Anticipating from the start the various ways a research programme can succeed or fail can avoid problems later. Here’s how to do it.

Accenture Life Trends 2026. Discover five emerging trends exploring the interplay between people, technology and our ever-changing world. Read the report.

AI and machine learning are accelerating the automation of routine and cognitive tasks. The critical question is no longer whether work will change, but which human capabilities will matter most as intelligent systems scale. Some are obvious, like imagination, empathy, and manual skills such as craft. What is emerging? How to plan long-term skills development in future-ready organisations? Image: Superdecision by Matthew Woodham…

Reporting to our new boss, Earth, isn't easy. Our first Work in Progress Report shares the truth about how we’re messing up and where we’re making progress.

The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

Viewing art in galleries has an immediate positive impact upon the body according to new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London.

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...

The Doughnut, updated, now monitors global trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot over the 21st century

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Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming global infrastructure – shaping decisions in healthcare, education, industry and everyday life.

The Signal Cards come out of the ESPAS Horizon Scanning activity, in which we present and analyse emerging trends, technologies or generally signs of new which we identified through the horizon scanni...

As the third in our AI for Future Cities series, this issue explores how AI might transform how we collect, manage and distribute water in our cities.

What kind of Themes are emerging from signals of change impacting the innovation landscape mid-year 2025?

Culture-led regeneration has been a widely used strategy for place transformation for over five decades. This paper takes stock of what is known about culture-led regeneration, highlighting when and h...

During the LFA (London Festival of Architecture), I joined a group walking tour exploring the dramatically changing neighbourhood of South London. We used a psychogeography tool to sense spatial bo…

This Plan will ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for investment in creativity and innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035.

In Japan, citizens "from the future" participate in decision-making. What lessons could this model have for the UN Envoy on Future Generations?

Discover the ideas shaping the future of museums around the world with short essays from museum workers in 18 countries

Having an AI on your team can increase performance, provide expertise, and improve your experience

Social behaviour changes can first be detected in culture. To stay relevant brands, companies and organisations must understand the cultural context to make their communications resonate with audie…

An experiment in making it easier to imagine the future.

This publication explores how generative AI models are changing the work and required competencies of practitioners and decision-makers in urban planning and design. What does a city look like that ha...

Curator of Design Museum show says ‘human-centric’ approach to design needs overhaul amid climate crisis

Government sets out first steps to break down barriers to digital inclusion affecting 1 in 4 Britons to help put more money into people’s pockets.

Detecting emerging technologies is crucial for policymaking as it helps to anticipate future trends and address their potential societal, economic, and security impacts. Early identification also allo...

Facial expressions don’t always reveal true emotions — but that hasn’t stopped AI from trying to analyze them anyway.

Outcomes Report of the Ethical Principles for Responsible Technology Multistakeholder Initiative

If we could stop bickering about which creatures do or don’t deserve to be called smart, an emerging movement of scientists and philosophers argue that we might discover fundamental elements of intell...

Designing public compute for people and society

HeritageWatch.AI aims to provide real-time data, based on analysis of satellite imagery, to plan and deploy effective disaster management

Some young people in China are finding that AI can offer the unexpected - emotional support

The theme for 2025+ is More-than-human Intelligence. It is about broadening the concept of intelligence outside humans to nature and non-living intelligence created by technology. These emerging fi…

Pictet’s ‘Megatrending 2025: opportunities ahead’ study reminds us of the value of turning megatrends into investment ideas. Read our second study to find out more.

The development landscape is not just one of challenges—it is brimming with possibility. Satellites connect remote communities, AI drives breakthroughs in medicine and agriculture, renewable energy be...

Wikipedia for a different dimension

Faye Toogood spent years eliminating any hint of softness or decoration from her work. But the emotional can be female designers’ greatest power

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

A week after the U.K. government announced a sweeping plan to make big investments into AI, it’s laying out more details around how this will take shape

VML reveals our 100 trends set to transform the marketplace in 2025