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JRC’s Report and Guidelines on Rapid Science for Policy (RS4P) – Finally Out!
Although I left the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission at the beginning of the summer, I am very glad that the Report and Guidelines on Rapid Science for Policy (RS4P) finally saw the light! Open access here: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC146085 The study is authored by Kerry Waddell, Michael Wilson, and John N. Lavis of the…
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Quantum Information Technologies @ EASST Conference
Last week, I attended the 2026 European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) Conference in Krakow. In a nice 3-session panel dedicated to Exploring Resilient and Responsible Futures of Quantum Technologies, I focused my presentation on Ecological Discussions on Quantum Technology and Policy. The presentation (here) synthesizes some completed (here and here)…
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Large-scale AI Risks Conference @ KU Leuven
On 23rd and 24th of June, I participated in the 2nd Conference on Large-scale AI Risks (LSAIR) @ KU Leuven. Despite the heat, it was a very engaging and stimulating two-day event, hosted in the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage’s Grand Beguinage. The conference gathered together scholars, policymakers, and consultants, providing a diverse spectrum of expertise,…
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“Building Quantum Futures” Workshop @ Aarhus University
Very glad to have participated in the workshop Building Quantum Futures at Aarhus University on 8-9 June (exactly 10 years since my PhD defense at the University of Leeds!) Great discussions, ideas, and projects on how to envision responsible sociotechnical futures for the development, use and implementation of quantum information technologies (QITs). On my part,…
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New Publication! “A Europe-level Quantum Internet to Enable the EU Digital Sovereignty”
Our open access article “Enabling the EU’s digital sovereignty: A Europe-level quantum internet as the key infrastructure for a European digital polity” is out in the Journal of Telecommunications Policy. This publication is the outcome of 1.5 year of work together with Anastasija Nikiforova (University of Tartu) and Martino Travagnin (colleague at the Joint Research…
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“Data Migration and Mobilities” Workshop @Taltech
On the 8th and 9th of April, I was very glad to be back to Tallinn University of Technology to participate in a workshop on “Data Migration and Mobilities“, organised by Anu Masso (with whom I collaborated at Taltech from 2019 to 2021) and Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University). In my presentation, titled “The Digital as…
