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Future society

Media Releases
02.04.2025  

Koi Tū becomes an independent charitable trust 

Future society
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perspective
02.04.2025  
As trust and old norms break down, democracy must be defended
Social cohesion & resilience
Crowd of people walking street wearing masks during covid19 coronavirus pandemic
perspective
11.12.2024  
Covid helped polarise us: we need to fix the divisions
Social cohesion & resilience
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speech
08.11.2024  
Academic freedom
Social cohesion & resilience

Human potential

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Perspectives
17.04.2025  

Adolescence and the digital disconnect

Youth mental health
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update
10.04.2025  
Dr Seungyeon Kim on youth theft
Youth mental health
Close up of woman hands using laptop checking smart phone at night at home
update
02.12.2024  
Dr Felicia Low on Australia banning social media for teens
report
28.11.2024  
Searching for utopia: what our education system must confront and what it could be
Education

Navigating change

Speeches
04.12.2024  

The potential of innovation and new techniques to reduce agricultural emissions

Sustainability
Close up of the ends of fibre optics
update
29.10.2024  
Science diplomacy and the rise of technopoles
Technology futures
speech
30.08.2024  
The day the news dies - Raising the Bar event
Information environment
Neon Theme Visualization of Circuit Board CPU Processor
event
20.08.2024  
Public lecture: Technology and geopolitics in 2024
Technology futures

Informing policy

View of complex machinery like a particle accelerator at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research
Speeches
10.04.2025  

Science diplomacy and the global state of affairs

Science diplomacy
Overview of Auckland city at night, taken from to top of a mountain.
perspective
23.12.2024  
State of the city: Auckland must foster innovation, economic growth to move forward
Long-term thinking
Group of business people sitting in a line at a panel.
speech
21.11.2024  
Opening remarks to the World Science Forum 2024, Budapest
Science diplomacy
Flags of UN and EU stand in European council Building at Brussels, Belgium.
speech
21.11.2024  
Advancing science diplomacy through the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
Science diplomacy

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Future society

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Human potential

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Education
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Information environment
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Informing policy

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Sir PeterGluckman

Sir Peter Gluckman

Managing Trustee

Hema Sridhar

Director of Programmes and Government Relations
Jill Rolston

Jill Rolston

Chief Operations Officer
Felicia Low

Dr Felicia Low

Senior Fellow and Head of the Chloe Wright Policy Unit

Dr Seungyeon Kim

Fellow
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