Media

Foresight research regularly gets spoken and written about in the media.  Below you can see coverage of our research in the press.

The Future of Identity in the UK  

• Rise of social networks in Britain 'risks fuelling social unrest' (Daily Telegraph)
• Web 're-defining' human identity (BBC)
• Do your online activities define you? (The Guardian)
• Hyperconnectivity is changing our sense of identity (Wired)
• How identity is being blurred by technology (Wall Street Journal)
• Web is turning us into kid-ults (The Register)

Reducing the Risk of Future Disasters  

• The social business of fighting disease (Social Business News)
• Vulnerability to natural disasters is 'soaring', scientists warn (the Guardian)
• Culture change needed to avert growing risk (Sci Dev)
• How Social Media can rise above the trivial

Technology and Innovation Futures (refresh)

• Foresight report highlights technologies that will drive growth (GovOpps)
• Emerging technologies to drive growth (Politicus)
• Energy transition, 3D printing and 'smart' fabrics hailed as growth drivers for next 20 years (Growth Business)

The Future of Computer Trading  

• The Shortcomings of Foresight (Financial Times)
• Foresight Offers Mixed Messages (Automated Trader)
• Computer Based Market Trading Beneficial (BBC News)
• The Perils of High Frequency Trading (BBC Radio 4 Today Programme)
• Regulators Should Avoid Choking HFT Benefits says Study (Bloomberg)
• High Frequency Trading Does Not Boost Volatility (City AM)
• High Frequency Trading Could be Beneficial (CNBC Europe) 
• Britain Should Fight Anti-HFT Plans (Evening Standard)
• High Frequency Trading Needs Severe Regulation (Evening Standard – Anthony Hilton) 
• UK Study Cautions on HFT Rules (Financial News)
• UK Report Urges Rules to Limit HFT Risk (Financial Times)
• New Research Blow to HFT Proposals (FOW Intelligence)
• Benefits and Risks of High Frequency Trading Assessed (Insurance Daily)
• In Report, Speed Trades Problems and Pluses (New York Times)
• Report Finds Computer Based Trading is Beneficial to Markets (Opalesque)
• UK Report Rejects EU Plan to Curb High Speed Trading (Reuters)
• UK Government Rejects EU Clampdown on High Frequency Trading (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)  
• Reject EU's Bid to Restrict HFT (The Independent)
• UK Study Calls for HFT Regulatory Refocus (The Trade)
• Foresight Publishes Final HFT Report (Waters Technology)
• Government Rejects Criticism of High Frequency Trading (What Investment)

The Future of Food and Farming  

• New research critical to addressing future food challenge (Farmers Guardian)
• Europe to Pump $26M into Plant Molecular Science Consortia (Genome Web)

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