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In the last 20 years, the information technology revolution – especially the internet – has deeply changed economic, social and political terms around the world. The internet has widened and spread business opportunities and changed everyday life in an unimagined manner.
The internet revolution will continue to have a huge impact on almost every dimension of human interaction – let it be individual, economic, social or political. In order to benefit ftom the huge potentials of modern ICTs we need massive investment in broadband infrastructure, further incentives to innovate and an appropriate political and regulatory setting.
The platform “Netissues.eu” is dedicated to an open and well-founded discussion on how the internet will change working environments, production and consumption patterns, communication habits and other aspects of our lives. We invite academics, decision makers and other experts in the field of ICT to discuss these issues, from a technical and/or economic perspective and within a broader framework.
Gernot Pehnelt
Gernot Pehnelt is director of the independent research and consulting institute GlobEcon, Research Associate at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) and Research Partner at the Chair of Economic Policy at the University of Jena. He studied economics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena and economics, politics and philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.
From 2002 to 2004 he worked as a research associate and consultant at bifa Environmental Institute in Augsburg. From 2004 to 2007 he worked as a teaching and research associate at the Chair of Economic Policy at the University of Jena. Gernot Pehnelt holds a PhD in economics. His areas of expertise and research focus are health economics, development economics, ICT, international relations and competition policy.
