This project is funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation.
Personal data rights, digital identity, discrimination, and autonomy
Corporate accountability, platform governance, and responsible innovation
Regulatory authority, digital jurisdiction, and security frameworks
Cross-border data flows, technical standards, and multilateral cooperation
We examine how emerging technologies—from digital identity systems and digital public infrastructure (DPI) to blockchains and satellite networks—reshape social and political boundaries.
Our mission is to provide evidence-based insights on digital sovereignty challenges, with a particular focus on migration systems and the vulnerable groups navigating them.
This project is funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation.
Join the Humanitarian MERL+AI Learning Group for the book launch of “Aid and ID: Making People Matter” with editor Margie Cheesman and practitioner-contributors.
This half-day workshop, jointly organised by ODI Global and the Digital Sovereignty Observatory, brings together practitioners and academics working across humanitarian practice and the political economy of digitalisation and DPI, to define a shared research agenda.
Dr Margie Cheesman joined humanitarian treasurers, practitioners, providers, and affiliates to participate in the 2026 Annual Conference, discussing primary financial issues impacting the international NGO space.