Europe’s Digital Challenges Governance, Regulation, and Society

Introduction - Governing Europe’s digital transformation: Power, rights, and resilience in the digital age

David Ramiro Troitiño and Ondrej Hamuľák

Part 1: Digital Democracy and Governance

1. Challenges in the era of digitalisation (2019-2025)

Ricardo Martín de la Guardia

2. Europe in the digital age: Opportunities and risks

David Ramiro Troitiño

3. Digitalisation in the EU: On the crossroads to a sustainable or fragmented digital environment in EU member states

Hana Kováčiková and Lucia Mokrá

4. Democracy, digitalisation and the patterns of media trust in the European Union

Tea Golob, Matej Makarovič and Mateja Rek

5. Building resilience to disinformation through digital citizenship education

Tea Golob, Matej Makarovič and Mateja Rek

6. Digital political movements and the rise of algorithmic influence

David Ramiro Troitiño

7. Bright and dark sides of digital democracy

Anna Pacześniak

Part 2: Human Rights and AI Ethics

8. The evolution of digital rights in EU law: A comparative analysis of the European declaration on digital rights and global frameworks

Ondrej Hamuľák, Hovsep Kocharyan and Lusine Vardanyan

9. Algorithmic gender bias in AI: The EU’s response

David Ramiro Troitiño

10. On securitisation and the deployment of AI systems at European borders: An outline of current challenges

Alessandra Silveira, Joana Covelo de Abreu, Manuel Protásio and Maria Inês Costa

11. AI and migration challenges in the EU: An ethical analysis of the AI Act

Letizia Conte and Benedetta Giovanola

Part 3: Regulation, Big Tech, and Digital Markets

12. From digital sovereignty to European sovereignty: The “EU’s Sovereign Turn”

Celso Cancela-Outeda

13. Regulating social media: The Digital Services Act and free speech

Zeynep Ayata

14. The digital economy and e-governance in the EU

David Ramiro Troitiño

Part 4: Cybersecurity and Digital Sovereignty

15. Towards integrated EU regime for cybersecurity event reporting: Incidents, threats, near misses, and vulnerabilities

Jozef Andraško, Ondrej Hamuľák, Michal Rampášek and Stela Košťálová

16. AI regulation at a crossroads: Beyond the false choice between innovation and regulation

Zeynep Ayata

17. The use of AI in judicial systems: Legal and ethical implications

Ana Cardoso, Alessandra Silveira, Joana Covelo de Abreu and Maria Inês Costa

18. Resilience and digital sovereignty in the European Union: The CIGET Framework as an integrated blueprint

Riina Palu

19. Shaping Europe’s digital future: Governance, rights, and resilience beyond regulation

David Ramiro Troitiño and Ondrej Hamuľák

20. Subliminal AI in political speech: Defining harm to democratic discourse

Annelieke Mooij

Biography

David Ramiro Troitiño is Senior Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Director of the Jean Monnet Network on E-Governance and Digital Development ENDE, and holder of a Jean Monnet Chair on the Digital Development of the European Union.

Ondrej Hamuľák is Senior Researcher and Lecturer in EU Law at Palacký University Olomouc, Head of CLAiR, Czech Republic, and Adjunct Professor in Digital Constitutionalism at TalTech Law School, Estonia.

“Encyclopedic in scope - a veritable handbook. An essential tool for anyone exploring the Governance of Digital Europe.”

JHH Weiler, NYU School of Law, USA