Top risks addressed by research and development worldwide 2023

In 2023, the top risk identified by research and development professionals working across several different industries worldwide was infectious diseases. Second in the list was adverse outcomes of frontier technologies, with 58 percent of respondents who were the most concerned with this risk. Almost 50 percent of respondents claimed that natural resource shortages would drive research and development.

于2023年，全球跨多个不同行业的研究与开发专业人士所识别出的首要风险为传染性疾病。紧随其后的是前沿技术的不利后果，其中58%的受访者对此风险表示最为担忧。近50%的受访者声称自然资源短缺将推动研究与开发。