DUBAI FUTURE RESEARCHResearch that drives insight
Dubai Future Research is DFF’s research arm. It produces insights that enable stakeholders to foresee and better navigate the future. Dubai Future Research offers a firm foundation of evidence-based analysis, and quantitative and qualitative reporting, to guide policy-making and develop key initiatives.
Our Focus
Dubai Future Research activities are clustered into key areas of focus, bringing global expertise to bear on specific challenge areas. Dubai Future Research focuses on providing tailored and localised knowledge to Dubai’s government, to influence the development and implementation of policy. The research arm aids in proposing short- and long-term recommendations to its stakeholders based on local, regional and global trends.
Foresight Reports
In-depth reports on topics with major future significance, offering insights into emerging trends. These reports cover a range of topics across social, economic, environmental and technological domains, e.g. Space Settlements, the Future of Money, and more.
COVID-19 Reports
A series of comprehensive reports tackling the challenges of a post-COVID world in collaboration with public and private sector partners.
VIEW ALL REPORTSVerified Contributors Platform
Where the world’s futurists and researchers join a carefully selected team to answer specific challenges. Our verified contributors are drawn from all fields, and reach beyond mainstream academia or top-tier universities. Their diverse backgrounds and multiple disciplines combine ideas and knowledge in new ways, sparking fresh insight.
As a successful applicant, you will receive research assignments from government partners, which you will then bid to produce. Our rates are transparent, and tiered according to expertise
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Qualitative & quantitative research
Factual analysis to guide policy-making
Drawing on multi-disciplinary expertise beyond academia
A Verified Contributors Platform gathers global talent
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Join a community of researchers and experts to help shed light on some of the most interesting questions informing our future.
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