S3 Welfare & Health
by main topic: 226
Issues 71
Macroeconomy & Finance 14
- IssueAn enhancement divide layered on the digital divide1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueClimate change hitting lower-income households via food and insurance1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEasing out-of-pocket medical costs as new medically vulnerable groups emerge1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueHealthy life expectancy stalling without prevention and early detection1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMounting fiscal burden of welfare and pensions0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueObesity consolidating as a structural public health challenge tied to income1 trends · 2 signals
- IssuePension, health and long term care systems under ageing pressure1 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePer-patient cost above $100,000 could confine the therapy to well-resourced health systems1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePolarisation is judged to be damaging growth through human capital, fertility and demand3 trends · 2 signals
- IssuePsychedelic access stays limited until treatments are insured and system-integrated2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRebuilding the measurement of human need around decent living standards1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRising welfare costs and pension sustainability under population ageing1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueVulnerable groups and the adequacy of the social safety net0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWelfare systems need redesign as the senior gap widens1 trends · 2 signals
Industry & Supply Chains 2
- IssueAI widens gaps between large and small firms and between rich and poor countries, including inside the EU1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueClimate-driven relocation of food production weakening traceability1 trends · 0 signals
Labor & Future of Work 7
- IssueA fixed employer budget moves plan choice from the employer to the individual market1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueJob quality in Korea's expanding care workforce1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueLeft to default, benefits concentrate where capacity already exists3 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLoneliness treated as a public health policy domain1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRising care costs and pressure on informal carers3 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTechnology both supporting and displacing vulnerable groups1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWomen's Prosperity1 trends · 0 signals
Trade & Economic Security 1
- IssueRising meat demand and livestock trade raising pandemic risk1 trends · 0 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 7
- IssueAgricultural antifungal use and warming spreading fungal infections1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEnvironmental pollution and compound health threats0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueJustice dimension: harm to vulnerable people below the safe limits1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePersistent threat of infectious disease0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRising social burden of non-communicable diseases0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan seeks a 'life-respecting safe society' with a clear disaster control tower and a framework act on life and safety1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUsing science to sustain healthy lives in the world's fastest-ageing society and counter rising threats0 trends · 1 signals
Resources, Food & Water 4
- IssueDense intensive livestock near homes as a zoonotic risk1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueDiet as scalable mental and brain health intervention1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEmerging fungal health and food security risks, including multidrug-resistant strains1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMisuse of antibiotics and low public awareness accelerating resistance1 trends · 1 signals
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 3
- IssueAir pollution raising chronic disease burden in older people1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFlying blind on the Earth-system effects of chemicals and materials1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueNovel chemical mixtures and endocrine disruptors as new health challenges1 trends · 0 signals
Democracy & Governance 6
- IssueCompound health crisis from low fertility, ageing, chronic disease and endemic infection0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueGlobal antimicrobial use stemmed as in the UK1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIntegrated governance for fragmented child and parenting support0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePersistent risk of new pandemics and fragile preparedness funding1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueState responsibility for preventing gender violence and restoring victims1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWeak support for global health bodies raising pandemic risk1 trends · 0 signals
Tech·Digital Policy 6
- IssueA Medical Library for Planet Earth1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDemand outruns the care pathway, pushing patients into channels of their own2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueOnline marketplaces complicating foodborne outbreak tracing1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueReimbursement evidence, cost gaps and ethics frameworks for AI-assisted embryo selection1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTrust and safety, not capability, is named as the binding constraint on voice AI in care1 trends · 1 signals
- IssuemRNA delivery limits, cold-chain inequity and uncertain regulation for universal vaccine platforms1 trends · 0 signals
Demographics & Migration 3
- IssueStrengthening infertility support: costs, mental strain and regional access1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan proposes a 'basic society' guaranteeing care, income, health, housing, mobility and energy across the life course1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWeakening foundations of medical and welfare services0 trends · 1 signals
Education & Generations 4
- IssueAccessibility designed into immersive technology from the outset1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueContinuous life-cycle support for isolated and reclusive young people1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIntegrated school, community and family support for the student mental health crisis0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRising threats to mental health0 trends · 1 signals
AI & Computing 4
- IssueDigital and AI-driven inequality1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRedefining the intergenerational care contract toward 20501 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRisk that companion chatbots displace rather than complement human contact1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe Power of Radio1 trends · 0 signals
Bio & Health Tech 5
