Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL), Phase II: Digitalisation as Chance for Cooperation with Global Partners


  • GIGA‘s Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL), funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, analyses the political drivers and real-world consequences of the digital transformation taking place around the world. The Global South in particular is an important actor in and shaper of this transformation.
    FFO, 2024-2025


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    Research Questions

    In the first phase (2021-2023) of the project, the focus was on digital diplomacy and on analysing the question of what new opportunities, challenges and instruments the digital transformation offers for German foreign policy.

    The second phase (2024-2025) concentrates on analysing the opportunities that digitalisation offers for Germany's cooperation with global partners. Central questions include: Where do individual countries and regions in the Global South stand with regards to digitalization? Where are the points of contact for (tech) partnerships with Germany? Where are new developments arising (e.g. emerging threats from digital disinformation, related reactions, and interventions in the Global South)? What cooperative relationships exist in the field of digitalization in the Global South, and how can the German government and other actors in Germany best respond to this?
    DigiTraL Roundtable

    Federal Foreign Office | 25/04/2024

    DigiTraL Roundtable

    Organiser: Federal Foreign Office Dr. Iris Wieczorek (Organiser)

    The roundtable provides an opportunity to discuss three GIGA studies currently in preparation on Asia, the Gulf region, and Africa. It is part of the project Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL), Phase II: Digitalisation as Chance for Cooperation with Global Partners.

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