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30.04.2026
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30.04.2026

WEBINAR: Digital Sovereignty – Establish a Common Language and Understand the Key Domains and Control Regimes

Everyone is talking about digital sovereignty, but the concept means very different things depending on whether you are working in a ministry, a boardroom, or a research center. And that is entirely reasonable, because digital sovereignty is different things. However, without a shared language, we risk talking past each other, precisely when decisions are urgent:

Europe’s dependence on U.S. cloud infrastructure is growing, the AI race between Washington and Beijing is accelerating, and Denmark must navigate both.

Digital sovereignty is complex, but what if we had a common language that enables action?

In this webinar, Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Roman Jurowetzki, Morten Axel Pedersen, and Kristin Eggeling present a new research brief that equips you to understand:

- Three domains that must be balanced: security, the economy, and rights, and why they are interdependent.

- Three control regimes that must be integrated for success:

  • Ownership (of hardware, software, AI models, etc.)
  • Knowledge capacity (organizational, legal, and STEM expertise)
  • Regulation (state-led, international, or driven by powerful private actors)
  • Why this requires a triadic alignment, and what happens when one element is missing (e.g., ineffective regulation, costly infrastructure, or brain drain).

Following the presentation, there will be a discussion with Jan Damsgaard, Professor and member of Denmark’s Digital Advisory Board, and Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, on how to translate theory into practice.

Practical information:

Language: Please note the webinar will be in Danish.

Format: Online webinar

Access: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/63230034502
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This brief is currently only available in Danish.

Summary (Translated)

Digital sovereignty is multidimensional and requires priority

In a time of geopolitical instability and rapid AI development, control over digital infrastructure and data has become critical. While there is broad agreement on the need for action at the national, Nordic, and EU levels, a shared language around digital sovereignty is still lacking. This lack of alignment leads either to inaction or to narrow technical solutions without strategic direction. The core argument of the brief is that digital sovereignty is a multidimensional concept, involving both principled positions and pragmatic choices. Reducing it to technical solutions risks overlooking the values and trade-offs that determine who controls and benefits from these systems. Conversely, focusing solely on values leads to abstract principles without practical implementation or real impact. Digital sovereignty is rarely about choosing between full self-sufficiency and total dependence. Rather, it is about balancing often competing demands for openness, security, competitiveness, growth, values, and rights in a world where capabilities are unevenly distributed. This means that it is necessary to define who or what is to be protected or promoted, within the domains of security, economic growth, or citizens’ rights, and to recognize that choices in one domain may strengthen or undermine another. The brief focuses on AI as the area where digital sovereignty is most acutely at stake, but the concepts apply more broadly to digital infrastructure and data. It provides decision-makers with tools to navigate these dilemmas by presenting:

-  A conceptual framework for identifying who or what should be digitally sovereign.
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