Public Sector on BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy https://belibre.be/en/tags/public-sector/ Recent content in Public Sector on BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy Hugo en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 What Academia Now Tells Governments About Digital Dependency https://belibre.be/en/blog/sovereignty/paul-van-vulpen/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://belibre.be/en/blog/sovereignty/paul-van-vulpen/ <p>Things are starting to shift in the field of digital dependency. The conversation in the public sector has moved from civil society warnings to parliamentary reports, from IT conferences to cabinet agendas. Academia was tracking this before it became a policy priority: Paul van Vulpen began researching digital sovereignty and decentralised IT governance when neither was high on anyone&rsquo;s agenda. He defended his dissertation <em>Debating Digital Dominance: Decentralized Technology Governance For Strategic Autonomy</em> at Utrecht University in January 2026.</p> BeLibre Sovereignty Map https://belibre.be/map/ Mon, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hand crafted https://belibre.be/map/ Interactive map where you can discover digital sovereignty in municipalities, schools, emergency services or other critical infrastructure in our country and beyond.