Research

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

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Marx in the 21st century

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The rise of midsized cities

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Mobility as a Service

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Taking games to the cloud

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Building memory in the information age

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The API Economy

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Healthy infrastructure

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The future of public transport

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Russia and the West

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Is the next wave of influencers digital?

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Travel, transform, repeat

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Equality, authenticity and excellence in education

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eHealth as a driver of change in digitalization processes

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Different cultures, same demand for future skills

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A new narrative for old age

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Debunking democracies

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Spoiler culture

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Great at being small

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China’s social credit system is taking shape

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The blue frontier

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Business ethics: still an oxymoron?

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Let’s get digital

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Is Wikipedia the Red Cross of the Infocalypse?

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America’s renewed friendship with Saudi Arabia

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South Africa’s new dawn

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Asia’s financial catch-up

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A solid but sober EU

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.