Master your
Digital Wisdom.
Digital Wisdom.
MA in Digital Transformation:
e-Diplomacy | e-Campaigning | Digital Law
e-Diplomacy | e-Campaigning | Digital Law
Master your Digital Wisdom.
MA in Digital Transformation:
e-Diplomacy | e-Campaigning | Digital Law
e-Diplomacy | e-Campaigning | Digital Law
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Unleash your Digital Mind.
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that's quickly Redefined.🎶
Unleash your Digital Mind.
Get a Master's for a Future
that's quickly Redefined.🎶
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A master's program to launch you into
Digital Transformation.
✅Here's everything you need to know about our Program:
👋The MA in Digital Transformation: e-Diplomacy, e-Campaigning and Digital Law is an innovative and interdisciplinary postgraduate program offered jointly by the Departments of "Communication, Media, and Culture" and "International, European and Area Studies" of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences.
👁️MA-DigiDCL focuses on the transformative power of cutting-edge digital technologies. Through hands-on projects and real-world challenges, you'll co-create innovative solutions and graduate ready to thrive in the ever-evolving digital world.
🫵The program is addressed to graduates and professionals with experience in the following areas:
👁️MA-DigiDCL focuses on the transformative power of cutting-edge digital technologies. Through hands-on projects and real-world challenges, you'll co-create innovative solutions and graduate ready to thrive in the ever-evolving digital world.
🫵The program is addressed to graduates and professionals with experience in the following areas:
- Digital technologies/transformation
- Diplomacy, International and European Law and Governance
- Communication and Media
- Advocacy (including positions within NGOs, Public Interest Organizations, and International Institutions)
Participants have the opportunity to specialize in one of the following in-demand areas:
1️⃣e-Diplomacy
✅Design and implement effective diplomatic campaigns and conflict resolution strategies using cutting-edge digital tools and methods.
✅Develop the skills to address today's global challenges, resolve transnational disputes, counter cybersecurity threats, navigate negotiations, and shape global governance tactics.
✅Use modern storytelling techniques to engage diverse communities and bridge divides.
✅Develop crisis management and communication skills through hands-on simulation projects.
2️⃣e-Campaigning
✅Craft powerful digital communication strategies that resonate with diverse audiences.
✅Hone your skills in market research, social media marketing, digital storytelling, and data-driven campaign management.
✅Gain hands-on experience by working on real client briefs and case studies to develop innovative solutions.
✅Explore the potential of social media for political communication and advocacy. Learn how to shape the conversation and drive meaningful change.
3️⃣Digital Law
✅Gain a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework shaping the digital economy.
✅Dive deep into cybersecurity, cybercrime, intellectual property rights, data privacy, and AI ethics.
✅Uncover the EU's approach to digital policy: balancing user safety, fair competition, and fostering innovation.
✅Apply your legal skills to solve real-world challenges through case studies and current affairs.
1️⃣e-Diplomacy
✅Design and implement effective diplomatic campaigns and conflict resolution strategies using cutting-edge digital tools and methods.
✅Develop the skills to address today's global challenges, resolve transnational disputes, counter cybersecurity threats, navigate negotiations, and shape global governance tactics.
✅Use modern storytelling techniques to engage diverse communities and bridge divides.
✅Develop crisis management and communication skills through hands-on simulation projects.
2️⃣e-Campaigning
✅Craft powerful digital communication strategies that resonate with diverse audiences.
✅Hone your skills in market research, social media marketing, digital storytelling, and data-driven campaign management.
✅Gain hands-on experience by working on real client briefs and case studies to develop innovative solutions.
✅Explore the potential of social media for political communication and advocacy. Learn how to shape the conversation and drive meaningful change.
3️⃣Digital Law
✅Gain a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework shaping the digital economy.
✅Dive deep into cybersecurity, cybercrime, intellectual property rights, data privacy, and AI ethics.
✅Uncover the EU's approach to digital policy: balancing user safety, fair competition, and fostering innovation.
✅Apply your legal skills to solve real-world challenges through case studies and current affairs.
