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Full Trend Deck Spring 2021 for download.
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.
How to write Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) and use them to engage with experts.
Climate Change and Environmental Trends focusing on climate change impacts and the global response.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Driver Mapping tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
Directory of science and engineering expertise in government.
Demographic Trends focusing on populations, ageing and migration.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Backcasting tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Policy Stress-testing tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
Guidance on systems thinking for scientists and engineers in government.
Insights into the impacts of Chief Scientific Advisers across the UK government.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Three Horizons tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
Technology Trends focusing on the internet, technologies, science and engineering.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the SWOT tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
Economic Trends focusing on international trade, global growth, labour and employment domestically.
Natural resources trends focusing on energy, materials, water, waste and nature trends.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Visioning tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
Report exploring the role of the behavioural sciences in government policy making.
Guidance for policy makers on how to work with academics.
A resource designed to support policymakers and others in using the Futures Wheels tool described in the Futures Toolkit.
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