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About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

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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

The Centre for Collective Intelligence helps organisations deliver high-quality public engagement and make more informed decisions on complex issues
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Team

Kathy Peach

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

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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Lewis Westbury

Lewis Westbury

Lewis Westbury

Senior developer, Centre for Collective Intelligence

Lewis joins Nesta as a senior developer with the Centre for Collective Intelligence.

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Esther Moss

Esther Moss

Esther Moss

Product design lead, Centre for Collective Intelligence

Esther was the product design lead for the Centre for Collective Intelligence at Nesta, harnessing the power of collective intelligence to design digital products and services.

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Joe Asher

Joe Asher

Joe Asher

Mid-level Developer, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

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Joe is a software developer at Nesta's 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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Harry Armstrong

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

Felix Szabó

Researcher

Felix was a researcher in Nesta’s Explorations team.

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A powerful ecosystem for innovation

We extend our impact through two specialised units that help people and organisations to solve complex problems and achieve their goals.

BIT

BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people’s lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour.

Challenge Works

Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.

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