tl;dr: The digital economy needs Sustainability as a normative reference frame
My recent article has been published (in German) in the Yearbook on “Sustainable Economics”. In it I am reconstructing digitalization as a social phenomenon while applying social practice theory, while at the same time focusing on the material underbelly of digital technologies. My main argument: the digital economy is not a pathway to a more sustainable economy unless Sustainability is set as a clear normative reference frame. This requires some form of political as well as intersectoral governance between many different actors in society. The article is available as a download (German).
Citation: Reichel, André (2018): Nachhaltige Digitalisierung, Digitale Nachhaltigkeit? In Holger Rogall et al. (Eds). Jahrbuch 2018 / 2019 Nachhaltige Ökonomie. Im Brennpunkt: Zukunft des digitalen Wirtschaftens in der digitalen Welt. Marburg: Metropolis, pp. 87-100.