As the World Economic Forum launches a new whitepaper on gender, engineer Naadiya Moosajee explains why she's out to change perceptions.
Robert J. Shiller looks at why housing affordability varies so significantly in cities around the world.
At a time when refugees are increasingly vilified, and in a region under great stress, Uganda's compassion and empathy are a ray of hope.
How can we create policies that ensure our most critical values are protected from any unintentional effects of new technology?
Cyberattacks don’t directly kill or damage as bullets and bombs do, but they have the potential to be just as devastating.
Satellites have done so much for us already, including discovering the hole in the ozone layer and helping to connect billions of people to the internet. In the future, they will offer mu...
A lack of water security is wreaking havoc for communities and the natural world - how can we conceive of solutions large enough to tackle this global problem?
The most commonly cited reasons for people migrating from Africa to Europe revolve around the search for economic opportunity and jobs. But is poor governance at home the real driving force?
Five actions that matter to the future of Aid-for-Trade.
Emmanuel Macron should bring radical change to France's approach to innovation, writes a French management expert based in the Unites States.
Trade expanded by more than 7% a year between 1990-2000, contributing to economic activity and helping to lift around a billion people out of poverty.
What is the technology behind the Bitcoin and how does it work? What applications will it have in our day to day lives? What sectors and industries will it disrupt? Are we prepared for th...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is unfolding at a time when human mobility is increasing and, in many instances, becoming more precarious.
How are we going to close the $2.5 trillion/year finance gap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Whose money? What business model? How to scale it that much? If you read ...
China has filed more than 8,000 AI patents in the five years to 2015, a 190% growth rate that outpaces other leading markets significantly.
