AI could increase the rate of scientific progress, including in the discovery of new drugs and treatments. How are these tools validated? What safeguards are needed to manage inaccuracy and bias? How does UK regulation apply to AI-selected drug candidates?
How are decisions about NHS screening programmes made? What evidence is needed? How does evidence influence screening policy?
How will exposure and vulnerability of populations to climate impacts evolve and how will it interact with changing hazards?
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How secure is the UK food system to multiple stresses at different scales?
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What is the evidence on the economic costs, benefits and distributional impacts of the transition to net zero?
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What physical, technical and security risks does energy infrastructure face, and what measures can be taken to respond to or mitigate these risks.
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What evidence exists on the impact of English devolution on employment, income and productivity? What are the learnings from this for future devolution in England?
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What is the evidence for rising rates, what factors could be increasing diagnosis and what are the implications for service users and care provision?
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Artificial intelligence (AI) research is advancing rapidly. Which models are being made, what will they be able to do, and how safe will they be?
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Can the environmental impacts of net zero infrastructure developments in specific locations be addressed through strategic compensatory mechanisms?
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What is digital sovereignty and how might it apply to the UK?
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What are the opportunities for current and future technologies, how do these align with sustainability goals, and what role could the UK play?
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What are the key concerns, how can these be addressed, and what are the opportunities and challenges for the UK?
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This POSTnote will summarise the challenges and opportunities for developing new multifunctional collaborative land use governance models.