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Democracy beyond elections: a handbook on citizens’ assemblies
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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The Behavioral Dividend : Solving the ‘Last Mile’ Problem in Digital Government
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
Democracy beyond elections: a handbook on citizens’ assemblies
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Serving Citizens 2026: Delivering Better Public Administrative Services
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows.
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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China’s Scenario-based Innovation
Posted in September 29, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
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What if automating AI R&D triggers an intelligence explosion?
Posted in September 29, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Data
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows.
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
What if automating AI R&D triggers an intelligence explosion?
Posted in September 29, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
DATA
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NSF launches the Open Knowledge Network, a national open-data platform connecting more than 40 knowledge graphs to power the new wave of AI-enabled discovery
Posted in September 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Data Sovereignty in Practice
Posted in September 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
DATA
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Who and How Many? Using Integrated Health and Education Data to Study Early Care Experiences of Children in the US
Posted in September 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
Democracy beyond elections: a handbook on citizens’ assemblies
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
From Voice to Leverage in Data Governance
Posted in September 23, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
Let The People Set The Pace Of Frontier AI
Posted in September 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
The Democracy–Decarbonization Dilemma: Can Climate Assemblies Provide an Escape Route?
Posted in September 21, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Collective Intelligence
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The peer review crisis and the future of scholarly publishing: notes from the editorial frontline
Posted in September 17, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Science
PEOPLE
Building stronger partnerships through citizen data
Posted in September 14, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Institutional Innovation
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Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Behavioral Dividend : Solving the ‘Last Mile’ Problem in Digital Government
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Serving Citizens 2026: Delivering Better Public Administrative Services
Posted in September 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
China’s Scenario-based Innovation
Posted in September 29, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Switzerland’s Trek Toward a National Digital Identity System
Posted in September 23, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Design Thinking
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Theory of Change Process
Posted in September 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Better Tech
Posted in September 21, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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