Futures Procurement Framework

Young People and the Future of Scotland - How to get young people involved in strategic foresight

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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 …

Police Emerging Science and Technology Trends

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A digital graphic with a dark blue background and grid lines. On the left side, the title "POLICE EMERGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TRENDS" is displayed in bright yellow text. On the right, an illustrated police officer stands within a cone-shaped icon (to depict the cone of plausibility). The officer is surrounded by icons representing technology, such as drones and data symbols. In the top right corner, there's a logo reading "Science & Technology in Policing," featuring interconnected nodes as part of the design.

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 …

How merging creative design and futures at Defra led to collaborative strategic insights

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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 …