Research

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

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Eurasian momentum

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One grid to rule them all

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What can the U.S. learn from European schools?

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Meaningful entertainment in the digital age

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Narrative of Big Tech

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Migration concentration

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Fewer staff, more data

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Solar power nears terminal velocity

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A multipolar military world

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The CRISPR’d era

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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer

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Deep transitions

Will we consider abandoning hyper productivity in favor of sustainability and equality?

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Disappearing rhythms

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A future-proof Dutch agrofood sector

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The shaky rise of digital gambling

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The selfish ledger

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The third urbanization wave

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Is Italy crossing the Rubicon?

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Who owns the data of the city?

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Dutch future welfare

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Schoolification

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Healthy infrastructure

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The API Economy

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Building memory in the information age

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Taking games to the cloud

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Mobility as a Service

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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The rise of midsized cities

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Marx in the 21st century

AI regulations may see a Beijing effect

Is Europe too late to cause a Brussels effect on AI technology?

The return of industrial policy

The Dutch government is rethinking industrial policy—more coordination is on the horizon.

When the selfie becomes an avatar

How Instagram is preparing itself for the metaverse

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

From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

Gen Z chooses anonymity over fame

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

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?