Rathenau Instituut Annual Report 2020 Contents Foreword 3 Introduction 5 Part 1 In conversation 7 Impact |4 On the agenda 13 Digital society 18 Robust knowledge ecosystems 22 Part 2 Knowledge-driven democracy 26 In the Making perfect lives 29 spotlight |17 Science in figures 32 Reports 36 Other publications 41 Annual staff report 48 Part 3 Annual financial report 49 Publications Board 50 and figures |35 Programme Panel 51 Layout: Jacob & Jacobus Cover photograph: The ferry from Lauwersoog to Schiermonnikoog. Photograph: Venema media / ANP Anna van Saksenlaan 51, The Hague | PO Box 95366, 2509 CJ, The Hague | + 31 (0)70 - 342 15 42 |
[email protected] | www.rathenau.nl Stay up to date Subscribe to our newsletter (in Dutch) at rathenau.nl/en and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram Annual Report 2020 3 Foreword 2020 will go down in history as the year our lives were The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted urgent societal turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. issues that the Rathenau Instituut had already been Working from home became the norm and socialising examining in recent years. For example, how do we with others something special. Digital tools were already ensure that everyone can participate in the digital society? having a strong impact on how we co-exist and interact Things move so quickly that mere digital skills are not as a society, but the crisis accelerated this trend. Over enough. How do we retain control over the personal data the past year, we have all become accustomed to and profiles collected by a contact-tracing app or ordering meals on an app or holding meetings online.