- IssueGeneric wellness gives way to life-stage and physiology-specific demand1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGenome sequencing at birth integrated with NHS records1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMultidrug-resistant microbes making routine surgery dangerous1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSecurity for medical devices as they approach end of life1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueVulnerable persons and biological data at the end of risk cascades2 trends · 0 signals
Energy & Climate Tech 1
- IssueEnergy and transport poverty in the transition1 trends · 0 signals
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 2
- IssueHealth: misinformation, breaches and shifting clinical authority1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueStigma and availability gaps are being met with low-cost apps rather than clinicians1 trends · 0 signals
Values & Lifestyles 1
- IssueAn obesogenic food environment1 trends · 0 signals
Media & Information Ecosystem 1
- IssueMistrust in experts reducing vaccine uptake1 trends · 0 signals
Trends 39
Macroeconomy & Finance 4
- TrendEconomic pressure pushing consumers towards food fraud exposure0 signals
- TrendInequality in the Netherlands driven by social class rather than place1 signals
- TrendRisks falling disproportionately on vulnerable groups with compounding disadvantage7 signals
- TrendTrend 8: US employers break the bundled group health plan into a fixed budget3 signals
Labor & Future of Work 5
- TrendCrisis lines, tour mental-health providers and industry funds expand for music workers2 signals
- TrendEveryday insecurity deepens under rapid ageing, polarisation, uneven care and poor working conditions0 signals
- TrendMale-predominant crises in the Global South do not fit Western men's health frameworks3 signals
- TrendNursing shortages colliding with an older, sicker population0 signals
- TrendSocial security systems under pressure and being reformed0 signals
Trade & Economic Security 3
- TrendEmergence and recurrence of animal diseases rising7 signals
- TrendNew trade partners raising risk of imported resistant foodborne strains0 signals
- TrendTrade shifts exposing the UK to new animal diseases0 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 1
Resources, Food & Water 4
- TrendAdvanced Health and Nutrition3 signals
- TrendAntimicrobial resistance as a rapidly growing global threat8 signals
- TrendEnvironmental AMR transmission via untreated wastewater0 signals
- TrendFoodborne disease a persistent health and economic burden7 signals
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 1
- TrendRising zoonotic spillover and viral zoonoses2 signals
Geopolitics & Security 1
- TrendProgress toward equality stalling2 signals
Democracy & Governance 2
Demographics & Migration 3
- TrendHealthcare strain expanding private care and waiting time gaps0 signals
- TrendMore age-related disease and multimorbidity0 signals
- TrendTrend M: Threats to sustainable health systems5 signals
Cities & Housing 1
Education & Generations 2
AI & Computing 4
- TrendAI companionship chatbots as a response to unwanted loneliness3 signals
- TrendAI-based population health risk prediction and intervention platforms0 signals
- TrendHealth paradigm shift from treatment toward prediction, prevention and continuous management1 signals
- TrendProviders move from reactive care to proactive, decentralised, personalised models5 signals
Bio & Health Tech 5
- TrendAntimicrobial resistance eroding antibiotic effectiveness2 signals
- TrendGrowing antimicrobial and antifungal resistance1 signals
- TrendHealth shifts from episodic and institution-led to continuous and consumer-led6 signals
- TrendPandemic and biorisk concern receding1 signals
- TrendTrend 2: health broadens into many measurable dimensions and outruns consumers' sense of progress8 signals
Values & Lifestyles 2
Media & Information Ecosystem 1
- TrendDeclining vaccination coverage0 signals
Signals 116
Macroeconomy & Finance 13
- Signal14.3 million people in relative poverty after housing costs
- SignalA $200 million public-private partnership was announced in March 2026 to fund further trials
- SignalA cited 30% premium for healthier food sits against the report's own 3-12% premiums
- SignalHealth insurers describe the arrangement as a growth channel on 2025 earnings calls
- SignalIncome and wealth gaps widened and vulnerable households came under more strain
- SignalInvesting in employee health could add USD 3.7 to 11.7 trillion in economic value
- SignalKorea's income inequality stays above the OECD while wealth concentration hit a record in March 2025
- SignalKorea's national pension faces deficit in 2041 and depletion in 2055 under current rules
- SignalNon-communicable diseases account for 78.1 percent of deaths and 84.5 percent of medical spending in Korea
- SignalPoverty falling in 80% of countries while sub-Saharan extreme poverty stays at 46%
- SignalPublic pensions carry most of the senior gap as support ratios shrink
- SignalSmall employers lead adoption while large-employer uptake grows faster
- SignalThree common conditions each cost US employers over USD 300 per employee annually
Industry & Supply Chains 5
- SignalDr. Max's Romanian CFO calls the pharmacist the key differentiator across all channels
- SignalHealth benefits and clean ingredients hold near two-thirds across food and care
- SignalMetro Pharmacy describes moving from dispensing medication to a community health hub
- SignalPlatforms administering the arrangement scaled quickly after the 2019 US rule
- SignalUnattended home sleep tests among Medicare beneficiaries grew 632.6 percent in a decade
Labor & Future of Work 12
- SignalA projected 100,000 worker shortage in the US by 2028 is used to justify voice agents
- SignalAdapting from Downturns: Prediction of Long-Term Conversational-Skill Development in Mental-Health Crisis Counselors
- SignalAdult social care short of over 100,000 staff with 122,000 vacancies
- SignalAround 40 percent of Spaniards are sedentary in their main activity
- SignalCare robots expected to shift from purchase to 500,000 won monthly subscriptions
- SignalMusiCares survey finds 11.4% of music professionals reported suicidal ideation in a year
- SignalOECD report examines social protection financing amid automation-driven work changes
- SignalParticipation in Korea's public senior job programmes rose from 3.9 to 8.3 percent (2015 to 2022)
- SignalPatient engagement is put at 62% of healthcare AI use and administrative efficiency at 60%
- SignalPrepared Or Unprepared? Evaluating Healthcare Workforce Readiness for Clinical Adoption of AI in Nigeria
- SignalWidening gaps: population drift to the capital region, falling real wages and a stark wage divide
- SignalWorkers report decreased well-being and lost role clarity as the top impacts of change
Trade & Economic Security 1
Climate Change & Adaptation 6
- SignalAnxiety and depression rose over 25 percent after COVID-19 and 59 percent of young people fear the future because of climate change
- SignalDisaster database records European heat deaths but almost none elsewhere
- SignalEnvironmental pollution is estimated to cause about 9 million premature deaths a year
- SignalKorea's disaster deaths and damage double the ten-year average as phishing losses triple
- SignalRecord surge of mosquito-borne infections across Europe in summer 2025
