In their blog posts, Diplo alumni analyse various diplomatic and digital policy issues, incorporating the knowledge they gained in Diplo’s online courses and programmes.
If you too would like your work to be featured on the Alumni Blog, please contact Dr Andre Saramago at andres@diplomacy.edu.
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5 things I’ve learned on public speaking
08 May 2017
Communication, Diplomacy courses and workshops, Diplomatic theory and practice, Public diplomacy
Public speaking ranks among the top five things that scare people. Some of us would rather jump into a pool of spiders, hug a clown, or willingly sit through a dental procedure without anaesthesia, just to avoid the...
[WebDebate #12 summary] Standardisation: Practical solutions for strained negotiations, or an arena for realpolitik?
Our May WebDebate looked at standards as tools for managing international relations and discussed the process of negotiating and implementing the standards. Standards define our everyday lives in ways most people do n...
HRC 34th session: digital rights in general, privacy in particular
A year after the first report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, national and international governmental surveillance activities remained in focus in the second report. The report of UN...
A 12-step guide to implementing the SDGs
22 April 2017
Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy
Based on contributions from: Evelyn Namara, Meri Baghdasaryan, Adriana Castro, Alessia Zucchetti, Victor Ryan Biran, June Okal, Derek Yam, Manuel Sebastian Roa Gomez, Lai Ying Jojo Tang, and Michael J. Oghia A few mo...
Diplo alumnus appointed UNECE’s Executive Secretary
21 April 2017
Olga Algayerova, a Diplo and the University of Malta alumnus, of Slovakia, has just been appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). She will succeed Christian Friis B...
Navigating implicit communication: reflections from a two-day workshop
21 December 2016
Communication, Diplomatic theory and practice, Language and diplomacy
A two-day workshop on implicit communication was held in Belgrade and facilitated by linguist Dr Biljana Scott. The event, organised by DiploFoundation, was open to people from all backgrounds and professions. My fiel...
Effectiveness of multistakeholderism: the Kenya ICT Review 2016
19 December 2016
Diplomatic theory and practice, Gender rights online, Multistakeholder diplomacy
Collective decision making is not alien to African culture. In many traditional societies, decisions were made by a council after listening to the views of different age groups and other societal groupings. In Kenya f...
MA students graduate in Malta
16 December 2016
Diplomatic theory and practice, Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy, Online education
Eight students recently graduated Master in Contemporary Diplomacy from the University of Malta and DiploFoundation. Two of the students undertook a specialisation in Internet governance. The graduates and their ...