Research

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

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The revival of the Rhine Model for digital capitalism

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What is the impact of mindfulness on society?

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How China sees Hong Kong

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Building bridges to the crypto space

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Generation Alpha

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Zeroing in on 0.0% beers

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The rise of the Asian Aerotropolis

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Online language is better language

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Natural elements become critical resources

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The dominance of movie franchises

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Apple’s silent transition into the next computing paradigm

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The European Stack is taking shape

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The plant-based protein transition

What fundamental factors are causing and fueling the transition?

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Will climate engineering save the planet?

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Multilateralism and the decline of the U.S. hegemony

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

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The quest for autonomy in the digital age

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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 depth of deep ecology

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The internet of thoughts

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A phronetic approach to healthcare

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Healthcare in the 2020 U.S. elections

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The ambiguity of self-tracking for health

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Precautionary screening for the masses?

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The French Renaissance

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Will China become a sustainability leader?

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New hope for the liberal world order?

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Our cities as AR gaming arenas

Pills, pills, pills

Sebastiaan Crul discusses the inevitability of techno-fixes in a world haunted by crises

FreedomLab Selects: Metroid Prime Remastered

An adventurous and immersive journey to overcome an alienated world and yourself

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.

The Deep Transitions Framework; an elaboration

A theoretical and empirical elaboration on the Deep Transitions Framework, designed to contribute to a just, equitable and healthy planet.

De-influencers or re-influencers?

Criticism of consumer society is of all ages, but now it’s coming from an unexpected corner.

Sticky dependence: Europe’s reliance on Russia

Although Europe wants to decouple from Russia, our countries’ dependence is stickier and more complex than we might have estimated