The Next Generation of Emerging Global Challenges
This report identifies emerging global challenges and opportunities for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Imagining Canada’s Future initiative, focusing on multidisciplinary issues like technological innovations and their societal impacts.
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| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Report location: | source |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Policy Horizons Canada |
| Publication date: | June 1, 2018 |
| Authors: | Alain Piquette, Deanna Jamieson, Eric Ward, Ian Lambert, Jason Steeves, Jennifer O'Rourke, Jennifer O’Rourke, Katherine Antal, Kurt Richardson, Lisa Dixon, Marcus Ballinger, Maryam Alam, Nadia Zwierzchowska, Nelly Leonidis, Peter Padbury, Sarah Evans, Sven Schirmer, Wendy Schultz |
| Time horizon: | 2030 |
| Geographic focus: | Global |
| Page count: | 114 |
Methods
The research method involved a comprehensive environmental scan, expert interviews, and a crowdsourcing exercise using Futurescaper. Over 600 weak signals were reviewed, and 236 external participants contributed 707 substantive inputs to identify emerging global challenges.
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Key Insights
The report explores a range of global challenges that are emerging and could profoundly shape society. These include the digital economy's transformation of work, global health advancements, societal shifts due to technology, and environmental sustainability. It examines the potential impacts of these challenges, such as income insecurity, privacy erosion, and cultural homogenization, and suggests that publicly-funded research could inform policy development and public dialogue. The study uses a variety of methods, including literature reviews, expert interviews, and crowdsourcing, to identify and analyze these challenges, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary exploration and broad cooperation to address them.
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Additional Viewpoints
Categories: 2018 publication year | 2030 time horizon | 2030s time horizon | English publication language | arts transformation | asocial society | bio age | challenging environments | contamination | cultural erosion | culture | digital | digital economy | earth's capacity | gender | gender spectrum | global geographic scope | global health | governance | governance systems | health | human augmentation | inequality | pollution | post-fact world | privilege dynamics | security | security and conflict | social isolation | surveillance society | surveillance technology | sustainability | unknown geographic scope | work