Dr. Daniel Voelsen
Global Issues Head of Research Division
Areas of Expertise
- Cyber-security
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- Internet Governance
- Technology policy
Dr. Daniel Voelsen works on issues at the intersection of technology and foreign policy. He is particularly interested in the political debates about the future of the Internet as they take place in the institutions of global Internet governance, as well as the use of digital technologies as a means in shaping (international) politics. In his capacity as head of the Global Issues Division, Daniel Voelsen also engages with the conceptual debates on conflict and cooperation in the global order.
Working GroupsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 2021: Head of Global Issues Research Division
Since 2017: Research Associate at SWP, Co-Coordinator Cyber Cluster
2010-2017: Research Associate in the collaborative research center “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood” at Freie Universität Berlin; visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York, New York University and the University of Cambridge.
SWP Publications
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United Nations General Assembly Resolutions: Voting Data and Issue Categories
Research Data 2024/FD 001 V3.0, 31.03.2024doi:10.7802/2702
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India as an Ambivalent Partner in Global Digital Policy
Potential and Limits of Cooperation in the Digital Economy and Internet Governance
SWP Comment 2022/C 10, 15.02.2022, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C10
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Diplomacy and Artificial Intelligence
Reflections on Practical Assistance for Diplomatic Negotiations
SWP Research Paper 2022/RP 01, 20.01.2022, 31 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022RP01
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Internet from Space
How New Satellite Connections Could Affect Global Internet Governance
SWP Research Paper 2021/RP 03, 12.04.2021, 31 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021RP03
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Digital Spheres of Influence
in: Strategic Rivalry between United States and ChinaContribution to a Research Paper 2020/RP 04, 06.04.2020, 53 Pages, pp. 30–34
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One World, Two Visions, Multiple Nets?
Working Paper of the Global Issues Division, 2019/Nr. 2, November 2019, 5 pages
External publications
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Centrality and Power: The Struggle over the Techno-Political Configuration of the Internet and the Global Digital Order
in: Padovani, Claudia et al. (eds.), Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, pp. 57-73.doi:10.1007/978-3-031-29616-1_4
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Centrality and power. The struggle over the techno-political configuration of the Internet and the global digital order
in: Policy & Internet, 21.03.2022doi:10.1002/poi3.296
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International political authority: On the meaning and scope of justified hierarchy in international relations
in: International Relations, 2019, pp. 1-23.doi:10.1177/0047117819856396
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Germany Risks U.S. Backlash If It Hires Chinese Company Huawei For 5G Tech
in: NPR, All Things Considered, 18.03.2019 (online) -
Justice and Foreign Rule. On International Transitional Administration
Basingstoke (UK): Palgrave Macmillan, 178 pages