We are excited to invite paper proposals for our panel ‘Data interdependencies and international politics’ at the ECPR conference in Krakow, 8-11th of September 2026, under the section on Knowledge Politics and Policies.
Prof. Alice Vadrot and Dr. Paul Dunshirn will chair this panel. There are two deadlines for interested academics who want to participate:
- Please write the chairs (alice.vadrot@univie.ac.at and paul.dunshirn@univie.ac.at) expressing your interest with a potential title until December 10th. Please also contact them with any questions you may have.
- The final deadline for paper proposals by ECPR is January 5th.
Abstract for the panel
The global circulation and use of data involves various public, private, and multilateral actors, constituting relationships of mutual dependency (‘data interdependencies’) that both shape and are shaped by politics. This includes international politics, where the implementation of multilateral agreements requires cooperation between data holders, as well as domestic politics, where novel forms of ‘data nationalism’ affect the willingness of governments to cooperate. This panel invites empirical and theoretical contributions that examine how such transboundary data interdependencies matter across political contexts, including environmental, technology, and health governance.
