Browsing: General Interest

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi Chief Sustainability Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding This article is part of the World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Quan Nguyen, University of St Andrews[/box] Not everyone cheered for the school children striking against climate…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Douglas Broom Senior Writer, Formative Content This article is part of the Young Global Leaders and Alumni…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ioannis Lianos Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, University College London Kimberley Botwright Community…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Kate Pickett, University of York and Richard Wilkinson, University of York[/box] To end austerity and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marcel Muenster Founder and Director, The Gritti Fund Paul Hokemeyer Clinical and Consulting Psychotherapist, Author This…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Winnie King, University of Bristol[/box] Italy is projected to be the first G7 nation to officially…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Simon Freakley Chief Executive Officer, AlixPartners[/box] “Genius draws no color lines.” In 1939 US Secretary of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christopher Foster, University of Manchester and Shamel Azmeh, University of Manchester[/box] At the heart of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ishita Barua MD & Research Scientist, University of Oslo[/box] Finland’s education system is globally renowned. For…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anna Gilmore, University of Bath and J. Robert Branston, University of Bath[/box] It is well known…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anjhula Mya Singh Bais Chair, Amnesty International Malaysia[/box] On the 9th of May 2018, my smartphone…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lena Connolly, University of Leeds and David Wall, University of Leeds[/box] Once a piece of ransomware…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Edina Harbinja,Aston University and Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, University of Portsmouth[/box] Have you recently considered deleting your Facebook account, boycotting…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kate Whiting Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Around the world, the achievements of women are being celebrated…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Calvin Jones, Cardiff University[/box] English towns with struggling economies will receive £1.6 billion of funding over…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tim Berners-Lee Director, W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)[/box] Today, 30 years on from my original proposal for…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dionysios Demetis, University of Hull[/box] I can still recall my surprise when a book by evolutionary…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ceri Parker Commissioning Editor, Agenda, World Economic Forum[/box] It’s one of the biggest threats to the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Edward Yates, University of Sheffield[/box] Conditions for young people in the UK are bleak. Young people…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ephrat Livni Writer, Quartz This article is published in collaboration with Quartz[/box] You’ve got problems. Perhaps more…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London and Mostak Ahamed, University of Sussex[/box] Despite huge amounts…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nicholas Davis Head of Society and Innovation, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Edward…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Loizos Heracleous, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick[/box] Yet another airline has collapsed – this time…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Blair Glencorse Founder and Executive Director, The Accountability Lab Friday Odeh Country Director, Accountability Lab Nigeria[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carmen Raluca Stoian, University of Kent[/box] Ever since the EU referendum of 2016, well-known companies have…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nigel Topping Chief Executive Officer, We Mean Business Coalition[/box] Disruption can mean many different things to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Patrick McGurk, Queen Mary University of London and Richard Meredith, University of Greenwich[/box] With Honda confirming…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ejike Bob Udeogu, University of East London[/box] On February 16, more than 84m eligible voters in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Antonia Gawel Head of Circular Economy Initiative, World Economic Forum This article is part of the World…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Raffaella Ocone, Heriot-Watt University[/box] The UK’s efforts to develop facilities to remove carbon emissions from power…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bruce Campbell Director, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, CGIAR[/box] After years of neglect, agriculture finally…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mark O. Cuthbert, Cardiff University; Kevin M. Befus, University of Wyoming, and Tom Gleeson, University of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vedrana Savic Managing Director, Thought Leadership, Accenture Research[/box] Business opportunities have become increasingly abundant, as prices continue…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gulcin Ozkan, University of York and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University[/box] Numerous amendments are being…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] For the last 20 or so years, workers in Sweden…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Thomas Barnebeck Andersen, University of Southern Denmark and Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern Denmark[/box] From Winston…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum[/box] The global system we are part of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Stefan Stern, City, University of London[/box] And is there anything you’d like to ask us? It…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Nally Chief Marketing Officer, MSD[/box] Three centuries ago, Jonathan Swift anticipated our post-truth world when…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Josephine Moulds Freelance business journalist[/box] Costa Rica is getting something right. The Central American country of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Erez Yereslove Senior Vice President, Globality[/box] Not many of us would see a calculator as a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emil Kirchner, University of Essex[/box] Two new landmark agreements between the EU and Japan come into…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cyril Ramaphosa President, South Africa