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{{About|the academic association|the Ethernet protocol|Gigabit Ethernet}}

GigaNet, or the Global Internet Governance Academic Network, is a learned society dedicated to the advancement of the transdisciplinary field of internet studies in general, and the practice of internet governance in specific.{{Cite web |title=Institutions |url=https://internetgovernancelab.org/institutions |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Internet Governance Lab |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Global Forum for Media Development |title=GigaNET |url=https://policy-advocacy.gfmd.info/actors-1/institutions-and-other-organisations/giganet |website=GFMD Policy & Advocacy Center}}. The association aims to study the development and application of shared principles, practices, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.

The organization was established in 2006{{cite book |last=Cogburn |first=Derrick |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-48361-4 |title=Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Information Society |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-48361-4 |page=234|doi=10.1057/978-1-137-48361-4 }} by activists{{cite journal |last1=Fuentes-Bautista |first1=Martha |last2=Lentz |first2=Roberta G. (Becky) |last3=Zanatta |first3=Rafael A. F. |date=2019 |title=Advancing a Social Justice Approach to Internet Governance Studies Pedagogy |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336272516 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3459026 |access-date=11 May 2022}} and researchers who worked together during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which was held between 2003-2005. These individuals aimed to continue scholarly discussions on internet governance in the context of a growing global interest in related institutions, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers, the Internet Governance Forum, and the World Wide Web Consortium. GigaNet holds its annual symposium in conjunction with the Internet Governance Forum {{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Milton |date=2024-12-20 |title=Report on the UN Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh |url=https://www.internetgovernance.org/2024/12/20/report-on-the-un-internet-governance-forum-in-riyadh/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Internet Governance Project |language=en-US}}.

GigaNet maintains a [https://www.giga-net.org/repository-of-internet-governance-syllabi/ syllabus repository] as an open source resource that shows the evolution of how internet governance as a discipline has evolved over nearly two decades.

Topics of research

Common themes researched and explored by GigaNet members include internet protocols and standards, digital sovereignty, encryption, internet censorship, privacy, human rights, regulation impacting the internet (such as GDPR, Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, and NIS2), internet shutdowns, multistakeholder governance, digital constitutionalism, the history of the internet, and internet fragmentation {{Cite journal |last=Marzouki |first=Meryem |date=2010-07-18 |title=Challenges and Constraints in Connecting People : The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet), Case Study |url=https://shs.hal.science/hal-01288942/ |language=en}}.

Activities

The network supports scholarly communication in a number of ways:

Hosting an mailinglist with roughly 400 members
Hosting an open-source repository of syllabi related to internet governance{{Cite web |date=2017-08-08 |title=Repository of Internet Governance Syllabi |url=https://www.giga-net.org/repository-of-internet-governance-syllabi/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |language=en-US}}
Organizing workshops, such as on Internet Standard Setting Research Methods
Co-Sponsoring an Special Issues, such as in Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance{{cite journal |last1=Audenhove |first1=Leo Van |title=New directions in internet governance research |journal=Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance |date=23 September 2013 |volume=15 |issue=6 |doi=10.1108/info-07-2013-0041 |access-date=11 May 2022 |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/info-07-2013-0041/full/html}} and Telecommunications Policy {{cite journal |last1=Radu |first1=Roxana |last2=Kettemann |first2=Matthias C. |last3=Meyer |first3=Trisha |last4=Shahin |first4=Jamal |title=Normfare: Norm entrepreneurship in internet governance |journal=Telecommunications Policy |date=July 2021 |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=102148 |doi=10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102148 |access-date=May 11, 2022|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596121000525 }}
Organizing an Annual Symposium, co-located with the Internet Governance Forum

Conferences

2024 Annual Symposium in Riydah, Saudi Arabia
2023 Annual Symposium in Kyoto, Japan
2022 Annual Symposium in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
2021 Annual Symposium in Katowice, Poland
2020 Annual Symposium Virtual
2019 Annual Symposium in Berlin, Germany
2018 Annual Symposium in Paris, France
2017 Annual Symposium in Geneva, Switzerland
2016 Annual Symposium in Guadalajara, Mexico
2015 Annual Symposium in João Pessoa, Brazil
2014 Annual Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Annual Symposium in Bali, Indonesia
2012 Annual Symposium in Baku, Azerbaijan
2011 Annual Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya
2010 Annual Symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Annual Symposium in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt
2008 Annual Symposium in Hyderabad, India
2007 Annual Symposium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006 Annual Symposium in Athens, Greece

Notable Members

Renowned scholars in the field of internet governance that are members are Sandra Braman, Nannette Levinson, Carolina Aguerre {{Cite web |title=Profesor Carolina Aguerre {{!}} UCU Universidad Católica del Uruguay |url=https://www.ucu.edu.uy/institucional/docente/carolina-aguerre--13485d%20/%3E%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3C!--%20TWITTER%20--%3E%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cmeta%20name= |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=UCU {{!}} Universidad Católica del Uruguay |language=es}}, Olga Cavalli, Madeline Carr {{Cite web |title=Professor Madeline Carr |url=https://www.rusi.org/people/carr |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.rusi.org |language=en}}, Francesca Musiani {{Cite web |last=celinev |date=2023-08-22 |title=Francesca Musiani |url=https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/francesca_musiani/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Center for Internet and Society |language=en-GB}}, Milton Mueller {{Cite web |title=Milton L Mueller {{!}} Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy |url=https://spp.gatech.edu/people/person/milton-l-mueller |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=spp.gatech.edu |language=en}}, Jorge Contreras, Angela Daly {{Cite web |title=Professor Angela Daly {{!}} University of Dundee, UK |url=https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/angela-daly |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.dundee.ac.uk |language=en}}, Blayne Haggart {{Cite web |title=Blayne Haggart |url=https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/political-science/people-in-the-department/blayne-haggart/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Brock University |language=en-CA}}, Jamal Shahin {{Cite web |title=Jamal Shahin |url=https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/jamal-shahin |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Vrije Universiteit Brussel |language=en-GB}}, and Natasha Tusikov {{Cite web |title=Natasha Tusikov |url=https://www.cigionline.org/people/natasha-tusikov/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Centre for International Governance Innovation |language=en}}

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Topics of research

Activities

Conferences

Notable Members

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