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Meet Foresight Lab's partners
Find out more about our academic and industry partners.
Meet our industry partners
British Film Institute
The BFI is the UK’s lead organisation for film, television, and the moving image, a cultural charity that works with government and industry to make the UK the most creatively exciting and prosperous place for the screen sector. Spurred in a certain regard by the rapid, cross-cutting advances in screen and performance-based technologies, ours is a sector which has undergone significant shifts of late. Work on the Foresight Lab sits in the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
Arup
Arup is global collective of designers, engineering and sustainability consultants and experts dedicated to sustainable development, and using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world. Founded in 1946, Arup now has more than 18,000 designers, engineers, planners and consultants working in 85 offices in 35 countries.
Data Thistle
Data Thistle is the UK's leading live events data business. It sources and organises live event listings in ways that make them useful to all. Data Thistle holds the UK's largest set of event listings, from music and comedy to sport and theatre, and pretty much everything in between.
Julie's Bicycle
Julie’s Bicycle is a pioneering not-for-profit, mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. Founded by the music industry in 2007 and now working across the arts and culture, JB has partnered with over 2000 organisations in the UK and internationally.
i2 Media Research
i2 media is a research agency bringing behavioural and consumer insight to inform technology and media development. i2 applies methodology and principles from user experience, psychology, behavioural science, and the attention economy.
Olsberg•SPI
Olsberg•SPI is an international creative industries consultancy, specialising in the global screen sector. Formed in 1992, the firm’s expert services enable their clients to plan, design and deliver sustainable growth, evidence impact, and evolve and expand in a highly competitive and fast-moving screen sector. The Olsberg•SPI team working on CoSTAR includes Leon Forde, Marta Moretto, Joshua Dedman, Emma Openshaw, Peter Cobb, Kiera Obi and Lili Ruzsiczky.
Station 12
Station 12 provide advice and capital to innovative new companies in sport, entertainment and knowledge. It combines operational, investment and advising experience, giving a unique and deep understanding of its sectors.
Meet our academic partners
Lead Partner - Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London is an Arts, Humanities and Social Science specialist university based in New Cross, Southeast London. The Foresight Lab is hosted in Goldsmiths’ Department of Psychology, working closely with related departments including Computing and Media, Communications & Cultural Studies.
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh has been providing students with world-class teaching for more than 425 years, unlocking the potential of some of the world's leading thinkers since 1583. The Foresight Lab draws on expertise from the Edinburgh College of Art, building on work in the Design Informatics research centre.
Loughborough University
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines. The Foresight Lab draws on expertise based in Loughborough’s Policy Unit and Creative Research And Innovation Centre.