Insights

In an era of rapidly changing technology, it’s important to try to make sense of where we’re headed. 

Get inspired with our interviews, videos, reports and more about how digitalisation influences society.

Q&A  |  Digital Trust  | 

Platforms, monopolism and polarisation, with Jonathan Wareham

Q&A  |  Public Innovation  | 

Do big platforms hold up innovation? with Doh-Shin Jeon

article  |  Equitable Growth  | 

Future Open Council: A collaborative experience

A total of 18 prestigious international organisations with extensive experience in advanced research, critical thinking …

Featured Content

Interview with Mary L. Gray

The dark side of Artificial Intelligence

Learn More

Featured Content

Interview with Mary L. Gray

The dark side of Artificial Intelligence

Learn More

Q&A

Digital Trust  | 

Platforms, monopolism and polarisation, with Jonathan Wareham
"It is only recently that Facebook and Twitter have enacted bans of former US President ...
Public Innovation  | 

Do big platforms hold up innovation? with Doh-Shin Jeon
“[...] Vertically-integrated platforms have a strong incentive to hold up innovations of their business users ...
Public Innovation  | 

Going digital and joining forces, key for SMEs with Eduardo Elorriaga
"[Small] businesses must stop working individually and organize themselves on technologically advanced platforms".
Digital Trust  | 

Can platforms shape mindsets?, with José L. Fernández
"Informed and critical citizens [...] put a stop to those who, under the guise of ...
Public Innovation  | 

Do cryptocurrencies foster innovation?, with Francisco Álvarez Molina
"Right now there are more than 7,000 [cryptocurrencies], although ten are amongst the most known."
Citizen Empowerment  | 

The gamification of life, with Raian Ali
“Most technology design methods are industry-driven, where the aim is to increase productivity and achieve ...
All Q&A

Videos

Cybersecurity  | 

Have you ever been the victim of a cyber attack?
Digital Trust  | 

How can supercomputing solve real problems?, with Mateo Valero, Director of the BSC-CNS
All Videos

Links

Digital Trust  | 

Automatic for the people? Experts predict how AI will transform the workplace
Digital Trust  | 

Biased and wrong? Facial recognition tech in the dock
Links

Podcasts

Citizen Empowerment  | 

Deconstructing our digital future
This episode explores our new book, ‘Faster than the future’, which analyzes the major challenges ...
Digital Trust  | 

Disinformation is Disempowerment. How to identify fake news.
Fake news travels 6 times faster than the truth on Twitter, an MIT study suggested. ...
All Podcasts

Articles

Equitable Growth  | 

Future Open Council: A collaborative experience
A total of 18 prestigious international organisations with extensive experience in advanced research, critical thinking ...
Citizen Empowerment  | 

La Plataforma y Yo: Care sector
The digital platforms have also arrived to the cleaning and care services. This sector workers ...
All Articles

Interviews

Citizen Empowerment  | 

Can supercomputing technology help us predict how climate change will be?
Interview with Francisco Doblas-Reyes, professor at ICREA and director of the Earth Sciences Department at ...
Equitable Growth  | 

The power of artificial intelligence to mitigate climate change
Interview with Alma Cárdenas, AI for Earth Sr Program Manager
All Interviews

Reports

Public Innovation  | 

Governing algorithms
Equitable Growth  | 

Platform-to-business regulation
Equitable Growth  | 

Platform economy and COVID-19
Equitable Growth  | 

Home care and digital platforms in Spain
All Reports