Becoming Tech Sovereign? Tech Ecosystems in Defence and Europe's Technological Sovereignty (TechSov)
Navn på bevillingshaver
Ingvild Bode
Titel
Professor
Institution
University of Southern Denmark
Beløb
DKK 12,777,700
År
2025
Bevillingstype
Semper Ardens: Accomplish
Hvad?
As Europe faces both growing Russian aggression and US indifference, the continent’s technological sovereignty has become a crucial security concern. TechSov explores the role that national tech ecosystems can play in shaping tech sovereignty in defence through examining the interplay between Europe’s diverse innovation and strategic cultures.
Hvorfor?
In pursuing tech sovereignty, European policymakers appear to follow a “regulation vs innovation” paradigm that ignores how regulation can be conducive to innovation and risks breaking with long-term commitments to prioritise legal-ethical safeguards. TechSov delivers timely analysis towards how tech ecosystems can instead help in carving out a distinct European way of being tech sovereign.
Hvordan?
To understand how tech sovereignty is shaped in Europe, TechSov provides in-depth studies of how four national tech ecosystems in defence (Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, UK) innovate around three emerging technologies: AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology. We combine open-source analysis with ethnography, interviews, and stakeholder workshops to map the ecosystems’ approaches.