Research

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

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The automobile is on its way out

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The resistance to the hegemony of the App Store

As emerging tech companies become more influential their relationships with big tech are increasingly strained

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QAnon and knowledge

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Today’s class of uncontrollable technology

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Food nationalism

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Our post-corona relationship to nature

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Wicked dilemmas and political decision-making

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Global value chains are experiencing a formative moment

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Inequality kills

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Could Europe fix the internet?

Europe aims to restore competitiveness and sovereignty in the digital realm through policies on data-sharing, AI, and open internet.

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In the back end of our cities

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Scenario thinking: embracing uncertainty

Will we soon let go of traditional forecasting in favor of multi-dimensional scenario thinking?

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The Dutch way of going circular

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Europe’s geopolitical strategy is a green strategy

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The (un)changing doctor-patient relationship

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Game engines are revolutionizing filmmaking

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Geopolitics of food

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Retroscope 2019: Technological cycle

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Retroscope 2019: Socio-cultural

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Retroscope 2019: Hegemonic cycle

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Retroscope 2019: Disruption in the making

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When we really become hybrid beings

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Interactive elements in movies and series

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Pan-Africanism today

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Gut feeling and the future of nutrigenomics

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Horror in times of uncertainty

Horror movies allow us to safely explore extreme scenarios... what do they tell us about our current fears?

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Are we facing limits to growth?

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Everybody is a self-tracker

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E-sports on steroids

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