Reading time: 6 minutes In October 2021, the State Council of China unveiled a new strategy to influence international standardisation practices. Leveraging modern technology and the Belt and Road initiative, China is attempting to turn [ … ]
Category: TiL Rundown
The TiL Rundown is where we analyze current and future trends in society, technology, inovation and culture: a column tailored for those of you seeking to be constantly ahead of time.
Lehman Brothers, Volume I
Reading time: 4 minutes More than a decade has passed since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, which marked the end of what academics worldwide defined as the Great Moderation period. But why did it happen? [ … ]
Duterte’s Legacy: the War on Drugs and Gloomy Presidential Election
Reading time: 7 minutes Right after winning the 2016 presidential election of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte announced his plans to launch a War on Drugs that the country hadn’t seen before. From allowing all [ … ]
The Socio-Economic Dimensions of Climate Change
Reading time: 4 minutes “Unless we have social justice, there are not going to be more accelerated greenhouse gas reductions. These issues are tied together.”, said Catherine Mitchell, a professor emerita of energy policy [ … ]
Immigration: the Good, the Bad & the Economics
Reading time: 4 minutes Migration — a topic that has dominated conversations, shaped political preferences, and chalked a stark divide in society. But between the familiar accusations regarding the stealing of jobs against impassioned [ … ]
30 Days of War: The Prospects of the War in Ukraine And the Impact It Holds on the World
Reading time: 12 minutes As this week marks the first month of the war in Ukraine, our Rundown column takes a deep look into what has happened so far and what the future of [ … ]
Yet Another Bloody Crisis
Reading time: 6 minutes In January 2022, the Red Cross in the US declared a “national blood crisis” in face of its greatest blood shortage in more than a decade. Yet, its source is [ … ]
The Unexplored Potential of the Internet
Reading time: 4 minutes The World Wide Web was created to communicate and make scientific information readily available between researchers. Around 88% of students in Italy have access to it at home, in line [ … ]
The rise of influencer marketing
Reading time: 5 minutes In the past two decades, the marketing industry has undergone significant transformations with the introduction of revolutionary new marketing techniques, from targeted ads to search engine optimization. These transformations have [ … ]
The FemTech Industry
Reading time: 5 minutes Breaching the taboo of womxn’s reproductive system through the use of digital tools A study conducted by the World Health Organization back in 2017 showed that approximately 810 womxn still [ … ]