Articles: Politics
(2012)
Presentations from Brussels Future Club June 2012
Presentations from Brussels Future Club held by Christine Højlund Andersen and Klaus Æ. Mogensen.
(2012)
Members' Report #2/2012:
Generation Y
Morten Grønborg (2012)
Adam Cheng and the plummeting of stock prices
FRA SCENARIO 01:2012
Anders Bjerre (2012)
Triple dip?
The current double dip in our economy will pr obably not be all w e see. Several factors point to new challenges
rising on the financial horizon. The question is whether we should be prepared for a triple dip?
Klaus Æ. Mogensen (2012)
Our future on Earth and in space
The world’s population has passed seven billion and keeps on growing. Where will we find room for all
these people? With a bit of radical thinking, it’ll be no problem!
Ulrich Beck (2012)
It’s not a product of German angst. It’s the economy, stupid!
Germany wants to abandon nuclear power more quickly than any other industrial nation in the world.
According to sociologist Ulrich Beck, this is not an exaggerated panic reaction, but rather a question of economics.
In the long term, nuclear power ...
Timothy Wittig (2012)
Appetiser: Lawyers, Guns, and Money
- What terrorists can teach us about navigating the blurred lines of the future global economy.
Navigating in the grey areas between the legal and the legal, the legitimate and the illicit, and t he formal and
the informal will be an una voidable r...
Henrik Moltke (2012)
Liquid democracy: What do the pirates want with their power?
It all started with a bunch of loosely coordinated internet activists in conflict with the law. Their common ground was a love for computers and a hatred of the entertainment industry’s lawyers. Their critics called them pirates because they shared f...
Timothy Wittig (2012)
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
- What terrorists can teach us about navigating the blurred lines of the future global economy.
Navigating in the grey areas between the legal and the legal, the legitimate and the illicit, and t he formal and
the informal will be an una voidable r...
Carsten Beck (2012)
The next century may be the most important in human history – but forget all about China vs the US
The next century will most likely be the most important in human history. However, if we continue to see
the way ahead as a competition between Asia on the one side and Europe and the US on the other,
we are missing the point. The stakes are quite ...
Morten Grønborg (2012)
SCENARIO 03:2012 (UK)
Stefan Hansen (2011)
Democracy of the future – nothing less
The introduction of weighted votes is a simple yet powerful idea that may help to lift the blanket of apathy that is currently smothering many democratic nations. Once this happens, conditions will be in place for good – rather than popular – politic...
Julie Kronstrøm Carton, Sally Khallash, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen and Martin Gejrot (2010)
Members' Report 3/2010: Global Talent Rally
Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Carsten Beck, Kim Møller-Elshøj, Troels M. Kranker, Sally Khallash, Mette Skovbjerg and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2010)
Members' report 2/2010:
10 Tendencies Towards 2020
The report presents short articles on ten tendencies that will be of importance for the way we live, the decisions
we make, and how we work towards 2020 in the West and globally.
Sara Barazi and Julie Kronstrøm Carton (2009)
An anxious world waiting to see the bottom
In February 2009, the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies conducted an interview with Global Futurist Rohit Talwar, CEO at Fast Future Research, on the current crisis. In this interview, Talwar elaborates on the struggles for our global economy,...
Jeffrey Scott Saunders, Sally Khallash, Anders Bjerre, Julie Kronstrøm Carton, Knut Gythfeldt, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Martin Kruse and Jacob Suhr Thomsen (2009)
Member's Report 1/2009: Opportunities in crisis
If you are optimistic, growth will return during the second half of 2009. If you are pessimistic, 2009 is just a prelude to a direr economic crisis to come. What will the future hold and what will the social consequences be? In this report, CIFS has ...
Anders Bjerre, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Lisbeth Dons Jensen, Hanna Schüle and Martin Kruse (2008)
Members' Report #4/2008 The young seniors 2020
Aging is one of the greatest challenges facing Western societies. Aging will influence employee recruitment and retention, consumption, advertising and how society works. Denmark, in 2020, will have 57% more 70 to 74-year-olds, and 20% fewer 35 to 40...
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse) and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
How to act during the financial crisis
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday's logic.” Peter Drucker
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse) and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
4 Scenarios for the Future of the Global Financial Crisis
We are living in uncertain times. Traditional prognoses are constantly being updated as markets change. In January 2008, oil analysts predicted that the price of oil could go as high as $200 a barrel and that prices below $100 were unlikely. In July...
