Studies in National Governance and Emerging Technologies

This book combines theoretical and practical knowledge about key actors and driving forces that help to initiate and advance open data governance. Using Finland and Sweden as case studies, it sheds light on the roles of key actors in the open data movement, enabling researchers to understand the key operational elements of data-driven governance. Examining the most salient manifestations of related networking activities, the motivations of stakeholders, and the political and socioeconomic readiness of the public, private and civic sectors to advance such policies, it will appeal to e-government experts, policymakers and political scientists, as well as academics and students of public administration, public policy, and open data governance.

This first-of-its-kind incisive and interdisciplinary volume spears through law and governance implications in relation to maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). The book focuses on a wide array of timely, topical and thorny issues under four distinct parts: setting the scene; naval warfare and security; safety, seaworthiness and techno-regulatory assessments; global environmental change; autonomous passenger transportation; liability and insurance; selected national and regional developments; and tying the threads. Thus, the main themes will stress on topics including evolution, environment, safety and security, society, insurance, liability, human element, design solutions and procedures, and selected national case studies. At the outset, the book commences with an insight into the role of innovation-diplomacy as the driving force that could expedite the transition from autonomation to autonomy, and a commentary from the Chair of IMO’s MASS. After navigating through the complex law and governance landscape, the book concludes with a chapter that captures the essence of the paradigm shift and ties all critical findings for further consideration.

Chapter 11 and Chapter 18 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book provides an extensive overview of smart ports and remote technologies. Progressively, the stakeholders of the maritime and ocean domain, are able to conduct tasks with the help of machine learning, enabling them to interact with the environment in order to achieve pre-set goals while simultaneously promoting safety, security and environmental protection. After revisiting the “vessel autonomy” landscape, this book proceeds to cover a range of topics including port autonomous operations and governance systems, cybersecurity, big data analytics, port state enforcement through the prism of smart ports. The final segment of this book carves out a co-related component, i.e., remote technologies while maintaining a sharp focus on its evolution, the trajectory of national and international regulatory developments. The book will appeal to academics, international organizations, practitioners and policy makers.

Chapters 8, 19 and 20 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.