AI Systems as Digital Public Goods

Open-source AI and the Choice Before Us

Open-source AI is a test of where the emerging digital economy will place its priorities.

Dr. Karl William Wurster

Dr. Karl Wurster is an environmental governance scholar and digital systems specialist working at the intersection of applied research and public policy implementation.  

Dr. Mahsa Jessri

Dr. Mahsa Jessri is a nutritional epidemiologist, registered dietitian, and population-health data scientist whose work applies big-data analytics, microsimulation, AI, and linked health data to nutrition policy, food systems, health equity, and the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases. 

Dr. Kerry Black

Dr. Kerry Black is an interdisciplinary water researcher and engineer with expertise in sustainable water systems, community‑centred water sustainability, and Indigenous‑led water governance. 

Marjan Asadullah

Ms. Marjan Asadullah is a communications professional with expertise in journalism, multimedia storytelling, and strategic communications, with a focus on global affairs and public interest narratives. 

Alizeh Siddiqui

Alizeh Siddiqui is a Youth Fellow in Training and Capacity Building at UNU-INWEH.

AI Organizations Without Managers: When Hierarchy Becomes Obsolete

AI dissolves organizational hierarchies by replacing managers with real-time intelligence systems, reshaping work, accountability, and inequality.

Sustainable Landscape Management Lessons from Japan

Uniso Ciência, a Brazilian science magazine, featured the Satoyama Initiative in its June 2026 issue.

Convergence and Divergence in BRICS Digital Transformations: In Pursuit of Sustainability and Sovereignty