Syracuse University

SUinDC continued its "Back-to-School" series that showcases current faculty and what is hapening in Syracuse classrooms today.  On Monday, March 21, DC-area alums sat in on a class held at the Greenberg House, titled "Internet Governance in the Era of Wikileaks, Cybewar and Content Filtering" with Milton Mueller.

Professor Mueller discussed the ways the Internet challenges the ability of nation-states to control communication and information, giving examples of recent incidents of Internet governance and how they are leading to new forms of global control of the World Wide Web.

If you weren't able to make the program or just want a quick recap on the event, click here to see the live Twitter conversation on Internet governance.

Professor Milton Mueller teaches and conducts research on the political economy of communication and information.  He uses the theoretical tools of property rights analysis, institutional economics, and historical and quantitative social science methods.  He has a longstanding interest in the history of communication technologies and global governance institutions. His new book Networks and States: The global politics of Internet governance (MIT Press, 2010) provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic drivers of a new global politics.  His research has been cited and utilized by policymakers in the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and New Zealand.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, and serves on the international editorial boards of the journals Telecommunications Policy, The Information Society, and Info: The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunication, Information and Media.  For more information about Professor Mueller, visit his Home Page.