Futures4Europe Newsletter: October 2024

 

Welcome to the third edition of the 2024 Futures4Europe newsletter! 

 

Our Eye of Europe consortium has had an action-packed summer filled with futures events: from the 24th edition of the International Resources Conference in Finland, to the Foresight at EASST-4S 2024 Conference in Amsterdam, to an online mutual learning event, Eye of Europe partners have been actively sharing their expertise and meaningful experiences. To top it off, new project outputs, such as the Stocktaking Report on R&I Actors and Foresight Activities in Europe and the Eye of Europe Topics for Pilot Workshops, have been published. Browse through the latest achievements in the links below!

 

For our national-level foresight feature, we zoom in on Luxembourg. Check out the strategic economic vision for Luxembourg by 2050, published in September 2023. And for our featured Eye of Europe Coffee Corner, take a listen to Bianca Dragomir’s conversation with Peter Bishop, founder of Teach the Future, as they discuss what it means to meaningfully engage with futures.

 

Wishing you a happy start to the autumn season. 

 

Stay future curious!

 

Sincerely,

The Futures4Europe Team

What's New?

Definition of 11 topics for Eye of Europe Pilot Workshops

The consortium came up with the 11 topics that will be addressed in pilot activities to take place in the next year and a half, engaging diverse stakeholder groups such as experts, citizens, policymakers, entrepreneurs and scientists. Partners will use both established and novel foresight approaches to dive deep into topics of common interest to stakeholders across the European Research Area.

 
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Eye of Europe Launches Report on R&I Actors and Foresight Activities in Europe

The newly published Eye of Europe report provides an assessment of Research & Innovation Foresight Actors and Practices across the ERA, success factors and bottlenecks for R&I foresight projects, as well as trends and emerging practices employed in R&I foresight. For those wishing to expand their networks, you will also find an overview of existing networks and R&I foresight events.

 
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🇪🇺 EU Level Initiatives and Projects

A look back at the first two Eye of Europe Mutual Learning Events

In May 2024, the first Mutual Learning Event (MLE) took place in Bratislava and addressed the topic of Emerging practices in Foresight for Research & Innovation policy. Key findings of this event are available here. In September, a second MLE gathered more than 50 participants online to discuss policy-oriented communication of foresight results.

 
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The 24th International Futures Conference of Finland Futures Research Centre

In June, Finland Futures Research Centre and its partners welcomed participants in Turku for its 24th international futures research conference. This edition focused on questions of what futures research provides for the sustainable management of natural resources, both for water and land.

 
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In July, Eye of Europe partners AIT and Fraunhofer ISI attended the 2024 conference EASST-4S by the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). The event focused on the role of Science and Technology Studies (STS) in contributing to transformations at the time of grand societal challenges.

 
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🇱🇺 National Level Initiatives and Projects

ECO2050: The strategic economic vision for Luxembourg by 2050

Published in September 2023 and funded by the Ministry of the Economy, ECO2050 is a strategic economic vision for Luxembourg by 2050. This vision anticipates three possible future scenarios – Socio-economic Sleepwalking, Bio-regional Circularity and Techno-digital Optimism – alongside a potential disruptive wildcard, the ‘Red Queen’ scenario.

 
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☕️ Eye of Europe Coffee Corner

"Futures education","futures literacy", and "futures thinking" are notions we use frequently in the foresight/futures studies bubble. Tune in to Futures4Europe Conversations, where host Bianca Dragomir and Peter Bishop, founder of Teach the Future, unpack the jargon and discuss what it means to meaningfully engage with futures.

 
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🗓 Upcoming Events

 

Helenos, Eye of Europe Project's partner will implement its first pilot on Fashion Futuring on 20 January 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece, investigating how society's values can shape the future of fashion.

 

 
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Register to the 3rd edition of the Climate Change Summit taking place on October 15-17 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. It will gather participants around conversations about climate change and green economy opportunities.

 
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The 4th Conference of the Possibility Studies Network will be held online on January 20-21, 2025. This event aims to explore the frontiers of what's possible, challenging conventional wisdom and imagining new futures.

 
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World Futures Day is an annual worldwide 24-hour conversation. Teach the Future & Millennium Project initiated the young voices edition: On March 1st 2025, young people and futurists will co-lead online sessions about the future!

 
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