This collection of essays, podcasts and visual media explores some of today's most pressing issues – from the climate crisis to digital ethics and the fragility of democracy. Our approach? Critical yet constructive, forward-looking yet rooted in the lessons of the past. We invite you to explore, to be provoked and to join us in rethinking the narratives that shape our world.
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recording
Philosophical Histories of Land and Law in South AfricaAn evening lecture with Sabelo Mcinziba discussing the inherent problematic of a seemingly progressive constitution's inability to resolve South Africa's most central issue: land.
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recording
Political Tipping Points: Can the AfD be stopped?Claus Leggewie on right-wing radicalism, old pressures and new cleavages
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recording
Meredith Whittaker on AI, Tech Power and SurveillanceMeredith Whittaker in conversation with Anna Katsman, Thomas Gegenhuber, THE NEW INSTITUTE fellows and festival participants of the Helmut-Schmidt-Zukunftsfestival.
Anna Katsman | Events | Helmut Schmidt Future Prize | News |
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recording
"We have reason to act." Jay Bernstein on Earth Citizen SolidarityWhy we need an ecocide convention: In this lecture recording, Jay Bernstein talks about our complicity in a "slow genocidal ecocide," why we need to act, and how we can act.
Jay Bernstein | Events | News |
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podcast
04 Penny Rafferty on Playing the Game of GovernancePenny Rafferty is LARPing new forms of organizing into existence. Taking up tools and processes used in the blockchain world, she aims to open wider portals of possibility.
Simon Denny | Podcast |
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podcast
01 Terra0 on Economies Beyond the HumanTerra0 uses artistic narratives to propose post-human economies. As they put it: "On the blockchain, no one knows you’re a tree."
Simon Denny | Podcast |
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podcast
04 Decolonizing the Blockchain with Alice Yuan ZhangHow could we bring decolonial methodologies to blockchain? What is a “community-activating art practice”?
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essay
Unpacking the Stories Tech Tells About the WorldOn art, technology, and the Seed Phrase podcast.
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podcast
03 Toby Shorin on the Good in CryptoBitcoin launched with lofty promises to improve the financial system in the name of the people. Fast-forward to today: most of its monetary value is concentrated among a small minority of token-holders.
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podcast
02 Jaya Klara Brekke’s Third Way of Crypto CriticismBetween false hopes and facile critique, there is an emancipatory view of emerging technologies like blockchain.
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podcast
03 Mitchell F. Chan on Building BeliefIn a fluctuating market, what has staying power? Mitchell F. Chan reflects on the construction of value and art and crypto’s shared status as “receptacles of faith.”
Simon Denny | Podcast |
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podcast
01 Wassim Alsindi on Ideology and Identity in BlockchainBlockchain technology has held numerous promises: for a better internet, for decentralization, for a critique of power – and maybe even a critique of capitalism.
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podcast
02 Lee Tzu-Tung on Post-Colonial Blockchain FuturesLee Tzu-Tung’s “prolonged undercover performance art” and “bionic cryptocurrency” strive towards open-source futures on the blockchain and beyond.
Simon Denny | Podcast |
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essay
The Sun Will Set Us FreeChristian Stöcker on Energy Independence.
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interview
From Syria to UkraineAdam Harvey on Wartime Tech
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report
The Road to KyivJanine von Wolfersdorff on Helping People.
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essay
The NightmareOxana Timofeeva on Denial.
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interview
An Archive of AtrocitiesJeff Deutch on Forensic Truth.
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analysis
The Limits of EmpireMax Krahé on Containment.
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essay
A Recipe for DisasterMax Krahé on the Financial Origins of the War.
Beyond the War | Art |
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interview
A Century of HomelessnessEce Temelkuran on Loss and Displacement.
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interview
The Imperial ProjectJan-Werner Müller on “the West” and the War.
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analysis
The Power of TrustIngo Venzke on the World Order
Ingo Venzke | The Human Condition in the 21st Century | Beyond the War |
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essay
The Future of DiplomacyNicole Deitelhoff on the New European Order.
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editorial
Beyond the WarGeorg Diez on History and Memory.
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interview
The Future of ProgressMarkus Gabriel on Invisible Goods
Markus Gabriel | The Human Condition in the 21st Century | Beyond the War |
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interview
The View from AboveTobias Zielony and Maria on Drones.
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essay
The Long GameRüdiger Bachmann on the Case for Harder Sanctions.
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message
Perpetual PeaceAlevtina Kakhidze on the Art of Surviving
Beyond the War | Art |
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message
Through this HorrorA message from Alevtina Kakhidze.
Beyond the War | Art |
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interview
A Showcase of HypocrisyIngo Venzke on the Crisis of International Law.
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interview
Kyiv as a DreamTobias Zielony and Tasia on Partying.
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interview
A World of HungerRaj Patel on Food Rebellions
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interview
We Need RedistributionRaj Patel on Food Justice
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interview
Kyiv as a TraumaTobias Zielony and Vicky on Healing.
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essay
The New GermanyChristoph Möllers on Post-Militarism.
