Ilan Manor

Ilan Manor is an Israeli scholar specializing in the study of digital diplomacy. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on communication, artificial intelligence, and international relations. Manor is also a published author. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Between 2016 and 2020, Manor served as a consultant to foreign ministries and international organizations seeking to implement digital diplomacy strategies. He served as a consultant for the foreign ministries of the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, Greece, Estonia, and Israel, as well as United Nations institutions in New York and Geneva. ^[4]

In 2021, he received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Azrieli Foundation and became a research fellow at the Dan School of Communication at Tel Aviv University. ^[5] In 2022, Manor was appointed as a Senior Lecturer and faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.^{[ citation needed ]}

Manor lives in Tel Aviv with his partner.^{[ citation needed ]}

Research

In 2019, Manor published his first book, The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy, in which he argued that diplomacy in general—and public diplomacy in particular—has undergone an accelerated process of digitalization. This process, he claimed, has reshaped the values, norms, and working procedures of diplomats and foreign ministries. ^[6] In 2021, he edited the volume Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty, which examined how digital technologies destabilize political systems and generate uncertainty in the realm of diplomacy. ^[7] In 2024, he co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy, published by Oxford University Press. ^[8]

Between 2015 and 2025, Manor published approximately 70 academic articles and book chapters. ^{[9] [10] [11]} His work has explored a wide range of topics, including how diplomats use humor to convey messages on social media, how foreign ministries employ social platforms during times of peace and conflict, how diplomats use WhatsApp groups to coordinate positions and collaborate in international forums such as the UN, and how both diplomats and terrorist organizations utilize nostalgia and visual media in strategic communication. ^{[12] [13]}

Manor coined several key terms in the field, including Domestic Digital Diplomacy, The Digitalization of Diplomacy, Proactive Digitalization, Tech Diplomacy, ^[14] and Un-nation Branding.

Since 2015, he has maintained a blog on digital diplomacy titled Exploring Digital Diplomacy. ^[15] Beginning in 2025, he serves as editor of the academic journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. ^[16]

Books

• Manor, Ilan. The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. ^{[17] [18]}
• Manor, Ilan (Ed.). Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. ^[19]
• Manor, Ilan (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy. Oxford University Press, 2024. ^[20]

References

1. "Ilan Manor". ORA (Oxford University Research Archive).
2. "Ilan Manor". researchgate.
3. "DR. ILAN MANOR". bgu.
4. "10 Tips to Increase ROI on #DigitalDiplomacy". digdipblog. 3 December 2016.
5. "Ilan Manor". azrielifoundation.
6. Manor, I. (2019). Digital diplomacy in times of upheaval: how foreign ministries use Twitter during crises. Oxford University Research Archive (Thesis).
7. Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty. Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. 2021. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54552-9. ISBN   978-3-030-54551-2.
8. "The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy". Oxford University Press (OUP).
9. "Manor I, Author". National Library of Medicine.
10. Manor, Ilan (2021). "The Russians are Laughing! The Russians are Laughing! How Russian Diplomats Employ Humour in Online Public Diplomacy". Global Society. 35: 61–83. doi:10.1080/13600826.2020.1828299.
11. "ilan manor". google scholar.
12. Jeremie, Cornut; Ilan, Manor; Corinne, Blumenthal (20 September 2022). "WhatsApp with Diplomatic Practices in Geneva? Diplomats, Digital Technologies, and Adaptation in Practice". International Studies Review. 24 (4).
13. Manor, Ilan; Crilley, Rhys (2018). "Visually framing the Gaza War of 2014: The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Twitter". Media, War & Conflict. 11 (4): 369–391. doi:10.1177/1750635218780564.
14. Manor, Ilan (2025). "A "Tech First" Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy". Global Policy 1758-5899.70023. doi:10.1111/1758-5899.70023.
15. "digdipblog by Ilan Manor". digdipblog. 22 February 2014.
16. "Editors: Magdalena Florek; Ilan Manor". Place Branding and Public Diplomacy.
17. "New book by DPhil Ilan Manor explores digitalization of public diplomacy". Oxford Department of International Development.
18. Reviews of The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy:
    • Diaz Bartolome, Gerardo (2 March 2022). "The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy, written by Ilan Manor". The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. 17 (2): 331–333. doi:10.1163/1871191X-bja10101.
    • Eggeling, Kristin Anabel (3 September 2019). "The digitalization of public diplomacy: Ilan Manor, Cham (Switzerland), Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, ISBN 978 3030044053 (hbk), ISBN 978 3030044053 (ebk), 356 pp". Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 32 (5): 675–677. doi:10.1080/09557571.2019.1653653.
    • Gluch, Sylwia (2020). "The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy, Ilan Manor, Springer International Publishing, 2019". The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies (1): 167–170. doi:10.12775/CJPS.2020.0010 (inactive 1 July 2025).
19. Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty. Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. 2021. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54552-9. ISBN   978-3-030-54551-2.
20. "The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy Get access Arrow". Oxford Academic. 4 January 2024.