The Digital Statecraft Academy (DSA) develops public leaders capable of navigating the algorithmic age where AI, planetary-scale digital infrastructure, and real-time data systems are reshaping governance faster than traditional institutions can respond.

The Academy was founded on the belief that this moment is not just a technical challenge, it is a leadership challenge. Institutions built for an analogue world face systemic dilemmas: automated decisions, shifting public authority, and human agency quietly eroding. Without principled leadership, unaccountable technologies and autocratic models fill the vacuum.

Our mission is to equip leaders to govern technology and govern with technology, ensuring emerging systems serve society, protect rights, and sustain public trust.

We achieve this by:

• Cultivating leadership that stewards the human–machine partnership while preserving the non-delegable core of democratic authority.

• Strengthening institutions through adaptive, anticipatory, and accountable governance practices.

• Driving thought leadership on AI, data governance, and digital public infrastructure.

• Expanding inclusion to empower leaders and communities across regions and generations.

• Fostering cross-sector collaboration that unites governments, academia, industry, and civil society in responsible digital transformation.

DSA prepares leaders to build resilient, human-centred, and ethical public institutions that anticipate change, uphold democratic values, and harness technology to serve society. By doing so, we aim to realise the vision set out in our founding manifesto: a future where digital governance strengthens human agency, advances public trust, and ensures technology works for the common good.

Explore the Digital Statecraft Manifesto v1.0.