Digitalisation

The EU tried in vain to create the world economy in its own image. Now it is turning to industrial policy to assertively protect its model against the policies of others. A new European industrial policy could democratise, accelerate, and make the green and digital transitions more just. To achieve these benefits, it requires European not national funding, needs to boost additional investment rather than the profits of established firms, and must be transparent, conditional, and inclusive.

The story of how Estonia built one of the most innovative and successful public education systems in the world.

How technology is influencing Europe’s foreign policy development and geopolitical positions.

In studying real-world alternatives to state control and organisation via the market, Elinor Ostrom urges us to expand the notion of what democracy means.

The EU and the US have to navigate bilateral differences and work with like-minded countries to formulate a response to China’s techno-authoritarianism.

The digital space needs to be regulated according to a new set of principles that protect fundamental rights but also user freedoms.

Spain is leading the way with just transition, but the concept needs bringing up to speed to account for the impacts of accelerating digitalisation and automation.

A conversation with the ETUI general director on what the pandemic has meant for workers and the window of opportunity to achieve a just and green recovery.

The answer to Barcelona’s digital divide is a politics that puts people and rights at the centre of the digital transition.

In the first of a three-part series, we look at how blind optimism must be replaced by a societal debate in which technological advances are held accountable.