Internet & Communication Policy Center
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
The Internet and Communication Policy Center (ICPC) is a research center that focuses on the policy dimensions of the Internet and digital technologies, addressing some of the most relevant and strategic transformative processes and issues of our time from various perspectives and research lines. Its mission is to collect and exchange theoretical approaches, methodologies, analyses, and data concerning public policies and private practices impacting the Internet and digital governance ecosystem. As an interdisciplinary research center, ICPC gathers scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines, including political science, social science, economics, law, linguistics, information sciences, and communication and media studies. The Center aims to investigate Internet and Communication policies at the intersection of law, technology, norms, and markets. It fosters research and education designed to inform and advance policy-making and rule-making.
EU Legislative Interests
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act). Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/CE Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act) Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act
Communication Activities
Selected Events Hosted/Organized by ICPC in the last three years 2026 GIGARTS Conference “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities, and Governance”, Dublin (https://gig-arts.eu/dublin-2026/) 2026 Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities, and Governance”, Dublin (https://docenti.unisa.it/022145/international/bip?id=1421) 2026 Swing School on Internet Governance, Bruges (https://cris.unu.edu/swing-school-on-internet-governance) 2025 Gigart Conference “The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges", Salerno (https://gig-arts.eu/salerno-2025/) 2025 Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme "Digital Constitutionalism and Digital Sovereignty: Navigating Power and Rights in the Digital Age", Salerno (https://docenti.unisa.it/022145/international/bip?id=1357) 2025 Swing School on Internet Governance 2025, Salerno (https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025) 2024 Workshop “Investigating Digital Sovereignty: Theories, Methods, and Empirical Challenges”, keynote Huw Roberts “Digital Sovereignty and the Battle for AI Standards” 2024 GIGART Conference “Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects”, The Hauge, (https://gig-arts.eu/conference/gig-arts-2024/) Selected Pubblications: Palladino, N., Redeker, D., & Celeste, E. (2025). Civil society’s role in constitutionalising global content governance. Internet Policy Review, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.1830 Palladino N., Ferrentino G., (2024). Digital Twins in Border Control and Migration Policies: Balancing Security and Human Rights for Sustainable Governance. Rivista di Digital Politics, Issue 4. Palladino, N. (2024). A digital constitutionalism framework for AI: Security and Fundamental Rights in the AI Act. Rivista di Digital Politics, 3, 521–542. https://doi.org/10.53227/113109 Palladino, N. (2023). A ‘biased’ emerging governance regime for artificial intelligence? How AI ethics get skewed moving from principles to practices. Telecommunications Policy, 47(5), 102479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102479 Palladino N., (2021) The role of epistemic communities in the “constitutionalization” of Internet Governance: The example of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 45, Issue 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102149. Celeste E., Palladino N., Yilma K., Redeker D. (2023) The Content Governance Dilemma: Digital Constitutionalism, Social Media and the Search for a Global Standard. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan. Palladino N. (Accepted, Forthcoming) “Global Governance of AI: Neoliberal, Digital Sovereignty, and Digital Constitutionalism Models in the EU, US, and China”. In: Paul Timmers, Roberta Haar and Raluca Moldovan “Navigating the Geopolitics of Strategic Technology”, Routledge. Palladino N. (Accepted, Forthcoming) “EU Risk-Based cybersecurity approach: Balancing Security Concerns and Fundamental Rights?”. In Busetti S. et al. “Defending a digital society: cybersecurity policy in the European Union and beyond”, Palgrave MacMillan. Palladino N. (2026) “The Blind Watcher: Accountability Mechanisms in The Artificial Intelligence Act”. In: Luca Belli and Walter Britto Gaspar (eds.) “The Quest for AI Sovereignty, Transparency and Accountability. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Data and Artificial Intelligence Governance Coalition”, Springer Cham Switzerland Santaniello, M. & Palladino, N. (2025) “Tecnocrazie digitali: il ruolo degli esperti nella governance dei protocolli di internet e degli standard dell’IA”. In: Tecnocrazia. Prospettive multidisciplinari di ricerca (No. A. Cozzolino, D. Giannone, pp. 237-250). Carocci. Pohle, J., Nanni, R., & Santaniello, M. (2025). Unthinking digital sovereignty: A critical reflection on origins, objectives, and practices. Policy & Internet, 16(4), 666-671.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The ICPC is a research centre established at the Department of Management and Innovation System (DISA-MIS) of the University of Salerno (www.unisa.it), with no independent legal status. It operates within the University's institutional and administrative framework, which provides the organisational and financial infrastructure for its activities. From a financial standpoint, ICPC does not hold funds in its own name. Any financial flows related to its activities are managed through the University's administrative and accounting systems, under the supervision of the ICPC scientific coordinator and in accordance with the University's internal financial rules. From a policy standpoint, ICPC's research agenda is independently defined by its members and Director, though its activities are conducted in accordance with the University's institutional guidelines and governance structure. ICPC contributes to the activities of: the Digital Constitutionalism Network (digitalconstitutionalism.org), European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions, and Strategies (GIG-ARTS, https://gig-arts.eu/) and Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET, https://giga-net.org/)
Organisation Members
https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/members-internet-and-communication-policy-center https://digitalconstitutionalism.org/our-team/ https://gig-arts.eu/about-us/ https://giga-net.org/
Additional Information
The Internet & Communication Policy Center has no budget of its own. It funds its activities through the research funds of its individual members.