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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 […]

We know a lot about Burma. We know of violations of human rights waged against the political opposition and ethnic minorities, recruitment of child soldiers, political prisoners, refugees, and forced labor. We also know about the ongoing struggle between the military junta and Aung San Suu Kyi and her many house arrests. […]

The month of January is coming to and end. It’s the year 2012 and Nigerians are slowly going back to every day life, or so it seems. On the 1st of January, shortly after the announcement of the subsidy removal, which catapulted Nigerians into a state of shock, anger and […]

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: […]

It has been almost four years since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), however its effects are still being felt throughout the world.  Although there is evidence to indicate the recovery is well underway, the unemployment numbers of youth, particularly in South East Asia and the Pacific, suggest a slightly different […]