
Tech for good

The semifinalists of the STARTS Prize for Social Good
The project in a nutshell In February 2021 we opened the STARTS Prize for Social Good. The initiative, carried out in collaboration with...

What will tourism be like after the pandemic?
Possible futures for our Planet is an initiative promoted by the Italian Institute of Culture in London and Nesta Italia, which involves...

STARTS Prize for Social Good
Acronym of Science + Technology + the Arts, STARTS is an initiative funded by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 research and...

City of the future: introducing the winners of the STARTS Open Call
We are pleased to announce the winners of the STARTS Open Call “City of the future”! The call for artists, supported by Fondazione...

Social Innovation Mapping
This article is based on the research carried out by Giacomo Mariotti (Senior Project Manager, Tractable) and Delger Enkhbayar (Senior...

Free 2 Link
Context and goals of this project Free2Link is a two-year project (November 2020 – October 2022) conceived and managed by a...

Rethinking sustainable development and Tech for Good after the pandemic
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guideline for “Tech for Good” In recent years, the world of digital social...

S+T+ARTS project in Piedmont
With the launch of the open call "City of the future" we have started the S + T + ARTS project in Piedmont. From next week, during a series...

Tech for Good, in practice
In a previous blog post, we examined why Nesta Italia thinks technology can exceptionally contribute to expanding the scope and impact of...

The challenges for the city of the future
From the ecological transition to access to digital infrastructures, from the impact of technology on work to peer production systems:...

City of the future
Context About S+T+ARTS STARTS – acronym of Science + Technology + Arts – is a European Commission initiative launched in 2015...

Digital platforms for the future of School
How can investments in technology improve school and education systems?

Cities, Infrastructure and AI
In this interview to Carlo Ratti (architect and engineer, founder of CRA studio based in Turin and New York, director of Senseable City Lab...

Are Smart Cities Broken?
Are Smart Cities Broken? We asked this question during Nesta Future Fest 2018. Now we take it as starting point for the activities and...

Tecnology at School
Rivoluzione digitale, rinascimento digitale, intelligenza artificiale nell'educazione: la Scuola Italiana si stava preparando, molti i...

NGI Forward: where are we?
NGI Forward is an international collaboration to shape the European Commission’s strategy for the future of the internet. As we reach...

Research – Making the most of technology in education
Today we publish the research report ‘Making the most of technology in education. Lessons from school systems around the world’, which...

The bright side of technology
At Nesta Italia we strongly believe in the power of technology to benefit people, the planet and the society. For this reason we made Tech...

NGI Forward
NGI Forward is the strategy and policy arm of the European Commission’s flagship Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, which seeks...

Challenge Prizes – A Practice Guide
What is a Challenge Prize? It is a challenge in which a cash prize is awarded to those who can find the most effective or immediate...

Edtech, Digital Skills and Future of Work
Digital Skills, Future of work, EdTech, inclusion and systemic change are the main themes which have inspired our work in the Education...

AI: between imagination and reality
Between imagination and reality When we talk about Artificial Intelligence we use to think of movies – such as I, Robot, Matrix,...

The social promises of Blockchain
Innovation always has a deep impact on society, new processes or technologies can completely transform existing systems and ways of...

“Making the most”: when technologies can change schools
Education systems face diverse and daunting challenges – from struggling to meet the needs of the 21st century, to the 264 million...

Making the most from technology in education systems
What Education systems face diverse and daunting challenges – from struggling to meet the needs of the 21st century, to the 264 million...

AI for Social Good
What In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken great steps in terms of technology development and effective usability. For...

“Nesta Italia Incontra”: the first event
How could collective intelligence support governments’ decision-making processes and facilitate more responsible choices? How...

Kick off Letter
Dear all, I would like to thank YOU for the support shown so far. Nesta Italia was officially launched at the end of 2017. We have...

Blockchain for Social Good
Blockchain. Cornerstone for a new era of economy or just the last buzzword? Idealistic bubble or social revolution? After several weeks of...

Nesta Italia launches in Turin
Today we are launching Nesta Italia, a partnership between the global innovation foundation Nesta (based in the UK), and Compagnia di...