Sigma Scan

Welcome to the Sigma Scan, a collection of future issues and trends developed by the Outsights-Ipsos MORI partnership, commissioned by the UK Government's Horizon Scanning Centre at the DTI Office of Science and Innovation. For more information about the Scan, click here. Please click on one of the five images below to start your search in a particular area, or on the Search button if you wish to do a text search of the whole database.
Society Science & Technology Economics Environment Politics
Society Science & Technology Economics Environment Politics

Before contacting us, please check the Frequently Asked Questions page. Also, please take the time to read our disclaimer. If you have feedback on the content of the Scan, please send it to feedback@sigmascan.org. We regret that we are unable to enter into correspondence but welcome your comments and will review them for future editions of the Scan. Please quote the Issue ID number in the subject line of your email.

Please note: While the Office of Science and Innovation commissioned this work, the contents have been supplied by the Outsights-Ipsos MORI partnership, are independent of Government and do not constitute government policy. If you have a question or comment about the commissioning process for the Scan or how it is used by the Horizon Scanning Centre, please e-mail horizon.scanning@dti.gsi.gov.uk