Issue 2 - July 2026
The second issue of the European Open Source Academy Magazine unpacks why Europe can bid on its own solutions and own community - but also what challenges it might be facing in the strengthening of its digital infrastructure. If you are interested in learning how open source is impacting the way Europe does science, approaches security and shapes the national governance and practices, then don't miss out on this read!
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Navigating the dependency trap: Europe is bidding on itself and the people who make sovereignty possible
- From strengths to challengers: reclaiming Europe's digital sovereignty, by André Rebentisch
- A Digital Parachute for Democracy: Ensuring operational resilience in the face of geopolitical pressure, by Jutta Hortsmann
Sovereignty beyond the ‘made-in’ label: building the open source infrastructures
- From Chips to Code: The Many Layers of Digital Autonomy, by Gaël Lago
- Digital sovereignty begins in the architecture, not in the paperwork, by Heike Jurzik
- When software becomes infrastructure: what logistics can teach Europe about digital sovereignty, by Markus Sandbrink
Regulations and risks : how the open source community navigates Europe’s digital changes
- Who is responsible for open source code? Europe’s incoherent answer, by Anja Blaj Zajc
- When the funder opens the SBOM, by Sofia Sukhinina
- Defining open source AI: principles, perspectives, and practical challenges, by Alfonso Cancellara
- The rising cost of free software: how AI-assisted development is amplifying supply chain attacks, by Ida Bzowska
From policy to practice: systems, tools and lives reimagined by the use of open source
- How France almost started a Sovereign OS in 2016, by Stéfane Fermigier
- vresto: making open satellite data easier to use, by Yannis Kalfas
- Software-defined vehicles and innovation: why shared governance beats single-vendor open source,by Sara Gallian
- Open Source medical imaging, by Martin Häuer et al.
- From Agartala to the Cloud: An Indian Student’s Open Source Journey, by Shivam Pal