Daniel Mügge
@dmugge.eurosky.social
Professor of Political Arithmetic at Uni of Amsterdam | Political economy of AI governance | Leader of the RegulAite project (https://www.regulaite.eu)
How does AI impact the political realm? How does it impact democracy? With @kimonkieslich.bsky.social, @lsfenner.bsky.social, @theolenoir.bsky.social and @dmugge.eurosky.social, I will be discussing all things AI & Politics at Spui25 on the 6th of October. Interested? Please sign up below.
The AI Blow-up. How the “Technology of the Future” turned into a political battleground
Until recently, AI was to be found everywhere except for political debates. Almost everyone agreed that AI was the key to future prosperity, and that a thriving society needed more of it. That has cha...
spui25.nl
The social sciences are under pressure. Yet universities' crush on tech only intensifies. That's bad. In the digital age more than ever, we need scientists help us hold society together against centrifugal tech forces. My plea to put the social sciences back in the place where we need them 👇
Why the digital society needs the social sciences (more than ever)
dmugge.leaflet.pub
Great paper, with a very insightful argument! Our paper with @ericbrown13.bsky.social on risk-washing is certainly a supporting read. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Governing Fintech and Fintech as Governance: The Regulatory Sandbox, Riskwashing, and Disruptive Social Classification
This article evaluates the sandbox approach as a regulatory answer to the challenges financial technology brings to finance and social relations. Taking fintech as a sociotechnological phenomenon e...
tandfonline.com
#AI policy everywhere uses "risk management (RM) frameworks". But that, @leevisaari.eurosky.social and I argue, creates blind spots: future AI harms that cannot be quantified and attributed to specific actors fall by the wayside. RM thus limits democratic control. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It has arrived! The #AI Matrix, on paper and IRL 🤩 Digital was nice, but the analogue me likes this even better 😎 Want your own copy? It's available here: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... On paper, but also open access! Thanks again to Vali Stan and Regine Paul for the amazing collaboration 🚀
Nederland staat voor een fundamentele keuze in digitaal beleid: AI als doel op zich of ten dienste van samenleving. Oproep van Roel Dobbe, Daniel Mügge en Marleen Stikker waag.org/nl/article/v...
Waag | Verantwoorde en duurzame digitalisering in plaats van nauwe AI focus
De AI-economie moet in dienst staan van de Nederlandse maatschappij, niet andersom. Marleen Stikker, Roel Dobbe en Daniel Mügge leggen uit hoe en geven speerpunten voor de formatie.
waag.org
Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)
The front and back cover of this week's New Yorker. Says the BofA ad on the back: "You didn't come this far just to come this far." Just what the front cover dude cozily tucked away under the $-bill was thinking before he dozed off. A bit of cognitive dissonance, seeing them next to each other...
"Waar blijft het Ministerie voor Digitale Zaken om de regie over tech in de samenleving terug te pakken?" vragen @marleenstikker.bsky.social en ik in NRC. #AI raakt zo ongeveer alle facetten van de samenleving. Uitermate slecht idee dus om het aan Big Tech over te laten. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | AI zou een politieke topprioriteit moeten zijn
Digitalisering en AI veranderen de samenleving ingrijpend. Nederland heeft dringend een strategisch AI-beleid nodig voor autonomie en veiligheid.
nrc.nl
What's the state of play around #AI sovereignty in Latin America? Natan Amado picks it apart in this RegulAite working paper. Spoiler alert: without push-back, AI dependency will only entrench LA's peripheral position in the global economy. www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/A...
A deeply personal deep dive into #AI & politics with the Ivory Tower podcast. 🙏 to Tadey Luka Sadovyi for being such a gracious and erudite host 😃 Here's the Spotify link: open.spotify.com/episode/7f5n...
As Europe considers its options to achieve digital sovereignty, it is time for a sober assessment of the prevailing innovation narrative, writes Daniel Mügge.
AI & Innovation: The Good, the Useless – and the Ugly | TechPolicy.Press
As Europe considers its options to achieve digital sovereignty, it is time for a sober assessment of the prevailing innovation narrative, writes Daniel Mügge.
techpolicy.press
📢 Postdoc job alert 'Politcal Masculinities and Young Voters. The position is part of my NWO-VICI-project Political Masculinities in Europe . Please, share with potentially interested candidates with survey skills and expertise in quantitative methods. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoc Political Masculinities and Young Voters
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the Dutch Research Council (NWO-VICI) project ‘Political Masculinities in Euro...
werkenbij.uva.nl
A year ago, Brussels uncorked champagne after the #AI Act adoption. Now, the "regulatory superpower"-story is dead; it's all about "AI competitiveness". @leevisaari.bsky.social and I ask: is this bowing to US pressure, or does the EU finally step up to the plate? www.techpolicy.press/the-eu-ai-po...
