DEMOS

• A Common Language This project, running in parallel to wider Demos work on adult learning, will begin with first principles – why ESOL matters – and work through to a logical conclusion of how best it can be delivered in practice, within a coherent policy framework. Researchers: Duncan O'Leary 20 Bookmarks 15 Themes
• A Perfect Storm The current relationship between culture and local governement is confused and confusing – there is no cultural system, and hence reliable evidence is difficult to come by. But that is no reason to ignore the problem of falling budgets and asset disposals. Researchers: John Holden Samuel Jones 1 BlogPost 3 Bookmarks 13 Themes
• Atlas of Ideas 2.0 The Atlas of Ideas is mapping changes in the global geography of science and innovation - pinpointing where innovation is coming from and where it is heading.
  
  So far our work has focused on China, India and South Korea, but Phase 2.0 sees Demos extend this work to include an ambitious study of science in the Islamic world; a focus on the innovation potential of Brazil; a closer look at 'knowledge nomads'; and the prospects for a low-carbon China. Researchers: Charles Leadbeater Jack Stilgoe 27 BlogPosts 42 Bookmarks 39 Themes
• Building Communities for the Future The government's Building Schools for the Future scheme is a momentous opportunity to catalyse change on a local community level. The key question that this project seeks answers to  is  how can community participation  in BSF  be utilised to move beyond the design of new buildings, to shaping and creating learning communities fit for the demands of modern society? Researchers: Faizal Farook Shelagh Wright 1 Bookmark 1 Theme
• Children of Europa New Europe is not a place, it’s a young person. Committees, constitutions and commissions may hold Europe together as a political project, but it is people that hold it together as a cultural entity. This project will look at the aspirations of geographical Europe’s youngest generation, focusing particular on the way they make and exchange new-media with one another. Researchers: Celia Hannon Charlie Tims 8 BlogPosts 63 Bookmarks 91 Themes
• Co-Design: barriers and enablers Researchers: Peter Bradwell
• Confronting the Skills Paradox An 18 month project with City & Guilds looking at participation in adult learning Researchers: Duncan O'Leary Grahame Broadbelt 3 BlogPosts 71 Bookmarks 58 Themes
• Creativity Projects The means of creative and cultural production are in the hands of many. The recent emergence of affordable digital technology and broadband access, combined with long term improvements in education and living standards herald the dawn of the era of dispersed-creativity. 1 BlogPost 7 Bookmarks 9 Themes
• Cultural Literacy Our identities comprise different senses of belonging to different groups at different times.  These are the cultures of which we are all a part, and our world is one of many cultures.  The problem is that there is a real lack in our skills to read other cultures.  One result is that our newspapers, media and websites carry numeorus stories about hostility between people, breeding a cycle of fear, insecurity and ultimately violence and prejudice.  To overcome this, we need a new skill: cultural literacy. Researchers: Samuel Jones 4 BlogPosts 2 Bookmarks 18 Themes
• Demos 2050 Demos has undertaken futures work with a wide range of organisations – helping groups from trade unions to international security bodies plan ahead. Researchers: Charlie Edwards 5 BlogPosts 8 Bookmarks 27 Themes

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