Understanding our Political Nature: How to put knowledge and reason at the heart of political decision-making Abstract Recognising that advances in behavioural, decision and social sciences demonstrate that we are not purely rational beings, this report brings new insights into our political behaviour and this understanding have the potential to address some of the current … Continue reading Understanding Our Political Nature EU Science Hub (2019)
Technology and Democracy: Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making Abstract Drawing from many disciplines, the report adopts a behavioural psychology perspective to argue that “social media changes people’s political behaviour”. Four pressure points are identified and analysed in detail: the attention economy; choice architectures; algorithmic content curation; and mis/disinformation. Policy … Continue reading Technology and Democracy EU Science Hub (2020)
Values and Identities – a policymaker’s guide Abstract This report presents the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on Values and Identities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Values are said to be the dominating forces in life and Identities represent who we are and to whom we belong. Both shape the political landscape in democracies and have gained in … Continue reading Values and Identities – a Policymaker’s Guide EU Science Hub (2021)
There are two innovations taking place in the world of strategic planning that have the potential to transform the way that strategy is thought about, formulated, and implemented. The one approach is called open strategy, and the other adaptive or agile strategy. Open strategy is fundamentally about recognizing that no single CEO or small strategy … Continue reading Open, Adaptive Strategy Make employees partners in the strategy process
