Research

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

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How do we distil a good narrative from 2020?

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Biden’s America on the world stage

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The Retroscope 2020

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Transatlantic troubles

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The sound and cost of silence

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The 'Brussels effect' on digital legislation

Europe is reinventing its digital Stack by taking the lead in legislation implementation

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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge

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The coronavirus is creating momentum for fiscal diet policy

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Our image of Chinese power

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Trump is making opposition media great (the platform becomes the bubble)

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Carbon border tax

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The future of Trumpism

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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech

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The geopolitics of rare earth metals

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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy

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Are we sharing enough data?

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Who do we trust in the Stack war?

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The not-so United States of America

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The sterile human and the biomedical disease model

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Human death as a boost for the use of ecological materials

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The outdoor economy

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Hollywood paves the way for diversity and representation

Will old mistakes continue to be made?

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The future of monetary policy and central banks

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The new power of technical standards

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Blurring boundaries with mixed reality toys

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The long hegemony of currency

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Is the meme culture causing an increase in widespread stereotypes?

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American soft power is under pressure

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My plant the therapist

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After work thoughts

China’s not-so-responsive authoritarianism

What the Zero-Covid strategy reveals about Chinese power dynamics

The future of crypto is coming: what will it look like?

Regulation, decentralization and combined approaches battle for the crypto throne

EU's digital strategy: where are we now and where do we go from here?

We should be strategic as we make strides toward digital sovereignty.

Can art and imagination spur climate action?

Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change

The short-lived revival of Keynes; welcome back, Hayek!

Has neoliberalism really left? Or was “COVID-Keynesianism” nothing more than a short-term crisis management tactic?

Is artificial intelligence smart enough to create a sustainable future?

Despite a hefty ecological footprint of its own, digital technology has the potential to contribute to a more sustainable future.

Hungary’s continued development toward autocracy prompts challenges for the EU

How will having an “electoral autocracy” in their midst affect the EU's solidarity during crises and its normative power abroad?

The planet as an emerging category

On living with – not on – the planet.

A new dawn for nationalist parties?

For many, the brutal geopolitical awakening caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China threatening to invade Taiwan means freedom is back on the political agenda...

Vibegeist: rave until the grave

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.