An Introduction to Tech Diplomacy
Tech diplomacy is an emerging field focused on how technology shapes global trade, policy, and society. This course explores the risks and opportunities tied to emerging technologies and outlines how leaders across sectors can engage with these changes on a global scale.
What you will learn
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Understand the challenges and innovations in scaling technology for infrastructure and connectivity.
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Analyze case studies of large-scale tech implementations and their global implications.
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Explore the societal and economic impacts of large-scale technology projects.
Course content
Foundations of Tech Diplomacy
Learn about the emergence of tech diplomacy, its principles, and its increasing importance in the digital age. Explore the role of tech diplomats and how they navigate the complex intersection of technology and international relations.
Cybersecurity and Global Governance
Delve into the challenges of cybersecurity in international relations. Understand digital governance, data protection laws, and how they shape global tech policy.
Tech Diplomacy in Action
Examine real-world case studies where technology played a pivotal role in diplomatic efforts. Analyze the impact of tech diplomacy on global peace, security, and cooperation.
Your Course Director
Michelle S. Giuda
CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue
Michelle S. Giuda is the CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, an organization dedicated to accelerating the innovation and adoption of trusted technology. As the preeminent global authority on the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates tech expertise, Silicon Valley strategies and foreign policy tools to build the Global Tech Trust Network of governments, companies and individuals united around a set of shared trust principles and a common mission to ensure that technology advances freedom.
Previously, Giuda was Executive Vice President of Geopolitical Strategy & Risk at global communications firm Weber Shandwick. Giuda served as Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs from 2018 to 2020. In 2019, Secretary of State Pompeo also delegated to Giuda the authorities of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In this capacity, she also served as a Board Member of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. In 2019, Giuda led and executed the largest restructuring at the State Department in twenty years to create the Bureau of Global Public Affairs and modernize the Department’s global public affairs and public diplomacy operations. Previously, Giuda was Senior Vice President at Weber Shandwick as well as Deputy Press Secretary for former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
Giuda is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and a Senior Advisor to Concordia. In 2022, she was named to the Ad Age 40 Under 40 List, PRovoke Media’s Innovator 25 List, and was honored in 2016 with the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award by the Asian American Business Development Center. Giuda received her Master’s Degree in Political Management from George Washington University and earned a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA where she was an NCAA Champion and Team Captain of the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team.