Theme : future
- Radical or Restricted? John Reid, supported by Tony Blair, has called for a radical step change in Britain’s security services. The review will look at the role of MI5, MI6, police counter-terrorist units and GCHQ. But how radical will this review be? One of the major criticisms of the current British response to the new security challenges we face has been the bureaucratic and organisational inertia, where policy has not been determined by the nature of the challenge, but by the nature of the policy tools available. from : charlieedwards 29th September 2006
- Reimagining Higher Education Thinking about the future of higher education in the context of the Long Tail, the Play Ethic and Cradle to Cradle sustainability from : hannahgreen 15th August 2006
- TDA futures - teaching 2012 The TDA ran 9 regional seminars to bring together practitioners from across England to consider the future of their work in an intellectually structured session - this is the result from : hannahgreen 14th August 2006
- The future of the EU and Estonia The Estonian Institute for Futures Studies and the Institute of International and Social Studies have created three possible future scenarios of the EU. You can read about the future of the EU here from : charlieedwards 8th August 2006
- Thinking past the visible horizon In an article for South Africa’s Business News, Guy Lundy and David Priilaid a strategy consultant and a lecturer at the University of Cape Town’s School of Management Studies respectively make an impassioned plea for the SA Government and business sector to consider long term thinking in order to compete with the rising stars in the global game. They believe that South African's are traditionally pessimistic which explains why people only focus on the short- term. Referring... from : charlieedwards 8th August 2006
- A fear of the future spiked, in collaboration with Orange, has conducted a major survey of writers, thinkers, experts, academics and artists, asking them what they think are the key questions facing the next generation - those born this year, who will reach the age of 18 in 2024.The survey aims to to challenge the downbeat spirit of our age, and to shake up both society's disenchantment with the past and its fear of the future.You can read read the suvey here from : charlieedwards 7th August 2006
- CANADA 2020 To encourage a debate about the major challenges Canada will face in the coming decades, the Dominion Institute and the Toronto Star have invited 20 leading thinkers to write about an issue or event that they think could transform the country by 2020. Jennifer Welsh, an academic from Oxford, kicks off the debate with a look at Canadian foreign affairs in 2020. It’s a pretty negative view of international relations, but nevertheless an interesting post on the future of Canadian... from : charlieedwards 2nd August 2006
- Hope is key to future Scotland Creating a ‘future literate’ public would tackle fatalism and revive Scotland’s political culture, says new think-tank report from : mollywebb 4th July 2006
- Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible "futures," our report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006
- Centre for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition he RAND Pardee Center pursues ambitious objectives: to improve our ability to think about the longer-range future--from 35 to as far as 200 years ahead--and to develop new methods of analyzing potential long-range, global effects of today's policy options in order to design sound policies that are sensitive to those effects. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006
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