IN SPOTLIGHT
The war in Ukraine, three years on: Which scenarios still stand?
In 2022, we outlined four possible futures for the war in Ukraine. Now, three years later, as new geopolitical realities emerge, it’s time to reassess which scenarios still hold and what the latest developments mean for Ukraine, Russia, and the West.
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Will population decline bring the global economy to a halt?
Population growth rates are stagnating in many countries around the world, but the economics of a declining population is still uncharted territory for modern economic theory. How will our growth-based economic systems fare when the population declines?
Have we reached the end of the disruptive innovation era?
It may seem like there’s more technological innovation than ever today, but more innovation doesn’t necessarily mean more economic growth.
How to work with 'unknown futures' to inspire disruptive innovations
What if the most interesting ideas are waiting to be unearthed amidst preposterous future scenarios that seem far-fetched, impossible or even ridiculous?
Future of Work: Will a Robot Take Your Job?
Will artificial intelligence bring an end to the traditional labour market? Fears of mass technological unemployment have a powerful impact on economical policies, but modern economic theory suggests that these fears might be misplaced.
Will the War in Ukraine Ignite a New Societal Revolution?
Futures Platform’s Lead Futurist Dr Tuomo Kuosa analyses the war in Ukraine in relation to the periodic shifts in the zeitgeist, and discusses whether we may be on the cusp of major societal disruption.
The Future of Work
In this article, we go through the future of work, through 4 prisms: industry and manufacturing; automation, AI, and robotics; business and value chains; and work and income.