GLIMPSES of tomorrow describes emerging social, economic and demographic trends.

 

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GLIMPSES provides a 'map' of recent trends to help people answer three questions: Where have we come from? Where are we going? What do we need to think about? Topics are grouped under the following headings:

Each topic is addressed in three parts: 'The story so far', 'The next 20 years' and 'Implications'.

The GLIMPSES database draws on the latest academic and other research. The material, which is focused on the UK, has been reviewed for quality by experts (except where we specify that particular section is subject to review) and will be regularly updated. It has been mainly compiled by Dr. Michael Moynagh at Templeton College, Oxford, and GLIMPSES is project managed by Richard Worsley.

There are no restrictions on the use of GLIMPSES material. The Tomorrow Project welcomes acknowledgment when the material is reproduced.

The experts who have reviewed the material are as follows:-

Hamish McRae of The Independent

Material is now available on all these topics. We are in the process of adding photographic illustrations and the search/indexing facilities are being further developed.

GLIMPSES is a dynamic process, subject to regular review, improvement and updating. It starts with ‘emerging knowledge’, exposed for review and comment, working through to ‘published knowledge’ – as in the Employment section, which was published in 2005 jointly with the Economic and Social Research Council as Working in the Twenty-First Century.

Regular articles in our Tomorrow Bulletin will provide members of the Tomorrow Network with examples of GLIMPSES material. We also welcome opportunities to link with other sites and networks.

The Tomorrow Project thanks its supporters, all those who have taken part in our consultations, Librios Ltd our expert partner in preparing the material for online publication, Juliet Kauffmann our editor, Dr.Averil Horton who provides statistical support, Nikoletta Stamatatos and Faye Parish for photographic research, Nikoletta Stamatatos for helping us greatly with our media and technology topic, and all those who have reviewed the material. We are grateful to all who have contributed to the creation of GLIMPSES, but any shortcomings are of course ours.

The Tomorrow Project welcomes comments on GLIMPSES, which should be sent to richard.worsley2@btinternet.com. We cannot undertake to respond to all such comments, but they will be carefully taken into account in the updating of GLIMPSES.