🌎📚 Applications Open: Exchange Semester at Insper, São Paulo, Brazil + Digital Policy Leadership Program (Fall 2025)

Apply for the Digital Policy Leadership Program (DPLP)—a semester-long exchange for bachelor students from the University of St.Gallen and Insper, São Paulo, funded by the Lemann Foundation.

Why join?
Explore some of the most pressing questions in data privacy, intellectual property, information integrity, platform accountability, and innovation within diverse and dynamic global contexts.

What’s in it for you?
– Leadership workshops to enhance career planning and decision-making skills.
– Academic courses on digital governance and emerging technologies.
– Research opportunities, mentorship, and access to Geneva’s policymaking hub.
– Lead the Digital Policy Day.

What’s covered?
Flights, accommodation, and boarding in São Paulo, plus travel and expenses for capacity-building and networking events.

📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2024, 16:00 (CET).

💻 Info session: 27 November 2024, 17:00 (CET) – join via https://unisg.zoom.us/j/61251629159#

📧 Got questions?

Academic queries: Prof. Dr. Mariana Valente () or Isabella Bassani ().
Application-related inquiries: HSG Exchange Program Office ().

The DPLP is an exchange program that brings together students from Insper in Brazil and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, funded by the Lemann Foundation and supported by the Law and Economics Foundation. Designed to develop the next generation of digital policy and Internet governance leaders, the program is open to bachelor’s students from both institutions and encourages participation from diverse academic backgrounds.

We are welcoming our first cohort of students, who started their fellowship with a tailored visit to the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) on August 7th. CGI.br is the most important organization in promoting and coordinating Internet governance and development in Brazil. Students had an overview of the different activities it undertakes and how it tackles the challenges in governing the internet in a country of continental dimensions. Now we are about to welcome the Brazilian students in Switzerland!

Throughout the DPLP, participants from both schools will engage in classes, collaborative research projects, and special events such as visits to Geneva and self-organized events. These experiences provide them with interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and hands-on skills needed to make a real impact on digital policy in the future.

Want to be part of this transformative experience? Learn more about the DPLP and how you can apply!

Last Friday, the Brazilian Supreme Court mandated a national shutdown of X/Twitter following the platform’s non-compliance with court orders to block certain users’ profiles. This action came after Twitter announced the closure of its Brazilian headquarters without appointing a legal representative. This escalated tensions with the court, particularly with Justice Alexandre de Moraes, whom Elon Musk has been openly criticizing on the platform.

The dynamics are complex: Justice Moraes has been particularly important and active in countering anti-democratic threats over recent years. There are questions about the justifiability of his practices outside these contexts and the necessary actions to validate his decisions. Mariana Valente, Assistant professor at University of St.Gallen and Director at InternetLab, São Paulo talked about this with the New York Times.

Die beiden Vizedirektorinnen Mariana Valente und Miriam Buiten organisieren gemeinsam mit dem HSG Law & Tech Lab eine wegweisende Konferenz zur Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz. Dieses spannende Event wird am 22. März 2024 im Technopark Zürich stattfinden.

Es erwartet Sie ein fesselndes Programm mit einer inspirierenden Keynote von Bundesrat Beat Jans sowie Fachvorträgen und Podiumsdiskussionen mit führenden Persönlichkeiten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis.

Melden Sie sich jetzt an und werden Sie Teil dieser wegweisenden Diskussion! Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, Ihr Netzwerk zu erweitern und sich mit Experten auf diesem Gebiet auszutauschen.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme und auf einen inspirierenden Tag voller Erkenntnisse und Diskussionen.

Der neue Fachbereich untersucht die Regulierung digitaler Phänomene wie Plattformen oder AI. Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten und Prof. Dr. Mariana Valente forschen in diesem Bereich und publizieren laufend Ihre Ergebnisse.