Global Mobility Functions: So Much to Do, so Little Time

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about the changing focus of the global mobility function, which was encouraged to move from a rather administrative to a more strategic role. It seems that today the trend is still relevant and the call for change is even more urgent than before. The recent…
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Designing Urban Areas for Sustainable Futures: Will the Circular Economy be the Future Model of Economic Growth in Cities? (1/2)

The impacts of human activity on the environment are myriad: global warming, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, overexploitation, pollution, etc. As the global population continues to expand and the overriding patterns of production, consumption and trade remain severely unsustainable, a global rethink of the current model of growth is required. Cities, as home to more than…
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Gender Gap: From Concepts to Numbers

Gender imbalance is a topic that doesn’t seem to lose its relevance any time soon. Just recently I wrote about gender imbalance and related prospects of the AI economy, yet, today there is another reason to take on the discussion. Following the British government’s regulation of reporting information on the gender-pay gap, employers are gradually…
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‘Saving Globalization’ in Davos

Just about a year ago, I wrote about the feeling of uncertainty in light of globalization struggles and a global populist movement, which seemed to be taking off. The uncertainty and concerns seemed to be a shared mood also during the World Economic Forum in Davos back then. Now, as a year passed and the…
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