Year: 2019 Authors: Jan Hylén and Robin Vetter. Edited by Erik Helldén At the start of 2019, most European policy professionals agreed that there was an itch that needed to be scratched. Amid all the discussion about what was going on with migration, climate change and the future of work, something was hovering above it all: digitalisation. Digitalisation is a buzzword […]

Year: 2019 Author: Elias Rosell Direct air capture (DAC) is a technology that enables carbon dioxide emissions to be removed from the atmosphere. It is very likely that carbon dioxide removal will be needed to reach the Paris agreement goals. A Liberal environmental policy should be technology-neutral. Instead of supporting certain chosen technologies, policymakers should create conditions for a market […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Aljaž Košmerlj, Ivan Bratko, Janek Musek, Kasia Söderlund, Aleks Jakulin, Nina Pejič Humans today have embraced the comfort of modern technology without really understanding how it works and the abnormal potential of the data accumulation that our devices have. These devices know exactly who we are, where we are, and what we are doing (besides thousands of other […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Kristijan Kotarski, Dominik Kirchdorfer, Mathias Sundin, Šárka Prát, Mette Kahlin McVeigh and Mattias Goldmann People walking in unbearably hot climates, in search of the last few jobs that have not yet been taken by robots owned by the super-rich… This is the image of the future you get from listening to current discussions and the media. With […]

Year: 2018 Authors: Péter Krekó, Alice Stollmeyer, Veronika Víchová and Alexey Yankowski Who wouldn’t want to read a real page-turner? An action thriller smartly combining historical, spy and science fiction? Except… This is not a novel. This is actually happening – now. In our world, our societies, our lives. And those who think or hope it is just a bad […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Maria Wolrath Söderberg and Nina Wormbs Flygskam. This Swedish word translates as “flight shame” and has spread across the world. The term refers to feeling guilt over the environmental effects of flying and is symbolic to a movement in which an increasing amount of Swedes are choosing not to fly. However, it is not just Swedes who […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Denis Cenuşă, Vano Chkhikvadze and Leonid Litra Launched in May 2009, the Eastern Partnership represents the Eastern dimension of European Union’s neighbourhood policy. The initiative comprises the deepening of relations – though in a differentiated manner – between the EU and the six eastern neighbouring countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Due to full […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Gergő Papp, Matúš Mikšík, Jakub Chabik, Ondrej Gažovič, Kārlis Ralfs Lapiņš, Veronika Špalková, Anna Maria Trawińska, Milosz Hodun, Catinca Hanganu and Serban Marinescu Elections to the European Parliament in Central and Eastern Europe proved that emotions play an important role in political discourse. The primary axis of the European narrative was built around stories that captivate the […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Adéla Klečková and Roman Máca The future of modern technologies is being decided today. With virtual industries thriving, the demand for fast, efficient and ubiquitous network access is skyrocketing worldwide. The 5Gnetwork – the next mobile network generation – will soon become the backbone of our key data transmission infrastructure for everything from vehicles to power plants […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Efi Stefopoulou, Constantinos Saravakos, Zinaida Zlatanova and Ali Rıza Çoban Well-designed regulations are the indispensable institutional tool for citizens, business and government for the proper function of economy and society. The concept of regulatory quality reflects a set of principles which focus on the way a country should promote structural reforms on its regulatory framework, to […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Aleksander Aristovnik, Virág Bagi, Sára Baló, Robert Braun, Milosz Hodun, Dániel Mikecz, Dejan Ravšelj, Marko Ropret, Soma Sárkány and Andrea Virág During the 2016 US presidential election, the Brexit campaign and the recent parliamentary election in Hungary populist politicians contradicted the globalized city, urban lifestyles and multiculturalism with the traditional countryside, with Christian culture, with the lagging […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Julia Margarete Puaschunder The most recent decade featured a data revolution in the healthcare sector in screening, monitoring and coordination of aid. Big data analytics have revolutionized the medical profession. The health sector relies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics as never before. The opportunities of unprecedented access to healthcare, rational precision and human resemblance but also […]