Last week, the European Commission proposed a European approach to AI. To gauge the utility of the stated approach, what better benchmarks to reference than the ‘proposed key actions’ outlined…
Category: Policy making
The Future of AI UK: Alan Turing Institute
Hosted over two days and across two alternative stages, the Alan Turing Institute hosted AI UK; a tour d’horizon from the brightest and best that the Institute had to offer…
What are the futures for world trade?
“Globalisation is dead.” It is argued that the rise of populism, and its two most obvious successes – the Trump administration and Brexit – have proved it. “America First”, claimed…
Vaccine nationalism?
Nine months ago I wrote an article for the Journal of Future Studies looking at four alternative post pandemic scenarios. This was also later carried on the SAMI website. Although…
The Future of Cities - 4
In this final post on the Future of Cities, we examine the Political decisions that will shape their development. As we noted last time, the economic situation caused by the…
“Raising our game”: the EU’s new Strategic Foresight Network
On 18 and 19 November last year, the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) held its annual conference. “Thinking about the Future: Europe’s Road to 2030” took place entirely…