Digital Legal Lab member Mireille van Eechoud, Professor of Information Law at the University of Amsterdam, recently participated in a LERU Talk about what digital sovereignty means for universities, and the role of tech companies. Preserving ‘digital sovereignty’ of universities and researchers is key to a successful digital transformation of the university sector. LERU Talks are run by the League of European Research Universities (LERU), which is a network of leading European universities pushing the frontiers of innovative research. More information about this LERU Talk is here.
Prof. van Eechoud was also part of a team that recently conducted research commissioned by the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam to investigate the digital transformation of the university. This resulted in the research project “Information Law and the Digital Transformation of the University”. The research team, comprising eight Institute for Information Law (IViR) members, has developed research reports exploring different aspects of digital sovereignty of universities, including concrete recommendations to universities and law- and policymakers. Read more about this research project here.