Hello all: I wanted to draw your attention that may be of interest to many of you. It’s a panel to mark the recent publication of the volume, Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State, hosted by the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. *September 8 at 17:30 CEST.* You can register for the event (to get the conference link) at https://www.gcr21.org/events/upcoming/power-and-authority-in-internet-govern... The worldwide push for greater state involvement in internet regulation has generated renewed interest in the question of the proper role of the state in today’s digital society: Is the state 'back' in internet regulation? If so, what forms is state involvement taking, and with what consequences for the future? What challenges does state regulation pose to democratic values? Should we fear the 'splinternet'? The recently published volume, Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State? <https://www.routledge.com/Power-and-Authority-in-Internet-Governance-Return-of-the-State/Haggart-Tusikov-Scholte/p/book/9780367442033> (Routledge, 2021) tackles these questions, pushing the debate beyond a simplistic dichotomy between liberalism and authoritarianism in order to consider also greater state involvement based on values of democracy and human rights. We invite you to join several of the authors from Power and Authority in Internet Governance for a panel discussion addressing these questions. Like the book, the panel will examine the multifaceted nature of internet governance, highlighting challenges and development at the global level, as well as internet governance from the perspective of both authoritarian and democratic states. *Blayne Haggart *(Moderation), Associate Professor of Political Science at Brocks University *Sigrid Quack* (Discussant), Professor of Sociology and Managing Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, UDE *Niels ten Oever*, University of Amsterdam *Ting Luo*, Manchester Metropolitan University *Jean-Marie Chenou*, Universidad de los Andes *Mauro Santaniello*, University of Salerno Natasha Tusikov, PhD (she/her) Assistant Professor, Criminology Program Department of Social Science Ross South 714A York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Office: 416.736.2100 ext. 30158 ntusikov@yorku.ca @NTusikov <ntusikov@yorku.ca> *New book!* Haggart, B., Tusikov, N., and Scholte, JA., eds. (2021)* Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State?* London: Routledge. Haggart, B., Henne, K., and Tusikov, N. eds. (2019) *Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World: Understanding Power Structures in the 21st Century.* Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Tusikov, N. (2017) *Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet*. Oakland: University of California Press.