- SignalWHO made climate and health a core agenda and COP28 adopted a declaration on climate and health
Resources, Food & Water 2
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 7
- SignalA third of chemical structures unknown and 95 percent never measured
- SignalAir pollution named the greatest UK environmental public health threat
- SignalAntibiotics above safe thresholds in 6 million km of rivers
- SignalAvian influenza in US dairy cattle since 2024; year-round in Dutch wild birds since 2021
- SignalGreen and blue space access could save the NHS 2.1 billion pounds a year
- SignalMeteorology-driven Causal Nowcasting of Fugitive Landfill Emissions Enables Proactive Public Health Response
- SignalPFAS found in human and animal blood worldwide
Geopolitics & Security 5
- SignalAMR named a high consequence risk in the 2023 Biological Security Strategy
- SignalDrug deaths at highest level since records began in 1993
- SignalDrug harms costing UK society over 20 billion pounds a year
- SignalDutch AMR approach: few resistant infections, low antibiotic use, international action plan
- SignalWHO member states adopt a pandemic prevention agreement (2025)
Democracy & Governance 6
- SignalLatin American prison tuberculosis notification runs 29 times community rates
- SignalMen face 12 times normal mortality and 129 times overdose risk in the fortnight after release
- SignalPwC's Global Health Report names prevention, prediction, decentralisation, and outcomes
- SignalScarcity and Predictive Uncertainty: Implications for Societal Resource Allocation
- SignalSecond UK five-year AMR National Action Plan launched in 2024
- SignalSpain among Europe's largest antibiotic consumers, though 2023 use was below 2016
Tech·Digital Policy 2
Demographics & Migration 6
- Signal95.5 percent of Korea's 89 designated depopulation areas are medically underserved
- SignalAbout one in ten new fathers experiences depression, with symptoms rising for five years
- SignalExpert outlook: healthy life expectancy up ten years or more and AI monitoring covering 70 percent of elder care
- SignalKorea's relative poverty rate for people aged 66 and over is the highest in the OECD
- SignalMitigating Disease Spread by Design in Refugee and IDP Camps
- SignalThe complex relationship between the digital divide, social capital, and mental health among older adults: a multi-method path decomposition
Cities & Housing 3
Education & Generations 3
AI & Computing 9
- Signal57% rank health professionals among their strongest influences, inside a wider network
- SignalAbout one-third of US adults report insufficient sleep
- SignalDelusions and Harms Associated with AI Chatbot Use: Early Evidence from 185 Real-World Reports
- SignalDigital Social Media Expression and Social Adaptability of the Older Adult Driven by Artificial Intelligence
- SignalEvaluating Ambient Clinical Scribes in India: The Need for Multilingual Real-World Clinical Conversation Data
- SignalPrescription digital therapeutics enter national health systems
- SignalSources of Truth: A Multi-Platform, Multilingual Audit of Citations in AI Mental Health Information Queries
- SignalSpanish companion AI services in use: ZicoAsis for youth, Serenia for older people
- SignalStudy examines AI support for emergency department revisit quality review
Bio & Health Tech 7
- SignalCMS repeals fast-track payment pathway for breakthrough medical devices
- SignalCareMirror: Bringing Caregiver Wellbeing into the Dementia Care Ecosystem
- SignalClaim that nearly half of cancer cases trace to modifiable factors
- SignalGalleri Blood Test Fails to Reduce Late-Stage Cancers in Major NHS Trial
- SignalObstructive sleep apnea estimated to affect one billion people, mostly undiagnosed
- SignalSleep is a top goal for 40% but only 32% track it, and just 56% rate their sleep well
- SignalStudy finds consumer wearable heart-rate data tracks state-level economic hardship in the US
Values & Lifestyles 8
- Signal10.5 percent of Spaniards aged 16+ reported unwanted loneliness in 2022
- SignalConsumers name six recurring health goals: longevity, stress, sleep, weight, growth, appearance
- SignalDaily smoking 20 percent and daily drinking 9 percent in 2020, versus 32 and 20 percent in the 1990s
- SignalExhibit 5 states the gap between stated importance of health and felt attainment
- SignalGen Z Digital Fatigue: 47% Rate Mental Health Fair or Poor; 68% Take Social Media Breaks
- SignalLoneliness reframed as a global public health problem
- SignalObesity affects 16 percent of Spanish adults and children, up from 7 percent in the late 1980s
- SignalPwC surveyed 21,808 consumers across 27 countries for the 2026 edition
Media & Information Ecosystem 4
Other 17
0-3 years 14
- Signal2.4 million foodborne illness cases, 16,000 hospitalisations, 180 deaths
- SignalA third of England's smokers from the two most deprived deciles
- SignalAbout 60% of emerging human infectious diseases originate in animals
- SignalAntimicrobial resistance linked to 24,000 deaths in Spain and more than 4.5 million worldwide in 2023
- SignalBacterial AMR linked to 1.3 million deaths in 2019
- SignalEbola disease outbreak (Bundibugyo virus) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda — situation update
- SignalGlobal human antibiotic consumption up 46% from 2000 to 2018
- SignalNorovirus causes about 380,000 foodborne cases a year
- SignalOne in eight people worldwide lives with obesity
- SignalPandemics and biorisks drop out of every regional top ten
- SignalSTEC cases at highest rate since 2015 after two 2022 outbreaks
- SignalSevere antibiotic-resistant infections in England rose 6.6% to nearly 58,000
- SignalStimCardio's NeuroPulse pilot shows reduced AFib recurrence with wearable neuromodulation after ablation
- SignalWOAH lists 116 terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases
4-10 years 1
Objects with this as a secondary topic 419
Macroeconomy & Finance 39
0-3 years 24
- Signal83% of countries have high income inequality
- SignalAll six beat peers on Financial Size and Condition but three fall below on Financial Access
- SignalAustralia Unveils Ban on Unlicensed Superannuation Telemarketing After Fund Collapses
- TrendBlockchain finance widening inclusion but also risk taking0 signals
- SignalChina would need domestic demand to rise more than six points of GDP
- TrendCost of living pressure increasing susceptibility to investment scams0 signals
- SignalEnergy price cap rose from 1,216 to 4,059 pounds; EPG limited bills to 2,500
- TrendFinancial health is proposed as strategic infrastructure, not a peripheral benefit2 signals
- SignalFoodborne disease costs UK society 9.1 billion pounds a year
- SignalFoodborne illness cost businesses 157.5 million and the NHS 60.5 million pounds
- SignalGlobal wellness economy at US$6.8 trillion in 2024, projected at $9.8 trillion by 2029
- SignalGrowth below 3% in 2026-27 makes the 2020s the slowest decade since the 1960s
- SignalKroger reports low- and middle-income households cutting trip size and dining out
- SignalNorovirus the costliest foodborne pathogen at 1.7 billion pounds
- SignalOfficial development assistance falls to $212.1bn with a further drop projected
- SignalPakistan launches nationwide fuel relief subsidy scheme
- SignalPwC 2023 finds 60% of employees financially stressed, including 47% of high earners
- SignalThe lowest income quintile spends 123 percent of disposable income while the top spends 55 percent
