Research

Explore over 500 articles on prevailing megatrends in tech, politics and society.

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How do we distil a good narrative from 2020?

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Biden’s America on the world stage

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The Retroscope 2020

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Transatlantic troubles

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The sound and cost of silence

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The 'Brussels effect' on digital legislation

Europe is reinventing its digital Stack by taking the lead in legislation implementation

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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge

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The coronavirus is creating momentum for fiscal diet policy

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Our image of Chinese power

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Trump is making opposition media great (the platform becomes the bubble)

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Carbon border tax

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The future of Trumpism

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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech

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The geopolitics of rare earth metals

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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy

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Are we sharing enough data?

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Who do we trust in the Stack war?

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The not-so United States of America

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The sterile human and the biomedical disease model

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Human death as a boost for the use of ecological materials

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The outdoor economy

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Hollywood paves the way for diversity and representation

Will old mistakes continue to be made?

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The future of monetary policy and central banks

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The new power of technical standards

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Blurring boundaries with mixed reality toys

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The long hegemony of currency

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Is the meme culture causing an increase in widespread stereotypes?

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American soft power is under pressure

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My plant the therapist

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After work thoughts

Globalization can still be a force for good

A general narrative is emerging that international trade and cooperation are on the decline. Is it accurate?

Is Texas becoming too self-confident?

Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.

Picking up the crypto pieces

Companies are on the lookout for opportunities during the crypto crash

Gen Z chooses anonymity over fame

Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?

From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

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?

Extending the self with Instagram's augmented-reality face filters

Are we moving towards a culture in which our digitally positioned self is more important than our actual self?

Emerging markets face tough financial challenges

Will emerging markets' recovery be halted by increasing financial problems?

Technology on a leash

By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem

Venetian, young and farming: three lessons from the new generation of Italian farmers on agri-food sustainability

Julia Rijssenbeek and Maya Turolla turn the spotlight on young farmers championing the transition to sustainable food systems.