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse) and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
Strategies for success during an economic crisis situation
CIFS has complied a list of 8 strategies that your organization can use to exploit the new opportunities that often arise during crises. History is awash with examples of organizations that have exploited crises to gain market shares and develop new ...
Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: The world economy's cohesive forces towards 2013
2008 is marked by greater uncertainty than in many years when it comes to the development of the financial markets and the economy. It is after a period in which the world economy has been stronger than at any time since the oil crisis in 1970s. The ...
Anders Bjerre (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: China
China is one of the great success stories of recent decades. Since the reforms of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the country has undergone a remarkable economic transformation. In doing so, China has become far more integrated into the world economy and has ...
Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: The Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa are in a phase of dramatic development that the problem-focused, often critical, flow of news about the area is not always able to capture. Few places in the world display such a blend of traditionalism and modernism ...
Henrik Persson (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: Food
Is the wolf at the door? Already in 1798, Thomas Malthus, in his “An Essay on the Principle of Population,” anticipated that there would be insufficient food in the future. Right after publication, technological advances boosted food production beyo...
Sally Khallash, Sara Shamekhi, Anders Bjerre, Henrik Persson, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Jeffrey Scott Saunders and Martin Kruse (2008)
Members' Report #1/2008 Strategic issues
The world is changing. What will be the consequences for strategic planning? 2007 saw sharp declines in share prices around the world. The fear of a recession was met with a cut in US interest rates of 0.75%, the biggest cut in 15 years. At the same ...
Gitte Larsen (2007)
The future of The Corporate World (TCW)
What do you consider to be the best thing about The Corporate World (TCW) as it is today? What is the biggest challenge for TCW in the near future? What is your vision, your hope, for the future of your company/corporation or TCW as a whole? FO/futur...
Troels Theill Eriksen, Henrik Persson, Martin Kruse, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Birthe Linddal Hansen and Carsten Beck (2007)
Members' Report 1/2006: Polarisation Trends 2016
Developments in our society during the past 5-10 years have made possible a future society characterised by tension, division and marginalisation, which will come true if we don't act now. This members' report lists, documents and elaborates seven of...
Martin Kruse, Troels Theill Eriksen, Henrik Persson, Martin Widlund and Christine Lind Ditlevsen (2006)
Members' Report 3/2006: The Scandinavian Way
Member's Report 3/2006
Gitte Larsen (2006)
Social innovation
A content, stable world might have little need for innovation. Innovation becomes an imperative when problems
are getting worse, when systems are not working or when institutions reflect past rather than present and
future problems. Discontent is o...
Jacob Suhr Thomsen (2006)
10 business trends
In a market buffeted by global forces, you have to watch your step and navigate according to the trends that
ensure your company’s future competitiveness. But how will the market look in just two or three years?
Which trends should your company ste...
Johan Peter Paludan (2006)
The wisdom of the future's hindsight
After the Second World War and the occupation, it became modern to imagine children asking their fathers,
“What did you do during the occupation, father?”
Phil Teer (2006)
The new rules of adulthood
St. Luke's Communications, a UK advertising and design agency, has been looking at people in their
30's, 40's and 50's, to find out what it means to be an adult today. Some are tempted to
sink into the stupor of middle age - Others aspire to make t...
Christine Lind Ditlevsen (2006)
Men are from Mars - and the shop is closed
In the last 10 years, the male has increasingly taken over the spotlight. Men have been written about and
debated as never before: paternity leave, the balance between career and family life, health, sexuality,
etc. New communities see the light of...
Birthe Linddal Hansen (2006)
Love as a consumer good
The modern consumer is used to getting what she wants - especially the richest of them. Many are choosy, and willing to pay extra or wait longer for the right product—microbrew, ergonomically correct lawn tractor or a summerhouse with a view of...
Birthe Linddal Hansen (2006)
Consumer children 2016
Children have become the darlings of large companies, and are increasingly the target of marketing campaigns
for everything from cars to chocolate. Children learn from age 5-7 to save up, spend, and make consumer
choices. A fifth of an 8 year-old's...
Gitte Larsen (2006)
The show must go on
You are seeing the English edition of FO/futureorientation. The Danish edition still exists – but as a
separate publication. If you prefer the Danish edition, contact us, or visit www.iff.dk/fo, where you can
always find the full Danish version.
Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen (2006)
Zombies - the Living Dead
Futures Studies typically focus on the new things that come. However, an important part of the changes the
future brings are the things that disappear. So if you are looking for new opportunities, zombies may be a
place to start looking. The Copenh...
Cathrine Schmidt (2006)
You are what you do
The generation of hypersocial individualists has a slogan: “you are what you do.” Young knowledge
workers want to make their mark on the world and make a difference for others. Therefore, volunteer work, as a
fringe benefit, is an attra...
Verne Wheelwright (2006)
Personal Futures
Methods of foresight and future studies are no longer limited to business, government and other
organizations. The study of personal futures is still in its infancy, but holds potential not only for you but
also for your company. Learn how you can ...
Morten K. Pedersen (2006)
The employee is more than the company
For 30 years, leading executives have proclaimed “people are the company's greatest
resource.” But is that anything more than an empty motto? Three new and very different books on
today's working life say it isn't. Fortunately, people a...
Johan Peter Paludan (2006)
Paradoxes in working life
The ultimate paradox may be that work has developed from being a prerequisite for consumption to being
consumption?
Anne Løhndorf Christensen and Tanja Juul Christiansen (2006)
Would you die for your company?
Do you want to be communicated to as if you look the same as everyone else, or share everyone else's
ideology and values? Is segmentation the road to successful marketing and communication in the future? The
answer is a clear and resounding “...
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen (2005)
Trust is worth its weight in gold
The Nordic countries scored highest on a new index that indicates people's general feeling of trust in others. In Denmark two out of three people trust others, while only one out of 20 Brazilians trust each other. Greater confidence in others may not...
Martin Kruse (2005)
China - the joker of globalization?
What will we make when the Chinese can make everything more cheaply than we can? Globalization is often described as a tsunami washing over the West and taking all the jobs with it to Asia. Can we expect anything to brake or stop globalization? Will ...
Martin Kruse (2005)
Megatrends: Global or regional?
Megatrends are dominating bellwethers that, in all probability, will remain valid for a minimum of the next 15 years. They influence larger portions of society and industry. Megatrends are reliable driving forces, although their effect on regions var...
Peter Mørkeberg Hindsby (2005)
Coming to a street near you
Are multinational companies the true urban planners and culture entrepreneurs of the future? Read about how Berlin nearly became Niketown, and how Copenhagen recently experienced the latest, contemporary urban branding strategies.
Jon Frederik Høyrup (2005)
Biotech's opium war
Asian countries are exceptionally enthusiastic about biotechnology's development. Governments take initiatives. Dynamism and economic results are driven by enthusiasm. Biotechnological researchers attain rock-star status. Why is this happening in the...
Sean Pillot de Chenecey (2005)
‘Communities of Interest' in the global economy
In an issue of FO/Futureorientation devoted to globalization, there's one person that you must acknowledge - Theodore Levitt. It's over twenty years since he wrote his epoch-making article “The Globalization of Markets” in Harvard Busines...
Lise Holt Olesen (2005)
Human resources and globalization
Globalization brings with it great challenges - also in human resources. The company that is ready for the future develops creative environments to hold on to the best minds. And they work actively with internal diversity to match the growing diversi...
Cathrine Schmidt (2005)
How place matters in consumption
The place is the way to experience the world that affects us most. So consumption and marketing in the future will also be tied to “place.” But “place” cannot be justified, formed, and renewed in isolation from the rest of the...
Anders Kristian Munk (2005)
Placemaking - a French example
What are the success criteria when “the local goes global?” This article takes the pulse of the hard-pressed French wine industry, and describes a specific survival strategy for actively using globalization. When one wants to have the ben...
Gitte Larsen (2005)
How global are you?
How global are you?
Martin Kruse (2005)
Storytelling and strategic innovation
Storytelling is one of the most important leadership tools, and is used internally, in marketing, and in
change management. Storytelling also affects strategic decision-making. Read about the different facets of
storytelling and about how knowledge...
Peter Mørkeberg Hinsby (2005)
Showdown with the beast
Creativity expert Niels Krøjgaard, associate staff member of the Institute for Future Studies, debunks the
myth that good ideas come only from very special people with a unique creative gene. Anyone can learn to be
creative. It depends on your own ...
Johan Peter Paludan (2005)
Can conservatism be innovative?
Innovation is about creating something new and different. Thus the classic, conservative, and sullen comment
about innovation is "Must we be so modern?"
