Overview 

Seven different issues were identified under this topic. 

Short articles have been written on these issues to help parliament identify what action it may wish to take. New articles will be added when they become available.

Articles

Articles no longer planned

“AI, digital, cyber and technology issues affecting businesses and trade”. Contributors raised a diverse set of issues related to the impact of new technology on business. These included the impacts of AI, financial inclusion, quantum computing, and cybercrime. Many of these issues are covered in other horizon scans and parliamentary briefing papers, and therefore no article has been drafted for this topic.

“Long-term public spending pressure”. The horizon scan identified several demographic changes that may place long-term pressure on the public finances due to their implications for health, social care, and pension provision. Several existing parliamentary briefings explore these issues and therefore an article has not been drafted for this topic.

Acknowledgements

POST would like to thank consultation respondents and peer reviewers for kindly giving up their time to support this work, including:

  • Professor Joe Nellis, Cranfield University
  • Professor Andros Gregoriou, Liverpool John Moores University
  • Professor Graeme Roy, University of Glasgow
  • Professor Julian Manley, University of Central Lancashire
  • Dr Bethan Alexander, Reader, University of Arts London
  • Dr Emily Jones, University of Oxford
  • Dr Andreas Walmsley, Plymouth Marjon University
  • Professor Annina Kaltenbrunner, University of Leeds
  • Professor Kevin Albertson, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Dr Liang Bai, King’s College London
  • Professor Philip Booth, St Mary’s University
  • Professor Simon Lilley, University of Lincoln
  • Professor Abigail Marks, Newcastle University Business School
  • Mr Damian Whittard, University of West England
  • Professor Yunus Aksoy, Birkbeck University of London
  • Professor Gregory Messenger, University of Bristol
  • Professor Sue Smith, Director, University of Central Lancashire
  • Dr Andrei Potlogea, University of Edinburgh
  • Professor John Hudson, University of York
  • Dr Valerio Ficcadenti, London Southbank University
  • Professor Pawan Adhikari, University of Essex
  • Dr Marcel Lukas, University of St Andrews
  • Professor M. Ali Choudhary, Loughborough University
  • Professor Donatella Alessandrini, University of Kent
  • Dr Adebisi Adewole, University of West Scotland
  • Dr Sajad Rezaei, University of Worcester
  • Dr Franco Mariuzzo, University of East Anglia
  • Dr Francesca Gagliardi, University of Hertfordshire
  • Emily Woodruff, University of Warwick
  • Professor Stephen Machin, London School of Economics (LSE)
  • Professor Sean Ennis, University of East Anglia
  • Dr Naveena Prakasam, Director of the Centre for Research on Work and Organisations, Southampton Business School
  • Dr Jelena Petrovic, Associate Professor, Southampton Business School
  • Dr Krish Vithana, Associate Professor, Southampton Business School
  • Dr Helen Devereux, Senior Lecturer, Southampton Solent University
  • Sian Campbell, Senior Enterprise Fellow, Southampton Business School

*denotes people and organisations who acted as external reviewers of the briefing.

Horizon Scan 2024

Emerging policy issues for the next five years.