Mateo Aboy – författare

This Open Access book is the second volume in a series on quantum technology governance. Volume II provides a systematic examination of governance frameworks, international standards, and ethical dimensions of quantum technologies. It offers a contribution to the ongoing discourse on quantum technology governance beyond law and regulation (considered in volume I). It is one of the first collections offering analyses to explore how quantum technology governance is shaped through international consensus standards-setting, frameworks, and normative principles that operate upstream of legislation and regulation, and can influence technological trajectories, interoperability, legitimacy, and trust. The contributions of the volume examine how developments in quantum computing and related applications reshape governance through layered interactions between technical architectures, consensus standards, institutional coordination, and ethical commitments. It highlights how international harmonized standards can function as de facto governance tools and how ethical considerations can be operationalized without technological exceptionalism, addressing questions of responsibility, fundamental rights, and societal impact. The volume aims to equip scholars, policymakers, standard-setters, and technologists with conceptual and analytical tools to navigate normative uncertainty, as well as manage governance systems across emerging quantum applications, including in high-stakes domains such as the life sciences. Overall, together with Volume I, the contributions aim to equip scholars, policymakers, and practitioners with insights to evaluate the interplay between technical design, regulation, standards, governance frameworks, and ethical considerations in the quantum era.

This Open Access book, the first volume in a two-part series on quantum technology governance, provides a systematic examination of the legal and regulatory dimensions of quantum technologies, offering an original contribution to the emerging discourse on quantum governance. It distinguishes itself as one of the first comprehensive analyses to explore how quantum technologies intersect with existing legal frameworks, addressing the implications of quantum advancements for law, policy, and regulatory practice. The work examines how developments in quantum computing, cryptography, and sensing challenge established approaches to intellectual property, cybersecurity regulation, export controls, and public international law, while identifying pathways for adapting and strengthening existing governance structures. It highlights how the non-classical features of quantum technologies stress-test conventional legal doctrines and require interpretive flexibility, anticipatory policymaking, and evidence-based regulatory strategies rather than wholesale reform. Grounded in developments through 2025, the volume equips policymakers with analytical tools to navigate legal uncertainty, balance innovation with risk, and address regulatory gaps in areas such as cybersecurity and export controls, while fostering coordinated responses at national and international levels. The book equips scholars, policymakers, and practitioners with conceptual and practical insights to evaluate the evolving interplay between technological innovation, security, and legal order in the quantum era. With an interdisciplinary perspective, it advances understanding of how legal and regulatory systems can respond to the technical and governance challenges posed by quantum technologies.

Data sharing – broadly defined as the exchange of health-related data among multiple controllers and processors – has gained increased relevance in the health sciences over recent years as the need and demand for collaboration has increased. This includes data obtained through healthcare provisions, clinical trials, observational studies, public health surveillance programs, and other data collection methods. The practice of data sharing presents several notable challenges, however. Compliance with a complex and dynamic regulatory framework is essential, with the General Data Protection Regulation being a prominent example in a European context. Recent regulatory developments related to clinical trial transparency, trade secrecy, data access, AI training data, and health data spaces further contribute to the difficulties. Simultaneously, government initiatives often encourage scientists to embrace principles of “open data” and “open innovation.”The variety of regulations in this domain has the potential to impede widespread data sharing and hinder innovation. This edited volume, therefore, compiles comparative case studies authored by leading scholars from diverse disciplines and jurisdictions. The book aims to outline the legal complexities of data sharing. By examining real-world scenarios from diverse disciplines and a global perspective, it explores the normative, policy, and ethical dilemmas that surround data sharing in the health sciences today.Chapter Patient Perspectives on Data Sharing, Chapter Supplementary Measures and Appropriate Safeguards for International Transfers of Health Data after Schrems II are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.