Work

Certain Uncertainties

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This report presents foresight research conducted by the CoSTAR Foresight Lab in partnership with i2 media research. Presented from a UK perspective, it has identified forces affecting the world in which CoSTAR and the wider creative sector’s activities are unfolding. Forces, or drivers, are a common method in foresight studies, and can be used to make sense of the wider context. Often this allows us to hypothesise around possible cause-and-effect relationships in emergent, on-the-ground issues. Forces driving change are certain and well-known, though their trajectory is uncertain. Typically, they have a clear presence dating back a decade and are expected to influence the next decade in uncertain ways. They are certain uncertainties.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14771429

Authors: Sanscartier, Jac, Ponzoni, Noemi, Turner-Brown, Lewis, Stewart, Anna, Freeman, Jonathan

Institutions: CoStar Group (United States), Goldsmiths University of London, i2 Media Research (United Kingdom)

Language: English

Topic: Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council

Award: CoSTAR Foresight Lab