The EU AI Policy Pivot: Adaptation or Capitulation? | TechPolicy.Press
Daniel Mügge and Leevi Saari ask, "What are we to make of the EU's AI policy pivot?"
techpolicy.press
Gender vote share gap among young Germans. Massive. Among women, the left, greens and social democrats have a comfortable majority; among men, AfD, CDU/CSU and FDP score 50%. Thanks to @lizamugge.bsky.social for pointing me to this; the German original is here: www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/...
Maybe the EU losing the AI race against US tech on Trump steroids is good news? www.linkedin.com/pulse/losing...
Losing the AI race may be a blessing
In the AI race, the gap between Europe and the United States was big already. And with a shot of Trump doping into the arm of Big Tech, it has only grown.
linkedin.com
With the US #AI executive order rescinded on Day One of Trump's 2nd act, here's my take on the divergence of American and European visions for AI - and the need for the EU boldly to chart its own course. youtu.be/vgTvtVxw7wM?...
How do Trump's policies shape AI in Europe? | Daniel Mügge | University of Amsterdam
YouTube video by UvA - Social Sciences & Behaviour
youtu.be
Why it's time to resist invasive digitization... www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...
Daniel Mügge on LinkedIn: Time to resist invasive digitization
All around, digital tech is embraced as the midwife for human progress. But often, its relentless expansion into all domains of life erodes real human…
linkedin.com
For better or worse, a realistic take on #AI in military affairs: connecting dots, and fast. With this, EU's vulnerability - defense split along borders - becomes only more acute. For independence from foreign tech, genuine integration is the only option. www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/10/1...
We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war
We’re living through the first drone wars, but AI is poised to change the future of warfare even more drastically.
technologyreview.com
In the meantime, some things I found interesting: @dmugge.bsky.social writes about lessons from Trump's win for EU's digital transformation: "If Europe wants digitalisation to bring genuine societal progress, the lodestar should not be a competitive race with the US" www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
The Trump win and its lesson for EU tech policy
Trump’s win not only reminds Europe that it must be able to stand on its own feet in digital tech. It also illustrates the collateral damage unguided digitalisation can do to societies, writes Daniel ...
euractiv.com
The #EU "digital sovereignty" push concentrates too much on beating US Big Tech at its own game. Instead, it must harness digital technologies for social progress much more forcefully - w/foreign companies where possible; with its own #Eurostack where necessary. www.hertie-school.org/en/digital-g...
A better lodestar for EU AI sovereignty
“AI made in Europe” has been the lodestar of EU AI policy since 2018. Six years later, US companies’ grip on everything digital in the EU has only tightened
hertie-school.org
What does Trump win mean for #EU tech policy? It not only turns digital sovereignty into a live issue. But also: the EU should rethink whether USA really is the digitization-example to follow. (Spoiler: it's not...) (Article posted on LinkedIn; sorry for out-link.) www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...
New paper out with International Studies Quarterly 🎉 Outsourcing Empire: International Monetary Power in the Age of Offshore Finance. #openaccess #polsky #politicsofmoney academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
Outsourcing Empire: International Monetary Power in the Age of Offshore Finance
Abstract. Offshore finance allows foreign banks to create US dollars under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. How and why does this affect international
academic.oup.com
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In ""Politics without Presence?"" Anne Louise Schotel & @lizamugge.bsky.social pair qualitative text analysis with in depth interviews to understand trans symbolic representation in 🇩🇪 & 🇳🇱. Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What's the point of "AI made in Europe", a key plank of the EU's digital sovereignty agenda? It could be used to extract the EU from a delirious "AI race" - or to try to get ahead in it. What does EU strategy itself have to say? My two cents in the LSE Europe blog 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
What is the point of “AI made in Europe”?
The EU has announced plans to make Europe a hub for artificial intelligence (AI). Daniel Mügge writes that while this sounds like a noble cause, the EU’s strategy is limited by its focus on enhanci…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Digital sovereignty is a big thing in Brussels - also in #AI. But what are the politics behind the "EU AI sovereignty" ambition? Who needs it, and why? For the Journal of European Public Policy, I've dissected 6 yrs of Commission strategy to find out. Now OA here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
EU AI sovereignty: for whom, to what end, and to whose benefit?
EU policy emphasises the need for digital sovereignty, also in artificial intelligence (AI). But because such ‘AI sovereignty’ could be used for diverse and even conflicting goals, it obscures the ...
tandfonline.com
My VICI proposal 'Political Masculinities in Europe' has been awarded by the Dutch Research Council! I am over the moon. A very, very, very happy day. www.nwo.nl/en/researchp...
Wat is jouw p(doom)? Vormt AI echt een existentieel risico? En hoe kan het dat techbedrijven hiervoor waarschuwen en tegelijk krachtige AI ontwikkelen én zichzelf opwerpen als redders in nood? Met oa @dmugge.bsky.social én met handige verklarende woordenlijst www.volkskrant.nl/a-b25d921b
