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Academia & Publishing

The Future of Academic Libraries: A Utopian Vision for 2040 and Beyond

Envision a not-too-distant future, in which society has been completely transformed by digitization. Printed books have become obsolete and data management is completely run by artificial intelligence. What would happen to university libraries and their role in higher education? In this scenario, they would be anything but irrelevant.

Rudolf Mumenthaler | 24.04.2023

Business & Economics

What Does the Future Hold for China’s Private Firms?

Is the recent action by the Chinese government against Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba simply a long overdue reining in of under-regulated monopoly business or does it signal the beginning of the end for China’s flourishing private sector?

Paul G. Clifford | 17.01.2022

Arts & Humanities

“Climate Doom”? How Apocalyptic Narrative Can Help Us Confront Climate Change

Devastating fires, floods and other catastrophes related to climate change are evoking apocalyptic language and imagery in our heads. Aside from its biblical connotations, how does the apocalyptic narrative work in representing one of the biggest challenges of our time?

Judith Eckenhoff | 22.10.2021

Business & Economics

Knowledge in Motion: How to Spot the Future in the Here and Now

If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it is how quickly and unpredictably our lives can change – and how resilient many organisations and people turned out to be. How did they manage to do that? And how do we prepare for the future when uncertainty is the only certainty?

Sharon Varney | 12.10.2021

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