- SignalTop 10% of British households held 43% of wealth, bottom half 9%
- SignalUK income inequality 7th highest in the OECD in 2021
- SignalUS equities at 3.7 times GDP make up nearly 40% of household wealth
- SignalUS philanthropy and the AMA move capital and professional backing behind men's health
- SignalUnchecked AMR could cost 100 trillion dollars by 2050
- SignalUnwanted loneliness estimated to cost Spain about 4 percent of GDP
4-10 years 11
- IssueChina's debt-financed growth model runs into limits that only consumption can relieve1 trends · 2 signals
- TrendGrowth opportunities are narrowing for regions outside the capital, small firms and low-income households5 signals
- TrendK-shaped growth: output and income increasingly polarise between large IT firms and the rest4 signals
- TrendPersistently high income and wealth inequality within countries1 signals
- SignalPlastic-linked health costs projected above $250 billion a year by 2030
- SignalPwC forecasts $1 trillion of annual US health spending to shift over the next decade
- IssueSafeguarding fiscal sustainability as potential growth declines2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe 2026 strategy seeks a simultaneous rebound in potential growth and an end to polarisation2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan judges past policy discourses inadequate and sets growth plus reduced inequality as Korea's twin tasks1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUnderinvestment where value is long-term, diffuse or hard to monetise1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUneven pathways to prosperity1 trends · 5 signals
11-30 years 3
Other 1
- IssueHousehold deleveraging does not remove the risk if debt moves to other sectors1 trends · 0 signals
Industry & Supply Chains 15
- Signal82% name a nutrition purchase intent; 63% diagnostics, 60% coaching, 55% devices
- SignalAbout a third of England's generic medicines made in India
- IssueGrowing an age-friendly industry in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueHealth and wellness cannot be addressed as a single market2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueInterest does not convert if the health proposition makes the consumer work too hard2 trends · 2 signals
- IssuePrivate label hits a trust ceiling in performance-critical categories1 trends · 2 signals
- SignalPwC positions proprietary product data as the guide to where demand forms next
- SignalPwC states the sector opportunity lists are indicative examples, not a complete demand map
- IssueReal-time health data forces products to stop trading taste against price against function1 trends · 1 signals
- TrendRetail repositions itself as the place where consumers navigate health choices2 signals
- SignalRoughly four in five consumers are buyers or interested in nutrition and personal care
- SignalTestosterone, hair transplant and steroid markets scale up around male appearance anxiety
- SignalThe Whole Truth Foods builds an Indian clean-label brand on upfront disclosure
- IssueThe gap between health goals and health behaviour is read as commercial headroom1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe silver economy rests on assumptions about health and retirement age1 trends · 0 signals
Labor & Future of Work 45
0-3 years 19
- SignalA 136-study review ties financial stress to lower performance and lost work hours
- SignalA third of educated immigrants overqualified; 73% in Korea
- SignalAI concern rises from 28% to 40% of workers across a 37,000-person global survey
- IssueAI-driven labour market upheaval and deepening polarisation2 trends · 1 signals
- SignalCEDEFOP forecasts negative EU27 employment growth for clerical, trades and manufacturing workers to 2035
- SignalCleveland Clinic freed 430 FTE of capacity by shifting 37 of 40 medical assistant tasks
- IssueEmployer benefit design covers family formation but skips midlife transition1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalEmployment Rights Bill to ban zero hours contracts
- SignalExpansion of employment insurance to blind spots has stalled since July 2022
- IssueHidden consequences of AI interaction types: harder residual work and worker isolation1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalIllinois signs law formally recognizing Employment Social Enterprises
- SignalIndustrial accidents keep recurring and vulnerable workers remain in safety blind spots
- TrendMenopause support becomes a talent-retention priority for employers0 signals
- SignalMetLife's AI-as-coach model raised customer satisfaction 13% while lowering associate stress
- SignalOne high-risk program reports 100 patients monthly and a 200 percent coaching workforce increase
- IssueThe relevance gap threatens organizational survival and individual employability1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalTramadol abuse reaches 30% pooled prevalence in studied West African populations
- SignalWage gaps widened, wage arrears passed two trillion won and non-standard work grew
- SignalWorkplace accident deaths remain high despite the Serious Accidents Punishment Act
4-10 years 24
- IssueA persistent divide between the top and bottom of the labour market1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalAI Job Displacement Accelerates — UBI Enters Mainstream Policy Debate
- IssueAn income-smoothing account and new safety net for platform and freelance workers1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBalancing labour flexibility and security with a two-sided safety net in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- SignalCare, health and technical occupations grow fastest while textile and sales jobs decline fastest in Korea
- IssueCareers extending into the 70s and 80s while AI removes jobs1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueClosing employment insurance blind spots with National Tax Service data1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalFour-Day Work Week + AI Productivity Convergence — Nature Human Behaviour RCT
- SignalHealth and social work adds 982,000 jobs while education and farming shrink in Korea to 2033
- SignalHealth and social work rises to 13.4 percent of Korean employment by 2033
- SignalIndia's Tech Workers Face Suicide Wave Amid AI Layoffs and Overwork
- IssueJoint safety and health management for workplaces with fewer than 50 employees1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueManaging teams with enhanced and unenhanced members1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalPeople-and-performance organizations sustain top-tier financial performance at 4.3 times the rate
- TrendPlatform and gig work fragment the labour market and open new safety blind spots0 signals
- TrendPopulation ageing reshaping Korean labour demand toward health and care3 signals
- IssueRaising women's labour market participation in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalReplacement demand dominates Korean clerical hiring while care jobs rely on growth demand to 2033
- TrendSafety polarisation concentrates risk on SME and non-regular workers0 signals
