Futures4Europe Newsletter

Futures4Europe Newsletter: October 2023

Hello everyone,
  
Welcome to the October edition of the Futures4Europe newsletter. The Futures4Europe platform was relaunched almost half a year ago. Since then, we have more than doubled our community on the platform and on Linkedin. Dozens of exciting new projects have been published and we have created a central hub where we can share EU Foresight insights with you. 
 
This newsletter is an overview of what we have been up over the last few weeks. It includes policy briefs, projects and interaction opportunities such as invitations to events or the possibility to upload projects or stories. Enjoy the read. We hope you find this issue informative and we look forward to seeing you on Futures4Europe.
 
Best regards, 
The Futures4Europe Team

Policy Brief: Science for Policy

The recently published policy brief ‘Futures of Science for Policy in Europe: Scenarios and Policy Implications’ explores practices and processes through which information should be exchanged between knowledge actors and policy-makers with the intention to produce scientifically informed policies in Europe.
 
◾ A short summary as a blog post here 
◾ The full policy brief here
◾ All information about the project here 

View the report

Selected new projects on our platform 

Futures of innovation and IP regulation addresses change through innovation on various dimensions.
Futures of Green Skills and Jobs in Europe 2050 is making a deep dive into developments which are currently underway and will take us to different possible futures.
Global Futures of Climate (Online Course) by Jennifer Gidley is committed to facing global challenges and finding solutions.
i-Portunus Houses project culminated in a Scenario for the Future which introduces a new concept of "slow mobility"
Fedora is about regenerating the ecosystem of science learning by developing a future-oriented model to enable skills. 

Upload your project here

World leading Futurists like Sohail Inayatullah, Wendy Schultz or Jennifer Gidley 
interact with our posts on Linkedin. 
Become part of our Social Media Community!

Selected new blogposts on our platform 

"Addressing underlying assumptions: Tips and Tricks on Horizon Scanning" 
by Emma Coroler
"Now Hiring: Low-Carbon Specialists for a Sustainable Europe" 
by Laura Galante & Hywel Jones
"Connecting… Futures: The Road to 6G and the Right to Connectivity" 
by Giovanna Guiffrè & Valentina Malcotti
"Design Futures Art-Driven Methodology: Shaping the Future of Innovation" 
by Tatiana Efremenko
"With Big Tech comes Big (Ethical) Responsibility" 
by Laura Galante

Read all blogposts here

Stories

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An inspiring thought popped up in one of the latest future stories from a community member here:  "An integral Europe that revitalises its spiritual roots"
Following a longer dialogue in the sense of a dialogical aesthetic in the Antrhopociene (the working title of my artistic research) with ChatGPT, the following vision emerged: In 2040, Europe has undergone a profound transformation and has become a model of regeneration, spirituality, peace and an integral world vision integrating European and non-European indigenous wisdoms...

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Join us in exploring the possibilities of the future! Share your perspectives, discover other people’s visions, and engage in a dialogue on what Europe and the world may look like in the future. We collect, share and distribute your visions in our stories database. 

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Upcoming events  

We are hosting two special events for our community in the next weeks.

Join Decolonizing event here

Join Stories shape futures event here

HORIZON FUTURES WATCH Workshop-Series

Join the upcoming workshops

Futures4Europe brings together members of the futures and foresight communities with EU policymakers and citizens. It aims to collect, host, and disseminate foresight activities in and about Europe. It is part of the HE-FE project - European R&I foresight and public engagement for Horizon Europe.

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