Tech beyond code with a digital sociologist

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…

In this podcast episode with Dr. Lili Milani, Head of the Estonian Biobank and Professor of Pharmacogenomics at the University of Tartu, we discuss how Estonia’s national biobank has become a trusted platform where science, ethics, and personal agency meet.  The Estonian Biobank began as a research…

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…