- IssueSoft-landing the baby boomers' exit and re-employing older workers in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan targets OECD-average working hours, halving wage arrears and extending the retirement age1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan targets cutting the workplace accident fatality rate to the OECD average of 0.29 per 10,000 by 20300 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe recommendations assume AI will not create jobs fast enough to offset the ones it removes1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUniversal flexible work rights and care support in Korea1 trends · 0 signals
11-30 years 2
- IssuePolarising employment structure and widening income and asset gaps0 trends · 0 signals
- TrendTrend A: Deepening social polarisation and inequality2 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 33
0-3 years 24
- Signal21 highest-impact weather events from April 2025 to April 2026
- Signal3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in highly climate-vulnerable settings
- IssueAerosol trade-off between cleaner air and unmasked warming1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueClimate inaction as a system driver, societal risks as consequences1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalCyclone Ditwah the deadliest event in the table
- SignalEurope warming about twice as fast as the global average
- TrendExtreme weather becoming more frequent and intense under climate change8 signals
- SignalFederal court orders EPA to release over $22 billion in withheld environmental justice grants
- SignalFrom Europe to Asia, Floods to Heatwaves, World Experiences Weather Shocks
- TrendGlobal aerosol imbalance easing while aerosol pollution shifts regionally1 signals
- SignalHeat-driven kidney disease of unknown cause is killing young male farm workers
- TrendHotter, drier summers bringing heat illness, drought and wildfire0 signals
- SignalHurricane Melissa: huge losses, comparatively few deaths
- SignalPakistan's 2025 monsoon floods on top of unfinished 2022 recovery
- SignalPhilippines hit repeatedly by typhoons in 2025
- SignalRecord Heat Deaths Reignite German Debate Over Climate Adaptation Funding
- IssueRepeated disasters testing the limits of adaptation1 trends · 2 signals
- SignalSouth African Supreme Court to Hear Government Appeal in Landmark Youth Climate Case
- IssueSouth Asian aerosol loading threatening the monsoon0 trends · 1 signals
- SignalSouth Asian aerosol optical depth at 0.32 against a 0.25 regional boundary
- TrendStratospheric ozone recovered within the safe space but recovery may be stalling2 signals
- SignalTropical storm Senyar kills over 1,100 in Indonesia
- SignalUN: Every US$1 invested in climate and clean-air action can return US$15
- TrendWarming extending the range and season of disease-carrying insects0 signals
4-10 years 4
- TrendDisasters grow larger and more compound under the climate crisis, while infectious disease risks rise0 signals
- TrendMore heat-related illness, deaths and productivity loss1 signals
- IssueUnequal climate impacts and climate justice1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendWarming driving more frequent and severe extreme weather9 signals
11-30 years 5
- IssueGlobal governance of the climate crisis under strain0 trends · 1 signals
- SignalKMA SSP projections anchor Korea's 2050 climate: 13.5 to 14.6 degrees Celsius average temperature
- TrendMegatrend 1: climate change demands ecological reform3 signals
- TrendMegatrend 4: Climate crisis and sustainability1 signals
- IssueRising disasters from extreme weather events0 trends · 1 signals
Resources, Food & Water 23
0-3 years 14
- TrendAMR causing animal treatment and crop protection failures0 signals
- SignalAbout half of consumers report cutting artificial ingredients, ultra-processed food, sugar, and alcohol
- SignalBaltic bladderwrack prepared as food
- SignalFungal pathogens threaten key crops with potential yield losses of up to 20 percent
- TrendGlobal agricultural supply failures causing food shortages0 signals
- SignalGuardian/EIA Investigation Finds UK Plastic Waste Contaminating Turkish Farmland
- SignalMicroplastics and nanoplastics are defined by size and reported in human blood, lungs and placentas
- SignalNOVA classification supplies the definition driving the ultra-processed debate
- SignalNorth Carolina reaches $590 million PFAS settlement with DuPont, Chemours
- SignalUK livestock antimicrobial use down 59% since 2014
- TrendUK veterinary antimicrobial reductions levelling off0 signals
- SignalVitamins, minerals, and supplements were the leading health purchase of the past year
- SignalWater utility Veolia sues nine companies over Delaware PFAS drinking water contamination
- SignalWorldwide livestock antimicrobial use up an estimated 58% over 2010 to 2020
4-10 years 5
- IssueAgriculture 5.0 as a human-centred successor to data-optimised farming1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendDiet is being individualised by biology and widened by unfamiliar raw materials7 signals
- TrendDutch water quality under pressure0 signals
- SignalFarmed pythons proposed as a sustainable protein
- TrendFunctional foods are adopted as a pre-emptive tool for extending healthspan2 signals
Other 4
- IssueCarbon for Water1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMore ticks and AMR raising livestock mortality1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRepeated harvest failures from drought and pathogens1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSonic Sweep1 trends · 0 signals
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 12
- Signal19 to 23 million tonnes of plastic waste enter waters each year
- TrendClimate, population and overconsumption accelerating biodiversity loss0 signals
- IssueGenetic material in water and soil as continuous biodiversity monitoring1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalHuman activity has tripled atmospheric mercury since 1850
- TrendMetal pollutant exposure remaining a global challenge0 signals
- SignalNearly 14 percent of Red List animal species affected by pollution
- TrendNew forms of pollution adding to a persistent health and equity threat10 signals
- SignalNovel Entities boundary judged transgressed on untested releases
- TrendNovel entities released faster than they can be tested12 signals
- SignalPlastic flows into air, land and water projected to grow over 120% by 2040
- TrendTrend K: Ecological and environmental crisis2 signals
- SignalUK urban NO2 and particulates down since the 1990s but ozone rising
Geopolitics & Security 9
- SignalCivilians the majority of deaths in 14 conflicts; one in six people exposed
- TrendGreat power tensions destabilising aid-dependent regions1 signals
- SignalModern slavery referrals reach 4,758 in Q3 2024
- SignalOver 1.5 billion pounds a year for UK biological security
- IssueRisk chaining: cascading compound risks0 trends · 1 signals
- SignalSoutheast Asia records over 230 tons of methamphetamine seized in 2024
- TrendSupply shocks pushing drug markets towards synthetics0 signals
- IssueTerrorism, organised crime and vulnerable persons most exposed to other risks3 trends · 0 signals
- SignalUN records 350 male victims among 484 documented conflict-related sexual violence cases in Ukraine
Democracy & Governance 27
0-3 years 17
- SignalCanada opens public consultations on a Men and Boys' Health Strategy
- SignalCanadian data claims arts prescribing cuts primary care visits 42% and returns $4.43 per dollar
- IssueChronic risks as slow erosion that amplifies acute risks0 trends · 0 signals
