Technology and global affairs innovation hub

The primary mission of the Technology and Global Affairs Innovation Hub is to accelerate technology and collaborative governance to meet contemporary challenges.

The Hub pursues its objectives in three key areas:

• Creating educational resources, for students and practitioners (industry, politics, civil society), to enlighten and empower current and future decision-makers facing issues at the crossroads of technology and international affairs.
• Organising events that bring together practitioners and stakeholders to discuss emerging issues and develop diplomatic, political and technological tools to advance innovation for the common good.
• Accelerating innovative technological projects and governance solutions to meet major contemporary and future challenges (e.g. healthcare, security and sovereignty, economic development, etc.).

An international, multi-stakeholder network serving the common good

The Hub is part of PSIA, which has a vast network: international organisations and think-tanks, transnational companies, academia, and international NGO networks.

Thematic research programmes

The Hub works with renowned Sciences Po researchers and experts. It is home to research programmes on topics such as AI and democracy, encryption, digital identity and digital sovereignty. 

The Hub is at the heart of a collaborative network within Sciences Po (MediaLab, CEVIPOF, Centre for Entrepreneurship, etc.). It also benefits from an extensive network of collaborations with European and international universities (e.g. EUI, IE Madrid, Yale, John Hopkins, etc.)

The three core themes are:

• Technology & democracy (AI and elections, governance, digital diplomacy, etc.)
• Defence and cyber-security (digital identity, digital resilience, etc.)
• Technology and prosperity (Tech 4 Good, tech and sustainable development, etc.)

Some past and upcoming Hub events

• 29 - 30 October 2024 - AI Conference in partnership with Bercy, IMT and Stanford
• 31 May 2024 - World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 Forum High-Level Event, co-organised with UNESCO, EUI, Center for Quantum and Society
• 23 May 2024 - “Civic tech and militarism” with Minister Audrey Tang (Taiwan) and Glen Weyl (Microsoft and RadicalXchange)
• 26 March 2024 - “Internet governance: Where technical protocols meet global affairs” co-organised with Sciences Po Cybersecurity Association, ISOC and Afnic.
• March 7, 2024 - “AI and Gender Equality: friends or foes?” - co-organised with the Paris Peace Forum
• 28 February 2024 - Global Launch: “Artificial Intelligence and its implications for the information and communication space” - co-organised with the Forum on Information and Democracy
   

Examples of policy brief themes in preparation

• Advancing Information for All through Responsible Global Governance of Quantum Technologies, in partnership with the European Union Institute (EUI)
• Responsible digital innovation, as part of the Transatlantic Bridge Conference with IE, Yale and John Hopkins
• Geopolitics of AI, in collaboration with Prof. Dr Wendy Hall, member of the UN’s High-Level Panel on AI
• Information integrity: challenges and possible recommendations

The governance

The Technology and Global Affairs Innovation Hub is headed by Executive Director Constance de Leusse, previosly Executive Director of the Liberty Institute Project (2022-2024) and Vice-President of the Internet Society (2006-2022), who reports to Arancha Gonzalez, Dean of the School of International Affairs and former government Minister. 

The Hub works closely with a network of experts and researchers from within and outside Sciences Po, recognised for the quality of their research. 

About PSIA 

With 1,500 students from over 110 countries, PSIA attracts the best and brightest from around the world. 50% of its graduates go on to work in the private sector. 
PSIA offers a diversified range of courses through its 8 specialised master’s programmes,  which include international security, international governance and diplomacy, and international economic policy, as well as dual degrees with the most prestigious educational establishments in France and abroad. At the start of the 2024 academic year, a ninth master's degree will be introduced: Technology and Global Affairs.  
World-renowned professors and leading practitioners will teach courses combining conceptual foundations with operational training and best practices. With 70% of classes taught in English, students can follow a full course of study in English. The great many public events organised by PSIA offer students regular opportunities to challenge leading international figures.

Become a partner

• Supporting an innovative programme that uses technology and digital technology to meet the major challenges of our time, in Europe and internationally.
• Benefiting from the Hub's resources, network and research output to enlighten and inform your business.
  Advancing research on topical issues at the crossroads of technology and geopolitics by supporting research programmes.
• Collaborating with the Sciences Po - IE Madrid Dual master’s programme in Technology and Global Innovation and benefiting from a direct link with its students.
   

Promoting your value as a partner

As a partner of the Hub and, more broadly, of PSIA and Sciences Po, you benefit from a recognition programme:

• Visibility and mention of your support on the Hub's communication media and communication about the partnership via various channels (Sciences Po & You Newsletter, website, fundraising report...)
• Invitations to all Hub events and meetings
• Invitations to key events in the academic and intellectual life of PSIA and more broadly of Sciences Po (conferences, inauguration of the new academic year, etc.); events dedicated to partners (dedicated conferences, thank-you evenings for sponsors and partners, etc.)

Contact us

Caterina Sabbatini Clec'h
Director of research projects
+33 (0)1 45 49 55 53
caterina.sabbatiniclech@sciencespo.fr