{"id":27804,"date":"2026-06-12T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurossig.eu\/eurossig\/?page_id=27804"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:18:34","slug":"irina-nazarova","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eurossig.eu\/eurossig\/2026-edition\/fellows-2026\/irina-nazarova\/","title":{"rendered":"Irina Nazarova"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Vienna, Austria<\/em><\/p>\n

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I grew up in Russia and now study in Vienna. Seeing both contexts up close made me more interested in how global rules land differently depending on institutions, resources and access. I completed my BA in Political Science at the University of Vienna and I am continuing with an MA in Political Science (Governance, International Politics and Sustainable Development), alongside a double degree in European & International Studies and Energy Policy Studies (Trento\/Masaryk). I completed UNODA training in Cyberdiplomacy and took part in the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum which gave me real exposure to multi-stakeholder discussions.<\/p>\n

Final Report <\/h4>\n

I joined EuroSSIG 2026 with more of a policy perspective and, honestly, still quite a general understanding of Internet governance. I knew which topics interested me, but I did not really know where exactly I would place myself within the field. After the week in Meissen, I cannot say that I came back with all the answers, however, I know much better what I want to look into next. <\/p>\n

During the week, we covered a lot of topics and I definitely did not connect equally with every one of them, but I think that was actually useful. Some discussions immediately made me want to learn more and find the faculty member afterwards to continue talking, while others gave me enough of an understanding to realise that this was probably not the direction I wanted to focus on. Quite a few faculty members talked about finding your own niche in such a broad field, and I think by the end of the week I understood much better what they meant. <\/p>\n

EuroSSIG also felt quite different from a regular course because of the people in the room. The fellows came from different countries, professions and stages of their careers. That made the discussions very different from what I am usually used to at university. We were constantly hearing how someone else understood the same issue, what they focused on and what kind of question they thought was important. <\/p>\n

The practicum made this especially clear because we worked in groups on developing a strategy for the IGF. At first, the idea seemed relatively straightforward, but once we actually started working on it, it became much more complicated. Even within a small group people understood the same things differently. We had different priorities and different ideas about what should be included and how something should be phrased. Sometimes we could agree on the general idea and still spend a surprisingly long time discussing one word. I found that part particularly fascinating because English is our common language. However, even when everyone understood it perfectly well, the same word could still carry slightly different meanings for different people. It made me think differently about some of the larger processes we had been discussing during the week. From the outside, it might sometimes seem quite simple to bring different stakeholders together and reach a common position, when we tried to do something similar ourselves, even on a very small scale, it became much clearer how much coordination and communication that actually requires. <\/p>\n

The faculty brought another kind of experience into the group. The people in front of us were talking about things they actually work with, and because they stayed with us throughout the week, we were not limited to what could fit into a presentation. I especially liked the informal discussions, where you could ask them anything ranging from the topics from the lectures to the personal career journey. I also liked that the faculty did not try to give us one clean version of Internet governance. They disagreed with each other quite openly, and sometimes the same question would lead to very different positions. As someone relatively new to the field, I found those moments especially interesting as they showed that many of the issues we were discussing are still very much open and that even people with years of experience do not necessarily see them in the same way. <\/p>\n

Another thing that stayed with me was how open the whole environment felt. I expected to feel much more like a newcomer than I actually did. Nobody seemed bothered by a basic question, and I never felt that I had to know a certain amount of technical information before joining a conversation. We first met at the welcome dinner on Sunday, and by the end of the week the networking part did not really feel like networking anymore. It was mostly just a lot of conversations with people I probably would not have met otherwise, including both faculty members and other fellows. <\/p>\n

I came back from Meissen feeling that I have a much better starting point than I had before. There are areas I now know I want to understand better and I started seeing more clearly where my policy perspective fits and what kind of topics I would like to focus on further. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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