- SignalEU Ombudsman opens investigation into Pfizergate text-message secrecy
- SignalEarly warning 2: Core reform bill completion
- SignalEngland publishes a first Men's Health Strategy with GBP 3.6 million for male suicide prevention
- SignalFirst congressional psychedelic caucus is co-chaired across party lines
- SignalLancet viewpoint counts 23 US arts prescribing programmes and Social Prescribing USA about 250 providers
- IssueMega-prisons and detention expansion create an invisible male humanitarian crisis1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendMusic becomes a named modality inside social prescribing systems in over 30 countries2 signals
- TrendNational governments are writing men's health into formal strategy for the first time3 signals
- SignalSafety policy remained reactive and fragmented after major disasters, and small-workplace fatality rates have not fallen
- SignalSenators introduce the Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act in March 2026
- SignalStill funded, no longer counted: how NIH's 2025 award reviews changed what the government counts as minority health research
- SignalUK Cheers Adeleke, Flags BVAS, Vote Buying, Accessibility Issues in Osun Poll
- SignalUN humanitarian funding gap of 46.4 billion dollars for 2024
- TrendVeteran mental health makes psychedelics a rare bipartisan agenda in Washington2 signals
4-10 years 6
- IssueDigital public-private partnerships around data rather than infrastructure1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGlobal South male health crises are structurally absent from mainstream frameworks2 trends · 0 signals
- TrendMass incarceration becomes a primary engine of global health inequality for men2 signals
- SignalNHS England logs 5.5 million social prescribing referrals and plans 9,000 link workers
- IssueShifting to an integrated safety society under a Life Safety Basic Act1 trends · 1 signals
- TrendTransformative innovation policy is becoming a global science, technology and innovation norm0 signals
Other 4
- IssueA Policy's True Measure1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFrom Public 'Good' to 'Great'1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScenario branching and robust strategy0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUnequal access to clean environments prompting litigation1 trends · 0 signals
Tech·Digital Policy 25
0-3 years 15
- IssueAlgorithmic bias, privacy risks and weak democratic control of AI0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueCRISPR hurdles: therapy cost and evaluation, restrictive EU rules, biosafety and benefit sharing1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalConsumers trust pharmacies with health data more than supermarkets or product companies
- SignalFDA removes the testosterone cardiovascular black box warning in February 2025
- SignalMeta and Google Ordered to Pay $3M in Social Media Addiction Lawsuit; Teen Regulation Tightens Globally
- SignalNational under-16 social media bans move from proposal to enforcement
- SignalNew Jersey signs bill package strengthening online protections for minors
- SignalNew Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567 Million and Impose Youth Safety Measures
- SignalNew York social media warning labels law; California digital wellness bill AB 2071
- SignalNinth Circuit allows thousands of social media addiction lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok, Snap to proceed
- SignalPharmacies lead health-data trust at 36%, ahead of insurers 30% and fitness 27%
- TrendPsychedelic developers converge on FDA approval as the main route to scale3 signals
- SignalThe EU adopted binding PFAS limits in drinking water in 2020, with the US, Japan and Australia following
- SignalThe Initiative claims African digital wellness is being scaffolded for scale across countries
- SignalUK commission proposes 44 recommendations to overhaul AI healthcare regulation
4-10 years 7
- IssueData linkage law, fee-for-service payment and AI hallucination as barriers to population health management1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGenetic privacy, liability and access inequality in quantum-enabled precision medicine1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueIndustry influence keeping regulation of addiction and unhealthy consumption weak0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueReimbursement, clinical validation and public data platforms lag behind data-hungry health technologies4 trends · 0 signals
- SignalResearchers Propose Machine-Verifiable Ethics Framework for AI-Based Financial Mental-Health Inference
- IssueSafety certification, liability, surveillance and trust dilemmas for autonomous care robots1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUnsettled regulation, safety evidence and data privacy for brain stimulation and BCI therapies1 trends · 0 signals
Other 3
- IssueAdaptive Patent1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDecentralised production of fake medicines and synthetic opioids1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueNo approved therapy, unsettled dosing units and an unresolved manufacturing bottleneck1 trends · 1 signals
Demographics & Migration 36
0-3 years 9
- SignalKorea and Japan rank among the longest-lived populations in the OECD
- SignalKorea became a super-aged society in December 2024 at a record pace
- SignalKorea's total fertility rate has stayed below 1.0 since 2018
- IssueKorean vulnerability: Demographic compression0 trends · 2 signals
- SignalOver-65s outnumber under-20s in 2025
- SignalPortugal signs law strengthening protection for stateless persons
- SignalSeoul's fertility rate of 0.58 was Korea's lowest in 2024 as regional gaps weigh on births
- SignalSingapore PM Wong flags 'major review' of family support as fertility rate hits record low 0.87
- SignalWHO Decade of Healthy Ageing framed as the reference for age-friendly environments
4-10 years 10
- TrendAging populations push health systems from acute treatment toward prevention and function2 signals
- IssueConnecting hub-city growth to depopulating farming, fishing and mountain villages1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalGWI cites 2030 boomer threshold and 70 percent long-term support estimate
- TrendHealthy longevity is reframed as workforce infrastructure rather than personal health3 signals
- TrendKinship is being assembled deliberately rather than inherited6 signals
- SignalPast PwC research finds older adults prefer to age at home if support exists
- TrendPopulation decline turns regional depopulation into a crisis of community safety0 signals
- SignalPwC identifies the 'carer shopper' choosing health tools for an older relative
- TrendUK population ageing despite migration4 signals
- SignalWHO estimate that one in six people will be 60 or older by 2030 underwrites the healthspan framing
11-30 years 15
- TrendAgeing spreading to the Global South as life expectancy rises0 signals
- TrendCompressed modernity drives an extreme demographic transition in Korea and Japan4 signals
- SignalKorea entered a super-aged phase while dependency pressure accelerates
- SignalKorea's old-age dependency ratio is projected to rise to about 47 by the 2030s
- TrendLow fertility and ageing are bringing a demographic onus to the Korean economy1 signals
- TrendMegatrend 1: Demographic system transition2 signals
