FUTURES OF PUBLIC GOVERNANCE

The cost of Ukraine's reconstruction stands at a staggering $486 billion—and climbs higher with each passing day. Timely decisions on investments, workforce, and resources will define the nation’s post-war recovery and long-term future.

Our team of futurists took the stage as guest speakers at a Foresight Europe Network event, where the foresight community gathered to explore the future of strategic foresight in an increasingly AI-driven world. Here are the highlights.

AI’s rapid rise in the workplace is opening up new possibilities—some optimistic, others unsettling. Our team of futurists explore how AI could alter job roles, workplace dynamics, and society at large through four distinct scenarios.

Drawing on in-depth foresight research by renowned futurists Prof. Sohail Inayatullah and Dr. Ivana Milojević, we spotlight five emerging issues that may revolutionise global food systems over the next 30 years.

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The circular economy holds the promise of a zero-waste future, yet formidable challenges in technology, finances, and regulation persist. How will governments and businesses overcome these obstacles to achieve true sustainability?

By 2100, all of the world's 20 largest megacities will be located in the developing world, with the majority in Africa. What implications will this shift have for the future of the global economy, climate, and the welfare of these urban populations?

Generative AI is reshaping the creative field, stirring ethical debates, copyright challenges, and reigniting age-old questions about the very essence of creativity. We present four scenarios that explore how these forces may shape the sector’s future.

It's more than just a regulatory update; it's a clarion call for companies to embrace climate scenario analysis.

Called back from the brink of retirement, nuclear energy is evolving away from its radioactive reputation and filling the gaps in carbon-neutral energy plans.

How can AI enhance - and perhaps disrupt - the landscape of foresight work in the years and decades ahead?

New players in the housing industry are stepping up with all-inclusive packaged housing in holiday destinations ranging from old-world glamour to modern metropolis and ocean cruises – not of a lifetime, but rather, for a lifetime.

Research has found that strategic foresight has a significant impact on an organisation’s bottom line – those who think about the future could be looking at up to 33% higher profitability and 200% higher market capitalisation within their industries.

Today’s businesses face mounting pressure to keep innovating in order to grow and outpace the competition. Innovation management is crucial to ensure that the great minds within your organisation bring forth their ideas, the viable ones are identified, and the ones put to practice are in line with your strategy.

2022 was a year of great upheaval and change, with a series of political and economic crises that will reverberate for many years to come. Looking back to the year, our team of futurists highlight five trends that shaped the trajectory of 2022 and will continue to shape the future.

Population growth rates are stagnating in many countries around the world, but the economics of a declining population is still uncharted territory for modern economic theory. How will our growth-based economic systems fare when the population declines?

Futures Platform, an all-in-one collaborative digital solution for strategic foresight work, is thrilled to announce that the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has accepted us as a service supplier on their G-Cloud 13 Digital Marketplace.

It may seem like there’s more technological innovation than ever today, but more innovation doesn’t necessarily mean more economic growth.

Through a series of workshops with three national tax authorities, we explored the key opportunities and risks the metaverse presents to the future of taxation.

With the steep rise in volumes of counterfeit consumer goods entering the global marketplace, brands, retailers, and governments are facing new challenges.

Europe spent years negotiating, innovating and planning to solve its net-zero energy policy puzzle by 2050. Will Russia’s war on Ukraine reshape the future of energy in the continent?

Will artificial intelligence bring an end to the traditional labour market? Fears of mass technological unemployment have a powerful impact on economical policies, but modern economic theory suggests that these fears might be misplaced.

As the cost of traditional building materials rise, the construction industry may learn that going green is shifting from being too expensive to do, to too expensive not to do.

Poor institutional performance, slow response to the global agenda, and increasing economic inequalities are among the main drivers causing a global decline in trust in public authorities and political leaders.