Our QISS researchers have published several research papers on responsible quantum technology and innovation.
Inventory and Economic Impact
Robertson, A., Brooke, S., De Haro, S, Schaffner, C. (2025). Irrelevant Carrots and Non-existent Sticks: Trust, Governance, and Security in the Transition to Quantum-safe Systems. [preprint].
Kathrin Hövelmanns, K, Planken, D, Schaffner, C, and Verschoor, S.R. (2025) QKD Oracles for Authenticated Key Exchange. [preprint]
Ethical and Societal Aspects
De Jong, E., Shelley-Egan, C. (2026) Quantum for Good Through a Lens of Technosolutionism: A Critical-constructive View. Journal of Responsible Technology 25 (2026).
De Jong, E et al. (2025). Current and Future Directions for Responsible Quantum Technologies: A ResQT Community Perspective. [preprint]
Shelley-Egan, C., De Jong, E. (2025) From Nano to Quantum: Ethics Through a Lens of Continuity. Science and Engineering Ethics 31, 31 (2025).
De Jong, E. (2025) Ethics Readiness of Technology: The Case for Aligning Ethical Approaches with Technological Maturity. Science and Engineering Ethics 31, 30 (2025).
De Jong, E. (2025) Functional Understanding of Quantum Technology is Essential to the Ethical Debate about its Impact [preprint]
De Jong, E, De Haro, S. (2025) A Contextual Approach to Technological Understanding and Its Assessment. [preprint]
Kop, M., Aboy, M., De Jong, E., Gasser, U., Minssen, T., Cohen, I. G., Brongersma, M., Quintel, T., Floridi, L., & Laflamme, R. (2024). Towards Responsible Quantum Technology: Safeguarding, Engaging and Advancing Quantum R&D. UC Law Science and Technology Journal, 15 (1), 63-94.Kop, M., Aboy, M., De Jong, E., Gasser, U., Minssen, T., Cohen, I. G., Brongersma, M., Quintel, T., Floridi, L., & Laflamme, R. (2024). Ten principles for responsible quantum innovation. Quantum Science and Technology, 9.
Gasser, U., De Jong, E., Kop, M. A call for responsible quantum technology. Nature Physics 20, 525–527 (2024). A copy of this article can be asked at e.l.dejong@uva.nl
De Jong, E. De Haro, S. (2023) Technological Understanding: On the cognitive skill involved in the design and use of technological artefacts. [preprint]
De Jong, E. L. (2022). Own the Unknown: An Anticipatory Approach to Prepare Society for the Quantum Age. Digital Society, 1, 15 (2022). A copy of this article can be asked at e.l.dejong@uva.nl
Legal Aspects: Regulations and Reponsibilities
Jančiūtė, L., De Haro, S. (2025) Encryption Debates, Regulation Thereof and the Implications for the Quantum-safe Cryptography Transition: the Case of the EU. SSRN
Jančiūtė, L. (2025) Cybersecurity in the financial sector and the quantum-safe cryptography transition: in search of a precautionary approach in the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act framework. International Cybersecurity Law Review.