- TrendMegatrend 3: demographic imbalances9 signals
- SignalMigration Policy Institute: immigration is only 'half an answer' to population aging
- SignalOld-age dependency ratios in Korea and Japan are projected to approach 80 by 2050
- SignalOne in four Europeans aged 65 and over by 2050
- TrendPopulation pyramids turn into obelisks as low fertility spreads from rich to emerging economies2 signals
- SignalProspective old-age threshold in Spain rising from 65 (1970) to 76 (2050)
- TrendRedefining old age by remaining life expectancy rather than a fixed 65 threshold2 signals
- SignalStatistics Korea medium projection used for 2050: 47.11 million people, 40.1 percent aged 65 or over
- TrendTrend H: Transition to a decline-adaptive society1 signals
Cities & Housing 8
- Signal2 billion pounds extra for up to 18,000 social and affordable homes
- IssueCities struggling with overcrowding, inequality, heat, pollution and congestion1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalDetroit ran three wheelchair-accessible autonomous shuttles over 110 stops from 2024
- TrendHousing is being built as a point of care rather than a place near care2 signals
- IssueLinking regional hubs with surrounding small cities through wide-area transport and services0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePutting a comprehensive settlement package ahead of agency relocation1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalPwC's separate healthy living research finds demand for health-friendly homes and at-home tracking
- IssueStrategy 4: spread the benefits of science across regions, classes and generations2 trends · 0 signals
Education & Generations 4
- SignalDigital divide: 9% of families without tools, 46% of over-75s offline
- TrendPandemic education effects deepening child poverty0 signals
- TrendPersistent educational inequality and segregation0 signals
- IssueWidening gaps in access to education in the AI era0 trends · 0 signals
AI & Computing 26
0-3 years 16
- Signal22% of consumers use large language models for health and wellness, 26% among Gen Z
- Signal65% say technology has made shopping less stressful, within limits
- Signal86% of younger consumers are comfortable letting AI do a health task, against 62% of older
- IssueAI accelerates the search but health decisions still require a trusted human1 trends · 2 signals
- TrendAI-driven workforce anxiety is reclassified as a psychosocial risk to be governed3 signals
- SignalAbout a third in the US, UK, and Germany turn to AI first; 75% in the Middle East
- SignalBenefit Systems places AI at research and early diagnostics, not at the decision
- IssueConsumer sleep devices raise accuracy, privacy and orthosomnia risks2 trends · 1 signals
- SignalG-CARL: Grounded Checklist-Aligned Reward Learning for Patient-Oriented Medical Report Interpretation
- TrendMacrotrend 2: AI takes emotional, embodied and socially responsive form5 signals
- TrendMobile-first AI platforms become Africa's route to mental health access2 signals
- SignalMyoMechanix: Biomechanically-Grounded Compositional Skilled Activity Understanding and Coaching
- SignalOnly 18% rank AI among their top five health influences; 57% cite health professionals
- SignalPampers claims 90% accuracy for AI diaper sizing
- TrendThe first health move becomes digital, with AI and wearables answering before care does3 signals
- SignalWhose doctor does the AI recommend? An algorithm audit of reputation and demographic signals in large language model-assisted physician choice
4-10 years 5
- TrendAI turns sleep tracking into predictive health monitoring2 signals
- SignalInferring a patient's treatment wishes from accumulated personal data
- SignalLLM-Assisted Review Prioritization for German Statutory Health Insurance Websites: A Multi-Stage Corpus Audit
- TrendPhysical AI medical and care robots interacting with patients in the real world1 signals
- SignalStanford reports an AI model predicting disease risk from sleep study data
11-30 years 4
- IssueA three-stage Korea-Japan humanoid robot partnership toward 20501 trends · 0 signals
- SignalCo-constructing sociotechnical AI governance through participatory system mapping
- SignalPhilosophical vertigo with artificial intelligence
- IssueScenario C 'Techno-Dictatorship Dystopia': big tech monopolises AGI amid climate and war crises3 trends · 2 signals
Other 1
- IssueThe Responsible Robot1 trends · 0 signals
Bio & Health Tech 72
0-3 years 51
- Signal75% of Gen Z and 73% of millennials use health-tracking tools against 32% of boomers
- Signal80% use a health app or wearable, rising above 90% in the UAE and Saudi Arabia
- SignalA global pharma company simulates enrollment and diversity targets on a clinical-trial digital twin
- TrendA single treatment opens a wider pathway of behaviour, support, and spending2 signals
- SignalAI diagnostics lift sensitivity from 72% to 80%; drug discovery success from 10% to 70%
- TrendAI drives a bio revolution from genetic analysis to personalised medicine2 signals
- TrendAgeing and chronic disease sustain steady demand growth for Korean biohealth0 signals
- SignalAmylyx reports positive Phase 3 LUCIDITY topline results for avexitide in post-bariatric hypoglycemia
- SignalAn autonomous surgical robot completes gallbladder surgery at reported 100% accuracy
- SignalAn estimated $79.4 billion of public investment built the mRNA infrastructure now reused
- SignalBrazil's GLP-1 patents expired in March 2026 and price is the stated barrier for 35% of interested consumers
- SignalCARDIO-TTRansform phase III trial of eplontersen misses primary endpoint at ESC Congress 2026
- SignalCRISPR Clinical Trials 2026: In Vivo Delivery as the Single Most Important Transition
- SignalCRISPR moves from rare blood disorders towards common cardiovascular risk
- SignalCedars-Sinai Phase 3 trial shows deramiocel cell therapy preserves cardiac function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- SignalClearmind's MEAI candidate is named in US veterans legislation and enters Yale and Johns Hopkins trials
- SignalCutlery that produces saltiness electrically
- SignalDietary advice from gut flora, blood work and glucose response
- SignalDiets derived from a customer's genetic profile
- TrendEngineered cells for drug development and personalised cancer therapy0 signals
- SignalFDA Approves First Broad RAS-Targeted Drug for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
- SignalFDA Clears First Dual Glucose-Ketone Continuous Monitoring Wearable
- SignalFDA accepts EIT Pharma's NDA for lonafarnib to treat chronic hepatitis D
- SignalFDA grants accelerated approval to Replimune's Tudriqev for advanced melanoma
- SignalFDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Lilly's olomorasib for pancreatic cancer
- SignalFDA grants priority review to Belite Bio's tinlarebant for Stargardt disease
- SignalFDA grants volixibat breakthrough therapy and orphan designations for PSC
- SignalGLP-1 penetration in Europe is estimated at about 2% of the population
- SignalGLP-1 users track fibre, protein, and calories more and plan to spend more on health
- SignalGLP-1-linked muscle loss spawns products such as weighted vests designed for women
- SignalGene-editing cargo crossed the blood-brain barrier in 2025 and a $1.5 billion pact followed
- TrendGenetic risk assessment is being paired with behavioral health coaching2 signals
