Conferences

The Policy & Internet Conference will return to the University of Sydney, 30 September – 2 October, 2026. We look forward to welcoming scholars, practitioners and policymakers from across the globe to share new research and ideas at The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. Stay up to date with conference and journal news by subscribing to our newsletter: https://internet-policy-meco.sydney.edu.au/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/ …

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s Policy & Internet conference at The University of Sydney. Focusing on the contested nature of ‘good’ Internet policy, we were joined by a range of outstanding scholars from institutions from around the world, including Nanyang Technological University; University of Tehran; Yale University; University of Technology Sydney; University of Queensland’s Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Academy of Research; University of Canberra; University of Milan; University of California; University of Edinburgh; Beijing Language and Culture University; King’s College London; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; and Universidad Catolica Del Uruguay. Over three days, scholars and students presented research and engaged in discussion on a broad range of Internet policy issues, everything from news media, politics, fashion and entertainment content regulations, misinformation, artificial intelligence, the digital platform political economy, digital content labour, online harms, security, sovereignty and data ethics. Associate Professor …

The Policy & Internet conference will bring together a range of international voices to demonstrate how varying approaches towards internet policy are established, embodied and engaged with by a variety of stakeholders. Together, scholars and policymakers will discuss current practices, alternative designs and the ‘unknowns’ that are required for inclusive internet governance …

Join us in shaping Internet policy discourses at a conference designed to challenge, inspire and innovate …

Join us in shaping Internet policy discourses at a conference designed to challenge, inspire and innovate …

The International Communication Association (ICA) will be hosting its annual Post Conference at the University Sydney, on the topic of digital sovereignty.  …

The conference brought together leading local and international scholars and practitioners from the fields of communication, political and computational sciences and law …

Together, scholars and policymakers will discuss current practices, alternative designs and the ‘unknowns’ that are required for inclusive internet governance …

Today, internet policy must confront issues relating to embedded interests, monopoly power, geopolitics, colonisation, warfare, automation, the environment, misinformation, safety, security and more …