Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
The Digitalisation of Science, Technology and Innovation
Key Developments and Policies
This report examines digitalisation’s effects on science, technology and innovation
and the associated consequences for policy. In varied and far-reaching ways, digital
technologies are changing how scientists work, collaborate and publish. While examining
these developments, this book also assesses the effects of digitalisation on longstanding
policy themes, from access to publicly funded research data, to the diffusion of technology
and its absorption by firms. New and emerging topics are also explored. These include
the roles of artificial intelligence and blockchain in science and production, using
digital technology to draw on the collective intelligence of the scientific community,
advances in the digitalisation of biotechnology, and possible "dark sides" of digitalisation.