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A fairer start

We're working to narrow the outcome gap between children growing up in disadvantage and the national average.

A healthy life

We're working to increase the average number of healthy years lived in the UK, while narrowing health inequalities.

A sustainable future

We're working to accelerate the UK’s transition to a low-carbon, productive economy by cutting UK household emissions, and reducing skills mismatches in the labour market.
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Our expert teams blend different innovation practices to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.

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We scan for emerging trends, promising technologies and interventions to help test encouraging ideas that we can apply to our missions.

The Mission Studio

We're building the next generation of mission-led start-ups.

Impact Investments

We back innovative businesses that focus on creating social and environmental good.
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A fairer start
A healthy life
A sustainable future
Creative economy & culture
Health
Government innovation
Education
Innovation policy
How we work
Our innovation methods
The Discovery Hub
The Mission Studio
Impact Investments
About
Nesta in a nutshell
Our strategy
Our people
Our history
Equity, diversity and inclusion at Nesta
Where we work
How we're governed
Jobs at Nesta
Contact us
Latest content
Blog
Reports
Events
Project updates
Features & long-reads
Data visualisation & interactive
Toolkits & guides
Help me innovate

Futurescoping

We explore emerging technologies and groundbreaking ideas to tackle the challenges we will face in the future.

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Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

The Centre for Collective Intelligence Design will explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to make the most of our collective knowledge and develop innovative and effective solutions to social challenges.
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Team

Peter Baeck

Peter Baeck

Co-Head of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Peter is responsible for a number of large scale research projects and experiments that explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to solve social challenges.

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Kathy Peach

Kathy Peach

Director of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

The Centre for Collective Intelligence Design explores how human and machine intelligence can be combined to develop innovative solutions to social challenges

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Aleks Berditchevskaia

Aleks Berditchevskaia

Principal Researcher, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Aleks Berditchevskaia is the Principal Researcher at Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design.

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Joana Murta Rosa

Joana Murta Rosa

Programme and Operations Manager, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Joana is the Programme and Operations Manager for CCID.

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Oli Whittington

Oli Whittington

Senior Researcher, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Oli Whittington is a senior researcher leading democratic innovation in Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

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Meera Shah

Meera Shah

Programme & Operations Manager, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Meera is the Programme and Operations Manager at Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design.

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Naoise Boyle

Naoise Boyle

Design Lead, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Naoise joined Nesta in 2022 as Design Lead in the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

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FutureFest

Our flagship event explored how the big challenges of our time could be tackled by empowering people to shape the future.
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Next Generation Internet - Engineroom

Engineroom is part of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative - an ambitious new European Commission programme focused on creating a more inclusive, human-centric and resilient internet by 2025
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Team

Harry Armstrong

Harry Armstrong

Head of Technology Futures

Harry led Nesta’s futures and emerging technology work.

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Felix Szabó

Felix Szabó

Researcher

Felix was a researcher in Nesta’s Explorations team.

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