Research

Understanding the role of machines in society

About technology as a mere instrument to achieve human goals

The next step into the era of spatial computing

On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer

Towards an enriched concept of the normal and the pathological

Sebastiaan Crul discusses the inevitability of techno-fixes in a world haunted by crises

Has neoliberalism really left? Or was “COVID-Keynesianism” nothing more than a short-term crisis management tactic?

For many, the brutal geopolitical awakening caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China threatening to invade Taiwan means freedom is back on the political agenda...

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.

How the cyborg movies of the ‘90s made us fantasize about mind uploading, sentient AI and immortality.

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian are starting to revolt, you know Instagram is getting into trouble...

As man becomes machine and machine becomes man.

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?

How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?

Learn more about our framework that helps us understand the anatomy of digital systems.

Both praised and feared by many, the 'promises' of the metaverse are highly contentious. Sebastiaan Crul aims to separate the wheat from the chaff.

How the selfie-president and TikTok videos are helping Ukraine dominate social media

The evolution of the cyborg in science and popular culture

The EU is leveraging the “Brussels Effect” to establish the metarules of the Second Deep Transition.