On 14-15 May 2026, REMIT researchers at the University of Bremen, Dr. Dennis Redeker and Dr. Chiara Spiniello, attended the 10th European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS 2026), hosted by Dublin City University.
Dennis presented REMIT-funded research data, the now openly available dataset on Digital Bills of Rights (created in cooperation with the Digital Constitutionalism Network), which was also featured in a recent REMIT dashboard. The presentation – supported by University of Bremen research assistants Nikolas Pfannenschmidt and Cedric Bührke – was built around new forays into automated coding of additional documents for an updated dataset and the need to involve humans in the loop of qualitative content analysis. In the presented paper “Enlisting LLMs in Digital Governance Research: Interpreting Digital Bills of Rights at Scale”, Dennis partners with Vasilisa Kuznetsova (Bremen), Nic Suzor (Queensland University of Technology), Kiho Oshima (Bremen), REMIT researcher Mariëlle Wijermars (Maastricht University) and Zach Bastick (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle). Chiara presented a paper entitled “Constitutional Protection of the Environment and the Digital Transition: Can Environmental Clauses Operate as Justiciable Constraints?” and chaired a session on “Digital Sovereignty in a Multilevel Order”.
GIG-ARTS is the leading multidisciplinary conference series for digital governance in Europe. This year’s topic was focused on the intersection of environmental sustainability and digital governance. This year’s hosts and supporters were the DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster, the European Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI), the DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society, the ADAPT Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, the Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN), the Internet & Communication Policy Center, DCU’s Anti-Bullying Centre (ABC), and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Chara and Dennis also participated in the Erasmus+ Blended-Intensive Program (BIP) on “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and Governance” held concurrently.
