March 4, 2020: FLI seminar about the future of social media influencing
Organising committee: The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp will be organizing a session on the 4th of March 2020 at the prestigious Paleis op de Meir, Antwerp, Belgium. Topic: This session of the […]
Will the 4-Day Workweek Take Hold in Europe?
Work four days a week, but get paid for five? It sounds too good to be true, but this debate is front and center within numerous European economies, not only because of […]
Darwin’s finches and honeycreepers
Darwin’s finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates and their study has been relevant since the journeys of the HMS Beagle in the eighteenth century […]
Skipping breakfast linked to lower test scores
Researchers from the University of Leeds have for the first time demonstrated a link between eating breakfast and GCSE performance for secondary school students in the UK. Adding together all of a […]
What makes Uber and Airbnb different in the eyes of the EU – and why it matters
Digital platforms such as Uber and Airbnb have revolutionised the services we use. But progress rarely comes without a price and a certain amount of controversy. Recently, both companies found themselves (separately) in […]
March 29, 2020: The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminar
On March 29, the legendary Cambridge-Oxford Boat Race will take place in London. Each year, the Future Leadership Institute partakes in the celebration and this year will not be different. We will […]
Deep Learning Applied in Artificial Intelligence
Partner organisation IMPACT26 organizes a seminar and diner with Jonathan Berte, the CEO of Robovision. The subject of this session in February 2020 will be Artificial Intelligence. Jonathan Berte will tell us more about Deep […]
NASA space data can cut disaster response times, costs
In the first NASA study to calculate the value of using satellite data in disaster scenarios, researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, calculated the time that could have […]
Darwin’s Drink: Join the celebration on February 12
The Future Leadership Institute celebrates the birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin: 12 February 1809 – 12 February 2020 Venue: The Zoological Institute at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Address: Charles Deberiotstraat […]
Why do people overlook income inequality?
In 2012, the late Alan Krueger, who was at that time the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, gave a speech that highlighted income inequality as one of the major causes […]
Baroness Hilde Kieboom: Guiding the youth toward mercifulness and the Christian organizations towards modernity
Partner organisation IMPACT26 organizes a seminar and diner with Baroness Hilde Kieboom. Baroness Hilde Kieboom is the president of the Saint Egidius community in Antwerp, as well as the international representative of […]
Stanford researchers show that mealworms can safely consume toxic additive-containing plastic
Mealworms are not only able to eat various forms of plastic, as previous research has shown, they can consume potentially toxic plastic additives in Styrofoam with no ill effects, a new study […]
What the 19th-century fad for anti-slavery sugar can teach us about ethical Christmas gifts
With shopping days to Christmas and New Year fast running out, how many of us are thinking about the ethics behind what we buy? This can be a difficult area to understand, […]
Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
When it comes to managing anxiety disorders, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth had it right when he referred to sleep as the “balm of hurt minds.” While a full night of slumber stabilizes emotions, […]
Large atmospheric waves in the jet stream present risk to global food production
Researchers at Oxford University, together with and international colleagues, have discovered jet stream patterns that could affect up to a quarter of global food production. In a new study published today in Nature […]
Money can’t buy love for the EU but economic opportunity can
Financial investment by the European Union into certain geographic areas does not endear local citizens to the EU unless it is coupled with new employment opportunities, a new study from the London […]
Happy workers are 13% more productive
Research by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, in collaboration with British multinational telecoms firm BT, has found a conclusive link between happiness and productivity. An extensive study into happiness and productivity has […]
Virtual investment experiment indicates informed consumers choose sustainable funds even with reduced returns
A new study has shown that when given clear social and environmental performance data, consumers display an appetite for sustainable investment, even with lower returns. Research by the University of Cambridge Institute for […]
China is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020
Polluting emissions from Chinese thermal power plants declined significantly between 2014 and 2017, according to research involving UCL. The reductions are important in helping to control China’s national emissions which could lead […]
November 27, 2019: FLI seminar: The Presence of China in Africa
Organising committee: The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp will be organizing its first session on the 27th of November 2019 at the prestigious Paleis op de Meir, Antwerp, […]
How our brains remember things depends upon how we learn them
Oxford University researchers have discovered that learnt knowledge is stored in different brain circuits depending on how we acquire it. The researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology, the Wellcome Centre for […]
Scientists learn how to make oxygen “perform” for them: New method will allow better understanding of structure around this common element
When it comes to the fundamentals of making better materials – stronger-but-thinner glass for televisions or phone screens, for example – it almost always comes down to the building blocks of science. […]
“We proved that women could certainly stand the rigors of Antarctica” Byrd Center celebrates 50th anniversary of pioneering scientists
Fifty years ago, Terry Tickhill Terrel was an undergraduate at The Ohio State University, majoring in chemistry, when she realized she didn’t want to spend her life in a laboratory. Tickhill Terrel […]
Numbers limit how accurately digital computers model chaos
Digital computers use numbers based on flawed representations of real numbers, which may lead to inaccuracies when simulating the motion of molecules, weather systems and fluids, find UCL and Tufts University scientists. […]
More Than a Paycheck: Research Shows Businesses Need to Create Meaningful Jobs to Motivate Employees
Columbia Business School Article Adds “Work Meaning” as Critical Component to Equation for Calculating Work Productivity In the current “always on” work culture where employees are tethered to their jobs through their […]
October 16, 2019: The Future Leadership Virtual Reality Exploration
The Future Leadership Institute presents a unique exploration of the Virtual Reality as a technology and as a business opportunity. On this evening attendees will be challenging each other in a thrilling […]
New survey finds majority of internet users have a positive experience online, but potential for digital divide to widen
Research from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, has revealed a rapid increase in use of the internet for commercial, banking and entertainment purposes. The number of […]
Sunday Strategist: Your Company Should Let You Work From Anywhere
Today there are about 44 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S., about the same number of people who watched the final Game of Thrones season. But over the next two decades that number is expected […]
How Brexit uncertainty is hurting the UK economy in four charts
Each day brings with it new drama in UK politics and the course of Brexit and it’s playing havoc with the UK economy. The following four graphs show the extent that the […]
Increased social spending is generally not associated with lower health care costs
Countries that spend more on social provision such as care for the elderly and unemployment support also tend to spend more on health care, according to a new study from the London […]
