Regulating Big Tech: From Competition Policy to Sector Regulation?

Regulating BFRs--from science to policy.

An adequate distribution of responsibilities between scientists and policy-makers requires that a distinction be made between theoretical rationality (what to believe) and practical rationality (what to do). In chemical risk management, it is often necessary to base decisions on indications of risk that do not amount to full scientific proof. Guidelines are offered for how this can be done with...

Policy implications of big data in the health sector

Big Data Quality: From Content to Context

Over the last 20 years, and particularly with the advent of Big Data and analytics, the research area around Data and Information Quality (DIQ) is still a fast growing research area. There are many views and streams in DIQ research, generally aiming at improving the effectiveness of decision making in organizations. Although there are a lot of researches aimed at clarifying the role of BIG data...

From omics and etics to policy and ethics: regulating evolution

Few technologies have experienced such an explosive development and significant increase in utility as the study, description and manipulation of the genes that spell out many of the functions of human life—it almost seems as if the science of our genes is autopoietic in terms of generating innovation. Genetic information is used to address large-scale problems, for example where whole genome a...

Regulating electricity to ensure efficient competition

The European Commission's attempt to update the Electricity and Gas Directives to underwrite unbundling and full liberalisation coincides with the California electricity crisis. The paper argues that compared to the US, much of the EU lacks the necessary legislative and regulatory power to mitigate generator market power. Unless markets are made more contestable, transmission capacity expanded ...