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Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group

The Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group is an academic collaborative project that aims to further the study and practice of digital diplomacy.

The group is led by Professor Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford) working together with Jennifer Cassidy (formerly DPhil candidate, University of Oxford) and Ilan Manor (DPhil candidate, University of Oxford).

The group holds regular talks, workshops and public events with members of the diplomatic community in London and Europe. 

Recent and forthcoming events

For any inquiries, please email digdiplorox@qeh.ox.ac.uk

  • Symposium on 'How Digital Technologies Influence Relations between Diplomats & the Media'. co-hosted with the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom (June 5, 2018)
  • Workshop on ‘Combating Echo Chambers of Hate’ – grant-based project exploring strategies by which diplomatic institutions can 'fracture' online echo-chambers of hate so as to facilitate engagement and dialogue with online audiences (June 2018, University of Oxford)
  • Digital Public Diplomacy session at the Hague Digital Diplomacy Camp convened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (February 2018)
  • 3rd London Ambassadors' Forum – co-hosted by the Slovakian Embassy to London, examines how emerging technologies challenge and shape the practice of cultural diplomacy (London, February 2018)
  • The Ambassadors’ Forum in Tokyo in partnership with the Israeli embassy (Jan 2018)
  • Israel's 2nd Digital Diplomacy Conference – in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel and attended by diplomats from more than 20 foreign ministries around the world (Jerusalem, December 2017)
  • 2nd London Ambassadors' Forum co-hosted by the Latvian Embassy to London. The forum was attended by Ambassadors from the North Atlantic region and discussed the impact of big data and algorithms on the practice of diplomacy (London, November 2017)
  • Digital and Technology workshop (November 2017). Download the call for papers.
  • Doctoral Conference on Digital & Public Diplomacy in partnership with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy (Oxford, June 2017)
  • Digital Diplomacy and Social Network Analysis (EISA workshop, Cardiff, June 2017)
  • The Embassy in the Digital Age – workshop at the United Nation Office at Geneva (May 2017, The Palais des Nations)
  • Digital Diplomacy Strategy: What it is and How it Works, with Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv (April 2017)
  • The Ambassadors’ Forum in partnership with the Cyprus High Commission (March 2017)
  • Images and Online Narratives of International Relations (Oxford, Jan  2017)

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Fracturing echo chambers of hate

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Corneliu Bjola
Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies
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Jennifer Cassidy
Research Student
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Ilan Manor
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Books and monographs
Bjola, Corneliu (with James Pamment) (eds) (forthcoming) 'Countering Online Propaganda and Extremism: The Dark Side of Digital Diplomacy', Routledge
Bjola, Corneliu (with Markus Kornprobst) (2018) 'Understanding International Diplomacy: Theory, Practice and Ethics (2nd ed)', Routledge
Cassidy, Jennifer (ed) (2017) 'Gender and Diplomacy', London: Routledge
Bjola, Corneliu (with Marcus Holmes) (eds) (2015) 'Digital Diplomacy: Theory and Practice', London and New York: Routledge

Journal articles and special issues
Bjola, Corneliu (2018) 'The Ethics of Countering Digital Propaganda', Ethics & International Affairs 32 (3)
Bjola, Corneliu (with Ilan Manor) (2018) 'Revisiting Putnam’s Two-Level Game Theory in the Digital Age: Domestic Digital Diplomacy and the Iran Nuclear Deal', Cambridge Review of International Affairs 31 (1) 3-32
Cassidy, Jennifer (2016) 'Crafting strategic MFA communication policies during times of political crisis: a note to MFA policy makers', Global Affairs
Manor, Ilan (2016) 'Crafting strategic MFA communication policies during times of political crisis: a note to MFA policy makers', Global Affairs
Bjola, Corneliu (2016) 'Getting digital diplomacy right: What quantum theory can teach us about measuring impact?', C Bjola (ed) Forum on 'Digital Diplomacy: State of the Art' Global Affairs 2 (3)
Manor, Ilan (2016) 'Are we there yet: Have MFAs realized the potential of digital diplomacy?', Diplomacy and Foreign Policy 1 (2) 1-110
Bjola, Corneliu (with J Pamment) (2016) 'Digital Containment: Revisting Containment Strategy in the Digital Age', Global Affairs 2 (2)

Working papers
Cassidy, Jennifer (2018) 'Digital Diplomatic Crisis Communication: Reconceptualising Diplomatic Signalling in an age of Real Time Governance', DigDiploROx Working Paper No 3
Bjola, Corneliu (2018) 'Adapting Diplomacy to the Digital Age: Managing the Organisational Cultures of Ministries of Foreign Affairs', DigDiploROx Working Paper No 1
Manor, Ilan (2018) 'The Digitalization of Diplomacy: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Terminology ', DigDiploROx Working Paper No 2
17 Jan, 2017
'Generous friend or reckless bully: Sushma Swaraj’s Twitter diplomacy is a dangerous tightrope walk'. Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor quoted in Quartz on Indian Foreign Minister's twiplomatic controversy over Amazon
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17 Jan, 2017
'Trump’s undiplomatic Twitter diplomacy isn’t a joke – it’s a catastrophic risk'. DPhil Jennifer Cassidy co-authors piece for The Conversation
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09 Feb, 2017
'Why is Denmark creating the world's first digital embassy to deal with Google, Facebook and other technology giants?'. Corneliu Bjola comments for BBC Mundo
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07 Apr, 2017
'Diplomacy in the digital age'. Corneliu Bjola interviewed by Lithuanian co-project with The Economist, IQ
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11 Apr, 2017
'Embassy tweets are a nifty way for Russia to push buttons'. Ilan Manor cited in The Times
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22 Apr, 2017
'Re-crafting the Israeli digital narrative'. Corneliu Bjola, Ilan Manor write for Jerusalem Post
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09 Jun, 2017
'From Russia with likes: embassy tweets prove a hit for Moscow'. Ilan Manor cited in Financial Times
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05 Nov, 2017
'Digital diplomacy 2.0 pushes the boundary'. Corneliu Bjola writes for Global Times
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12 Dec, 2017
'Emmanuel Macron a profité du vide laissé par les États-Unis depuis l’arrivée de Donald Trump'. Corneliu Bjola quoted by La Croix in article that explores how California is taking note of French leadership on the climate
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19 Dec, 2017
'Reaping the benefits of digital public diplomacy'. Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor write for the Jerusalem Post
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