Good Governance

From smart cities to network states, geopolitical to hyperlocal, governance is rapidly changing at every level.

Analyses and Insights

Postdemocracy and other Unthinkables

Right- and left-wing pundits are concocting radical theories about the future of democracy and its economic counterpart, free markets. Which of them have a point - and a plan?

City-States Remap Geopolitics

Urbanization is adding political power to cities already-dominant cultural and economic strength. Some are even embarking on their own path with regard to immigration, residency, and other matters formerly left to nations. How will cities remake the geopolitical map?

Making Participatory Governance Work

Progressives extoll the virtues of active citizens, but some voters just want things to work, and otherwise be left alone. How can the passive be made participative, strengthening governance and society?

Opportunities with Open Data

Cities and nations struggle to balance transparency and security, citizen participation and convenience. Open Data best practices show how to achieve the best of both, on these and many other dimensions.

The Thrivalist Manifesto

What if the future could be about more than surviving, but actually thriving? A vision for governance beyond the dystopian narratives, and into building a brighter future for all.

Scans and Snapshots

world population

white demographic decline

wealth movement west to east

water use survey

virtual holidays

vehicle charging stations

utility and private water district

user generated content

triple bottom line

transport and logistics services

transparency international

transparency report

transparency behavior

transaction cost

trains and rail transport

sustainable procurement

sustainable refurbishment

sustainable city

surveillance systems

surveillance issues in smart cities

space settlement

space colonization

solar geoengineering

social services

social sustainability

societal acceleration

social networking for citizens

social media marketing

social media measurement

social media advertising

social media as a news source

social credit system

smart sustainable energy

smart city surat

smart city bhopal

smart city film

smart city pune

smart cities mission

single global currency

sarcasm detection

satellite communication

safety underground infrastructure

robotic soldiers

risk management

reversing climate change

restorative practices

resilient infrastructure design

renewable energies

renewable energy

rainwater capture

radical transparency

quantum security

public vr plazas

public services

project cybersyn

prison countries

preimplantation genetic diagnosis

population overshoot

population decline

politics of climate change

political system

platform economy

philosopher king

pervasive water leak monitoring

permanent localization

peak population

pearl river delta megacity

participative governance

overconsumption

open government

open-source governance

open-source intelligence

offshore prisons

non-human citizenship

neurofeedback city

net zero strategy

neighborhood fusion

neighborhood microgrid

national security

money laundering

migration studies

market governance mechanism

management and operation

local biodiversity libraries

location based services

legal and regulatory

interspecies economy

interspecies infrastructure

interspecies marketplace

internet of things

intersex marriage

internet of military things

international organization for migration

infrared fever screening

industry classification

infectious and parasitic diseases

industrial robot

industrial automation

industrial internet of things

independent power provider

impact investing

human-centered design

high speed train

health informatics

growth of religion

grid cybersecurity equipment

government by algorithm

government dot com

good governance

global village mcluhan

global compact for migration

global migration

global migration group

geothermal electricity

gender equality

futures studies

futures research

full cost accounting

frictionless city

fourth bottom line

firefighting drone

financing services

finance investment and trade

factory automation

family structure

existential migration

environmental full-cost accounting

enthalpy exchanger

energy efficient

electric vehicle charging

electric utility

educational system

efficient social media

efficient water use

educational parks

double bottom line

domain driven data mining

distributed_autonomous_organization_dao

digital therapeutics

digital era governance

digital integration

digital longevity

digital citizen services

delivery service

deceitful robot

data governance

data transparency

data-driven policy

cybersecurity workforce

cultural globalization

critical consumerism

creative commons

corporate social responsibility

consumerised public services

consumers international

consumer organization

constitutional monarchy

concentrating solar

conflict mediation

composting toilet

company culture

community governance

community living

communications infrastructure

collaborative e-democracy

collaborative environmental governance

collaborative governance

climate change mitigation

climate legislation

citizen-consumers

circular economy

caste in the sex industry

black economic empowerment

biometric surveillance

bengali nationalism

bangladesh liberation war

autonomous control

autonomous firefighting vehicle

asean smart cities network

alternative distribution infrastructure

advanced manufacturing

21st century skills