Visit of Citizens and Grand Challenges Research Team to the National Assembly Futures Institute
Sharing Key research of the National Assembly Futures Institute and Exchanging Diverse Perspectives on Future Studies
The National Assembly Futures Institute (President Kim Hyoen Kon) hosted the Citizens and Grand Challenges (hereinafter referred to as “CGC”) research team, providing an opportunity to share key research achievements and exchange diverse perspectives on future studies. The CGC research team is a collaborative network involving five research institutions from four countries: the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), Copenhagen Business School and Roskilde University in Denmark, University of Sussex in the UK, and Politecnico di Torino in Italy. The team focuses on studying public perceptions surrounding global environmental changes, including issues such as migration, aging, digitalization, automation, and climate change.
President Kim Hyoen Kon of the National Assembly Futures Institute, along with Yoo Heesoo, Director of the Research Support Office, and Lee Chae Jung, Assistant Research Fellow, briefed members of the CGC research team on the history of the National Assembly Futures Institute, its functions, and its roles within the National Assembly. They also introduced the Institute’s major research achievements, including the development of an indicator system for societal responses to future challenges, meta-evaluation of the government’s mid- to long-term plans, and the Korean Happiness Survey. Furthermore, they presented examples of utilizing various methods, such as public opinion polls and surveys targeting policymakers’ aides, in future-oriented research.
The CGC research team is conducting surveys in 10 countries—South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Poland—to compare public perceptions. During their visit to South Korea, they shared preliminary findings from pilot studies conducted in Denmark, Italy, and the UK. These findings analyzed the impacts of societal transformations driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as the digital revolution, on welfare systems, the relationship between work and welfare, and the working poor.
The CGC research team and the National Assembly Futures Institute emphasized that both organizations serve as exemplary cases of research institutions addressing major future societal issues, such as aging, automation, digitalization, and climate change, from a multidisciplinary perspective—examples that other nations could look to as models in preparing for the future. Additionally, they highlighted the need for follow-up studies to conduct in-depth analyses of the ongoing survey results, which encompass 22,000 participants across 10 countries, as well as the necessity for collaborative research utilizing the accumulated data. The National Assembly Futures Institute and the CGC research team discussed the importance of exploring ways to promote continued exchange and cooperation between the two organizations.
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