National diploma of Master Droit, Économie, Gestion
Mention études européennes et internationales
Digitalisation is a critical issue in today’s global and European politics. The ways in which digitalisation affects states, politics, government, diplomacy and society are some of the issues covered by ESPOL’s master’s degree in Digital Politics and Governance. This unique training programme in France, combining theory and practice, allows students to gain detailed knowledge about both digital technologies, politics and the interaction between the two and acquire the skills necessary to access key professional positions in public and private organisations.
Overview
Meeting the challenges of digitisation in global politics
Digitalisation is a critical issue in today’s global and European politics. The fast spread of the internet to 63% of global population today and the increased use of digital tools for politics and policy-making bring about new opportunities and challenges. While it was hoped that the internet and digital tools would reduce barriers leading to more collective, democratic and borderless collaboration inducing positive social and political change, more recently the internet became to be seen to more likely reinforce existing barriers and even as rising threat to individuals, society, (democratic) governments. Thus, this master brings together students from different backgrounds to study various political, legal and social problems of the today’s digitalisation processes and explore new solutions to address them.
A collaborative, professionalising programme offering comprehensive expertise
The master’s programme Digital Politics and Governance examines the ways in which digitalisation affects states, politics, government, diplomacy and society. It explore how public authorities (regional bodies, nation states, European institutions, UN agencies) and private actors (individuals, organisations, transnational businesses, NGOs, etc.) shape the digital transformation of politics. The Master discusses opportunities and challenges as well as the negative and positive externalities of such digital transformations for states, societies, organisations and individuals.
Because these questions require political, legal and technical knowledge, the master’s programme in Digital Politics and Governance is organised in close collaboration with practitioners and expert from related disciplines such as law and computer science. It includes numerous contributions from digital technology professionals; and field trips to key European Agencies and digital-related policy events.
Job opportunities
This master’s degree opens up a wide range of career opportunities:
- National regulation bodies: for example, in France, CNIL, ARCEP;
- Big tech companies: for example in their public affairs departments;
- Businesses and private sector: for example as digital strategy advisor;
- Start-ups or think tanks in the digital sector: for example France Digitale;
- Public administration at national and subnational level: ministries, regional and local authorities, but also other public administration agencies recruit experts in digital transformation of public policy;
- International and European organisations: the European Union, the OECD or the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity;
- NGOs, trade unions, interest groups and lobbies operating in the digital and data sector, in citizens’ digital rights or digital inclusion;
- Academic career: students graduating from our MA can also access doctoral programmes to pursue an academic career.
