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A New European Social Contract: Rethinking Our Welfare State
This article was produced thanks to our partnership with EU Events. The welfare state is a universal concept in Europe. It is a pillar of…
Using social media for positive change
Ex-Facebook employee Alexander Mäkelä recently launched a web booklet entitled Social Media for Change – Ideas, Tools and Best Practices for Civic Engagement and Elections…
The Digital Revolution – Digital Disruptors
Over the last three articles we have explored big societal changes that are occurring right now, as well as those that we still have to…
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Ex-Facebook employee Alexander Mäkelä recently launched a web booklet entitled Social Media for Change – Ideas, Tools and Best Practices for Civic Engagement and Elections…
The Digital Revolution – Bringing Education into the 21st Century
In our previous entry, we looked at the new skills that people need in order to stay relevant for the shifting job markets across the…
The Digital Revolution – Labour Market Shifts
Humanity has gone through multiple cycles of societal evolution and decay. But never before has human ingenuity output more innovation and at a faster rate…
Why there still is no common European asylum system
Asylum seeker’s rights are human rights Migration, asylum and international protection are the EU’s most pressing matters in today’s polarised political climate. With more than…
The Digital Revolution – Raging Inequalities?
We live in a time of major shifts and upheavals. Technology changes everything around us from (geo-)politics, the environment, markets and the media, to how…
COPing with climate change: are the streets the new boardrooms?
On the first official day of the COP 24 in Katowice, Twitter buzzes every few hours with news: Trump and Xi Jinping negotiating trade, the…