OAFP 9045 - Europe’s digital future: the EU legal and policy framework

This course explores Europe’s digital transformation with a legal and policy approach. It

covers opportunities and potential challenges the ongoing innovation revolution raises.

Every session will begin with a European press review.

Students will gain a broad understanding of EU innovation policy: the digital legal

framework, market dynamics, financing tools, and the implementation of major

regulations across Member States.

The final sessions examine future challenges such as sustainability, geopolitics, economic

competition, and technology adoption. The course ends with a moderated debate placing

students in the role of policy-makers.

This course is designed for all students, nonetheless a basic knowledge of the functioning

of the European Union and of the EU decision-making process is needed.

The course is meant to be interactive. Every session starts with a press review and

students raising the most salient points concerning current events in the digital and

innovation sector, followed by a debate. An oral presentation by one to three students is

delivered at the beginning or at the end of every session. Guest teachers may be invited

during the semester.

40 pourcent: an oral presentation (20 minutes) at the beginning/end of each course, to be done

in pairs, on the topic of the session. The order of the oral presentations will be

decided upon during the first session.

● 50 pourcent: short paper (3 to 5 pages) to be submitted individually before May 1st

, 2026 on a

topic related to the course. The teachers will provide a list of subjects.

● 10 pourcent: participation in class, assessed through a press review at the beginning of every

session and questions asked during the course. Students that may not feel comfortable

with public speaking can also address the teachers a written press review. The course

is designed to be interactive and general participation during the classes is

appreciated by the professors.

Students are required to read the press every week. Each student will prepare an oral

presentation during the course and a final paper for the end of the course.