May 1, 2025

Edgelands Institute 2024 Annual Report

Sophie Zermatten

We are pleased to share the Edgelands Institute’s 2024 Annual Report.

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Collage: Jon Tyson for UNSPLASH

This year marked a turning point for the Institute, as we entered our final phase and deepened our pop-up methodology across four key cities: Geneva, Houston, Medellín and Nairobi. The report captures our main activities, research findings, and reflections on the digitalization of urban security and the evolving urban social contract.

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Highlights include our work on digital rights and open-source software in Geneva, school surveillance and youth advocacy in Houston, global AI governance in Nairobi, and the closing symposium in Medellín. It also features insights from our research project supported by the Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund.

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As we begin our “pop-down” process in 2025, the report offers a chance to reflect on what has been built—and what comes next.

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Read the full report here

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