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BA, Oxford University; MBA, London Business School. 1988, journalist and news executive with CBS News, ITN, Sky News. 2005, Professor, Head of Journalism, City, University of London. Was with the World Economic Forum from 2009 to 2023: 2009, Managing Director, Head of Communications and Media; and later as Member of the Managing Board, Head of Foundations and Public Engagement. 2005-06, President, Britain's Media Society. Member: BAFTA; Royal Television Society. Co-Author: Crunch Time - How Everyday Life Is Killing the Future (2007); Can You Trust The Media? (2008). Recipient of awards.
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Who worships where. Religion, all over the world, in a single map.⇒ Explore: Role of ReligionOver 1 billion guns. A look at who owns and buys them.⇒ Explore: Justice and Legal Infrastructure
Is morality innate to humans? The seven moral rules that unite 99.9% of us.⇒ Explore: ValuesWhere refugees are going. No Western country even makes the top five.⇒ Explore: Migration
Meet the future: the Young Global Leaders of 2019.
91% of the world breathes unsafe air. These are the most polluted cities.⇒ Explore: Cities and UrbanizationSleep deep. A new study links poor sleep and Alzheimer’s.⇒ Explore: Mental Health
Live long and healthy. These countries know how it’s done.⇒ Explore: AgingReduce, reuse, recycle. Companies leading the way to a circular economy.⇒ Explore: Circular Economy
Trade deficits aren’t bad – and other reasons to never fight a trade war.No dead ends for young people. How Finland’s top-ranking schools work.Right now, the law is losing. Time for a new...
Where women lead: the countries with the most women in parliament. ⇒ Explore: Civic Participation The world’s rivers, in gorgeous detail. Art meets Geographic Information Systems. ⇒ Expl...
The world has spun out of control. We have to rebalance the global system.The world’s least and most corrupt countries – and how to move up the list.
Work in the age of robots: how to prepare for the next 20 years of jobs.⇒ Explore: Workforce and EmploymentThe solution to climate change: a new wave of globalization, done right.⇒ Explor...
The risk of policy shocks. 10 predictions for the global economy in 2019.⇒ Explore: Future of Economic Progress
A cure for Alzheimer’s? A promising treatment is moving to human trials.⇒ Explore: Mental HealthLonger lives and helping humans win: 10 reasons not to give up on 2019.⇒ Explore: Innovatio...
Why you don’t see reality. 24 cognitive biases you likely suffer from.⇒ Explore: Behavioural SciencesMeet the Crystal Award winners. Three cultural stars improving the world.⇒ Explore: Ar...
Canada to welcome a million immigrants — and hopes for big benefits.⇒ Explore: Migration
A paradise for women. How one country closed its gender gap.⇒ Explore: Gender Parity