Since 2014, Estonia is offering e-Residency, a transnational digital identity that enables citizens from other nations to set up bank accounts and ...
The impacts of the Olympics on Rio, Part II
Last week, we shared a report of The Guardian on the impacts of the Olympics on Rio de Janeiro. This time, Co.Design reveals how the sporting event has ...
The world’s urban housing crisis will only get worse
Substandard housing puts its residents at risk for threats such as diseases, malnutrition and natural disasters. Today, more than a billion people live in ...
Report: Car sharing can reduce social inequality in cities
According to the International Transport Forum, social inequality could be reduced by changing the way people move: Its study has found that replacing ...
Video: Mapping the world’s immigration flows
Max Galka of Metrocosm has created another stunning animation: After visualizing the history of urbanization, Galka mapped the world’s immigration ...
How civic interests shape government innovation
Civic tech, the place where public and government interests meet, “is the public sector’s fastest-moving innovation inlet” and has the ...
What determines resilience?
As cities face growing challenges, the need to build resilience is gaining importance. But what factors drive the level of resiliency of communities? A ...
Digitalisierung: Totalausbeutung des Menschen?
Nach Byung-Chul Han, Professor für Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität der Künste Berlin, wird durch die digitale Vernetzung eine &# ...
How the migrant crisis has changed Europe
In recent months, a large number of refugees have fled from ongoing conflicts in the Middle East – an analysis by the Pew Research Center now shows how ...
Stimmen zur Ablehnung des Grundeinkommens
In der Schweiz wurde die Einführung eines bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens am gestrigen Sonntag mit großer Mehrheit abgelehnt – für die deutsche ...
