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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  | 

Robots will be our caregivers in the future, by MIT Media Lab researcher Anastasia Ostrowski

Q&A  |  Citizen Empowerment  | 

Fair societies need digital rights, by Minda Moreira, co-Chair of the Internet Rights and Principles …

Q&A  |  Citizen Empowerment  | 

Ethical platform economy alternatives, by Ricard Espelt and Melissa Renau

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Interview with Mary L. Gray

The dark side of Artificial Intelligence

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Interview with Mary L. Gray

The dark side of Artificial Intelligence

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Q&A

Digital Trust  | 

Robots will be our caregivers in the future, by MIT Media Lab researcher Anastasia Ostrowski
“Robots will also be “helpful companions”, meaning they will collaborate with older adults to reach ...
Citizen Empowerment  | 

Fair societies need digital rights, by Minda Moreira, co-Chair of the Internet Rights and Principles ...
"Some apps can even keep tracking after users have uninstalled them."
Citizen Empowerment  | 

Ethical platform economy alternatives, by Ricard Espelt and Melissa Renau
"Models such as Coopcycle, Cotabo or Equal Care Co-op try to offer a more ethical ...
Cybersecurity  | 

The world’s reaction to the first pandemic of the digital era, by Chad Gaffield
"It is imperative that knowledge about the past provides a foundation for decisions today."
Citizen Empowerment  | 

Technology to rebuild the bond of communities, by Nextdoor’s Nick Lisher
"The neighbourhood is the most important community in our lives"
Equitable Growth  | 

We can reduce the carbon footprint of the net, by Benjamin Tincq
"We know how to decarbonise the power grid with nuclear energy and renewables"
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Videos

Citizen Empowerment  | 

DFS Voices: Who’s in charge of moderating Instagram’s content?
Citizen Empowerment  | 

DFS Voices: Can we use mobile data to identify or predict poverty?
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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

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. ...
Equitable Growth  | 

Coronavirus exposed the Digital Divide. Now it is the time to bridge it.
The global digital divide is undermining global equality. But it can be bridged through greater ...
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Articles

Citizen Empowerment  | 

The challenges of the digital emergency for 2021
More than fifty international experts selected by Digital Future Society have been part of a ...
Citizen Empowerment  | 

Top 10 revelations from our 2020 interviewees
This year, we interviewed over 85 experts that have shared with us their thoughts on ...
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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
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Reports

Equitable Growth  | 

Policy brief: emerging technologies, a lever to tackle urban challenges in the climate decade
Equitable Growth  | 

Digital platform work in Spain: what do we know?
Equitable Growth  | 

Exploring gender-responsive designs in digital welfare
Equitable Growth  | 

Risks and opportunities of emerging tech in the climate decade
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