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analysis
The Spirit of this CenturyTobias Müller on Solidarity as Co-Liberation
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analysis
The Path to PeaceVladimir Safatle on Neutrality.
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essay
Leaving RussiaAnna Katsman on Her Family.
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interview
Death by ComputationHakan Tanriverdi on Cyber Warfare.
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interview
Debt and DestructionThea Riofrancos on the Global Economic Order
Beyond the War | Art |
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analysis
Holodomor and HolocaustGeorgiy Kasianov on the Politics of Memory.
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essay
Politics of SanctionsPhilip Manow on the Geo-Economics of Geo-Politics.
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analysis
Conflict as IdeologyJonathan White on the European Project.
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editorial
Time for Climate ActionImagining possible futures – 50 years after “The Limits to Growth”
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interview
The Addiction to GrowthDennis Meadows on The Need for a Mature World
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essay
On Brown GoodsKarimah Ashadu Describes the Limbo Within Capitalism
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interview
Beyond Good and EvilElisabeth Strowick on Stories, Scenarios and Climate Change
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interview
Respect What You HaveKinga Kiełczyńska on Reincarnation and The Limits of Art Production
Beyond The Limit | Art |
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interview
The Art of ChangeEmma Enderby on Arts and Speculative Scenarios
Beyond The Limit | Art |
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interview
We Just Want The HoneyAna Prvački on the Lessons of Nature for Societal Change
Beyond The Limit | Art |
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Policy Brief
Carrots and SticksOur fellow Ingo Venzke on an international alliance for transformative and inclusive climate action. A policy brief for G7.
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Policy Brief
The Food of the FutureOur fellow Corine Pelluchon on why we need to rethink the way we produce and consume what we eat. A Policy Brief for the G7.
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Policy Brief
Data RevolutionOur fellows Dennis Snower and Paul Twomey on shifting control of personal data from data aggregators to digital consumers. A policy brief for the G7.
Dennis Snower | Paul Twomey | Socio-Economic Transformation | Think7 |
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Policy Brief
Real WealthOur colleague Katharina Lima de Miranda on designing new measures of economic and social wellbeing beyond GDP. A policy brief for the G7.
Socio-Economic Transformation | Think7 | Measuring Prosperity |
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interview
Hope and Climate JusticeCatriona McKinnon is a political theorist who studies climate justice and climate ethics.
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interview
Hope and FaithEce Temelkuran is a novelist and political commentator whose work explores issues that are controversial in Turkey, such as the Kurdish and Armenian struggles and freedom of expression.
Ece Temelkuran | The Future of Democracy | Paper Edition vol.2 |
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portrait
Akinbode AkinbiyiAkinbode Akinbiyi is a wanderer. On his walks through cities such as Berlin, Lagos and Johannesburg, Akinbiyi closely observes and documents social realities of the streets.
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interview
Hope and TransformationJuliet Jacques is a writer, filmmaker and journalist whose practice explores the themes of literature, film, art...
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interview
Hope and ReasonMarkus Gabriel is an internationally acclaimed philosopher of the New Realism school of thought.
Markus Gabriel | The Human Condition in the 21st Century | Paper Edition vol.2 |
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interview
Hope and MusicIgor Levit is a pianist who connects his art with the social events happening around him.
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portrait
Raisa GalofreRaisa Galofre’s work challenges Western narratives around gender and identity, offering an alternative perspective...
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portrait
Anjel (Boris Anje)Against the colorful and radiant backdrop of his paintings, Anjel (born Boris Anje) is celebrated for his depictions of contemporary African dandies.
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interview
Hope and ActivismArtist and activist Ina-Maria Shikongo talks about the fight for justice and for survival in her native Namibia.
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portrait
Kiri DalenaSocial injustice and inequality are at the heart of Kiri Dalena’s work as a visual artist, filmmaker and activist.
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PAPER EDITION
On HopeHope is a promise, a contradiction, a quiet revolution.
Ece Temelkuran | Markus Gabriel | Lea Ypi | Jonathan White | Georg Diez | Paper Edition vol.2 | Art |
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interview
Hope and AgencyLea Ypi is a political philosopher whose research centres on issues of global justice, normative political theory...
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editorial
On Hope – EditorialHope is promise and practice. Hope is about agency and community, it is both private and political and has the potential to transform us and, in the process, the world.
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portrait
Sim Chi YinSim Chi Yin’s photographic work lays bare the monumental challenges our planet faces, and simultaneously provides personal accounts of human existence by uniting intimate storytelling with documentary photography.
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interview
Hope and the FutureJonathan White is a political scientist whose interests lie in political sociology and political theory.
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interview
Hope and HumanityBonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung is an independent curator, author and biotechnologist.
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interview
Slow HopeChristof Mauch is a historian with a strong focus on nature and the environment.
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portrait
Jota MombaçaAs they describe themselves, Jota Mombaça is a “non-binary bicha” (pejorative Brazilian slang used for gay men), and a “mutant” whose personality is in constant flux.
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interview
Hope and CareCassie Thornton is an artist and activist who refers to herself as a feminist economist.