Background and Goals: The Creative Science Foundation was was set up to support, explore and promote the application of methods that encourage creative (and, perhaps, mutipdiciplinary) thought proceses as part of Science & Engineering innovation. It does this through various activities such as promoting workshops, conferenes, publications and projects.

The core methodology is the use of science fiction as a means to motivate and direct research into science & engineering through the creation of science fiction stories, grounded in existing science and engineering research, that are written for the explicit purpose of acting as prototypes for people to explore a wide variety of futures. These ‘prototypes’ can be created by scientists and engineers to stretch their work or by, for example, writers, film/stage directors, school children and members of the public to influence the work of researchers. The outcomes of these interactions are then be fed back, to shape the science research and outputs. In this way science fiction prototypes act as a way of involving the widest section of the population in determining the science research agenda, thereby making science investment, and science output more useful to everyone ranging from companies, through scientists and engineers to the public, consumers and the government that indirectly fund R&D.

The Creative Science Foundation is still at an early stage of its development but if you have information for our "Useful Links" page or if you would like to receive occasional updates on progress of the CSf (or perhaps become involved), then please send us an email.

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