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This MegatrendBrief summarizes the key findings and theses of the Bertelsmann Stiftung's first Megatrend Report. The Megatrend Report #1 is entitled "The Bigger Picture“. It describes how the interaction of globalization, digitalization and demographic change is challenging...

China is propagating its "Belt & Road Initiative" as a development initiative for the Eurasian continent, thereby pursuing geopolitical ambitions. Yet Europe need not feel small in light of China's efforts. As a comparison of Western and Chinese financial flows reveals: The...

The study provides an overview of the key changes and challenges affecting social cohesion in society that are driven by the megatrends of globalization, digitalization and demographic change.

What significance does religious pluralization have for the political culture in Germany and other selected countries in Europe? Gert Pickel, a sociologist of religion at the University of Leipzig, explored this question based on data from the Bertelsmann Stiftung's 2017...

This documentation summarizes Young Europeans’ Forum 2019 on “Building bridges for social cohesion,” held from June 25 to 27 in Berlin. The Bertelsmann Stiftung organized the Forum together with the Aladdin Project and in cooperation with UNESCO.

In 2015, the international community pledged to jointly contribute to better economic, ecological and social development by 2030. In September, the heads of state and government will meet again for the first time to review the situation. The current SDG report shows that...

Blockchain is one key technology that will dominate the economy in the near future. China, Japan and South Korea protect their blockchain innovations with patents...

Algorithms determine the advertising we see, make decisions regarding loan grants and university admissions, and suggest suitable partners for us on dating sites. Every day, each of us is affected by decisions that algorithms make for and about us. Yet what do Europeans, in...

A report by AlgorithmWatch in cooperation with Bertelsmann Stiftung, supported by the Open Society Foundations

Our newest GED Focus Paper looks at imports and voting results in 2013 and 2017 in Germany. By measuring Chinese import penetration on an electoral district level and running a set of linear regression models, the paper finds that districts more heavily exposed to import...