Sovereign by Design

Digital sovereignty is an essential pillar of the future. Politicians discuss it, businesses strive for it, and public discourse increasingly centers on it. However, what does it take to become digitally sovereign and resilient? What needs to change in society’s digitalization strategy and the design and operation of digital infrastructure to achieve this? In this book, the authors explore these questions, drawing from the LIONS research project led by a consortium of the University of Bundeswehr Munich and the Helmut-Schmidt-University in Hamburg. Through a transdisciplinary approach involving industry partners and the Bundeswehr, perspectives from ethics, psychology, media pedagogy, information systems, and computer science come together in the resulting articles. The first part, The Challenge of Digital Sovereignty, examines the concept of digital sovereignty as a systemic task. The second part, Designing Sovereign Information Systems, builds on the ethical perspective and locates it concretely in practical application within the supply chain. The final section, Digital Sovereignty as a Learning Field, offers pedagogical and psychological insights into digital competence.