Kristina L. Søgaard and Anders Kristian Munk (2005)
Year 2020: Brave New Body World - Review of an exhibition about the body
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Members Report #2 this year was about the physical products of the
future. The report contains seven stories of the future - including examples of concrete physical products
developed for each particular fut...
Gitte Larsen (2005)
Innovation in public sector organizations
The Norwegian municipality of Arendal is a sterling example of how a thorough change process can be
successful. In the past five years, Arendal has totally restructured its administration, organization and work
processes. The change has demanded a ...
Frank Høgholm Pedersen (2005)
The domains of creativity
In the domain of creativity, we play and create – as opposed to the domain of action, where we carry out
decisions as efficiently as possible. Managers and staff who need to exploit their creative potential need
more creative domains. Burning Man, ...
Johan Peter Paludan (2005)
Corporate Social Responsibility - a luxury phenomenon?
Corporate Social Responsibility has been on the agenda quite a lot in recent years. It is a difficult quantity
to define. Where does classic corporate behaviour end and CSR begin? It is tempting to quote an American judge
who said of another phenom...
Sean Pillot de Chenecey (2005)
Consumer Power - online
The Medium is the Messenger: It´s all about mobile technology and marketing, about real time access rather
than quality, and about building new synergies in a disrupted and fragmented marketplace. Welcome to the world
of the digital consumers
Gitte Larsen (2005)
Goodbye to Capitalism
The fight for the bottom line: Capitalism is a finished chapter in world history. Not politically, but
economically. That is according to Arie de Geus, author of The Living Company, and former head of
Shell's Group Planning unit. If today's compani...
Kåre Stamer Andreasen and Jekob Kelstrup (2005)
Members' Report 1/2005: Russian Prospects - political and economic scenarios
Developments in Russia over the next 15 years could become of great importance to the World. There are many paths that Russia's political and economic development may follow towards 2020. This members' report evaluates the various possibilities and c...
Thomas Geuken (2005)
Small Thoughts from a Beautiful Mind: Artful Leadership
"Small Thoughts" is a new type of article in Fremtidsorientering. In each issue, you will get a ringside seat
for conversations between Thomas Geuken, business psychologist and associated employee at the Copenhagen
Institute for Futures Studies, an...
Gitte Larsen (2005)
Creative Nature
From grain to bacon to nature. This is how Hans Peter Bay, junior director of Danish Agricultural Advisory
Service, describes the development in Danish farming. The future lies in utilizing the potentials in the
farming districts in new, creative w...
Kåre Stamer Andreasen and Martin Kruse (2005)
Energy and environment 2040
Energy is crucial to the continuing growth of the global economy and to secure global wealth. Global energy
consumption has increased almost exponentially since 2005. Even then Asia was the continent that used the
largest share of the World's energ...
Martin Kruse (2005)
Is Decentralisation the Way Ahead for Production?
As technology develops, more and more production is moving into individual shops and homes. At the same time,
however, technological development also makes it possible for traditionally decentralised production to become
centralised. What effect do...
Johan Peter Paludan (2005)
Sentenced to Education
At a somewhat animated 40-years birthday party in Jutland, Your Columnist had a lengthy conversation with his
dinner partner about the Danish jail situation. Perhaps not the most obvious subject at a party, but one
engendered by a notice in the day...
Kåre Stamer Andreasen and Jane Pedersen (2005)
Europe's Energy Future
The European energy policy is standing at a crossroads where crucial decisions must be made in the near
future. The principal decisions have been made, but conditions resembling planned economy in the energy
sectors of many countries, environmental...
Jon Høyrup (2005)
Theme meeting 20/10-04: The Future Energy Supply
Summary of the theme meeting held October 20th 2004: The Future Energy Supply. We are facing a growing demand
for energy in the coming years. This theme meeting focused on the three main challenges: supply security,
prices and pollution.
K. Andreasen, Carsten Beck, Anders Bjerre, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, M. Harms, J. Høyrup, Martin Kruse, B. Linddal, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, U. Palludan, K. Zinck, T.T. Eriksen and Søren Riis (2004)
Members' Report 4/2004: 2040
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies had its 35th anniversary in January 2005. For that occasion, we look ahead rather than back and present a possible view of the World of 2040 A.D. with special attention paid to the Scandinavian countries. ...
Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Kåre Stamer Andreasen, Uffe Palludan, Troels Theill Eriksen and Martin Rasmussen (2004)
Members' Report 2/2004: Creative Man
Creative Man is the name the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies has given its model for a growing market
logic. Creative Man is a new way to think and to act, and the logic is rooted in creativity, in the creative
and innovative elements. Thi...
Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen (2004)
Human Capital: From Knowledge to Ability
An old Chinese proverb, often quoted on Wall Street, goes "To know and not to act is not to know". In
tomorrow's society we won't be short on knowledge, but rather on 'craft' and 'ability'. The Knowledge Society
is going to become fully automated o...
Klaus Æ. Mogensen (2004)
The Age of the Creative Man
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies examines many different trends and tendencies that point towards
the future. In the last couple of years, however, the Institute has come to the conclusion that many of these
otherwise very diverse trend...
Karsten Bengtsson (2004)
Anatomy of the network
In the United States, a new interest in network theories has
arisen. The interest is due to the fact that many of the problems of
modern society are seen as networks. This is for instance the case
with the internet, the struggle against HIV, genet...
Jacob Rosenkrands (2004)
Branding? - I call it Mindfucking
Kalle Lasn, the author of the book Culture Jam and founder of the Adbusters Media Foundation, talks about the cultural war of a new age. In his opinion the only way to change the world is to engage the dysfunctional consumer culture. The goal ...
Johan Peter Paludan (2004)
Retirement Policy
Or, when do we leave the industrial society?
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse), Søren Riis, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Kristina L. Søgaard, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Morten Grønborg, Henrik Persson, K. Andreasen, M. Søltoft, U. Palludan, B. Linddal and Gitte Larsen (2004)
Members' Report 4/2003: 10 tendencies towards 2010
10 tendencies towards 2010 is a presentation of the struggle for the
future. The tendencies set the stage, but they don't decide the
outcome. The outcome is decided by the people and companies that find
both challenges and opportunities in this st...
Søren Riis (2004)
The Battle for Values
The world is an open battlefield. The fight is for the reigning values on which the most
powerful organisations are founded. The values that shape our traditions, determine our
behaviour, and gives substance to progress. It is a confrontational bat...
Troels Theill Eriksen (2004)
The Economic Potential of the Ten New EU Countries
With a basis in prognoses from the new World Economic Outlook from IMF, we take a look at the expected economic growth of the EU candidate countries in the coming years.
Morten Grønborg, Martin Kruse and Helena Nordtorp Jørgensen (2003)
Members' Report 3/2003: Branding Tomorrow
This members' report is addressed to those that are interested in or work with communication and management in organisations. It can be used as inspiration for marketing and organisation and product development. It contains four scenarios for the soc...
Henrik Persson (2003)
Scenarios for the Future of the European Union
Referendums always raise questions about the future. That is also true
for the referendum about the Euro in Sweden September 14th 2003. The
most central question raised by this referendum is what kind of future
Europe we want. No matter the result...
Troels Theill Eriksen (2003)
The Demographic Challenge
This is the first in a series of regular articles that focus on numbers. Taking our basis in various data sources and our own calculations, we will uncover interesting current and future trends.
Carsten Beck and Anders Bjerre (2003)
Trends 2003 - and Wildcards
What certain trends are American futurists pointing to as being the most important in 2003? What are the consequences for USA and the rest of the world? And what 'wildcards' can change the course of the future?
Johan Peter Paludan (2003)
The European - an Endangered Species?
One of the strongest forces of history is the demographic development, and in this respect there are interesting perspectives in Europe. Extrapolation; i.e., continuing current trends into the future, rarely comes true, but can be pedagogical because...
Emilia van Hauen (2003)
Do You Live the Happy Life?
The expectations of living the perfect life, the good life and the happy life are more in focus than ever before. And this isn't strange at all, since we every day are fed with information about how easy this is to achieve if we just do - and ...
Søren Steen Olsen (2003)
No, Globalisation is not a straitjacket
I know it’s a cliché, but still: if you only plan on reading one book about globalisation, then let this be the one!
Søren Steen Olsen (2003)
Happiness and Fool's Gold
Rich people in a society are happier than poor people - but rich societies aren't happier than poor societies. This is shown by surveys of people's own subjective evaluation of how happy they are. They also show that Danes are happier than other Euro...
Søren Steen Olsen (2002)
The Digital Divide Has Been Cancelled
The explosive proliferation of ever-more advanced computers has for almost twenty years been in focus in the discussion about the development of society. One of the worries that were formulated early on was the fear that it would lead to a divide bet...
