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Posted in November 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Disciplined Curiosity: Why Philanthropy Needs Systematic Inquiry in an Era of Answers
Posted in November 12, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Collective Intelligence
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Posted in November 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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The Iceberg Revisited: Six Ways of Representing Complexity
Posted in November 10, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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The surprising popularity of AI
Posted in October 26, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Digital Democracy from Below: Resisting AI and Techno-solutionism
Posted in October 26, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Ethical and inclusive challenges of integrating AI and indigenous knowledge systems
Posted in October 26, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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How emerging privacy technologies could reshape law enforcement
Posted in September 15, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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When Does AI Augment Work? A Workflow-Level Framework for Human-Agent Collaboration
Posted in September 14, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
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Europe’s difficult choices on AI
Posted in September 14, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Open Data
Every Map Starts with a Lie
Posted in September 14, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
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We Must Pace the Frontier
Posted in September 14, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
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Who Gets to Represent the World?
Posted in September 9, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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“We are beautiful.” Creating political and societal traction through multi-stakeholder participation.
Posted in February 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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The case against efficiency: friction in social media
Posted in February 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
Resident Engagement Initiatives Local Governments Are Using Today
Posted in February 18, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
Stress-testing an AI tool to explore its potential for faster local plans and greater citizen engagement
Posted in February 18, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
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Why Millions Can Deliberate: It Just Requires an Economy That Supports Mass Participation
Posted in February 16, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule
Posted in February 15, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Institutional Innovation
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Why are we still arguing about the industrial revolution?
Posted in June 9, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
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China’s tech rise is creating a new kind of tourism
Posted in June 8, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
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Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Race to Wire the World and the Dawn of the Information Age
Posted in June 6, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Open Innovation
Why the Gates Foundation Abandoned Article Processing Charges (and What They’re Doing Instead)
Posted in June 5, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Design Thinking
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Roadmap to Social Impact Measurement
Posted in June 3, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
Democracy
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Informational Sovereignty: The Commercial and Geopolitical Risk of Newsroom Dependency on Third-Party Infrastructure in Latin America
Posted in June 2, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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