and was titled: Security Competition and Our Digital Future.
"Security Competition and Our Digital Future" aimed to:
- To understand the value and limitations of, using a security lens for the current state of global digital competition;
- To discuss whether, and how, components of the digital space interact with the effects of digital competition; and
- To understand the effects of securitized digital spaces on democracies and democratic institutions.
"Security Competition and Our Digital Future" brought together a panel of experts including:
Elina Noor, ICRC’s Global Advisory Board
Dr. Atsushi Sunami, Sasakawa Peace Foundation & National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Professor Henry Farrell, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Articles
As a part of this series, the following articles were written for the Centre for International Governance Innovation and produced in partnership with CSDI and the Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research.
