Research

Explore our collection of articles on the leading megatrends in technology, politics, and society.

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Gen Z in the generational cycle

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Japan, Korea and the global semiconductor industry

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Reality is holding back self-driving cars

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The internet of thoughts

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Healthcare in the 2020 U.S. elections

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Precautionary screening for the masses?

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The French Renaissance

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New hope for the liberal world order?

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Our cities as AR gaming arenas

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High hopes for holiness

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Libra’s next hurdle: financial regulators and governments

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Will the U.S. see a tidal wave of environmental regulations after 2020?

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The value of apocalyptic climate scenarios

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The end of the pay-per-download era

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East Asia becomes the center of geopolitical competition

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Don Ihde and generational responses to digital technology

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Chinese philosopher Yuk Hui: "Technology has multiple futures"

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Fleeing from the public squares of the internet

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Rocky road ahead for Europe despite disappointment by populists

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The carbon capture era

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Future leaders get a taste of new economics

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The higher purpose of motor sports

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Whistleblower platforms in the wake of Wikileaks’ demise

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Megablockbusters: A societal forum for the negotiation of social values

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Capitalists’ worries about capitalism

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Spain has proven to be far from immune to the populist wave sweeping across Europe

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Is TikTok a vector for Chinese ideals?

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Can’t live with social media, can’t live without it

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The Arctic through the eyes of Greenland

Breaking the bottleneck

Can state-led initiatives relying on market mechanisms help us achieve our decarbonization goals?

Beyond planetary boundaries: towards Earth systems justice

Linking new developments in Earth systems research to the Deep Transitions Framework

Has AI become indistinguishable from life itself?

Developments in AI lead to new speculations about the role of technologies in the evolution of life.

Urban greening should focus on equity, not nature

The external valuation of nature in city planning could withhold green areas from becoming accessible to all

Learning to waste

All manufacturing produces waste, even the clean energy industry. Critical clean energy technologies – EV batteries, solar panels, wind turbine blades – lead to a massive problem with waste management

Are weapons still a sin stock?

Changes in narratives, economic structures and the nature of technology could be altering the status of defense stock.

Human sensors will feed the global mega machine

Intelligent systems will increasingly solicit our ‘help’ to gather data

The return of the incumbent?

A reflection on the demise of Big Tech and the return of industrial incumbents

The case for climate radicalism

The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt all across the globe.

Rediscovering the collective dimension of freedom

How the classic political philosophy of liberalism can broaden our individualistic interpretation of freedom.