L’université Paris 8 est un pôle d’enseignement et de recherche central en Île-de-France dans le domaine des humanités.
IFG Lab is the research laboratory of the French Institute of Geopolitics of the University Paris 8, founded in 2022 by Béatrice Giblin. It was previously called the Centre de recherches et d’analyses géopolitiques-CRAG (Centre for Research and Analysis in Geopolitics), a host research team (EA 353) founded in 1989 at the University Paris 8 along with the first doctoral program and Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (Diploma of Higher Education) in geopolitics in France.
The researchers and doctoral students of IFG Lab study territorial and digital power rivalries. Their research work applies geopolitical methodologies (spatial analysis and stakeholder strategy, cartography and computer graphs) to a wide variety of conflict situations. These can be international (war, diplomacy, environmental conflicts, citizen involvement, etc.), intra-state (redevelopment and infrastructure projects, environmental conflicts, regionalist or nationalist movements, urban geopolitics, electoral rivalries, etc.), or digital conflicts (cyber conflicts, disinformation, geopolitics of digital technologies, international regulation of cyberspace, etc.).
The GEODE project (Geopolitics of the Datasphere), led by IFG Lab, specializes in the strategic challenges of the digital revolution. In 2020, it was awarded the title of Centre of Excellence for International Relations and Strategy by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (geode.science).
Frederick Douzet, director of GEODE, has won an ERC Advanced Grant (2022) for her project DATAROUTES. The postdoctoral researcher will be working full time for the ERC project DATAROUTES.
Research activities, tasks and expected results
Name of the project: DATAROUTES (ERC Advanced Grant 2022)
- Research activities / Content of the research project
DATAROUTES aims to carry out a cartography of Internet data routes in order to understand how the routing strategies of state and non-state actors shape cyberspace and to analyze, as a domain of application, the important security and policy issues it raises for the European Union. The goals of this project are to measure and map Internet routes using open-source data, thanks to DATAROUTES’ Border Gateway Protocol observatory. DATROUTES will provide a platform for open access to its data and methodologies in order to encourage a new stream of research on the geopolitics of data routing.
-Tasks to be performed
Ø Conduct research in Internet governance and/or International/EU law applied to conflicts over Internet routing, Internet connectivity and/or Internet sanctions
Ø Publication of scientific articles, including in peer-reviewed journals, and for science popularization
Ø Participation in scientific and policy events such as conferences, colloquiums, roundtables and workshops
Ø Formulation of policy recommendations
Ø Organization of conferences to disseminate results of the research
- Expected results
Ø Publication of scientific and policy papers in academic journals and policy blogs
Ø Participation in scientific conferences and colloquiums abroad and in France
Ø Support to the activities of DATAROUTES and their organization (conferences, workshops, seminars…)
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, PARTICULAR HARDSHIP ATTACHED TO THE POST
Travel for fieldwork, workshops and conferences approved by the principal investigator will be covered by the project.
- Expected results
Ø Publication of scientific and policy papers in academic journals and policy blogs
Ø Participation in scientific conferences and colloquiums abroad and in France
Ø Support to the activities of DATAROUTES and their organization (conferences, workshops, seminars…)
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, PARTICULAR HARDSHIP ATTACHED TO THE POST
Travel for fieldwork, workshops and conferences approved by the principal investigator will be covered by the project.
EXPECTED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Ø PhD in Social sciences or Public international law or European law on digital issues or Internet governance
Ø Depending on the PhD, sound knowledge in PIL or EU law or Internet governance
Ø Sound knowledge in the law of sanctions, international human rights law, telecommunications law or Internet governance
Ø Good understanding of the Internet connectivity ecosystem
Ø Experience in policy work would be an asset
EXPECTED SKILLS
Ø Ability to work as part of a team
Ø Ability to manage a small team to conduct short and medium-term projects
Ø Excellent aptitude to work in a multi-skills and multi-domain environment to develop cooperation and mutual understanding
Ø Ability to conduct both high level academic research and formulate policy recommendations
Ø Aptitude for using innovative methodologies (cartography, graphs, etc.) to support legal analysis
Ø Self-motivation
Ø Responsiveness
Ø Excellent command of English, knowledge of French or another language is an asset