Ageing and Mobility: Loco-motives for the future
Find out how a debate at the Centre for Ageing Better made our colleague think about how changes in mobility will influence the future of ageing.
Behavioural Insights: Do experts know what they don’t know?
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Albertine Pegrum-Haram, Projects Officer, GOS and Sepi Latifi, Projects Officer, GOS, Posted on:
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Advice/Tips, Future Policy Network, Futures Capability & Resource
How susceptible are policy-makers to biases? Are policy-makers over-confident, under-confident, or are they “well-calibrated”? The Behavioural Insights Team can help to answer these questions.
Future diagnostic tools to fight antibiotic resistance
The Government Office for Science’s Scan of Scans resource is available to help those in government and elsewhere to think about how trends from a variety of themes could affect policy areas in the future. This is the first in …
Why should we think more actively about our travel choices?
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Jonathan Keating, Projects Officer, GOS and Janoh Ho, Projects Officer, GOS, Posted on:
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Futures Capability & Resource, Mobility
When you’re standing on the train platform, do you think about why you chose that route to work? How many other possible ways could there be to get to your destination? What is important to you when you’re making decisions - cost, convenience, flexibility, or perhaps you’re just looking for a detour …
How are emerging technologies changing the way we farm our food?
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Beatrice Freeman, Emerging Technology Projects Officer, GOS, Posted on:
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Emerging Technologies
In this second instalment of our Emerging Technology (EmTech) blog series we are exploring some new technologies for agriculture. This series covers some of the innovative and exciting technologies the Government Office for Science’s (GOS) EmTech Scanning Programme has identified. …
The key to the future often lies in the past
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Jonathan Keating, Projects Officer, GOS, Posted on:
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Futures Capability & Resource
Interest in electric cars dates back as early as the 19th century. In 1884 inventor Thomas Parker developed and used an electric car for his commute in his hometown of Wolverhampton, and in the 1890s in New York electric taxis were …
Back to the Futures
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Abi Fafolu, Futures Projects Manager, GOS, Posted on:
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Advice/Tips, Ageing, Emerging Technologies, Futures Capability & Resource, Outreach, Skills, STEM
If you were to ask my teenage self what I’d be working on as an adult, it’s unlikely she would have said that I’d be a Futurist, able to tell her about the future beyond 2018. But whether it comes from …
Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning: Finding a Way Forward
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Charles Featherston, Head of Futures, GOS, Posted on:
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Advice/Tips, Emerging Technologies, Fast facts, Futures Capability & Resource
You’ve heard all about the benefits of Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning and you’re ready to get started. But exactly where do you begin? What resources are available and where do you find them? Who can you call to ask …
Are you ready for the trends that will shape tomorrow?
‘Global Strategic Trends – The Future Starts Today’ was published on Monday 15 October by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) thinktank, the Development, Concept and Doctrine Centre (DCDC). The document provides a strategic context for those involved in long-term policy, …
How will new technologies change what you do?
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Samir Prakash, Head of Emerging Technology, GOS and Liz Talbot, Emerging Technology Projects Officer, GOS, Posted on:
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Emerging Technologies
Novel technology is bringing many opportunities and disruptions which offer possibilities that could change our lives. The Government Office for Science’s Emerging Technology Programme helps government think about how potential new technologies may affect policy choices. Read on to find out about three emerging technologies identified by GOS’ Emerging Technology Scan that could change how we practise medicine in the UK.