Who do you think you are? Individual stakeholder identification and mobility at the Internet Governance Forum

Nadia Tjahja; Trisha Meyer; Jamal Shahin

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102410

Who do you think you are? Individual stakeholder identification and mobility at the Internet Governance Forum

Nadia Tjahja, Trisha Meyer, Jamal Shahin

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Abstract

In order for the Internet Governance ecosystem to work effectively, it requires a variety of expertise and advice from different sectors and backgrounds. Drawing on the public Internet Governance Forum (IGF) participation lists from 2006 to 2019, this paper analyses how individual participants chose to identify themselves in the given frameworks applied across the IGFs, and how they ‘travel’ through the Internet Governance ecosystem over successive fora. Identifying 18,968 unique IGF participants from 2006 to 2019, representing 7326 unique organisations, this paper thus provides an unprecedented level of detail as to who is present in multistakeholder discussions. It sets the scene for a more reflective discussion on the inclusivity and effectiveness of the multistakeholder model pursued at the IGF and engages with literature in the field of stakeholder mobility and stakeholder interests, opening up potential for further research on the legitimacy of multistakeholderism.

Original language	English
Article number	102410
Journal	Telecommunications Policy
Volume	46
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102410 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102410
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the GREMLIN Project, Vrije Universiteit Brussel [grant number: OZR/2017/092].

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© 2022 The Authors

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Copyright 2022 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Internet Governance Forum
Multistakeholderism
Stakeholder identification
Stakeholder mobility
Participation data
Effectiveness
Legitimacy

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Who do you think you are? Individual stakeholder identification and mobility at the Internet Governance Forum

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IRPCOE3: The Contribution of 'regional' multistakeholder mechanisms in improving global Governance (GREMLIN: Global and REgional MuLtistakeholder INstitutions)

Who Do You Think We Are? Recommendations to Improve our Knowledge of the Composition of Multistakeholder Participation at the IGF

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Who do you think you are? Individual stakeholder identification and mobility at the Internet Governance Forum

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IRPCOE3: The Contribution of 'regional' multistakeholder mechanisms in improving global Governance (GREMLIN: Global and REgional MuLtistakeholder INstitutions)

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Who Do You Think We Are? Recommendations to Improve our Knowledge of the Composition of Multistakeholder Participation at the IGF

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