Global Innovators: Designing Health as a Societal Pillar with Bogi Eliasen

In Episode 10 of DOCSF Global Innovators, we land in Copenhagen to speak with Bogi Eliasen, Director of Health at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS). With a background in political science and a passion for system-level thinking, Bogi offers a wide-angle view on how Denmark became one of the world’s most advanced ecosystems for digital health and preventative care.

This episode explores the unique forces that shaped Denmark’s transformation, from early adoption of unified digital health records and public-private research funding to the influence of foundations like Novo Nordisk. Bogi reframes healthcare not as a service, but as the foundation of a stable society, combined with education, economics, climate change, and long-term sustainability.

Listeners will hear why Denmark’s population-scale data, decentralized clinical trials, and emphasis on dignity-driven design may serve as a model for the world’s transition to proactive, people-first healthcare.