Influencer Diplomacy
April 24 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (IERLab) is hosting our next symposium on Influencer Diplomacy, to be held via Zoom on 24 April 2026, 10:00 – 16:00 (AWST).
This one-day online event focuses on the generative concept of “influencer diplomacy,” understood as the ways in which influencer cultures, practices, and industries shape diplomatic processes. This includes influencers taking on diplomatic roles and politicians adopting influencer strategies, to the ways influencer diplomacy extends beyond formal state and institutional settings into everyday politics, influencing public discourse and social engagement.
This symposium features a Keynote from A/Prof Zoe Hurley on Influencer Cultures in the UAE: Navigating Crisis and Orientalist Framings, and five panels of presentations from researchers across disciplines to examine the emerging role of influencers in shaping contemporary diplomacy.