TECHNIS is pleased to invite you to a free webinar. TECHNIS webinars focus on recent legal, economic, managerial, ethical and policy issues related to technological innovation. Our approach is interdisciplinary and presentations are given by experts in different fields such as economics, law, management, STS, sociology, anthropology and philosophy. Webinar presentations last for 20min and are followed by a 40min discussion.

Please join us for a webinar on Tuesday the 3rd of March 2026 at 11:00 London time i.e. 12:00 Brussels time, 13:00 Athens time. The speaker is Luca Marelli, University of Milan. The title of the talk is "The European Health Data Space: Normative Architecture, Value Trade-Offs, and Governance Frictions".

This webinar is free and open to all. The moderator is Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos. 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://uoc-gr.zoom.us/j/84642993639?pwd=4mpCWh3kXwL7TeODcCa7UZ9cKEbbYU.1

Meeting ID: 846 4299 3639
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Abstract: The Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), signed into law in 2025, represents the most comprehensive legislative framework on health data in EU history and one of the most far-reaching globally. By mandating the disclosure and controlled reuse of health data held by a wide range of actors for research, innovation, and policymaking, it institutionalizes large-scale data integration as a matter of public policy. This talk outlines the complex design of the EHDS and examines the normative and institutional implications of this unprecedented project, with particular attention to the legal, political, and ethical frictions likely to emerge in its implementation. Examining these dynamics is essential to understanding the trade-offs and governance tensions embedded in large-scale data integration, as well as the broader challenges the EHDS poses for harmonization, the political economy of health data, and the constitutional trajectory of digital integration in the European Union.

Short Bio: Luca Marelli is Associate Professor of Ethics and Governance of Health Research at the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan. He is Scientific Coordinator of POLHIS, the Research Center for the Ethics and Politics of Health Data Ecosystems at the University of Milan, and Co-founder and Co-chair of the EHDS Forum, an interdisciplinary research platform for studying the implementation and governance implications of the European Health Data Space. He recently co-editedProject Europe. The Making of Digital Innovation, Policy and Society, published with Edward Elgar (2025).