Faculty Members and Students of the Department of Political Science and International Relations Attended Project Meetings in Slovenia
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Faculty members and students of the universities forming the Digital Diplomacy (DD)-Tech consortium, of which Istanbul Ticaret University is among its partners, participated in the pilot training program on digital diplomacy organized within the scope of the Erasmus+ project titled “Digital Diplomacy: Building the Common Future with Technology” at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Between February 26th and March 1st, 2024, 36 students and faculty members of the DD-Tech consortium participated in the study module titled “Diplomacy at the Crossroads: Mixing Tradition and Digitalization” organized within the scope of the Erasmus + project titled “Digital Diplomacy: Building the Common Future with Technology”.
Department Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur Yasin Asal, faculty member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayfer Genç Yılmaz, Lecturer Okan Gülbak and 6 undergraduate students from the Department of Political Science and International Relations from our University attended the program.
The module was hosted by the University of Ljubljana and students from Romania (University of Bucharest), Estonia (University of Tartu), Italy (University of Sacred Heart Milan), Slovenia (University of Ljubljana) and Türkiye (Istanbul University and Istanbul Ticaret University) gained hands-on experience in digital diplomacy by participating in an interactive training.
The pilot program brought together faculty members and students from the DD-Tech consortium to discuss challenges, opportunities and trends in digital diplomacy. The training program provided an effective platform to share knowledge, methods and best practices on common issues of technology and international relations.
In the training program, which consists of a series of lectures and interactive sessions offered by the DD-Tech teaching consortium, students were given the opportunity to have stimulating discussions on topics such as the foundations of diplomacy, the emergence of digital diplomacy, public diplomacy in the digital world, human rights diplomacy and the impact of communication technologies on digital diplomacy.
Within the framework of the training program, the faculty members and students from the DD-Tech consortium also had the opportunity to visit the Slovenian Parliament and attend the presentations of Ambassador Prof. Dr. Milan Jazbec, who have served in Republic of Türkiye and Republic of North Macedonia, and Dr. Ilan Manor from Oxford University.
In addition, the students and academicians who participated the program from Istanbul Ticaret University and Istanbul University visited the Slovenian Embassy of Türkiye in Ljubljana and Ambassador Ms. Aylin Taşhan.
For more information about the project and the training program, please visit the project website at https://www.digitaldiplomat.eu.
