Browsing: General Interest

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Wendy Rowan, University College Cork; Laura Lynch, University College Cork, and Stephen McCarthy, University College Cork[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lofred Madzou Project Lead, AI & Machine Learning, World Economic Forum Kate MacDonald New Zealand Government…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Blue Planet Studios Niccolò Pisani, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)[/box] The sudden stop of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Roderick Weller Project Lead, Clean Air, World Economic Forum Eleni Michalopoulou Research Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lene Søvold Clinical psychologist and mental health advisor, Norway[/box] People have deployed four main coping strategies…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Philip Meissner Professor ESCP Business School, Founder & Director European Center for Digital Competitiveness Christian Poensgen…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Utkarsh Amitabh Global Shaper, New Delhi Hub, Network Capital[/box] • A “great unbundling” will see traditional…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ravindra Jayaratne, University of East London[/box] On the morning of August 29 2005, one of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carlos Santiso Director for Digital Innovation in Government, Development Bank of Latin America; Member of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeremy Eng-Tuck Cheah, Nottingham Trent University[/box] One area in cryptocurrencies attracting huge attention is DeFi or…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarah Perez Writer, Tech Crunch This article is published in collaboration with TechCrunch[/box] COVID-19 forced shops…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Olalekan Adekola, York St John University and Md Jahir Rizvi, Plymouth University[/box] Shipbreaking is among…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jad Daley President and CEO, American Forests Justin Adams Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, JLL[/box] A global survey suggests the majority of employees want to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Tolullah Oni Public health physician and urban epidemiologist, Clinical Senior Research Associate at the University…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Martin Michaelis, University of Kent; Mark Wass, University of Kent, and Michael Calnan, University of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Mohit Joshi President; Head, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Infosys Limited Dixit Joshi…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ittay Weiss, University of Portsmouth[/box] MIP* = RE is not a typo. It is a groundbreaking…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Marga Gual Soler Founder of SciDipGLOBAL, molecular biologist, advisor to the EU Science Diplomacy Cluster,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rosamond Hutt Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] CEOs are collaborating to recruit 100,000 workers from New York’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Mayor, Freetown City…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sibele Cestari, Queen’s University Belfast[/box] The disposal of plastics is a global problem. They are nearly…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Mariah Levin Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, World Economic Forum Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Hannes Baumann, University of Liverpool[/box] The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Bertram L. Scott Chairman, American Heart Association Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer, American Heart Association[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Swansea University; Cecilia Gontijo Leal, Universidade de São Paulo, and Sayali Pawar, Swansea University[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nicole Systrom Founder, Sutro Energy Group[/box] The scale of the climate crisis and its potential impacts…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Eric Parrado Chief Economist; General Manager, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank Bridget Hoffmann Economist, Inter-American…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vincent Guermond, Royal Holloway; Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway; Nithya Joseph, Institut de recherche pour le développement…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Seán Doyle Project Lead, Industry Solutions, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum[/box] Financial Technology (FinTech) providers…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Geraint Harvey, Swansea University; Daniel Wintersberger, University of Birmingham, and Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol[/box] The…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Stefan Hall Project Lead, Media, Entertainment and Culture, World Economic Forum Silvia Pasquini Intern – Media,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Børge Brende President, World Economic Forum[/box] Coronavirus is showcasing a lack of global cooperation, and even…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kate Hoskins, Brunel University London; Alice Bradbury, UCL, and Lewis Fogarty, Brunel University London[/box] State-funded nursery…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ben Backwell CEO, Global Wind Energy Council[/box] We have a six-month window to get the global…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Veronica Vecchi Associate Professor of Practice, SDA Bocconi School of Management Giuditta Callea Associate Professor of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Peter Reynolds Managing Partner, Head of Greater China, Oliver Wyman (MMC) Kai Keller Platform Curator,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marcello Losasso Senior Applied Physicist, Knowledge Transfer Group, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)[/box] Nuclear energy…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kimberley Botwright Community Lead, Global Trade and Investment SI, World Economic Forum Sean Doherty Head of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vanessa Forti, United Nations University[/box] Each year, the total amount of electric and electronic equipment the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Violeta Gonzalez Behar Head, Partnerships, Outreach and Resource Mobilization, Enhanced Integrated Framework Executive Secretariat, World…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Paul Cureton, Lancaster University[/box] Drones, personal flying vehicles and air taxis may be part of our…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Zita Sebesvari, United Nations University[/box] In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, many of us have…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Misty Buswell Director of Policy and Advocacy in the Middle East and North Africa, International Rescue…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Lynsey Chediak Lead, Precision Medicine, Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare, World Economic Forum…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Paul W Franks, Lund University and Joacim Rocklöv, Umeå University[/box] More