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Governance of the Global Digital Economy (960M3)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

Digital technologies are changing trade relations and the global economy, engendering a ‘fourth industrial revolution’. Against this background, the module:

• adopts a critical approach to address how information technology and data flows impact trade and the regulation of the digital economy more broadly
• discusses digital divides and opportunities for countries and businesses
• covers different initiatives attempting to regulate the digital economy – domestic and international, multilateral and plurilateral, formal and informal – and all the stakeholders involved.

Given the focus on governance, the module will encourage you to examine not only the development of rules and standards, but also who is setting those, and the legal, political, economic and environmental consequences of their implementation.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 270 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.