Research Methods

Research Publications

• DeNardis, L., Cogburn, D. L., Musiani, F., & Levinson, N. (Forthcoming). Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures.

• Francesca Musiani, Alexandre Mallard, and Cécile Méadel (2017). “Governing What Wasn’t Meant To Be Governed: A Controversy-Based Approach to the Study of Bitcoin Governance”, in Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn (ed.) Bitcoin and Beyond: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Global Governance. London, England, United Kingdom: Routledge, pp. 133-156.

• Dmitry Epstein, Christian Katzenbach, and Francesca Musiani (2016). “Doing Internet Governance: How Science and Technology Studies Inform the Study of Internet Governance”, Internet Policy Review [en ligne], Vol. 5, Issue 3.

• Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Francesca Musiani (2016). “Towards a (De)centralization-Based Typology of Peer Production”, TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 14(1): 189-207.

• Francesca Musiani (2015). “Practice, Plurality, Performativity and Plumbing: Internet Governance Research Meets Science and Technology Studies”, Science, Technology and Human Values, 40(2): 272-286.

• Francesca Musiani (2015). “Giants, Dwarfs and Decentralized Alternatives to Internet Services: an Issue of Internet Governance”, Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 10(1): 81-94.

• Aksoy, P. & DeNardis, L. (2007). Information Technology in Theory. Stamford, Connecticut: Thomson.

Media Coverage

• Francesca Musiani authored op-ed La Désinformation, Un Phénomène Économique (fr) (Le Monde, 6/7/18)

• Francesca Musiani TED-type talk on Internet physical infrastructures Les Dessous de la Toile (fr) (Treize Minutes, Mondes Parallèles, Université Paris-Diderot, 2/15/18)

News and Events

Book Launch and Symposium: Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures - Expected Spring 2019
Hosted at American University by the Internet Governance Lab

“The Politics of Internet (De-)centralization: Peripheries, Centres, and their Implications for Networked Civil Liberties” by Dr. Francesca Musiani at the European Communication Research & Education Association Conference - November 1, 2018

Internet Governance Policy Research Impact Panel at #TPRC46 - September 22, 2018
Hosted at American University by the Washington College of Law

Internet Governance Research Methods Symposium - March 21, 2017
Hosted at American University by the Internet Governance Lab