Governance

What the publications show

1. Two academic publications find governance designed for AI that advises rather than acts on its own. Paris Nanterre argues that the EU AI Act does not address delegation to agents either; UniNettuno sees organisations as ready mainly for bounded, reversible tasks under supervision.

   Université Paris Nanterre, 2026 (opens in a new window) · UniNettuno University, 2026 (opens in a new window)

2. Both publications link governance to how much is delegated. Paris Nanterre distinguishes three levels of autonomy, each with its own requirements, and UniNettuno argues for step-by-step delegation, a register of agents and a separate identity for each agent.

   Université Paris Nanterre, 2026 (opens in a new window) · UniNettuno University, 2026 (opens in a new window)

3. Governance in regional care networks is lagging. In England, top-down oversight crowds out mutual accountability, the University of Groningen (RUG) found a governance model able to grow with the network in none of 142 Dutch initiatives, and in Germany fragmented funding holds things back.

   London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health (RUG) and Hanze, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Technische Universität Dresden, 2026 (opens in a new window)

4. In supply chains and clusters, governance crosses company boundaries. Tampere University sees central contract management clashing with the coordination that prefabricated construction requires; in the Chemelot Cluster Plan, the Dutch cabinet and companies decide together.

   Tampere University, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei and Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, 2026 (opens in a new window)

5. One study of three creative companies (Grenoble INP) finds that risk management in digital business models works mainly through prototypes and tests, steered by three different forms of governance.

   Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, 2025 (opens in a new window)

Topics within governance

This list shows what the publications on this theme are about, with the number for each topic. Open a topic to see its publications; if a topic has a briefing, the link is underneath.

• Governing AI agents3 publications

  • Introducing The Leader's Guide To Multi-Agent AI Architecture · The Josh Bersin Company, 2026
  • Are Organisations Ready to Hand Over the Keys to Agentic AI? · UniNettuno University, 2026
  • Delegated Agentic Governance: A Delegation-Centred Framework for Managing Autonomous AI in Organisations · Université Paris Nanterre, 2026
  Briefing: Who is the agent's boss? Ownership, mandate and control of AI agents →
• Regional care networks3 publications

  • Facilitators and barriers to sustainable regional health networks: governance lessons from a multi-case study in Germany · Technische Universität Dresden, 2026
  • Accountability displacement in health systems integration: A study of the English National Health Service · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2026
  • Regionale zorg: fundament ontbreekt · Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health (RUG) and Hanze, 2026
  Briefing: Governing regional care networks and the AZWA work agenda →
• Supply chains and clusters2 publications

  • Delivery-system misfit and role reconfiguration in industrialised timber construction: a phase-sensitive analysis of a turnkey project · Tampere University, 2026
  • Clusterplan Chemelot (Kamerstuk 29 826, nr. 314) · Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei and Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, 2026

Briefings on this theme

Where several organisations publish roughly the same thing on a topic, we have used AI to compile a briefing. Click a card for the key point, the figures with their sources and what it means for the leadership team.

Briefings on other themes that touch on this one

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