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 City and Geneva.[4]
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 use 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
^"Ilan Manor". ORA (Oxford University Research Archive).
^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).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
