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The European Union and the Technology Shift, Paperback / softback Book

The European Union and the Technology Shift Paperback / softback

Edited by Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Karin Leijon, Anna Michalski, Lars Oxelheim

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This book explores the multiple challenges that the global technology shift is posing to the EU.

It raises the question of how European societies will mobilize the positive effects of the rapid technological advancement in digitalization, robotization, and artificial intelligence, while mitigating the negative consequences in terms of job losses, cybercrime, and social and political polarization.

From the vantage point of experts from economics, law, and political science, this book provides insights into the role that the EU is and ought to be playing in regulating global platform companies, addressing taxation in the digital economy, mitigating job displacements on the labour market, and tackling ethical concerns of artificial intelligence and the prospect of digital democracy.

All chapters are based on up-to-date research findings, succinct assessment of the current state of affairs and ongoing debates.

They conclude with policy recommendations for policy makers on European and national levels. ‘This volume has a solid foundation in the highly topical question of technological change.

More importantly, the individual chapters are written by qualified scholars whose analytically advanced contributions are likely to interest a wide audience.

I can strongly recommend this book for scholars and students in political science, law, and economics.’—Carl Fredrik Bergström, Professor of European Law, Uppsala University, Sweden‘When the Commission took office in 2019, it put forward its vision as to how Europe’s digital future could be ‘shaped’ in a way that makes the digital transition enrich people’s lives and make sure that European businesses fully benefit from the opportunities offered by digital technologies.

Then COVID drastically accelerated the take up of digital solutions.

As the digital transformation affects every single one of us it is important that we have the widest possible debateon its inherent risks and opportunities.

This is why I warmly recommend this book. It brings together an inter-disciplinary set of scholars able to analyse the multifaceted implications of the technological shift. And I could not agree more with the book’s main takeaway, i.e. that we need to create an adaptive regulatory framework capable of harnessing the positive effects of technological changes while buttressing the negative impact on European society and citizens.’—Ambassador Kim Jørgensen, Head of Cabinet to Commissioner and Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, European Commission

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