MIPRO 2019 Invited Lecturer, Paul Timmers, has published CHALLENGED BY "DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY", Journal of Internet Law, vol 23, (6), pp. 1-20, 2019. It concludes that 'digital sovereignty' poses acute challenges for law- and policy-makers to deal with the interplay of 'code' and 'law', the cost of sovereignty, and the non-neutrality of technology.


 

Prof. Timmers is a Research Associate of the University of Oxford / Department of Politics and International Relations, Visiting Professor at the University of Rijeka and EIT Health Chief Advisor.
He held various academic positions and has a long-standing interest in business models, being one of the most cited authors on e-business models worldwide. He worked as a manager in a large ICT company and co-founded an ICT start-up.