The Information Revolution & Global Governance

Objectives

• The project's primary focus is on the information revolution's impact on global governance within the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. It examines the historical evolution and contemporary transformation of the global communications order---the nexus of international regimes governing international telecommunications, radio frequency spectrum, satellite systems, trade in electronic services, intellectual property, Internet governance, cyber-security, and so on;
• The project's secondary focus is on the flip side of the coin---the information revolution's impact on global governance outside the ICT sector, i.e. in such fields as international conflict management and humanitarian affairs, crime and terrorism, human rights, trade, development, labour, natural resources, energy, and environmental policies.

Highlights 2006-2007

• Continuing participation in current global ICT policy dialogues, particularly with respect to Internet governance
• Toward a Development Agenda for Internet Governance Program

Highlights 2005

• May 2005 workshop at HEI on Global Internet Governance