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UN 2.0 and the Metaverse: Are we seeing what is possible? by Dr Anita Lamprecht explores one of today's most urgent questions: how can global governance keep pace with rapid technological change? Drawing on the UN's Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact, the book examines the fragile yet essential dialogue between a modernised United Nations and the disruptive forces of the metaverse. Blending futures thinking, systems analysis, and narrative storytelling, Dr Lamprecht takes readers inside this evolving relationship, where progress and governance must align to serve humanity. From the Citiverse and digital twins to adaptive governance, legal challenges, and the sustainable development goals, the book offers both a critical lens and a hopeful framework. It is an invitation to policymakers, technologists, and citizens alike to consciously shape the future, ensuring innovation becomes a force for inclusivity, trust, and human rights. At its heart, the book argues that the metaverse should not be seen as a finished product but as a North Star, a guiding vision that can help societies navigate uncertainty, build stronger institutions, and co-evolve technology with human values. It equips readers with the conceptual tools needed to diagnose governance failures and design adaptive, ethical approaches for the decades ahead.

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Dr Anita Lamprecht is an AI governance expert, legal researcher, and international lawyer based in Geneva, Switzerland. With a background in international litigation and arbitration, her current work focuses on digital transformation's legal and policy dimensions, including artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins, internet governance, and emerging technologies to improve access to justice. Drawing on her legal background and technical fluency, Anita is a cross-disciplinary bridge between law, AI innovation, and institutional practice in international organisations.Since joining DiploFoundation in 2023, Anita has contributed to analysing global digital policy developments as part of the Technology Team at the Digital Watch Observatory. She lectures at the DiploAI Campus, teaching futures literacy, UN 2.0, and governance applications of emerging technologies. Through her writing, she regularly publishes insightful blogs that translate complex AI and tech trends into actionable insights for policymakers, diplomats, and governance professionals.In 2025, Anita expanded her role as a consultant and facilitator of AI capacity-building programmes, supporting international organisations in navigating AI adoption and digital transformation. She co-develops apprenticeship-style learning experiences, builds custom AI agents and legal chatbots, and helps align technology use with institutional mandates and legal frameworks. Anita also represents Diplo at events, contributing to the demystification of AI through Diplo's humAInism approach.

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