Research

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

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Urban agriculture

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Many silk connections

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Exporting surveillance

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Populist puzzles

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The coming together of the BRICS

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From body positivity to body neutrality

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European parties in search for voters

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Rise of online education in the corporate education sector

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The rise (and descent) of the vertical city

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The selfish ledger

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The shaky rise of digital gambling

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A future-proof Dutch agrofood sector

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Disappearing rhythms

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Deep transitions

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

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Schoolification

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Dutch future welfare

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Who owns the data of the city?

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Is Italy crossing the Rubicon?

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The third urbanization wave

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Can E-learning bridge Africa’s education gap?

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Can Cuba be libre?

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The medium is (liable for) the message

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Eastern European implosion

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The walls of the home are breaking down

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Evolving nature

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Sexual solipsism

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The Ocean Economy

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K-12 online tutoring

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Will peace come to the Korean peninsula?

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

How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair

What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread

Is AI still artificial?

Definitions are becoming obsolete as tech and science blur the boundaries between the natural and the artificial

Will generative AI favor the underdog?

The implications of generative AI for tech and talent