Political science
Digitalisation is reshaping the power of the state and its institutions.
Focus
- Digitalisation and the state
- Public administration
Political science, international relations and technology
Buğra Öngen
A student of the state, sovereignty and power in the digital age.
Malatya 38.36 degrees north, 38.31 degrees east
What I work on,
Eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia and the Black SeaNight lights: NASA Black Marble, 2016
What I work on
In the digital age states build their power not only on their territory but in their cables, their servers and their rules. I study this new geography of sovereignty by reading maps, data and law together: where a line runs, who controls it and which rules apply are parts of the same question.
Three fields
International relations
Diplomacy now concerns infrastructure, data and platforms too.
Focus
- International diplomacy
- Digital sovereignty
Technology
Infrastructure, data and platforms are not neutral: they reshape the power of states.
Focus
- Games in education
- Unmanned aerial vehicle technology
- Electrical and electronics engineering