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Preprint Jan 2026

Reclaiming Software Engineering as the Enabling Technology for the Digital Age

Tanja E. J. Vos, Tijs van der Storm, Alexander Serebrenik, Lionel Briand, Roberto Di Cosmo, Jean-Michel Bruel, Benoît Combemale

Software engineering is the invisible infrastructure of the digital age. The authors contend that while breakthroughs in AI, quantum computing, and cybersecurity depend on software engineering advances, the discipline receives insufficient recognition in European policy frameworks. Major programmes...

software engineeringdigital sovereigntydigital infrastructureresearch policy +2
Technical Report Jan 2025

Open but Not Powerless: Towards a Common Understanding of EU Digital Sovereignty

D. Di Marco, S. Thabit Gonzalez, A. Kotsev, A. Friis-Christensen, M. Minghini, M. King

This policy brief outlines the EU's strategic imperative to assert digital sovereignty while remaining collaborative globally. The framework spans four dimensions: digital governance, infrastructure and software/data systems, digital products and markets, and workforce development. It emphasises tha...

digital sovereigntyEU policydigital governanceinfrastructure +2
Preprint Jul 2021

The Ghost of AI Governance Past, Present and Future: AI Governance in the European Union

Charlotte Stix

This paper examines how the European Union functions as a third way to govern AI beyond the US-China competition framework. It explores three dimensions: the EU's coherent and comprehensive approach to AI governance emphasising ethical and trustworthy development; digital sovereignty through the len...

AI governanceEuropean Uniondigital sovereigntytrustworthy AI +2