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Heurich, B., Lukács, B., & Weidener, L. (2026). Science-on-chain: How can we trust science again? Internet Policy Review, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.14763/2026.1.2070

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Heurich, Benjamin, Lukács, Bence and Weidener, Lukas. 2026. "Science-on-chain: How can we trust science again?". Internet Policy Review 15 (1). DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2070. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/science-on-chain.

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Heurich, Benjamin, Lukács, B. & Weidener, L. (2026). Science-on-chain: How can we trust science again? Internet Policy Review,[online] 15(1). Available at: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/science-on-chain [Accessed: 31 Aug. 2026].

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Heurich, Benjamin, Lukács, Bence, and Weidener, Lukas. "Science-on-chain: How can we trust science again?". Internet Policy Review 15.1 (2026). Web. 31 Aug. 2026.

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Heurich B, Lukács B, Weidener L. Science-on-chain: How can we trust science again? Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2026 [31 August 2026];15(1). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/science-on-chain

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This paper investigates decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) as a potential policy response to the issue of declining trust online and argues that while DAOs have privileged displacing the need for trust, they can also be designed to nourish trust thereby fostering participation and prosocial use cases.

KEYWORDS: Blockchain, Trust, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), Ethnography, Governance

This concept paper contextualises, defines, and systematises the concepts of trust and distrust (and their interrelations).

KEYWORDS: Trust, Distrust, Technology, Data-driven technology, Data

Volume 12, Issue 1

Governing artificial intelligence in the media and communications sector

Jo Pierson, Hasselt University
Aphra Kerr, Maynooth University
Stephen Cory Robinson, Linköping University
Rosanna Fanni, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Valerie Eveline Steinkogler, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Giulia Zampedri, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.1.1683

The article identifies critical blindspots in current European AI policies and explores the impact of AI technologies in the media and communications sector, based on a novel multi-level analytical framework.

KEYWORDS: Artificial intelligence, Trust, AI governance, European policymaking

Data intermediaries entail data governance measures for ensuring that data is only processed as appropriate, giving stakeholders some degree of confidence that their rights and interests are properly respected.

KEYWORDS: Data intermediaries, Data protection, Data governance, Accountability, Trust, Data commons

By analysing data governance models and inherent properties of data, we point towards public data commons as the model securing European values and increasing sharing.

KEYWORDS: Data governance, Internet policy, Data commons, Public interest, Trust, European values

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Inclusive by design? Participatory governance and the future of digital public spaces

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