Futures4Europe website gets a fresh look!

With enhanced features and new design, the newly upgraded Futures4Europe is stepping into spring—and inviting you along. Enjoy a sleek interface, a smoother user experience, and an intuitive search powered by a rich set of tags for effortless navigation.

Share your thoughts on the R&I ecosystem of 2050!

Have you ever wondered how you will (still) be conducting research or teaching in 2050? Whether you are noticing shifts in your work culture, research, teaching models, funding landscapes, the Foresight on Demand consortium wants to hear from you! Take the survey by 8 April.

Discover YouthDecide 2040!

The EU-funded project YouthDecide 2040 aims to co-create pathways to desired futures in 2040 with European youth. Drawing on evidence-based knowledge, robust deliberation and strategic foresight, its ambition is to reinvigorate democracy in and across Europe to become more resilient to current and future challenges.

Fundamental Rights in Foresight 2040

With this project, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to systematically integrate fundamental rights into EU foresight processes and activities. The project explores reference scenarios for fundamental rights and considers how different drivers of change could impact on fundamental rights in the period up until 2040.

Workshop on the Longevity of Democracy

In 2025, the Eye of Europe project will be organising a series of workshops to explore various futures for R&I policy.

The last edition took place on 27 Febuary and aimed to shed light on what makes democracy last. Organised by the Austrian Institute of Technology, it gathered 60 experts and non-experts online. Read the key takeaways of the discussion!

News about Eye of Europe Mutual Learning Events

Over 40 participants met online last January at the third Mutual Learning Event (MLE) to discuss the integration of Foresight into the R&I Policy Cycle. The next MLE will focus on long-term visioning and priority setting and will take place on 7-8 April 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. Stay tuned!

The Delphi method for collective foresight

As part of the Eye of Europe project, the Finland Futures Research Centre is currently developing ‘Foresight Starter Videos'. By moving foresight beyond usual formats, the objective is to reach new audiences and help workshop organisers calibrate participants’ expectations. Watch the third video production presenting the Delphi method!

Diano Marina's 'Fridays of Knowledge'

In the coastal township of Diano Marina, Italy, the local municipality organises frequent meetings that aim to help people overcome growing fears of an increasingly uncertain future. Find out how 'Fridays of Knowledge' engage citizens, students, and policy makers by encouraging a reflection on the implications of constant global changes.

Over a hundred abstracts received

The Futures4Europe conference’s call for abstracts is now closed and has been very successful! Over a hundred high quality abstracts were submitted and assessed on a double-blind review basis, resulting in 57 accepted abstracts and the preparation of 4 workshops.The final programme is now in the works. A warm thank you to all participants and contributors!

Interview with Petranka Malcheva

Futures4Europe spoke with Policy Lead for Health, Long Term Thinking and Prevention at the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner of Wales. Petranka's mission is to reduce health inequalities in Wales by using long-term thinking to give future generations a voice. She will further present this work during the upcoming Futures4Europe Conference taking place in Vienna in May.

Interview with Susanne Giesecke

For this Coffee Corner edition, meet Susanne Giesecke, Senior Researcher at the Austrian Institute of Technology and task leader at Eye of Europe. Find out more about her take on the most pressing societal shifts in 2050 and what we can learn through foresight to prepare.

Helenos, Eye of Europe Project's partner will implement its second in-person foresight pilot workshop on Fashion Futuring on 14 April 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece, exploring sustainable trajectories for fashion.