Congratulations to Emrys Shoemaker, who has received funding from the Robert Bosch Stiftung for his new research project, "Digital Sovereignty: Mobility, Identification, Inclusion". Hosted by the Global Governance Centre, the project examines digital sovereignty and border dynamics in global governance.
More About the project
The project "Digital Sovereignty: Mobility, Identification, Inclusion" will establish a Digital Sovereignty Observatory (DSO) informed by applied research and the experiences of people affected by migration systems. This international research will examine how emerging technologies are reshaping border dynamics, creating new social and political boundaries while reinforcing or challenging existing ones.
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About Emrys Shoemaker
Emrys Shoemaker is a Senior Research fellow at the Global Governance Centre, where he leads the Robert Bosch Foundation funded “Digital Sovereignty Observatory” and the Swiss National Science Foundation funded project “Digital Transformation of Government: Strengthening or Disintermediating Democracy?”. He holds a PhD in International Development from the London School of Economics, and has held visiting positions at Cornell Tech, the London School of Economics and the Graduate Institute. His work as been supported by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Centre and the Swiss National Foundation. Emrys also leads Caribou’s Policy and Advisory Practice, in which capacity he conducts research and advises governments, multilateral organisations (United Nations, World Bank), philanthropic foundations and industry on issues around digital transformation, digital infrastructure and the implications for politics, the economy and society.
Emrys’s scholarly interests focus on digital transformation and the implications for organisations, politics and processes of international development and humanitarian response. He is particularly interested in issues of governance, particularly as they related to digital infrastructure, data and emerging technologies such as AI.
His research has been published in academic journals such as Data & Policy, Big Data and Society, Information Systems Journal, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Information Technology and Development and International Journal of Communication, as well as media outlets including the Guardian, Tech Policy Press and Global Policy.