What are the labour market impacts of new technologies and emerging industries? What new skills and jobs will be needed, and what skills and jobs are potentially at risk (e.g. due to decarbonisation, automation)?
Background
BEIS plans to boost productivity and improve lives by tackling society’s Grand Challenges in life sciences, artificial intelligence, automation and space. By investing in R&D and innovation, we will unleash potential and work towards making the UK a science superpower. To do this, BEIS needs research to better understand:
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