1️⃣Semester:
Your MA DigiDCL journey begins with an intensive onsite Bootcamp in early fall that fosters collaboration and critical thinking as you explore the digital landscape, its transformations, and its impact on various areas.
This hands-on program sets the stage for the First Semester's core modules, which introduce you to digital innovation, algorithmic thinking, and related challenges in governance, business, communication, law, and citizenship.
2️⃣Semester:
You'll delve deeper into your chosen specialization: e-Diplomacy, e-Campaigning, or Digital Law.
Each pathway offers multi-modular learning projects combining cutting-edge research, theory, and practical application.
Utilizing blended learning techniques and digital tools, you'll engage in challenge-based learning, co-designing solutions with positive impact through "learning by doing" activities and design sprints.
To foster innovation, the semester concludes with a collaborative Hackathon addressing real-world challenges in your chosen specialization. Work alongside industry's experts, and faculty to refine your solutions and gain valuable insights.
3️⃣Semester:
Students have the option to:
Student mobility within the Erasmus+ framework is encouraged.
📄View the STUDY GUIDE 2023-24
Your MA DigiDCL journey begins with an intensive onsite Bootcamp in early fall that fosters collaboration and critical thinking as you explore the digital landscape, its transformations, and its impact on various areas.
This hands-on program sets the stage for the First Semester's core modules, which introduce you to digital innovation, algorithmic thinking, and related challenges in governance, business, communication, law, and citizenship.
2️⃣Semester:
You'll delve deeper into your chosen specialization: e-Diplomacy, e-Campaigning, or Digital Law.
Each pathway offers multi-modular learning projects combining cutting-edge research, theory, and practical application.
Utilizing blended learning techniques and digital tools, you'll engage in challenge-based learning, co-designing solutions with positive impact through "learning by doing" activities and design sprints.
To foster innovation, the semester concludes with a collaborative Hackathon addressing real-world challenges in your chosen specialization. Work alongside industry's experts, and faculty to refine your solutions and gain valuable insights.
3️⃣Semester:
Students have the option to:
- Undertake an Internship in a relevant Organization.
- Work on a specific Project.
- Conduct a Master's Dissertation.
Student mobility within the Erasmus+ framework is encouraged.
📄View the STUDY GUIDE 2023-24
🕐Duration:
Full-time program, three semesters (90 ECTS)
🔔Program Start:
October, Fall Semester
🗨️Language:
English
🧑💻Delivery:
Primarily Online and/or Hybrid (Bootcamp and Hackathon require in-person attendance). Online classes are typically held in the afternoon between 17:30 - 21:00 EET. Attendance is mandatory.
💶Tuition fees:
➡️Financial Aid:
Full-time program, three semesters (90 ECTS)
🔔Program Start:
October, Fall Semester
🗨️Language:
English
🧑💻Delivery:
Primarily Online and/or Hybrid (Bootcamp and Hackathon require in-person attendance). Online classes are typically held in the afternoon between 17:30 - 21:00 EET. Attendance is mandatory.
💶Tuition fees:
- EU/EEA Students: €2,500
- Overseas Students: €5,000
➡️Financial Aid:
- Scholarships: Up to 30% of students may be eligible for tuition fee waivers based on social and academic criteria.
- External Sponsorships: Some students may receive full or partial tuition coverage from their employers, MA DigiDCL partners, or other sponsors.
- Additional Support: The program may offer additional financial aid based on available resources.
✅Essential requirements:
- Online Application Form (available during application period)
- Detailed CV
- Bachelor's Degree or Certificate of Studies Completion from an Accredited Institution
- English Language Certificate of at least level C1
- The names of two (2) referees from faculty members or/and employers
- Relevant Academic Background: Communication, Politics, Diplomacy, Law, Digital Technologies
- Professional experience in related fields
- Academic research and/or publications in related fields
- Languages (other than English and Greek) of at least level B1
3 Paths to Master your Digital Wisdom
Take your career to the next level by mastering a critical area of the digital economy:
🔍 Discover our Courses
⚡1st semester
Bootcamp: Intro to the digital era and research methods
a. Challenges in the digital era
b. Digital media as a tool
c. Researching: digital social worlds, practices, events, relationships, experiences
MA DigiDCL offers a face-to-face Bootcamp, organized every year in one of the most welcoming and famous Greek destinations, combining jumpstart team building activities, cultural and natural discovery experiences with a co-creative program that engages all participants, faculty and guest speakers in teamwork, igniting conversations, exploring and reflecting on the digital-virtual landscape and its various transformations and challenges.