This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting[/box] This…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Agelos Delis, Aston University; Karen Jackson, University of Westminster, and Oleksandr Shepotylo, Aston University[/box] The current…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Guy Ryder Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO) Houlin Zhao Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) This…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Spencer, University of Leeds[/box] Davos offers a place for the rich and not-so-famous to meet…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jon Liao Chief Strategy Officer, JD.com This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Caroline Nye, University of Exeter[/box] Japan brought in a controversial new labour policy at the end…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bernd Leukert Member of the Executive Board, SAP This article is part of the World Economic Forum…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Heejung Chung, University of Kent[/box] Flexible working is becoming a must for many. One recent report…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Johnny Wood Writer, Formative Content[/box] What will the factories of tomorrow look like? It’s a question…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christopher Begeny, University of Exeter[/box] Many companies and organisations appear keen to support a more diverse…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeremy Kelly Research Director, JLL This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting[/box] Although…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Folashade Soule, University of Oxford[/box] “You don’t negotiate with China !” I was quickly told when…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]April Rinne Founder and Adviser, April Worldwide[/box] In 2019, it is a mind-bending exercise to reflect…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Julius Probst, Lund University[/box] Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Manos Antoninis Director, Global Education Monitoring report, UNESCO Breon Corcoran CEO, WorldRemit[/box] On paper, Ally starts…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Richard Baldwin Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva[/box] “Globalization 4.0 has only just begun, but…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak Global Vice-Chair, Public Policy, EY[/box] What do you need to innovate in the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Low rates of plastic recycling capture the essence of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield[/box] The cabinet has stepped up contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sue Duke Senior Director, Public Policy, LinkedIn[/box] Each year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report examines…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jonathan Wichmann Co-founder, Wichmann/Schmidt[/box] For millennia, the finance industry has been a primary culprit in global…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Nathanial Matthews Program Director, Global Resilience Partnership Deon Nel CEO, Global Resilience Partnership[/box] Haiyan, Mangkhut, Yutu.…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading and Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin[/box] Uncertainty over what is happening…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Angela Chen Founder, East Circular[/box] China’s ban on foreign waste created ripple effects in global recycling…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nick O’Donovan, Manchester Metropolitan University[/box] The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McKenna Formative Content[/box] China’s bullet train network is fast expanding, and it will soon extend…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarah Glozer, University of Bath[/box] Last week I was followed around the Internet by a pair…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Axel P. Lehmann President Personal & Corporate Banking and President, UBS Switzerland[/box] Crypto-assets and cryptocurrencies have…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Arturo Bris, IMD Business School[/box] Which company would you say is going to grow faster in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] James Pennington Project Lead, Circular Economy, World Economic Forum Ariel Kastner Lead, Geopolitical Agenda, World…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Kitson, Cambridge Judge Business School[/box] Tensions loom over Argentina, which plays host to the 2018…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emma Charlton Writer[/box] Could artificial intelligence benefit children with autism? Ned Sahin, a neuroscientist and founder…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Andrew Smith, University of Bradford and Jo McBride, Durham University[/box] The UK is experiencing record…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vesa Laisi President, Danfoss Drives[/box] Today, transport accounts for a fifth of global energy demand and a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nsikak John Founder, Kahn Studios[/box] In Africa, the demand for electricity largely exceeds supply. Nigeria’s shortage…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bob Moritz Global Chairman, PwC [/box] The year 2018 has seen a steady shift in cybersecurity…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rachael Treharne, University of Sheffield[/box] Over the last few years Arctic scientists have reported a surprising…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Terence Huw Edwards, Loughborough University; Christian Soegaard, University of Warwick, and Mustapha Douch, Aston University[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ayla Majid Managing Director, Financial Advisory Services, Khalid Majid Rehman[/box] The digital power of China’s Belt…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Raphael Schoentgen Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hydrogen Advisors [/box] Hydrogen gas was first produced artificially…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cecilia Skingsley Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank) This article is part of the Annual…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway[/box] Modern slavery is a prominent term of late. Thus far, efforts…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Suchitra Sebastian Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge This article is part…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] J. Robert Branston, University of Bath; Anna Gilmore, University of Bath, and Rosemary Hiscock, University…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Hilary Sutcliffe Director, SocietyInside Anne-Marie Allgrove Head, Global Information Technology and Communications Industry, Baker McKenzie This…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Miyeon Oh Director and Senior Fellow of the Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ellen MacArthur Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation[/box] The problem with plastic starts long before it reaches our…