New data-driven technologies yield benefits and potentials, but also confront different
agents and stakeholders with challenges in retaining control over their data. Our goal in this …

A large German research consortium mainly within the Max Planck Society (“MaxSynBio”)
was formed to investigate living systems from a fundamental perspective. The research …

We propose that the notion of individual sovereignty encompasses more than having the
power to exclude others from one's personal space. Instead, sovereignty is realized at least …

In discourses on digitization and the data economy, it is often claimed that data subjects
shall be owners of their data. In this paper, we provide a problem diagnosis for such calls for …

Making good decisions in extremely complex and difficult processes and situations has
always been both a key task as well as a challenge in the clinic and has led to a large …

In the ethical debate over synthetic biology the formula “playing god” is widely used in order
to attack this new branch of biotechnology. The article analyses, contextualizes and criticises …

In this paper, we characterize the notion of data sovereignty as a normative reference point
for information and communication technology (ICT) governance. We explain why in our …

Patient care after kidney transplantation requires integration of complex information to make
informed decisions on risk constellations. Many machine learning models have been …

Harnessing the metaverse for medical and healthcare purposes is currently heralded as the
“next frontier in healthcare.” However, to ensure the “amazing possibilities” of the so-called …

Artificial intelligence driven decision support systems (AI-DSS) have the potential to help
physicians analyze data and facilitate the search for a correct diagnosis or suitable …