Nine long-form analyses from ABQ Dialogues Season 1 and ABQ Institute research — covering AI governance, blockchain economics, biotech, dual-use engineering, and the cognitive impact of digital technology. Full-text, free to read.
Each article distills 3 hours of expert dialogue into structured analysis — with Key Findings, speaker quotes, and a Cite This Analysis block for researchers and journalists.
New analysis published monthly
Season 1 — 2024 / 2026
AI Education · Software Development · University
Andrei Oros (UiPath) designed and taught a practical AI-assisted software development course for 60 master's students at West University Timișoara. What the transition looks like from inside the classroom.
Read the analysisAI Readiness · Survey Research · Regional Economy
Strategy is the 18× multiplier. 46% unaware of AI budgets. Testing 4–6 models yields 3× productivity gains. ABQ primary research on AI adoption across the west Romania tech sector.
Read the analysisCognitive Science · Digital Society
What relentless digital information is doing to attention, memory, and critical thinking — and what clinicians, educators, and sociologists say we can do about it.
Read the analysisDefence · Engineering · Strategy
Timișoara's automotive engineers face structural disruption as electrification compresses the parts count. How civilian engineering excellence — sensors, real-time systems, cybersecurity — maps onto defence procurement.
Read the analysisBioengineering · Longevity
From epigenetic reprogramming to AI-controlled robotic experiments running 36,000 trials in weeks: where bioengineering stands in 2025, and what Timișoara can do to claim a seat at the global life-sciences table.
Read the analysisAI Governance · Power
10 AI agents replaced 80+ data scientists. Democratic societies face a structural competitive disadvantage against actors with no democratic accountability. Europe's 8 critical assets for tech sovereignty.
Read the analysisAI Economics · Blockchain
3% Romanian AI adoption vs 14% EU-wide. Stablecoins as infrastructure for high-inflation economies. Who governs the systems that govern us?
Read the analysisTechnology Strategy · Romania
Romania's AI adoption sits at 2% vs 8% across Europe. Net salaries in Timișoara now exceed Barcelona. What the outsourcing model collapse means for the country's tech sector.
Read the analysisAI Readiness · Society
Harvard Medical's AI PhD track: 400 applications, 7 spots. Technologies once taking generations now transform society in months — while human development maintains its biological pace.
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