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Paul Reilly explores whether digital literacy is the solution to the information crisis engulfing democratic states. At the recent 10th World Summit on the Information Society, I…
Fransisca Christanti, migrant care assistant with the psychosocial division of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and a GGF 2030 Fellow, discusses the issue of…
At the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2019 in Bahrain, there is a question to be asked: to what extent is entrepreneurship ‘global’? Can the same concept and values of…
As Bahrain attempts to diversify its economy it is continually looking towards the expansion and growth of SMEs. Lars Hoeylo Kjoellesdal reflects on Bahrain’s future SME…
Myra Mufti, Romany Kisbee-Batho and Suay M. Ozkula reflect on how men’s perceptions and behaviours towards women continue to create barriers for a gender balance in the ICT sector…
Pallav Das and Ashish Kothari explain the need for alternative visions to the dominant model of economic development in India, and beyond. Pallav and…
In what only recently would have seemed like science fiction, Colorado has positioned itself to become a leader in the space resources sector. But what are the challenges and…
Successful social movements combine resistance to injustice with the affirmation of alternatives. After 50 years of struggle, 10 years of physical occupation and over 11,000…
Hana Okasha, Evelyn Baskaradas and Suay M. Ozkula explore big data, AI and the role of ethics in the context of hiring practice and gender profiling. In recent years, big data…
Although economists are well positioned to imagine new institutional arrangements, their habit of thinking at the margin and sticking close to the evidence at hand encourages an…