Small Is Beautiful 2.0:
How Digital Decentralisation Can Strengthen Democracy

When Fritz Schumacher challenged the dogma of large-scale industry with Small…


futures literacy Europe

How Europe Can Reclaim Its Future: Seven Priorities for a Future-Competent Continent

Part 2: Conclusion and perspectives Part 1 offered an overview of the…


Future of Europe

State and Prospects of Europe: Why the Continent Needs “More Future”

Part 1: A Broad Overview of the Challenges Europe faces significant challenges…


Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski: Border Controls are Damaging German-Polish Relations

He is one of the foremost experts on German-Polish relations. Karolewski talks…


Global Gateway

Global Gateway: a Turning Point for the EU-Africa Strategy in Its Growing Competition with China

Back in 2021, the European Union launched its Global Gateway plan with the aim…


The Rise of the Future: What Prospects for Science, Research and the Public?

This paper discusses the increasing importance of futures thinking around the…


Europe Day

Europe Day, but Make it Meaningful: Does the EU Need Better Rituals?

Every year on May 9th, the European Union celebrates Europe Day. But beyond the…


Western Balkan Tariffs

Trade, Regional Stability and Geopolitics: The Six Western Balkan Countries are in the Crossfire of US Tariffs

The Western Balkan region was not immune to President Trump’s intent to “make…