Royston charts the explosion of mobile Internet access on the African continent, growing interest in African tech entrepreneurship, and the flowering of digital transnational ties. Using participant observation and interviews with tech developers on the ground and media producers in the diaspora, including in virtual spaces and with communities online, Royston provides a nuanced portrait of tech users focused on "social good" emanating from the Global South, expanding the discourse for contemporary Pan-African politics.

Uploaded June 2026

"Design Stories - New Perspectives on a Collection" is published in connection with the Rösska Museum's new permanent exhibition collection gallery. Through essays, conversations and visual essays, a range of design-critical issues are discussed, reflecting on the roles of both design and the museum in society.

Uploaded June 2026

An Engineered World examines the dramatic and global expansion of modern, professional engineering between roughly 1870 and 1950.

Uploaded May 2026

The Smartification of Everything questions the potential and the limitations of smart systems, and in doing so furthers our understanding of the complex dynamics today among technology, environment, and power.

Uploaded May 2026

The book is a philosophical examination of the concept of information – written as a series of letters to the grandson of the author, Ion Irimie.

Uploaded May 2026

In this up-to-date overview of space law, the authors offer an easily accessible analysis of the governing framework and institutional landscape at the international, regional (with a focus on Europe) and national levels and the legal challenges of new and traditional areas of space activity.

Uploaded May 2026

This book, written from the perspective of a governance, risk, ethics and sustainability practitioner and expert, aims to equip decision-makers of all kinds, at every organizational level and in every sector, with a roadmap to understand, evaluate, develop and execute responsible, effective, creative, and innovative governance for the current and coming exponential age of generative AI, synthetic biology, nanotechnology, quantum and beyond.

Uploaded May 2026

We are operating in an environment that is increasingly characterised by AI. However, what does it mean when our AI applications are not only fed with prejudices, but also provided with a world view increasingly based on affects rather than rational considerations?

Uploaded May 2026

In our times of increasing cynicism about the quality of leadership we can expect and aspire to, Keshavan Nair reminds us that, "We are all engaged in leadership, in practicing it and selecting those who will lead." In A Higher Standard of Leadership, he offers a pragmatic guide based on the concepts Gandhi exemplified.

Uploaded May 2026

This book presents one perspective on moving from the world of academic and government supported basic research on scientific questions to performing applied research for industry meant to address specific problems to improve cost, quality, and productivity in durable and consumer good manufacturing, where fast return on investment and long-term stability are driving factors.

Uploaded May 2026