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Corneliu Bjola

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Professor of Digital Diplomacy, University of Oxford; #DigitalDiplomacy #Metaverse

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"The Ukrainian meme machine: digital diplomacy and ‘quantum humour’" by @cbjola.bsky.social and Michaela Coplen is out now in EJIR!

You can read the full article here: t1p.de/2h93o
#digitaldiplomacy #ukraine #quantumtheory #memediplomacy

25.11.2025 14:43 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Findings from 145 high-engagement Ukraine posts: effective PD is adaptive (phase-sensitive) and disciplined (credibility over spectacle). Policy cue: balance relational and adversarial narratives without sliding into propaganda. 3/3

20.10.2025 10:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Two modes:
🌍 Projecting Self—resilience, democratic values, solidarity.
⚔️ Distancing Self—exposing and delegitimising aggression. 2/3

20.10.2025 10:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My new article in International Affairs (with Alicia Fjällhed): the Strategic Self explains how wartime digital diplomacy works—where communication becomes strategy. 1/3
doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

20.10.2025 10:14 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Started the day at the AI for Good Summit with a sharp session hosted by UNITAR and ITU for senior Geneva diplomats.

We unpacked key challenges in global #AIGovernance:
– Who’s setting the rules—and who’s not at the table?
– Can diplomacy keep up with the tech?

#DigitalDiplomacy #AIForGood

07.07.2025 11:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Studying Tech Diplomacy—Introduction to the Special Issue on Tech Diplomacy This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on tech diplomacy, exploring its emergence and evolution as a distinct approach to global affairs in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revol....

🚀 Just out: Our intro article to the #TechDiplomacy special issue! Unlike digital diplomacy ( comm tools) or science diplomacy (knowledge exchange), techdiplo is driven by the geopolitics of innovation power.
#TechDiplomacy #SciDip #DigitalDiplomacy

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

04.07.2025 08:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EU foreign ministers share updates in secret Signal group, officials admit Crucial decisions have been made on the basis of text messages between EU politicians, but officials have always controversially claimed that such "short-lived" communications cannot be stored or rele...

EU foreign ministers share updates in secret Signal group, officials admit www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...

16.04.2025 12:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🚨 NATO’s New Digital Battleground: Algorithmic Warfare 🚨

My latest #NATO Review article examines how AI-driven #disinformation is reshaping conflict.

Malign actors embed narratives, build influence networks, and activate them at key moments.

🔗 NATO Review www.nato.int/docu/review/...

09.02.2025 00:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our first special issue of 2025 focuses on "A Victor's Peace for Ukraine? Possibilities for Mediation, Negotiation, and Peacebuilding." Advance articles can be accessed for free with access token INER2025 through February 28 brill.com/view/journal... @susanhallen.bsky.social @lwagner.bsky.social

25.01.2025 18:11 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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(S+) Donald Trump: Viraler Post des Auswärtigen Amtes - das sagt ein Demokratieforscher Das Auswärtige Amt teilte auf X gegen Donald Trump aus. Hier erklärt der Diplomatieforscher Corneliu Bjola, warum der Post so erfolgreich war, und wann öffentliche Witze von Politikern über andere Pol...

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Der Spiegel on the legitimacy of humor as a tactic in #digitaldiplomacy and the risks associated with its use by MFAs in their digital communication. www.spiegel.de/ausland/dona...

15.09.2024 20:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join me on Feb 29, 2024 for a conversation on the impact of digital technology on diplomacy with Prof J Heine and M Ye, and Amb P.W. Hare at Boston University. The event is part of a series of talks marking the launch of 'The Oxford Handbook of #DigitalDiplomacy.'

www.bu.edu/pardee/2024/...

15.02.2024 19:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Microsoft Teams now supports 3D and VR meetings Get your Meta Quest VR headset ready.

Microsoft #Metaverse :
👍good and safe 4 VR meetings

👎extra charges

www.theverge.com/2024/1/24/24...

06.02.2024 01:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Exclusive: Sam Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” ways OpenAI's next model will be able to do "a lot, lot more," Altman told Axios.

The next stage of #AI? "AI will give different answers for different users, based on their values preferences and possibly on what country they reside in."

www.axios.com/2024/01/17/s...

17.01.2024 20:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thrilled to be back at DA_vienna for the launch of the new volume on Digital International Relations 📚

Key topic discussed : how digital tech is transforming IR in practice 🌐 and as the discipline 🎓

Packed room, lively discussions - more to come! #DigitalIR 🔥
amzn.eu/d/8N2TYhc

12.01.2024 14:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy is out now! 📚

34 chapters written by top experts in the field about how digital technologies are transforming diplomacy 🚀

#DigitalDiplomacy #DiplomacyInTheDigitalAge

www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Handb...

04.01.2024 16:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Should Universities Build Their Own Custom AI Tools in House? Some universities have developed their own on-premises generative AI tools for students and staff, which have the advantage of data privacy but may require considerable money and expertise to launch a...

www.govtech.com/education/hi...

04.01.2024 14:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0