Research

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

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Our post-corona relationship to nature

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Wicked dilemmas and political decision-making

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Inequality kills

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Scenario thinking: embracing uncertainty

Will we soon let go of traditional forecasting in favor of multi-dimensional scenario thinking?

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The (un)changing doctor-patient relationship

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Retroscope 2019: Socio-cultural

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Horror in times of uncertainty

Horror movies allow us to safely explore extreme scenarios... what do they tell us about our current fears?

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Limits to facial recognition

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Smart home care for our second adulthood

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Revolutionaries between UFOs and raids

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Will hiding the like button help Facebook?

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Could we live without a job?

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What is the impact of mindfulness on society?

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Generation Alpha

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Zeroing in on 0.0% beers

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Worker rights, a new frontier for reducing U.S. inequality?

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Gen Z in the generational cycle

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High hopes for holiness

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Demographics and hegemony

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Who are the African youth?

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The elastic generation

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Hegel and the unfolding idea of freedom in the 21st century

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The codification of public policy

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Fleeing from the public squares of the internet

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Whistleblower platforms in the wake of Wikileaks’ demise

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Sustainable by default

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The dilemma of future sports regulation

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To measure someone is to know someone

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The social promise of augmented reality

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The evolving landscape of consumer trust

Resurrecting the dead in the digital era

Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?

Politics should focus more on the Good Life

How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?

An introduction to the Stack

Learn more about our framework that helps us understand the anatomy of digital systems.

A beginner's guide to the metaverse

Both praised and feared by many, the 'promises' of the metaverse are highly contentious. Sebastiaan Crul aims to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Can digital technology save humanity?

How the Digital Revolution will change the rules of the game

Feel-good philanthropy

Will the metaverse be a “pornoverse”?

What to think of the Corona Pass?

The future of the anti-establishment, conservative right

Climate litigation and civil society