Five start-ups – peptides, proteins and the perfect complexion From functional foods and science-based beauty products to personalised prevention concepts – food, healthcare and beauty are converging to create a new market worth billions. This transformation, dri... Food Health Technology Feb 26, 2025
Why warm data is the key to understanding complexity In an age dominated by big data and algorithms, Nora Bateson, the President of the International Bateson Institute (IBI), is taking a bold step backwards - yet forwards at the same time. Her warm-data... Society Jan 28, 2025
US artist Holly Herndon on AI and art Got a voice like Mick Jagger or Mariah Carey? We all like to give karaoke our best shot – and the closer we get to replicating the original, the better the atmosphere. Yet AI can crash the party by im... Society Technology Jan 23, 2025
Karin Frick on 30 years of trend research at the GDI “When you are in the middle of it, you almost never realise that you are witnessing an event that will change the course of history,” wrote the Serbian-American economist Branko Milanovic recently. e ... Society Technology Jan 20, 2025
Improved AI trend radar at the GDI Innovation Hub How do you identify the most relevant trends in an ocean of possibilities? This is a question that has been bothering many companies and this is exactly where the GDI Innovation Hub comes in. The digi... Strategic Foresight Jan 16, 2025
Future skills in the age of AI Dr Jakub Samochowiec’s work explores the challenges and opportunities that generative AI presents for the world of work. In studies such as 'Future skills' and 'Strategies for dealing with the labour ... Society Technology Jan 9, 2025
Education in the age of AI: what’s left for us to learn? Rote learning has had its day. Almost 400 years after we started cramming knowledge into people, the success of artificial intelligence won't only enable new ways of learning. It will more-or-less req... Society Technology Jan 8, 2025
Getting people to volunteer The voluntary commitment shown by lots of people enables society to work effectively. Many organisations today nevertheless struggle to find volunteers. This is often attributed to demographics and an... Society Dec 18, 2024
GDI must-reads 2024 As the year draws to a close, we've put together a carefully chosen selection of books that particularly impressed our researchers and staff. From social upheaval and technological challenges to perso... Retail Society Sustainability Technology Dec 14, 2024
AI: a threat to mediocrity On 8 February 2023, around USD 100 billion was wiped off the share price of Google's parent company Alphabet. That's because Google's AI chatbot 'Bard' made a mistake during its inaugural presentation... Society Technology Dec 10, 2024
When work is no longer the benchmark Daniel Susskind equates the economy to a pie. It’s baked or produced, divided up for various purposes – and then consumed. Human work has always played a pivotal role in both production and distributi... Society Technology Dec 6, 2024
GDI study on food culture and innovation: no cap of rump for aperitif GDI: Mrs Schäfer, sauerkraut is eaten in the north, foie gras in the west and the ‘Röstigraben’ – the divide between German and French-speaking Switzerland – lies in between - don’t our regional tradi... Food Society Dec 3, 2024