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The Futures Toolkit provides a set of tools to help you develop policies and strategies that are robust in the face of an uncertain future.
The Futures Toolkit A set of tools to help you develop policies and…
The Chronic risks analysis outlines the most critical medium to long term challenges facing the United Kingdom.
How to use systems thinking to drive improved outcomes in complex situations.
Guidance for civil servants on how to work with academics.
Tips, advice and guidance to help policymakers embed long-term thinking and external insight into policy making.
The skills you need to be a scientist or engineer in government.
A collection of resources for policymakers and analysts to use with the Futures Toolkit.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Horizon Scanning tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
STEM Futures is a partnership of organisations across industry, academia and the public sector to facilitate knowledge exchange in STEM.
Guidance requiring all government research to be conducted in accordance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity, which is a national framework for good research conduct and its governance.
A Foresight project examining the key factors influencing childhood, how these interact and how these could evolve in future.
Case studies demonstrating how government departments, industry and others use futures tools and approaches, including the GO-Science Futures Toolkit.
Full Trend Deck Spring 2021 for download.
One-stop shop for academics and industry experts to engage with government science systems.
The Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework sets out key climate adaptation research and innovation challenges for the UK.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Futures Wheels tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
Technology Trends focusing on the internet, technologies, science and engineering.
Skills trends focusing on education, labour and employment trends.
Health Trends focusing on health conditions, impact of these and medicines.
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