The BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role in the global digital economy. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations contribute to the digital economy supply chain from data and chips to algorithms and telecommunications infrastructure. These nations practice digital sovereignty — a widely misunderstood term, and their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a multi-country Global South perspective. It tackles a wide range of digital sovereignty topics and varied methodologies. Please join us as we define and discuss digital sovereignty in the BRICS.
Speakers:
Dr. Min Jiang, Professor of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dr. Luca Belli, Director – Center for Technology & Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School
Moderator:
Dr. Susan Aaronson, Founder and Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub. co-PI, Governance, NSF Trustworthy AI Institute for Law and Society
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Questions? Contact Dr. Susan Aaronson, saaronso@gwu.edu
