Tech beyond code with a digital sociologist

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…

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…

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…

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…