Robots, artificial intelligence and automation are going to fundamentally change the way we work, play and live in the 21st Century. Or will they? In this provocative new book, Krook questions the dominant ideology that automation and A.I. will make our lives easier and give us more freedom than...

This study analyses the factors that stimulate innovation during a pandemic and post-pandemic period of socioeconomic development of national systems. The author systematized factors of innovative development of industrial enterprises. The study presents a comparative analysis of the development...

Low-income economies are experiencing potential serious threats in terms of long-term sustainability and social development. At the same time, most developing economies are grappling with possible disruptions from the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the current COVID-19 pandemic and its...

Western Balkans is being developed in agriculture. Effective cost management in the development of new products in small and medium-sized enterprises has serious and direct implications for the efficiency of the enterprises themselves. The appeal for the production of vegetables arises from the...

This study explores the current state and dynamics of the global Indigenous data sovereignty movement—the movement pressing for Indigenous peoples to have full control over the collection and governance of data relating to their lived realities. The article outlines the movement’s place...

This piece investigates if and how principles of data trusts might apply to “Decentralised Autonomous Organisations” (DAOs) as a data governance structure for digital data trusts. In data trusts, a legal entity is appointed as the trustee to act on behalf of the contributors and...

The need of organization and the importance of internal control in a credit institution, which would guarantee high level of reliability corresponding to the nature and scale of operations carried out, is enshrined in Russian legislation. The key aspect of internal control in a credit...

This working paper shares ideas presented in a research sprint exploring cooperative approaches to data ownership and governance led by Harvard University’s Berkman Klein and The New School, which we presented at the Platform Cooperative Consortium Conference, 2021.Our research project...

Metaverse investor and writer Matthew Ball estimates the metaverse could be worth up to $30 trillion in the next decade (Knight, 2021). How “the Metaverse” is built and governed will determine societal outcomes in the near future and for generations to come. The Metaverse describes virtual...

Decentralized finance (“DeFi”) is a fast-growing, under-explored sector in the cryptocurrency industry. DeFi leverages blockchain technology to facilitate financial transactions between users, as well as create the conditions for new forms of governance. This research focuses on the...