Futures thinking is a way of thinking about the many possible alternative futures that could arise, based on historical evidence, trends, and present possibilities for change. This past year, the Government Office for Science’s (GOS) Futures team supported numerous …
What secrets are you yet to uncover in your family tree? Who gets to decide if these stay hidden? It’s now easier than ever to trace your own personal ancestry. Just submit a swab or a saliva sample to one …
We, the Technology and Science Insights team in the Government Office for Science, are updating our list of priority technologies for 2022. We are on the hunt for new technologies so we can provide up to date …
If you could find out whether your child was likely to excel at sports or academic pursuits in the future, would you? Could it ever be ethical to adjust criminal sentencing to account for someone’s genetic predisposition? How would …
Over the last few years, Government Office for Science (GOS) Futures team have seen an increase in teams from across government seeking advice about setting up new horizon scanning functions. In response to this, Bethan Morgan, Senior Capability Lead in …
This blog introduces a short practitioners’ guide to how foresight approaches can improve outcomes in policy making. It is the output of Peter McGowran's 3-month UKRI Policy Internship with the Government Office for Science Futures team, in connection with his …
The Government Office for Science’s (GOS) emerging technologies (EmTech) team is growing, and we’ve developed a whole range of capabilities to tell you about. If you work in EmTech, we want to hear your ideas and explore ways that we can …
Public voices are increasingly being integrated into government’s foresight processes. This was one of the findings from GO-Science’s recent report with the School of International Futures, Features of effective systemic foresight in governments globally. Participatory Futures enables this integration and …
The Government Office for Science Futures team provides a suite of futures resources to help UK government officials and others develop policies and strategies that create long-term benefits for society. Informed by the UK cross-government horizon scanning community, Trend Deck …
The Government Office for Science Futures team highlight findings from a recent set of case studies commissioned from the School of International Futures (SOIF) to understand different foresight features in eight countries across the world. The report findings have helped …