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Posted in November 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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SubscribeBeyond Open or Closed? The Five A’s of Data Access in a Time of AI
Essay by Stefaan Verhulst: "...Data openness remains desirable, yet in the age of AI it can also be weaponized. Below, I propose a framework that…
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INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Disciplined Curiosity: Why Philanthropy Needs Systematic Inquiry in an Era of Answers
Posted in November 12, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement
Collective Intelligence
PEOPLE
Agency for Everyone
Posted in November 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Design Thinking
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Iceberg Revisited: Six Ways of Representing Complexity
Posted in November 10, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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Artificial Intelligence
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Empires of AI: The Rise and Fall of a New Global Order
Posted in October 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The V-Dem Dataset
Posted in October 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
A Research Agenda for the Economics of Transformative AI
Posted in October 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Data
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Privacy
Your boss, tech companies and police can read your chatbot conversations
Posted in September 2, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
DATA
Data Collaboratives
Open Data
A mom’s website shows who profits from ICE. Why Feds call it a ‘threat’
Posted in September 2, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Aviva detects record £230m in bogus insurance claims as use of AI rises
Posted in September 1, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
From algorithmic efficiency to democratic legitimacy: rethinking AI governance in the Global South
Posted in September 1, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Data Collaboratives
Through data governance, tribes protect “digital land” and build tribal economies
Posted in September 1, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Artificial Intelligence
DATA
Data Collaboratives
From Fragmentation to Flow: Reforms Promoting Trusted Data Sharing for Responsible AI in the Philippines
Posted in September 1, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
People
Collection, Collective Intelligence, PEOPLE
Collective IntelligencePEOPLE
Collective Intelligence
PEOPLE
Building a shared list of questions that can transform women’s health
Posted in January 22, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement, Collection, PEOPLE
Citizen EngagementPEOPLE
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
People’s Consultation on AI
Posted in January 21, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement, Collection, PEOPLE
Citizen EngagementPEOPLE
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
A Chapter on Institutionalization: The Use and Misuse of Institutions of Citizen Participation in Hungary
Posted in January 21, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Collection, PEOPLE
PEOPLE
PEOPLE
Reimagining Women’s Health: Crowdsourcing Topics and Questions that Matter
Posted in January 15, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement, Collection, PEOPLE
Citizen EngagementPEOPLE
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
Scaling Democratic Innovations: Features of Effective Catalyst Organisations & Future Frontiers
Posted in January 15, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Citizen Engagement, Collection, PEOPLE
Citizen EngagementPEOPLE
Citizen Engagement
PEOPLE
How UK museums are embracing citizens’ assemblies to help frame their futures
Posted in January 15, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Institutional Innovation
Democracy
Design Thinking
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Braver New World: The Countries Daring to Do Things Others Won’t
Posted in May 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Open Innovation
Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World
Posted in May 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Broken Machine
Posted in May 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
World Press Freedom Index
Posted in May 11, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Myth of the Informed Citizen
Posted in May 8, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
Civic Technology
Design Thinking
E-Gov
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Signals from the Frontier of Digital Statecraft: Rethinking governance in the age of AI
Posted in May 7, 2026 by Stefaan Verhulst
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