During the Bootcamp, participants will get a first deep dive into innovative research methodologies and a first hands-on experience in exploring and understanding our ever-evolving digital social worlds, practices, and relationships.
The academic goal of the bootcamp is twofold and is:
a) to bring students from different backgrounds up to speed on issues of digital transformation in order to prepare them for the first semester, and
b) to introduce students to innovative methods of design-thinking and co-creation, which are key to grasping digital transformation and turning it to one's advantage.
The sociological objective of the bootcamp is equally important, as it is designed as a crucial step towards team building among students and between students and their instructors. This is particularly important for a program that is essentially conducted at a distance.
Because of its importance, the Bootcamp is mandatory for all students. Students who miss the Bootcamp will be dropped from the MA DigiDCL unless they can prove a very serious and unforeseen impediment to their participation.
a. Challenges in the digital era
b. Digital media as a tool
c. Researching: digital social worlds, practices, events, relationships, experiences
MA DigiDCL offers a face-to-face Bootcamp, organized every year in one of the most welcoming and famous Greek destinations, combining jumpstart team building activities, cultural and natural discovery experiences with a co-creative program that engages all participants, faculty and guest speakers in teamwork, igniting conversations, exploring and reflecting on the digital-virtual landscape and its various transformations and challenges.
During the Bootcamp, participants will get a first deep dive into innovative research methodologies and a first hands-on experience in exploring and understanding our ever-evolving digital social worlds, practices, and relationships.
The academic goal of the bootcamp is twofold and is:
a) to bring students from different backgrounds up to speed on issues of digital transformation in order to prepare them for the first semester, and
b) to introduce students to innovative methods of design-thinking and co-creation, which are key to grasping digital transformation and turning it to one's advantage.
The sociological objective of the bootcamp is equally important, as it is designed as a crucial step towards team building among students and between students and their instructors. This is particularly important for a program that is essentially conducted at a distance.
Because of its importance, the Bootcamp is mandatory for all students. Students who miss the Bootcamp will be dropped from the MA DigiDCL unless they can prove a very serious and unforeseen impediment to their participation.
Courses
1.Digital society and network citizenship
a. Convergence, digital citizenship, and network society
b. Artificial Intelligence (AI), UX and the shaping of the social
c. Citizens’ rights and regulations in the digital age
2.Economy 4.0
a. Political economy of the web
b. Startup economy (incubators, accelerators, VCs);
c. Economics of blockchain
3.Governance of cyberspace – self regulation & reputation management
a. Cyberspace governance
b. 2. Artificial Intelligence, human rights, and multilateral
cooperation
c. Cyber security addressing cyber vulnerability
d. Internet Governance
4. Digital transformation in public administration & public policy
a. Digital Transformation and Digital Government
b. Features of digital services
c. (Re)designing public services: experiential workshop
d. Insights from the field
1.Digital society and network citizenship
a. Convergence, digital citizenship, and network society
b. Artificial Intelligence (AI), UX and the shaping of the social
c. Citizens’ rights and regulations in the digital age
2.Economy 4.0
a. Political economy of the web
b. Startup economy (incubators, accelerators, VCs);
c. Economics of blockchain
3.Governance of cyberspace – self regulation & reputation management
a. Cyberspace governance
b. 2. Artificial Intelligence, human rights, and multilateral
cooperation
c. Cyber security addressing cyber vulnerability
d. Internet Governance
4. Digital transformation in public administration & public policy
a. Digital Transformation and Digital Government
b. Features of digital services
c. (Re)designing public services: experiential workshop
d. Insights from the field
⚡2nd semester
Students chose one of the three Specializations.
