Research

We conduct pioneering, transdisciplinary research, aimed at deepening our understanding of technological and social change. Our focus areas span three knowledge clusters: Politics and Policy, Economic Prosperity, and Security.

Technological Change, Politics and Policy

EUROPEAN TECH INSIGHTS

This annual study maps European attitudes towards technological change and the governance of emerging technologies.

TECH4DEMOCRACY

This research program aims to advance democracy-affirming technologies, studying them through the prism of geopolitics and global governance.

AI4DEMOCRACY

A global initiative that seeks to create knowledge and mobilize governments and companies to promote a responsible use of AI to defend and strengthen democracy.

THE NEXT FIFTY

This report dives into citizens' expectations and predictions for the year 2073, offering foresight into how people anticipate global challenges.

THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT

This research program analyzes the digital domain and the fracture of our social contract to advance realistic solutions for future agreements.

DATA, PRIVACY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

This research project focuses on how European companies and organizations can embrace the GDPR while remaining competitive and improving their services and decision-making processes.

Technology and Economic Prosperity

INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE

The goal of this program is to study the future of the healthcare system in Europe, focusing on the emergence of new technologies and the need to respond to changes in demography, life expectancy, disease prevalence, and the political ecosystem.

LYRAICS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR LYRICS

This program will build a recommendation engine for lyrics in Spanish using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing.

HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

The goal of this program is to analyze the knowledge and skills that employers demand and how good a job are higher education institutions doing providing that training.

SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TOURISM

This project supports the G20 and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) ongoing efforts to advance inclusive and sustainable community development through tourism.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND THE FUTURE OF MONEY

This report provides a comprehensive overview of how cryptocurrencies could be used for the betterment of society, how they currently function and how the general public use, understand and trust cryptocurrencies.

THE FOURTH SECTOR

This project supports the SEGIB and UNDP’s ongoing efforts to advance a new ecosystem for benefit-driven enterprises that will help create a more prosperous, socially just and environmentally sustainable economy.

PUBLICTECH LAB

The PublicTech Lab is an initiative within the Center for the Governance of Change for tackling government transformation from the outer and from within.

DRIVERS OF CHANGE: SOVEREIGN WEALTH

This Project generates knowledge, research and awareness on sovereign investors, representing new ways of long-term and state capitalism in the 21st-century economy.

Emerging Technologies and Security

Next Generation Security

This project aims at engaging future leaders in the debate at the intersection of security and technology

Safer Tomorrow: Security Starts with You(th)

This project aims at engaging future leaders in the debate at the intersection of security and technology

Non-Military Warfare and Governance

This project analyzes the impact of the increasing use of non-military warfare on the character of modern conflict.

The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence

Progress in artificial intelligence simultaneously brings unprecedented opportunities to humanity, and considerable threats beyond the singularity that should not be overlooked.

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