We are part of the Glo­bal Network of Inter­net and Socie­ty Rese­arch Cen­tres (NoC). The NoC a col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve ini­tia­ti­ve among aca­de­mic insti­tu­tions with a focus on inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry rese­arch on the deve­lop­ment, social impact, poli­cy impli­ca­tions, and legal issu­es con­cer­ning the Inter­net. This col­lec­ti­ve aims to incre­ase inte­ro­pe­ra­bi­li­ty betwe­en par­ti­ci­pa­ting cen­ters in order to sti­mu­la­te the cre­ation of new cross-natio­nal, cross-disci­pli­na­ry conver­sa­tion, deba­te, teaching, lear­ning, and enga­ge­ment regar­ding the most pres­sing questions aro­und new tech­no­lo­gies, social chan­ge, and rela­ted poli­cy and regu­la­to­ry developments.