Courses
1.Digital innovation agenda for public and algorithmic diplomacy
a. Digital diplomacy - preparedness, disruptions-resilient institutions
b. Current challenges in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in action: Digital preparedness, disruptions and resilient institutions, cables/ espionage.
2.Global trade and new organizational ecologies for digital services
a. Law and Geoeconomics of Digital Technologies
b. The EU as a global digital player
c. Blockchain
d. Moot Court
3.Crisis, conflict, networking and public interest
a. Crisis Management and Resolution / Crisis Scenarios
b.1. Mediation and AI - Theory in Conflict Resolution
b.2. Mediation and AI - Workshop co-organized with UNESCO Chair on Human
Rights, Democracy and Peace and the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation / FRONTLINE NEGOTIATIONS, Geneva, practicing frontline negotiation tools
c. AI, journalism and peace-making
4.DigiDiplo in action: Engagement and impact-HACKATHON
a. Entrepreneurial, cultural, educational and cities digital diplomacy
b. Think tanks in the era of digital disruption
c. Hackathon – Prototyping Innovative DigiSolutions
1.Digital innovation agenda for public and algorithmic diplomacy
a. Digital diplomacy - preparedness, disruptions-resilient institutions
b. Current challenges in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in action: Digital preparedness, disruptions and resilient institutions, cables/ espionage.
2.Global trade and new organizational ecologies for digital services
a. Law and Geoeconomics of Digital Technologies
b. The EU as a global digital player
c. Blockchain
d. Moot Court
3.Crisis, conflict, networking and public interest
a. Crisis Management and Resolution / Crisis Scenarios
b.1. Mediation and AI - Theory in Conflict Resolution
b.2. Mediation and AI - Workshop co-organized with UNESCO Chair on Human
Rights, Democracy and Peace and the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation / FRONTLINE NEGOTIATIONS, Geneva, practicing frontline negotiation tools
c. AI, journalism and peace-making
4.DigiDiplo in action: Engagement and impact-HACKATHON
a. Entrepreneurial, cultural, educational and cities digital diplomacy
b. Think tanks in the era of digital disruption
c. Hackathon – Prototyping Innovative DigiSolutions
Courses
1.e-Politics
a. Political communication, digital campaigns and elections
b. Social media and political participation
c. Critical issues : computational propaganda, mis/dis/mal- information, filter bubbles, echo chambers
2.Advocacy and social change
a. Civil society and networked public spheres
b. Humanitarian, climate change
c. Alternative digital media and activism
3.Crisis, conflict, networking and public interest
a. Crisis Management and Resolution / Crisis Scenarios
b.1. Mediation and AI - Theory in Conflict Resolution on Cyberspace
b.2. Mediation and AI - Workshop co-organized with UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, Democracy and Peace and the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation / FRONTLINE NEGOTIATIONS, Geneva, practicing frontline negotiation tools
c. AI, journalism and peace-making
4. Digital strategic design communications-HACKATHON
a Communication strategy
b. Digital & impact engagement
c. Hackathon-Prototyping innovative DigiSolutions
1.e-Politics
a. Political communication, digital campaigns and elections
b. Social media and political participation
c. Critical issues : computational propaganda, mis/dis/mal- information, filter bubbles, echo chambers
2.Advocacy and social change
a. Civil society and networked public spheres
b. Humanitarian, climate change
c. Alternative digital media and activism
3.Crisis, conflict, networking and public interest
a. Crisis Management and Resolution / Crisis Scenarios
b.1. Mediation and AI - Theory in Conflict Resolution on Cyberspace
b.2. Mediation and AI - Workshop co-organized with UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, Democracy and Peace and the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation / FRONTLINE NEGOTIATIONS, Geneva, practicing frontline negotiation tools
c. AI, journalism and peace-making
4. Digital strategic design communications-HACKATHON
a Communication strategy
b. Digital & impact engagement
c. Hackathon-Prototyping innovative DigiSolutions
Courses
1.Competition law and policy in the digital economy - intellectual property rights in the digital era
a. Setting the scene
b. Competition Law and Policy in the Digital Economy
c. IP Rights in the Digital Era
d. Case Studies - Revision
2.Global trade and new organizational ecologies for digital services
a. Law and Geoeconomics of Digital Technologies
b. The EU as a global digital player
c. Blockchain
d. Moot Court
3.Digital law addressing sustainable development goals
a. Introduction to SDGs
b. EU Policies for Green & Digital Transitions
c. Protection of Fundamental & Social Rights
d. Risk and Ethics
e. Recap & Revise
4.Cybercrime and cybersecurity-HACKATHON
a. Cybercrime and human rights. Current and future legal instruments examined through the Octopus Conference Initiative
b. Current challenges in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in action: Digital preparedness, disruptions and resilient institutions, cables/ espionage. Workshop.
