Key Pages
|
OUTLOOK |
Biology and Biotechnology |
Chemistry |
Complexity |
Computer Science |
Ecology and Earth Sciences |
Economics |
Energy |
Materials |
Mathematics |
Nanotechnology |
Social Sciences |
Space Sciences |
Physics |
Psychology |
Geography of Science |
Structure of Science |
|
THE PROJECT |
Project Description |
Project Team |
|
INSTITUTIONS |
Horizon Scanning Centre |
Institute for the Future |
|
Interested amateurs are likely to have increased opportunities in the future to donate resources, time, or labor in support of scientific research, thanks largely to low-cost distributed computing.
The 20th-century phenomenon of 'brain drain', of scientific and engineering talent emigrating from developing countries to North America and Europe, is likely to be replaced by 'brain circulation', in which globally mobile scientists and engineers work for shorter periods in a wider range of countries.
The 'science city', and the underlying model of state management and direction of science that it often implied, will probably become obsolete in the next 20 years, displaced by the new phenomenon of the science park.
Open access promises to replace the current scientific publishing establishment.
Smaller, lighter instruments promise to enable field scientists to conduct research in increasingly varied environments.
