NRC Handelsblad, publishes an article on The 2019 Future of Work Index: How the World of Work is Changing – and How Policy Needs to Change with It, analysing the results of the index for the Netherlands. The article includes an interview with Paul Hofheinz, president and co-founder of the Lisbon Council and co-author of the study.
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Luukas K. Ilves, deputy director and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council, publishes a hard-hitting op-ed on ‘Estonia’s new European Course’, where he runs through the policy promises of Estonia’s extreme right nationalists who are on the verge of entering a coalition government for the first time. The manifesto includes a promise to hold a referendum on Estonia’s European Union membership if more power is concentrated in Brussels and a ban on non-Estonians voting in local elections.
Cinco Dias publishes an article on A Symphony, Not a Solo: How Collective Management Organizations Can Embrace Innovation and Drive Data Sharing in the Music Industry, a study part of a year-long collaboration of Teosto, the Lisbon Council and ESADE Business School, intended to stimulate discussion among key players in the music industry with the aim of accelerating data-driven innovation in music. The report was presented in Barcelona at the 4YFN conference in the margins of World Mobile Congress 2019.
Luukas K. Ilves, deputy director and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council, published an op-ed on the importance of using data in Eesti Päevaleht, a major Estonian newspaper. He writes: “The major economic changes in the next decade in almost every sector will come from better use of data. From personalised gene-based medicine, which significantly increases the number of years of life, to smart homes that use less energy to reduce electricity bills and facilitate the transition to renewable energy.”
Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, on why Italy should listen to the International Monetary Fund recommendations.
Luukas K. Ilves, deputy executive director and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council, publishes an op-ed on “Removing the secrecy in European Union decision-making”, calling for greater transparency in the decision-making process of the Council of the European Union.