Browsing: General Interest

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Heather Alberro, Nottingham Trent University[/box] The current climate and ecological crisis demands a radical redesign of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Clarissa Rios Rojas Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy[/box] Would you like to understand how your…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Friedhelm Weinberg Executive Director, HURIDOCS[/box] When activists open their inboxes, they find more than the standard…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Howard Yu, IMD Business School[/box] Western fears of Chinese telcoms giant Huawei infiltrating their technological infrastructure…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Silvia Magnoni Head of Civil Society Communities , World Economic Forum Antony Declercq Research Consultant, Pact[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kirsten Salyer Media Relations Specialist, World Economic Forum[/box] Young people around the world are working to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chris Howard, UCL and Mitch Watts, UCL[/box] Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Conner-Simons Communications Coordinator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology[/box] Every year trash companies sift through an estimated 68…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nikolaos Papageorgiadis, University of Liverpool[/box] Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover’s recent victory in a Chinese court…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Amy Jordan Delivery Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum[/box] The internet is a vastly complicated…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield[/box] EU leaders have agreed a short extension to Brexit until October…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarbani Chakraborty Lead, Health Systems Capacity , Roche[/box] Here is what we know today: cancer is…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jasmine Fledderjohann, Lancaster University; Elisabetta Aurino, Imperial College London, and Sukumar Vellakkal, Birla Institute of Technology…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Amy Jordan Delivery Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum[/box] The Internet of Things (IoT) is…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McAlaney, Bournemouth University and Helen Thackray, University of Portsmouth[/box] Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Marco Nicoli Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Usman Ahmed Head of Global Public Policy,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nisreen Ameen, Queen Mary University of London[/box] The number of robots around the world is increasing…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Børge Brende President, World Economic Forum[/box] As the world faces the transformative economic, social and environmental challenges…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Joris Tieleman, Erasmus University Rotterdam[/box] Economic thinking governs much of our world. But the discipline’s teaching…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gavin E.R. Wilson Co-Chair, Global Future Council on Development Finance[/box] A new global framework for financing…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alain Bejjani Chief Executive Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding This article is part of the World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ariel Kastner Lead, Geopolitical Agenda, World Economic Forum This article is part of the World Economic Forum…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Volodymyr Bilotkach, Newcastle University[/box] Boeing’s 737 MAX fleet has been grounded by airlines around the world…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dietmar Siersdorfer Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Emirates and Middle East, Siemens This article is part…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Hani Ashkar Senior Partner, Middle East, PwC This article is part of the World Economic Forum on…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Robert Muggah Co-founder, Igarape Institute and SecDev Group Okan Geray Strategic Planning Advisor, Smart Dubai Kari…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ross Brown, University of St Andrews and John O.S. Wilson, University of St Andrews[/box] When it…

[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…