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Mapping the hot spots and cold spots across our civic life journey: data shows ways to improve access to civic engagement and participation
Posted in May 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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SubscribeThe GovTech Compass: Ten Principles for the Responsible Implementation of GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure
Report by the World Economic Forum: "Digital transformation offers governments a powerful pathway to improve public service delivery and strengthen state capability. Yet without clear…
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Design Thinking
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Stop Building Innovation Labs
Posted in May 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
Mapping the hot spots and cold spots across our civic life journey: data shows ways to improve access to civic engagement and participation
Posted in May 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
Habermolt: Delegating Deliberation to AI Representatives
Posted in May 27, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Artificial Intelligence
DATA
“Where Do I Start?”: How Governments Can Prioritise AI Solutions for Health
Posted in May 8, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Myth of the Informed Citizen
Posted in May 8, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
The Context Loop: How AI Remembers Us, and Shapes Digital Self-Determination
Posted in May 7, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Data
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Open Data
What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad
Posted in March 30, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
I Saw Something New in San Francisco
Posted in March 29, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Big Data
DATA
The Economics of Openness: Funding Earth Observation as a Public Good
Posted in March 28, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Data Collaboratives
Open Data
Privacy
How Data Governance Is Evolving: Mapping Innovations Across the Data Lifecycle
Posted in March 26, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Advancing Patient-Centred AI with Adaptive Machine Learning
Posted in March 26, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
AI is Statistics: Why statistical thinking is vital for the effective, ethical and safe use of AI
Posted in March 25, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
People
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Everyone, everywhere, all at once LLMs and the new physics of collective intelligence
Posted in August 30, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
PEOPLE
See something, say something? The science of speaking out
Posted in August 26, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
PEOPLE
Leveraging LLMs for Privacy-Aware Predictions in Participatory Budgeting
Posted in August 12, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
PEOPLE
Alternates, Assemble! Selecting Optimal Alternates for Citizens’ Assemblies
Posted in August 11, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
PEOPLE
Data Analytics in Sustainable City Planning
Posted in August 11, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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PEOPLE
PEOPLE
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
Posted in August 6, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
Institutional Innovation
Collection, INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach
Posted in December 3, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
Collection, INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Progress Paradox
Posted in December 3, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
Collection, Democracy, INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
DemocracyINSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Strengthening Public Interest Media in the Age of GenAI
Posted in November 20, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
For scientists, the right questions are often the hardest
Posted in November 19, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
Collection, Democracy, INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
DemocracyINSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies
Posted in November 19, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
Collection, INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Adaptive governance: new technological infrastructures to address complex societal challenges
Posted in November 18, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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