Tech beyond code with a digital sociologist

Governments worldwide are eager to harness AI — yet many remain stronger on ambition than readiness.  In this episode, “The Learning Curve for Effective AI in Government,” we talk with Piret Hirv, Head of the Data Management Competence Centre at the e-Governance Academy, about what it takes to turn…

Two decades ago, Estonia made democratic history. In 2005, it became the first country to hold legally binding national elections using internet voting.  At the time, it was a bold and technically complex initiative. But twenty years later, i-voting has not only endured – it has grown to become the…

We sit down with Eeva Hellström, Senior Lead in Foresight and Training at the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, to explore one of today’s most urgent questions: how do we value what we cannot see?Eeva explains why traditional economic models overlook the “invisible” factors that increasingly shape our…

In this episode, governance expert Margus Sarapuu cuts through one of the biggest myths in government transformation: that digitalisation and public administration reform can happen separately. Spoiler: they can’t. From Estonia and Ukraine to Moldova, Bangladesh, and Kosovo, Sarapuu shares why digi…