Developing the Internet Microscope

25 July 2025
Image of a mobile phone and cables.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS This research project aimed to understand the relationship between Internet traffic, energy consumption, and how people use digital services in their everyday lives. The central question was: How does the traffic volume and energy requirement of Internet services support what people do in everyday life? What kinds of traffic may be wasteful because…

The Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights Catalyst Fund

25 July 2025

RESEARCH QUESTION  The main research question for this project is: How do climate justice and digital rights movements envision sustainable and equitable internet infrastructures, and how can they best influence internet governance spaces? This project aims to illuminate the dual role of the internet and technology as both potential mitigators of the climate crisis and…

Potentials of Green Coding

25 July 2025
Background with plants and the title "Green coding"

RESEARCH QUESTION  The research aims to answer three research questions: (1) What concepts of programming software in an environmentally friendly way (“Green Coding”) exist for software development in general? (2) What concepts of environmentally friendly software engineering processes are already in place in the Internet industry? and (3) How can Green Coding concepts be implemented…

Creating an open and secure IoT infrastructure for monitoring and preventing emergencies in landlocked mountainous countries: the case of Kyrgyzstan

25 July 2025
Project team members setting wireless sensors in the field in Kyrgyz Republic

RESEARCH QUESTION  Can we use the Internet of Things in a rough environment to detect landslides and other threats while developing an open and secure infrastructure?  The research takes place in the Kyrgyz Republic.  WHY IS THIS RESEARCH IMPORTANT?  Due to the geographic location of the Kyrgyz Republic, the risk of mudslides and flooding is…

The critical infrastructure lab

25 July 2025
Project team members

RESEARCH QUESTION  The main research question is: How does Internet infrastructure reconfigure power relationships and resource dependencies, and how could it better serve the public interest?  In order to answer the question, the research develops three research streams: environment, geopolitics, and standards. (1) The research on the topic of environment explores the relationship between natural…

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