Our news section is for important commentary and news that doesn’t fit under one of our Global Issues. Sometimes we use this space to comment on major current events, and sometimes we use it to cover conferences or share interviews we’ve snapped up. We also share news from our project team here.
This is a guest post by Thiess Petersen, who also works with the future challenges team in Gütersloh. Thiess’s research is primarily concerned with questions of globalization and the current international financial crisis. He leads seminars and lectures at several universities and is currently occupied by the production of textbooks […]
FutureChallenges has been invited by the organizers of the Social Media Week in Hamburg. We are happy to present a session on the influence that social media can have in generating awareness and policy solutions to future challenges. Big World, Big Challenges – Can a Big Network help? Hosted by: […]
Hello Future Challenges Readers! Our September – December 2011 Quarterly Update is now available online: [issuu width=420 height=272 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120117164123-799698c4e6454ee1b37652bef5abcac7 name=q4_final username=bertelsmannfoundation tag=barcamp unit=px id=432496c7-fd26-094f-bcb0-e3232e36d3cf v=2] 2011 has been a wonderful year for Future Challenges and we’re excited about exploring some new opportunities in 2012. As we continue to grow, we […]
The past year was very exciting for FutureChallenges. One of the main reasons is the relaunch that took place back in June 2011. FutureChallenges changed its editorial concept and we are noticing that this is a great success because the plattform is now more focused. Lead articles set a new […]
With that post I want to support the initiative My American Fellow because in my view the discussion is very similar in Europe. From the mission statement of that initiative: “Most Americans have never met an American Muslim. Many only know Muslims through the way they are portrayed in the media. […]
