Tech Diplomacy as Experimentalist Governance: A case study analysis of Denmark and Switzerland

Diplôme Thèse Tech Diplomacy as Experimentalist Governance: A case study analysis of Denmark and Switzerland eng 2025-07-08 2025-09-22 author Grottola Stefania Pia 887181 director Lavenex Sandra 0000-0002-8769-4492 730994 Service enseignement, recherche, administratif et technique (SdS) (SCSPS) 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:190666 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1906661 SdS 287 The use, political and economic implications of the Internet and new technologies have always shaped diplomatic means and methods leading to new phenomena such as the emergence of tech diplomacy. As a sub-category of Internet gover-nance, tech diplomacy refers to the new modes of states’ interactions with private intermediaries in innovation hubs. The novelty of the phenomenon shows in the lack of scientific data and academic research on the topic. This research project aims to fill this gap addressing the following questions: Why do states introduce tech diplomacy? And how is it currently structured and implemented? We pro-pose a case study analysis of Denmark and Switzerland addressing the questions through exploratory reasoning combining inductive and deductive elements and qualitative research methods based on case study analysis, interview methods and participatory observation. We look at the factors that led Denmark and Switzer-land to establish their tech ambassadors and the practice of tech diplomacy. We examine tech diplomacy approaches through the lens of the Global Experimen-talist Governance (GEG) to link our case study with the broader debate on the transforming nature of contemporary governance within and beyond the state. As the first scientific analysis of tech diplomacy, this project advances our theoretical and empirical understanding of diplomacy in the technological age and makes a concrete contribution to governments and institutions investing in this domain. Dewey 320 121 Département de science politique et relations internationales T3 24 Global Studies Institute 0DJ false 72134ae1-872a-4ad1-8ce1-f6e772999b40 Thesis Public Tech_Diplomacy_(PhD_Manuscript)_-_S.pdf 2056971 application/pdf 56f36854d9c70ee5eb84f2f63ccd9da0f668307a2ed3ca95af614168e6da4e2b a28a8782-d180-4b7d-8a3b-564e3eb8f37d Imprimatur Public GROTTOLA_Stefania_SPO.pdf 58440 application/pdf 5a35dd9e26da56a5d1ff55ac3deeec66639474d76df425da50be19fad1efc1c5 openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales Centres et instituts / Global Studies Institute

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