Anne Skare Nielsen (2002)
Deep Life
It is a common perception that all values are transient. But it isn't a natural law that it has to be this way. On the contrary, we are probably in a phase where we are redefining the world and our relationships to our selves and each other. The futu...
Henrik S. Kristensen (2002)
Information, Risks and Stories: Why Genetic Tech. is Accepted for Medical Uses, But Rejected in Food
What comes after the industrial society? Some suggestions have been the post-industrial society, the information society, the network society, or the risk society. And after all of these comes the dream society. Very likely all these societal descrip...
Søren Steen Olsen (2002)
The Russians Are Coming!
Economically and politically, Russia is a success story. So thinks Anders Ålund, a Swedish professor of economics who after having been a part of a staff of international advisers for Jeltsin's reform government now is associated with the American th...
Johan Peter Paludan (2002)
Life – Numbers and Sustainability
At suitable intervals you can read in women’s magazines and similar publications that it once again has become fashionable to get many children, and a family with three or four children is showcased. But nevertheless, the numbers speak loudly: the fe...
Nicolai Carlberg (2002)
The World - Redefined
Our usual views about USA and the world society were undermined in the course of a few horrible hours that afternoon. There has even been talk about a new world order. But what is really the difference between before and after September 11th?
Jacob David Jaskov (2002)
The Future World Order - From Wars about Land to Struggles for Hearts
Wars will be about something else in the future. Borders and territories will be insignificant compared with the essential: identity. Who are you, and are you willing to fight for that? That is the question Osama bin Laden asked September 11th - to U...
Johan Peter Paludan (2002)
11.09.01
Quite a large number of observations have been made regarding the epoch-making nature of the events involving World Trade Center. We are supposed to have entered a new era where everything has been changed. As an old and somewhat cynical futurist, on...
(2001)
Will there be Norden in 2020?
Nordic cooperation reflects a cultural reality and feeling. The Nordic populations support for each other in Eurovision Song Contest is one way to illustrate that. All the same the Nordic region over the next 20 years, will be influenced by the same ...
Rasmus Christensen (2001)
Beef is Worse than War
We live longer than ever before, and life expectancy is only going to increase more. In other words, not a lot suggests that life has become riskier or more dangerous. But we still talk about living in a risk society. Has life become riskier, or are ...
Jacob David Jaskov (2001)
The Electronic Politics of the Future
“Do the citizens care to participate in politics?” This is a good question that very much depends on what it is that the citizens should participate in. Today normal people, if such exist, are more interested in single issues and specific everyday pr...
Nicolai Carlberg (2001)
Human Pig
A patient suffering from a heart disease is lying near death. The surgeon enters the sterile stable. The pig, a young transgenetic specimen from the company Biotech Ltd., senses the danger and moves nervously around in the narrow confines. The pig is...
Carsten Beck and Kristina L. Søgaard (2001)
Megatrends after September 11th 2001
About two months ago, the fall membership programme for the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies was published. And then came September 11th with all its horror, uncertainty and follow-up questions. What are the consequences? In the short term as...
Jacob David Jaskov (2001)
Depth without Obligation
No, social life isn't going to take place solely on the internet, and closeness in human contact is not going to become immaterial in the future. That it - perhaps - was like this for some of the first pioneering nerds in the so-called ‘web communiti...
Jacob David Jaskov (2001)
Big Brother - Or Political Unmanageableness
No matter what the form of government, political leaders need a real or perceived legitimacy and backing. For this reason, communication is important to politics. And information technology provides a new set of rules for communication. Is this going...
Martin Stauber (2001)
Triumphant Nationalism
What will neo-nationalism look like? Who will become “the other”? What symbols will become important? What consequences will it have for the individual? A recent survey by Professor Peter Gundelach shows that Danes are very happy about living in Denm...
Jacob David Jaskov (2001)
Is Anybody Listening? The Internet and the Politics of the Future
The Internet presents a new environment to politics, one that citizens and political craftsmen must be prepared to handle. The exceptionally inexpensive communication causes a dramatic increase in the number of political manifestos, which in turn agg...
Søren Steen Olsen (2001)
Eurovisions
Is the European Union today the most visionary political project, perhaps the only one left? This is hardly the general view of the eurocracy. But an intensive debate is starting to take shape about the idea of the EU, its structure and aims, in shor...
