The new loss and damage funding framework under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) emphasises the importance of channelling support through national systems and mechanisms. This approach could prove particularly challenging for African least developed ountries...

Als zentrales Organ der Entwicklungspolitik kann die Weltbank viel über Inhalt und Form konkreter Maßnahmen bestimmen. Das Inspection Panel der Weltbank gilt in diesem Rahmen als Chance, Einfluss auf die Kreditvergabe zu nehmen und emanzipatorisches Potenzial zu entfalten. Dustin Schäfer...

Next generation virtual worlds present a strong, multifaceted potential that also need to be analysed in light of the challenges they may pose along societal, technological, and economic and policy dimensions. To dive deeper into the EU's strategic approach to immersive technologies, the Joint...

NATO’s 2023 summit in Vilnius was dominated by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The summit in Washington, D.C., in July 2024 will be influenced by an additional major conflict in NATO’s neighbourhood: the war in Gaza and the related heightened tensions in the Middle East. These have also...

The Gen-Z, who are deemed digital natives, have shown interest in the metaverse. The emergence of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (XR) technologies in recent years has fuelled the increased interest in metaverse gaming. However, extant literature is yet to...