Foresight and Horizon-Scanning in Policymaking, Short Course | Part time online | King's College London | United Kingdom
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Foresight and Horizon-Scanning in Policymaking

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About

The Foresight and Horizon-Scanning in Policymaking course at King's College London is aimed at officials with an interest in policy planning, strategy, forward-studies and horizon-scanning on socio-political and foreign policy issues where uncertainty tends to be higher.

Overview

About the course

It also offers more widely applicable lessons about the limits and potential of expert knowledge within the policy-process. In introduces participants to probabilistic forecasting and scenario building as key approaches in the broader field of Foresight.

The Foresight and Horizon-Scanning in Policymaking course at King's College London harnesses insights from the growing institutionalisation and professionalisation of work within government, business and NGOs related to Foresight.

It will provide participants with key insights from the state of the art in academic research in this area, including how individuals and organisations may improve their thinking about the future to improve prevention, preparedness, resilience and strategy.

Programme Structure

What does this course cover?
  • Week 1: How and why does foresight matter to policymaking?
  • Week 2: Challenges of forecasting
  • Week 3: Building a competent scenario

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 1 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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More details
  • Available course dates: To be confirmed

Language

English

Credits

5 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

GPA admission requirements GPA
Upper Second Class

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

    • This short course is for mid-career professionals. Standard entry requirements are a 2:1 degree plus 3 years of relevant work experience.
    • Applicants without a 2:1 or higher degree are welcome to apply and typically require 5+ years of relevant work experience.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    950 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 950 GBP for the full programme during 1 months.
  • National

    950 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 950 GBP for the full programme during 1 months.

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