than half a million people…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alessandra Mezzadri, SOAS, University of London and Kanchana N Ruwanpura, University of Edinburgh[/box] Personal protective equipment…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Douglas Broom Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Diving organization PADI is using ocean plastic to make face…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Phil Crehan Social Inclusion and Economic Development Consultant,[/box] The COVID pandemic has raised human rights concerns…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation Raimund Bleischwitz Chair in Sustainable Global…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rachel Gutter President, International WELL Building Institute[/box] The built environment has a huge role to play…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Charis Enns, University of Manchester; Alex Awiti, The Aga Khan University , and Brock Bersaglio, University…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sandra Caballero Project Specialist, Autonomous and Urban Mobility, World Economic Forum[/box] The Black Lives Matter movement…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Neal Myrick Vice President, Social Impact, Tableau Software[/box] The links between human and planetary health have…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bernhard Reinsberg, University of Glasgow[/box] The world has failed to halt global warming. Four years after…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Thomas Johansmeyer Head, Property Claim Services (PCS), Verisk[/box] As tropical storms become more likely, COVID-19 is…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marc Penzel Founder and President, Startup Genome JF Gauthier Founder and CEO, Startup Genome[/box] Without startups…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anton Muscatelli, University of Glasgow[/box] The macroeconomic shock to the world economy from the COVID-19 pandemic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cesar Augusto Mba Abogo Minister of Finance, Economy and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Planning…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christine Carson Senior Research Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia Rachel Roper Associate…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vignesh Santhanam India Lead, Drones and Tomorrow’s Airspace, World Economic Forum[/box] Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, otherwise known…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dave Cook, UCL[/box] We are experiencing the biggest remote work experiment in history – but many…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anne Velenturf, University of Leeds and Phil Purnell, University of Leeds[/box] More than 100 billion tonnes…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alan Shipman, The Open University[/box] Inflation among the 37 member states of the Organisation for Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mariam Obaid AlMuhairi Project Manager, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE at the Dubai Future…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Wladislaw Rivkin, Aston University[/box] As an academic who regularly worked from home in the days before…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katica Roy CEO, Pipeline[/box] Preparing budgets from a gender perspective will help us establish a more…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Linda Lacina Digital Editor, World Economic Forum[/box] World Health Organization holds media briefing on the COVID-19…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jon Gluyas, Durham University[/box] Oil prices have plummeted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. While…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cristián Rodriguez Chiffelle Executive Director, Invest Chile Peter Vanham Head of Communications, Chairman’s Office, World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kara Eusebio Global Shaper, Ottawa Hub, Invest Ottawa[/box] • The loneliness reported by many people with…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Simon, Royal Holloway[/box] From its origin in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 has spread to become a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mami Mizutori Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster…

[box type=”note” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vincent Guermond, Royal Holloway and Kavita Datta, Queen Mary University of London[/box] As the coronavirus pandemic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Mohamed Elsanousi Executive Director, Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers Burton L. Visotzky Director, Milstein…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Greta Keenan Programme Specialist, Science and Society, World Economic Forum[/box] Edward Jenner developed the first vaccination…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katie Gibbs, Swansea University; Andrew H Kemp, Swansea University, and Zoe Fisher, Swansea University[/box] The world…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Karl Schmedders, International Institute for Management Development (IMD); Jung Park, International Institute for Management Development (IMD),…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]P.J. Huffstutter Agriculture Reporter , Reuters This article is published in collaboration with Reuters[/box] The disruption…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Tangi Salaün Correspondent, Reuters Sabine Siebold Journalist, Reuters Luke Baker Journalist, Reuters This article was…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Shadia Nasralla Journalist, Reuters Valerie Volcovici Journalist at Reuters , Matthew Green This article is published…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jefferson Frank, Royal Holloway[/box] Markets abhor uncertainty. The coronavirus pandemic is a severe supply shock that…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Karen Smith, University of Toronto[/box] One of the earliest climate model predictions of how human-made climate…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christian Umbach Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, XapiX Inc. This article is part of the World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mauro Ferrari President, European Research Council[/box] Climate change dominated the agenda at Davos. Science will be key…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]United Nations Industrial Development Organization[/box] Most developing countries are being left behind by the Fourth Industrial…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lukas Ryll Research Affiliate, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the University of Cambridge Judge Business School…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ian Fletcher, Leeds Beckett University[/box] The world of fungi has attracted a lot of interest and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emma Hart, University of St Andrews[/box] With Boris Johnson hailing parliament’s vote towards Britain leaving the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Algirde Pipikaite Project Lead, Governance and Policy, World Economic Forum Joram Borenstein General Manager, Cybersecurity Solutions,…