- TrendGenomic and biometric data used for personalised care and authentication0 signals
- SignalLongevity investment up 220% to $8.5 billion with animal lifespans extended 30-74%
- SignalMD Anderson phase 1 trial reported disease stabilization in pancreatic cancer
- SignalMSK trial reports 90% survival among immune responders in pancreatic cancer
- TrendMen's hormonal, metabolic and environmental health becomes a contested biological frontier2 signals
- SignalNo geroprotector yet proven both safe and effective in humans
- TrendNon-hallucinogenic neuroplastogens shift the field from the trip to the underlying biology2 signals
- SignalOne in six US households tried GLP-1s by July 2024 and cut grocery spend about 6%
- SignalOver 200 exosome clinical trials since 2022, with yields reported up to fifty-fold higher
- SignalPatients increasingly ask doctors for a named GLP-1 brand
- SignalPersonalized vaccine plus pembrolizumab cut recurrence or death risk by 49% in melanoma
- IssueRegulating AI-bio innovation and securing health data, with Korea's AI bio strategy1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalSeven psychedelic candidates have reached FDA Phase 3 trials
- TrendSleep diagnosis migrates from clinical labs to home testing and telemedicine3 signals
- TrendTrend 6: healthcare becomes the proving ground for voice AI3 signals
- SignalUK Biobank holds data on half a million participants
- SignalUS federal drug agency funds non-hallucinogenic psychedelic development with $11.4 million
- SignalWearable EDA and heart-rate-variability sensors are credited with up to 84% stress detection accuracy
- SignalWorld-first trial finds statins safely cut heart attack and stroke risk in over-70s
4-10 years 14
- SignalAntimalarial compound hailed as 'exciting step forward' in fight against disease
- TrendBCI-based neural circuit modulation for precision mental health care1 signals
- SignalBlood biomarkers can forecast the onset of ALS symptoms
- TrendCellular reprogramming and senescent cell removal to reverse ageing at the cellular level0 signals
- IssueContinuous behavioural sensing joined to genomics1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendEmbryo and oocyte selection technologies for infertility treatment0 signals
- SignalExpanded Access Case Report of SNIPR001 CRISPR Phage Therapy Published
- TrendFungal biology becoming a strategic frontier for science, health and biosecurity0 signals
- TrendHyper-personalised precision medicine and health management platforms1 signals
- SignalNeuralink Expands Human Trials to 21 Participants — VOICE Trial Targets 140 Words/min
- SignalProjections put 25 million Americans on GLP-1 treatment by 2030
- SignalPsilocybin Helps Most Veterans With PTSD, Small Study Shows
- TrendTechnology 7: a vaccine synthesized around one patient's tumour mutations4 signals
- TrendUniversal vaccine platforms for rapid response to emerging infectious diseases1 signals
11-30 years 3
Other 4
- IssueClothes that Care1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueOrgan Printing1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendTechnology 6: the body's own vesicles are engineered as drug carriers3 signals
- IssueViral Solution1 trends · 0 signals
Energy & Climate Tech 1
Space & Mobility 1
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 8
- Signal2.6 billion offline and 27% connectivity in least developed countries
- IssueAgenda 9: Strengthening science and technology against industrial accidents and cyber threats3 trends · 0 signals
- SignalAsan Medical Center trained AI on 300,000 records across three hospitals without moving raw data
- IssueSeeing Is Feeling1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalSynnovis ransomware attack disrupts six NHS trusts
- TrendTechnology-driven disinformation, cyberattack risks and persistent industrial accidents raise safety stakes0 signals
- TrendTelemedicine and digital services expanding with access and energy challenges0 signals
- IssueTraceability technologies improving safety but raising costs1 trends · 0 signals
Values & Lifestyles 27
0-3 years 21
- Signal71% say small treats help them handle financial stress
- Signal77% avoid private labels in performance-critical categories
- IssueAI chatbots as companions and therapists1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBehavioural overtrust becomes irreversible once AI applies physical force1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalConsumers bought in three or four wellbeing categories in a year; 69% keep two or more habits
- SignalDeath doulas offered as a paid role in Finland
- TrendFamiliar consumption occasions are recast through specific health goals5 signals
- SignalFive wellness segments, with maximalist optimizers at 25% of consumers and over 40% of spend
- SignalHealth and wellness is a top splurge category for only about 8% of consumers
- SignalHuman composting gains ground as a burial alternative
- TrendIndulgence shifts from luxury to emotional offset within disciplined budgets2 signals
- TrendMale appearance modification consolidates into an ideology with its own doctrine and tools3 signals
- SignalPepsiCo sees a generational shift toward functional portfolios and clean labels
- SignalPwC splits consumers into five archetypes led by data-driven optimisers at 20%
- SignalPwC traces health decisions through breakfast, commute, and supermarket in a single day
- SignalSurvey: both the public and experts most want science to build a more prosperous nation
- SignalSurvey: work-life balance, technology ethics, safety and human-technology harmony top future-society values
- SignalThe 2023 US Surgeon General advisory is cited as what moved loneliness into design
- IssueThe belief that suffering fuels better art collides with pressure to monetise trauma online1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalUS per capita wealth is $17.5 million in the top 1% against $9,600 in the bottom half
- SignalValue for money leads at nearly three-quarters; personalisation trails at 58%
4-10 years 5
- TrendDying, memorialisation and the disposal of remains are being taken over by services and software11 signals
- SignalEmotion AI is dated to become part of social infrastructure between 2028 and 2030
- IssueHuman sustainability as the measure of whether work leaves people better off1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRedefining the role of national performing arts venues amid cultural gaps1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalStrong belonging is associated with 56% better job performance and half the turnover risk
11-30 years 1
- TrendMegatrend 1: Social change and diversification of values1 signals
Media & Information Ecosystem 6
- Signal59% of boomers ask doctors about health against 42% of Gen Z; 38% of Gen Z ask social media
- SignalCAST framework proposes multi-level, person-specific measurement of social media use
- SignalDigital platforms are cast as the delivery channel for emotional support across Africa
- SignalNearly half of young people wish social media had never existed, yet stay
- SignalTwitter and disability activism: leadership and topics in online conversation
- SignalWho Anchors AI Overviews in Health? Baidu, Google, and the Geography of Authority
Religion & Identity 2
- SignalNetherlands dropped on the international gender-equality index
- IssueUnfinished emancipation and continuing discrimination2 trends · 0 signals