News and updates from the Government Office for Science's Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning programme| foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk
The Net Zero Technology Outlook is a newly published report from GO-Science. It is spotlight on technological progress and trajectories in the high-emitting sectors of our economy, informed by experts inside and outside Government. Since the Climate Change Act (2008) …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
By Claire Elliott, Scottish Government Introduction A bold approach to a futures project, bringing young people into Scotland’s long-term policy thinking, made possible through financial support via GO-Science Futures’ co-funding initiative. Young People and the Future of Scotland was a …| foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk
By Annie Estlin, OPCSA The Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser (OPCSA), through GO-Science's co-funding opportunity, commissioned a report to explore emerging science and technology trends for UK policing. The pace of technological change continues to accelerate. Previously, technologies …| foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk
By Emma Mutch, Defra Introduction Defra, in collaboration with Andthen, shares insights into how it developed a new horizon scanning capability and emerging trends and global megatrends outputs. Unique approaches and methods were used in this work, notably a highly …| foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Tatiana Sirikova, free use from Pexels By Jack Thirlwell, Migration Strategy Team Leader, Population and Migration Division, Directorate for Culture and External Affairs, Scottish Government In this blog, Jack shares how learning about futures has supported …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
by Rose Cowley and Alex Scott How can you focus on tomorrow’s challenges when today’s are so all-encompassing? Like many operational agencies across the Civil Service, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) continues to operate in the long and difficult shadow …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
We're due to publish a revised version of our Futures Toolkit in the next few months – watch this space! Alongside this, we’ll be setting up a case study bank with examples of how people have used the different tools …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
PESTO, STEEP, PESTLE, GESTE… whatever your favoured taxonomy for Horizon Scanning [1], these acronyms all work to ensure futurists’ evidence gathering is sufficiently broad, taking into account holistic and macrocontextual change. They help us avoid many research biases and myopia …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
by Sara Elias and Professor Genevieve Liveley For Public Health Wales and the Office for the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, creating a More Equal Wales is a key, national goal. But how do we ensure that decision-makers are able …| foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk
“Wireless connectivity has become increasingly critical for different aspects of our lives, from keeping in touch, to getting around, to accessing a range of important services.” - Sir Patrick Vallance, former Government Chief Scientific Adviser. The Department for Science, Innovation …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
