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Meet the Centre for Digital Governance

A gateway to governance of digital transformation, based in Berlin.

Our Mission

We aim to promote digitalisation where appropriate to improve public well-being. To this end, the Centre enables and supports synergies between rigorous academic research, world-leading education and socially relevant policy insights on the challenges and opportunities of the digital era.

Digital Governance

We define digital governance as a set of formal and informal decision-making processes and power relationships that determine power balances in the realm of digital transformations.

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The Centre for Digital Governance‘s blog address the topics of digital governance and the effects of digital transformation on public services and everyday life. Read the latest articles here!

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Call for Applications: Research Associate - Initiative for an Effective State Project

We are looking for a PhD student (part-time) to accompany us in this exciting project, under the patronage of the Federal President of Germany, as part of a great team at the Centre for Digital Governance office.

Apply for the Digital Leadership Scholarship now!

This full scholarship worth €37,500 offers a unique opportunity in the framework of the EMPA programme to gain the tools to navigate and shape the complex challenges of digital transformation.

Prof. Joanna Bryson joins Estonia’s AI Ethics Network

As a member of the newly established International Ethics Council for the Estonian Centre of Excellence in AI, Prof. Joanna Bryson aims to shape AI ethics to support safe, reliable, and privacy-conscious applications in critical sectors.

Senior Fellow Paul Fehlinger launches platform to bridge policy and venture capital worlds

VC+POLICY is a dynamic new platform designed to bridge the worlds of venture capital, policy, and entrepreneurial innovation. This initiative fosters vital dialogue to harness the interplay between tech and regulation.

Centre for Digital Governance Blog

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From Obstacle to Opportunity — How Regulatory Engagement Could Reshape European Venture Capital

Centre senior fellow Paul Fehlinger and Leo Ringer of Form Ventures discuss why venture capital must fundamentally rethink its approach to regulated markets.

A better lodestar for EU AI sovereignty

“AI made in Europe” has been the lodestar of EU AI policy since 2018. Six years later, US companies’ grip on everything digital in the EU has only tightened. But Brussels doesn’t need to breed OpenAI clones. What matters is getting these new technologies to help European societies flourish. And that won’t happen if corporate profits shape the digital age.

What we can learn from China's crackdown on its own Big Tech

China's new competition regime for the digital economy and its crackdown on domestic tech giants may offer important lessons for Big Tech regulation around the globe. But first, we need to understand the motivation behind the change in policy and its impact on China’s economy.

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