Mediterranean Digital Societies

Law and Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5099-8367-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This open access book provides a Mediterranean perspective on digital societies, focusing on core issues such as cultural heritage, tourism, smart city development, migration, humanitarian action management, maritime security, health data sharing, and the Mediterranean data space.

The Mediterranean Sea is not just a geographical place; it is a crossroads of cultures, economies, and political trends, all of which are now intertwined with data-driven technologies. Neither a national nor an EU versus non-EU perspective can fully grasp the variety and complexity of the resulting space and legal issues.

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to Mediterranean digital societies by analysing the legal, societal and technical dimensions of the Mediterranean digital environment, with contributions by scholars and experts in this area.

The book is a key resource for scholars seeking to gain a better understanding of these under-explored topics and to do so from a Mediterranean, rather than an EU-centric, perspective. It also supports policy makers designing their digital strategies - both sectoral and general - in the Mediterranean region, and considers the impact of data-driven technologies on society and their geo-political dimension.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mantelero, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Mediterranean Digital Societies: A Common Path? Alessandro Mantelero (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy)

Part I: Digital Technologies for Human Rights Protection and Security in the Mediterranean Area
2. Downstreaming Data Protection in Humanitarian Work: Why to Revive Fairness Over Public Good for Individual Benefit?, Ayça Atabey (Edinburgh University, UK) and Lina Jasmontaite (Archimede Solutions SARL, Switzerland)
3. Contractual Solutions to Protect Human Rights in Critical Areas of International Cooperation, Alessandro Mantelero (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy)
4. Maritime Security in the Mediterranean Sea, Lilian Mitrou (University of the Aegean, Greece)

Part II: Digital Services and Mediterranean Cross-Country Cooperation
5. Tourist Data: Towards a Mediterranean Data Space, Maria Samantha Esposito (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy) and Alessandro Mantelero (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy)
6. Health Data Sharing in the Mediterranean Context, Maria Belén Andreu Martínez (University of Murcia, Spain) and Chawki Gaddes (National Personal Data Protection Authority of Tunisia)
7. Technological Innovation and Advanced Data Management at the Local Level: Towards a Smart City Data Space?, Julián Valero Torrijos (University of Murcia, Spain)

Part III: The Cultural Component of the Mediterranean Digital Space
8. Mediterranean Cultural Heritage and Data, Miquel Peguera Poch (Open University of Catalonia, Spain)
9. Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture and More: Towards a More Nuanced Methodology for Understanding the Past and Present of Privacy in the Mediterranean, Joseph A. Cannataci (University of Malta and University of Groningen, the Netherlands)

Über Autor(innen)

Mantelero, Alessandro
Alessandro Mantelero is Associate Professor of Private Law and Law & Technology at Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, and EU Jean Monnet Chair in Mediterranean Digital Societies & Law.

Alessandro Mantelero is Associate Professor of Law & Technology at Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy.