Sebastian Heidebrecht
Biographic Data
| ID | 4378863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sebastian Heidebrecht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sebastian |
| FAMILY NAME | Heidebrecht |
| SIGNATURE | HEIDEBRECHT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9738-4471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Digital Policy as a Driver of Integration: Spillover Effects and European Commission Empowerment
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global impact of the pandemic brought digital technology to the forefront of geopolitical strategy and geo-economic considerations, prompting European policymakers to embrace strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty. While existing scholarship has examined EU rhetorical and policy responses, its institutional dynamics have received less attention. This article addresses this gap by examining the growing p…
How and Why EU Institutions Promote the Digital Euro: The Politics of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
The future of money is a crucial issue in the digital age, and the emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is widely recognised as a transformative development. However, despite its significant implications for monetary sovereignty, regulatory governance and strategic autonomy, we know relatively little about the political dynamics shaping the European Union (EU) digital euro project. This study addresses this gap by examining how an…
Platform Accountability in the European Union: The Cases of Data Protection and Digital Services Regulation
Les grandes entreprises technologiques imitent des compétences qui étaient la prérogative des États-nations. De nombreux scandales publics très médiatisés ont alimenté les appels à davantage de responsabilité. Bien que l’UE ait abordé le sujet, nous ne savons pas encore comment la responsabilité des entreprises de plateforme a augmenté. Cet article développe le concept de responsabilité de plateforme en tant qu’outil analytique. Une analyse de tr…
Digital sovereignty as control: The regulation of digital finance in the European Union
Crypto-finance is becoming increasingly popular, but the area is still unregulated in many ways. Its innovations promise to bring benefits by decreasing costs and increasing choices for intermediaries and customers. At the same time, and among other things, the breakdown of important exchanges and lawsuits against prominent figures illustrate potential challenges for investors, financial stability, and monetary sovereignty. How does the EU naviga…
Continuity despite crises: Germany’s euro policy in the light of the pandemic, war and inflation
After a decade of reforming and stabilising the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), it has been put to a triple test: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the return of inflation have posed serious challenges to the eurozone that call for policy responses. Against the background of recent advances in European integration theory, we assess whether and how these challenges have led to a change in the EMU policy of the eurozone's most power…
From Market Liberalism to Public Intervention: Digital Sovereignty and Changing European Union Digital Single Market Governance
Against the backdrop of the ever‐increasing importance of digital services, the European Union (EU) is promoting deepening of its digital single market (DSM). Whilst the single market has often been portrayed as the Trojan horse of neoliberalism, recent rhetoric on digital sovereignty indicates a desire for more control over the digital sphere. A historical case study of key elements of the DSM, namely digital services regulation and data protect…
Digital sovereignty - Rhetoric and reality
In recent years, the language of digital sovereignty has become ubiquitous in Europe. However, we still lack systematic knowledge if and to what extent the discourse on digital sovereignty is accompanied by actual policy change in different areas of EU policymaking. Drawing on a range of both qualitative and quantitative methods, the various contributions to this special issue examine discursive and policy change in nine major areas of EU digital…
The Austrian-German Relationship in EMU Reform: From Asymmetric Partnership to Increased Independence
The relationship between Austria and Germany is characterised by many political and cultural commonalities and strong economic interdependencies. Moreover, the asymmetry between the two countries, both in terms of economic size and political power, has long time characterised the relationship as one between 'leader' and 'follower'. Yet, despite these strong ties, Austria has assumed an increasingly independent role in recent EMU politics. Therefo…
Balancing independence and legitimacy: How the European Parliament holds the European Central Bank to account
Trying not to be caught in the act: Explaining European Central Bank’s bounded role in shaping the European Banking Union
The envisaged ‘completion’ of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) through the Banking Union is one of the most significant projects of European integration since the Maastricht Treaty. This article departs by emphasizing that the European Central Bank (ECB) is actively engaging in the design of this objective. ECB’s engagement in different parts of the process as well as its role in the current state of core pillars of the Banking Union is…
Wie transparent ist die Europäische Zentralbank? Eine international vergleichende Betrachtung vor dem Hintergrund der weitreichenden Neuerungen zum Januar 2015
From Market Liberalism to Public Intervention: Digital Sovereignty and Changing European Union Digital Single Market Governance
Against the backdrop of the ever‐increasing importance of digital services, the European Union (EU) is promoting deepening of its digital single market (DSM). Whilst the single market has often been portrayed as the Trojan horse of neoliberalism, recent rhetoric on digital sovereignty indicates a desire for more control over the digital sphere. A historical case study of key elements of the DSM, namely digital services regulation and data protect…
Digital sovereignty - Rhetoric and reality
In recent years, the language of digital sovereignty has become ubiquitous in Europe. However, we still lack systematic knowledge if and to what extent the discourse on digital sovereignty is accompanied by actual policy change in different areas of EU policymaking. Drawing on a range of both qualitative and quantitative methods, the various contributions to this special issue examine discursive and policy change in nine major areas of EU digital…
Digital sovereignty as control: The regulation of digital finance in the European Union
Crypto-finance is becoming increasingly popular, but the area is still unregulated in many ways. Its innovations promise to bring benefits by decreasing costs and increasing choices for intermediaries and customers. At the same time, and among other things, the breakdown of important exchanges and lawsuits against prominent figures illustrate potential challenges for investors, financial stability, and monetary sovereignty. How does the EU naviga…
Continuity despite crises: Germany’s euro policy in the light of the pandemic, war and inflation
After a decade of reforming and stabilising the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), it has been put to a triple test: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the return of inflation have posed serious challenges to the eurozone that call for policy responses. Against the background of recent advances in European integration theory, we assess whether and how these challenges have led to a change in the EMU policy of the eurozone's most power…
Platform Accountability in the European Union: The Cases of Data Protection and Digital Services Regulation
Les grandes entreprises technologiques imitent des compétences qui étaient la prérogative des États-nations. De nombreux scandales publics très médiatisés ont alimenté les appels à davantage de responsabilité. Bien que l’UE ait abordé le sujet, nous ne savons pas encore comment la responsabilité des entreprises de plateforme a augmenté. Cet article développe le concept de responsabilité de plateforme en tant qu’outil analytique. Une analyse de tr…
Digital Policy as a Driver of Integration: Spillover Effects and European Commission Empowerment
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global impact of the pandemic brought digital technology to the forefront of geopolitical strategy and geo-economic considerations, prompting European policymakers to embrace strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty. While existing scholarship has examined EU rhetorical and policy responses, its institutional dynamics have received less attention. This article addresses this gap by examining the growing p…
The Austrian-German Relationship in EMU Reform: From Asymmetric Partnership to Increased Independence
The relationship between Austria and Germany is characterised by many political and cultural commonalities and strong economic interdependencies. Moreover, the asymmetry between the two countries, both in terms of economic size and political power, has long time characterised the relationship as one between 'leader' and 'follower'. Yet, despite these strong ties, Austria has assumed an increasingly independent role in recent EMU politics. Therefo…
Trying not to be caught in the act: Explaining European Central Bank’s bounded role in shaping the European Banking Union
The envisaged ‘completion’ of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) through the Banking Union is one of the most significant projects of European integration since the Maastricht Treaty. This article departs by emphasizing that the European Central Bank (ECB) is actively engaging in the design of this objective. ECB’s engagement in different parts of the process as well as its role in the current state of core pillars of the Banking Union is…
Wie transparent ist die Europäische Zentralbank? Eine international vergleichende Betrachtung vor dem Hintergrund der weitreichenden Neuerungen zum Januar 2015
Trying not to be caught in the act: Explaining European Central Bank’s bounded role in shaping the European Banking Union
The envisaged ‘completion’ of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) through the Banking Union is one of the most significant projects of European integration since the Maastricht Treaty. This article departs by emphasizing that the European Central Bank (ECB) is actively engaging in the design of this objective. ECB’s engagement in different parts of the process as well as its role in the current state of core pillars of the Banking Union is…
Balancing independence and legitimacy: How the European Parliament holds the European Central Bank to account
The Austrian-German Relationship in EMU Reform: From Asymmetric Partnership to Increased Independence
The relationship between Austria and Germany is characterised by many political and cultural commonalities and strong economic interdependencies. Moreover, the asymmetry between the two countries, both in terms of economic size and political power, has long time characterised the relationship as one between 'leader' and 'follower'. Yet, despite these strong ties, Austria has assumed an increasingly independent role in recent EMU politics. Therefo…
Platform Accountability in the European Union: The Cases of Data Protection and Digital Services Regulation
Les grandes entreprises technologiques imitent des compétences qui étaient la prérogative des États-nations. De nombreux scandales publics très médiatisés ont alimenté les appels à davantage de responsabilité. Bien que l’UE ait abordé le sujet, nous ne savons pas encore comment la responsabilité des entreprises de plateforme a augmenté. Cet article développe le concept de responsabilité de plateforme en tant qu’outil analytique. Une analyse de tr…
Digital sovereignty as control: The regulation of digital finance in the European Union
Crypto-finance is becoming increasingly popular, but the area is still unregulated in many ways. Its innovations promise to bring benefits by decreasing costs and increasing choices for intermediaries and customers. At the same time, and among other things, the breakdown of important exchanges and lawsuits against prominent figures illustrate potential challenges for investors, financial stability, and monetary sovereignty. How does the EU naviga…
Continuity despite crises: Germany’s euro policy in the light of the pandemic, war and inflation
After a decade of reforming and stabilising the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), it has been put to a triple test: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the return of inflation have posed serious challenges to the eurozone that call for policy responses. Against the background of recent advances in European integration theory, we assess whether and how these challenges have led to a change in the EMU policy of the eurozone's most power…
From Market Liberalism to Public Intervention: Digital Sovereignty and Changing European Union Digital Single Market Governance
Against the backdrop of the ever‐increasing importance of digital services, the European Union (EU) is promoting deepening of its digital single market (DSM). Whilst the single market has often been portrayed as the Trojan horse of neoliberalism, recent rhetoric on digital sovereignty indicates a desire for more control over the digital sphere. A historical case study of key elements of the DSM, namely digital services regulation and data protect…
Digital sovereignty - Rhetoric and reality
In recent years, the language of digital sovereignty has become ubiquitous in Europe. However, we still lack systematic knowledge if and to what extent the discourse on digital sovereignty is accompanied by actual policy change in different areas of EU policymaking. Drawing on a range of both qualitative and quantitative methods, the various contributions to this special issue examine discursive and policy change in nine major areas of EU digital…
Digital Policy as a Driver of Integration: Spillover Effects and European Commission Empowerment
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global impact of the pandemic brought digital technology to the forefront of geopolitical strategy and geo-economic considerations, prompting European policymakers to embrace strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty. While existing scholarship has examined EU rhetorical and policy responses, its institutional dynamics have received less attention. This article addresses this gap by examining the growing p…
How and Why EU Institutions Promote the Digital Euro: The Politics of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
The future of money is a crucial issue in the digital age, and the emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is widely recognised as a transformative development. However, despite its significant implications for monetary sovereignty, regulatory governance and strategic autonomy, we know relatively little about the political dynamics shaping the European Union (EU) digital euro project. This study addresses this gap by examining how an…
Political science (9 works) · European union (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Global Financial Regulation and Crises (4 works)