c. Hackathon – Prototyping Innovative DigiSolutions
1.Competition law and policy in the digital economy - intellectual property rights in the digital era
a. Setting the scene
b. Competition Law and Policy in the Digital Economy
c. IP Rights in the Digital Era
d. Case Studies - Revision
2.Global trade and new organizational ecologies for digital services
a. Law and Geoeconomics of Digital Technologies
b. The EU as a global digital player
c. Blockchain
d. Moot Court
3.Digital law addressing sustainable development goals
a. Introduction to SDGs
b. EU Policies for Green & Digital Transitions
c. Protection of Fundamental & Social Rights
d. Risk and Ethics
e. Recap & Revise
4.Cybercrime and cybersecurity-HACKATHON
a. Cybercrime and human rights. Current and future legal instruments examined through the Octopus Conference Initiative
b. Current challenges in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in action: Digital preparedness, disruptions and resilient institutions, cables/ espionage. Workshop.
c. Hackathon – Prototyping Innovative DigiSolutions
The semester ends with a Hackathon with the participation of all students
⚡3rd semester
The third semester is dedicated either to an internship in one of the cooperating public or private institutions or third parties, or to the work on a specific project, or to the completion of a Master's thesis.
During this third semester, student mobility, within the framework of Erasmus+ or otherwise, is strongly encouraged.
During this third semester, student mobility, within the framework of Erasmus+ or otherwise, is strongly encouraged.
💎 What Sets Us Apart
- Virtual or Hybrid classes for flexibility and convenience
- Short, interactive onsite events (kickoff Bootcamp, Hackathon) for team-building and hands-on learning
- Dynamic program structure that encourages experimentation with real-world scenarios
- An international and diverse team of academics, researchers and industry experts
- Partnerships with public, private & non-profit organizations to build a dynamic knowledge-sharing network
Public, Private & Non-Profit Partners
The program has developed strategic partnerships with public, private & non-profit entities, creating a dynamic knowledge-sharing network for its students.
Here are some of the organizations we work with:
Discover the latest program news, upcoming events, and standout moments from our faculty and partners.
Meet the Team behind
- Vassilis HatzopoulosMA Director
Digital Law Specialization Coordinator
Professor of EU Law and Policies at the Department of International, European and Area Studies of Panteion University and at the College of Europe, Bruges.
LinkedIn - Betty TsakarestouMA Associate Director
e-Campaigning Specialization Co-Coordinator
Associate Professor, Head of Advertising and Public Relations Lab at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University | Branding Chair and Research Liaison at International Communication Division of AEJMC, V-P, Global Media Education Council.
LinkedIn - Maria Daniella Maroudae-Diplomacy Specialization Coordinator
Jean Monnet Chair, Assistant Professor in International Law/ Humanitarian Law, Panteion University | Chair, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, ECRI, Council of Europe (Strasbourg) | Director, European Training and Research Center on Human rights and Humanitarian Action, Panteion University
Linkedin - Pantelis Vatikiotise-Campaigning Specialization Co-Coordinator
Associate Professor at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture | Director of Journalism Lab (J-Lab), Panteion University.
