London Falling?
As talks of a ‘hard’ Brexit are becoming louder, the City of London is fearing for its status as Europe’s leading financial centre.
The...
The power of zero: Rethinking the economic system
We want, we deserve, we need a zero waste society
In an ever-changing globalized world, environmental problems such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and...
Is Human Workforce Destroyed by Machines?
Humans have come a long way since the division of labour and specialisation. However, the 4th industrial revolution and digitalisation of homes are knocking...
Cyber-attacking democracy: How the spyware ‘Pegasus’ threatens the freedom of speech and the work...
In the summer of 2021, a collaborative network of journalists and NGOs published the report “The Pegasus Project,” unveiling the use and misuse of...
Phosphorus – A Silent Emergency
Phosphorus – A Silent Emergency
If I asked you to list the greatest challenges facing the world right now, you might first think of COVID-19,...
Of Paris, Pacts and Paradoxes
CO2 levels are continuously increasing, biodiversity is vanishing and extreme weather events cover news pages. Yet, the political momentum for environmental protection is losing...
Weather(ed) Refugees
“no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well...
Camp Century: The Cold War’s thawing legacy
In the 1960s, locked in a power game with the East, the United States sought to assert its power against the Eastern Bloc. Thus,...
Defying Logic
Algorithms have shaped the contemporary public political discourse in a manner we have only witnessed with the invention of printing. Logically operating systems and...
A Future in Standby for Brazil
In 1941, Stephan Zweig, a prominent Austrian writer of the 20th century, wrote extensively about the “Country of the Future”. He referred himself to...
