Dr Ryan Young is the Director, Research & Methods at the NSC Futures Hub. He leads work with a wide range of organisations that integrates analysis of long-term trends and potential futures into effective everyday decision making. In this role, he has partnered with over 25 different government agencies from multiple jurisdictions across all areas of policy.

Prior to the NSC he spent almost 5 years in strategic policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) where he worked across all areas of public policy, including cyber security, counter terrorism policy, infrastructure, innovation, school funding and early childhood education.

He has worked across multiple Departments in the Australian Public Service and has held Visiting Fellow and/or teaching positions at the University of Leipzig, Germany, the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. Ryan has a PhD in philosophy and logic from the Australian National University.