LinkedIn - Stavros KaperonisAssistant Professor in UX Design at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University | Adjunct Assistant Professor AUEB | UX/CX expert
LinkedIn - Vasilis RoungasAssistant Professor in Media Information Literacy at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture | Panteion University
LinkedIn - Dr. Nikos DaskalakisAssistant Professor in Finance and Accounting in the Department of Public Administration of Panteion University.
LinkedIn - Kostas KarpouzisAssistant Professor at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture of the Panteion University | 3x TEDx Speaker | Chairman of the Board of the Hellenic Association of Computer Engineers
LinkedIn - George AnepsiouPhD in International Law, Panteion University of Athens | LLM from Hull University Law School, UK
LinkedIn - Leonidas ArchontakisMA Digital Marketing Manager
Linkedin - Dora ApostolopoulouMA Executive Officer | Legal Consultant
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Academic Partners
Eylem YanardağoğluAssociate Professor, New Media Dept. | Kadir Has University, Istanbul-TURKEY
Dimitris SerafisAssistant Professor at University of Groningen
Anne-Lise SibonyProfessor of European Law at the UCLouvain (Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium) | Guest professor at KULeuven (Leuven, Belgium)
Kostas IfantisProfessor of International Relations | Head of the Department of International, European and Area Studies, Panteion University | Director of the Institute of International Relations (IDIS)
Eleftheria J. LekakisSenior Lecturer, School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex
Vasiliki KarageorgouAssociate Professor in European Administrative and European Environmental Law, Department of International, European and Area Studies, Panteion University
Nicholas TsagouriasProfessor of International Law, University of Sheffield
Evangelia PsychogiopoulouAssistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Peloponnese
George PagoulatosAmbassador of Greece to the OECD - Professor of European Politics & Economy AUEB & College of Europe
Charalampos PlatiasAssistant Professor at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Georgios DimitropoulosAssociate Professor of Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University Law
Anastasia VenetiAssociate Professor in Political Communication, Bournemouth University
Μatina MagkouPost-doc researcher, SIC.Lab Méditerranée, University Côte d’Azur. Independent consultant and researcher/ cultural and creative industries and cultural policies.
Andreas PapastamouAssociate Professor in European Economy
Department of International, European and Area Studies, Panteion University
Russell BuchanProfessor of International Law at University of Reading
Andreas GofasProfessor in International Relations Theory
Department of International, European and Area Studies, Panteion University
Lida Tsene
Communications Strategist, Researcher and Teaching Associate at the MA Cultural Management | the MA Innovation, Management and Entrepreneurship, Hellenic Open University and at the MA Rhetorics, Humanities and Education of NUA.
Guest Experts
Alexandros NousiasAI Law & Ethics at NCSR "DEMOKRITOS", LLM
Yannos ParamythiotisIP Lawyer | Adjunct Lecturer in Law
Konstantinos IoannidisHead of East Europe, Consumer Insights & Analytics at Philip Morris International
Paris ChrysosPolicy Analyst at the National Documentation Center, focusing on Digital Transformation.
Thalis LaspiasSenior Strategic Designer at Hellas Direct
Dr. Eleftheria (Ria) PapadimitriouPostDoc Researcher AI and Law, Ria Papadimitriou & Associates Law Firm - Founder, startADR - Founder and General Director IT/IP/Privacy/Supreme Court Lawyer, Mediator, Trainer, ADR/ODR Specialist/ ODR System Designer
Mania XenouFounder, Reliant Communications Agency | Member of the IPREX global network of communication agencies | Associate instructor for crisis management, ADandPRLAB, Dept. of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University.
Panagiotis Ioannidis, RN PhDRN PhDis a humanitarian aid worker with a long professional experience in public health, disaster management, and armed conflict.
Vasilis KarkatzounisIT Lawyer, LL.M., PhD (c.), Data Protection, Electronic Communications and AI
Theodoros IliopoulosPostdoctoral Researcher in Energy and Environmental Law
FWO, Hasselt University, Ghent University
Bootcamp Kickoff Event 2023
27 September - 01 October 2023, Koryschades, Evritania
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