DCU Law and Tech hosts a dynamic group of researchers with multiple disciplinary backgrounds, ranging from law and political science to computing and engineering.
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This project investigates the extent to which the environmental impact of digital technologies is addressed within the legal and policy framework guiding the EU digital transition. Through systematic literature review and hermeneutic critical analysis, it explores if and how a sustainable digital sovereignty in the EU is possible, analyses the ethical issues underlying this policy strategy, and examines potential legal solutions.
Partners
Publications
- Alba Perez Victorio, Edoardo Celeste and Alberto Quintavalla (2024) ‘Greening AI? The new principle of sustainable digital products and services in the EU’ Common Market Law Review 61-4.
• Alba Perez Victorio, Edoardo Celeste (2025, forthcoming) ‘Towards a Right to Sustainable Digital Products and Services?’ In Rethinking Digital Platform Regulation. EU Challenges and Future Perspectives. Bloomsbury.
• Edoardo Celeste, Alba Perez Victorio (2025, forthcoming) ‘Sustainable Digital Sovereignty? Environmental Impact of EU Tech Strategies’ In Rethinking Digital Platform Regulation. EU Challenges and Future Perspectives. Bloomsbury.
Presentations
- Lunch Seminar, Erasmus Center of Law and Digitalization Lunch Seminar, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 20 Jan 2025.
- Human Rights and Natural Resources Workshop, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 12 Oct 2023.
- EMILDAI Summer School, Dublin City University, 11 May 2023.
Current Projects
- ‘Eco-Digital Constitutionalism? Analysing the Emergence of Sustainable Digitalisation Principles’ (ADAPT Funding Call, ADAPT Research Centre), 2025.
Edoardo Celeste
Edoardo Celeste is an Associate Professor of Law, Technology and Innovation at the School of Law and Government of Dublin City University. Edoardo is the Programme Chair of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI), the Deputy-Director of the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI), the coordinator of the DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster, and a founding member of the Digital Constitutionalism Network.
Alba Perez Vitorio
Alba Perez Victorio is a Researcher of the Law and Tech Research Cluster and a Graduate of the European Master in Law, Data and AI (EMILDAI) at the School of Law and Government of Dublin City University.