Futures4Europe Newsletter: March 2024 |
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Dear foresight community, Welcome to the first Futures4Europe newsletter edition of 2024! We’re kicking off the March edition under the umbrella of the newly launched, EU-funded project Eye of Europe - the Research and Innovation foresight community, which carries forward the endeavours of its forerunner, 'FOD European R&I Foresight and public engagement for Horizon Europe’. Eye of Europe aims to enhance the integration of foresight practices into Research and Innovation (R&I) policy making across Europe. We are incredibly excited to keep expanding our community, and have new members join futures4europe.eu and showcase ongoing or recent projects and insights on future sensitive topics. Whether you are a seasoned foresight expert or a newcomer to this field, we encourage you to publish on the platform what you have been working on or learned recently. Speaking of sharing, this edition highlights the latest posted content from the community, namely policy briefs stemming from case studies on big tech, civic resilience, and green skills and jobs, as well as global foresight projects and initiatives. The new section Eye of Europe Coffee Corner presents foresight insights from the Eye Consortium, whether in the form of an interview or a personal piece. Be sure to take note of upcoming events at the bottom of the newsletter and to encourage others to subscribe and join the community! Stay future curious! Sincerely, The Futures4Europe Team foresight community,
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🚀 Eye of Europe Kick-off November 2023 saw the official launch of the EU-funded project Eye of Europe - The research and innovation foresight community. For the next three years, this project will pave the way towards an R&I foresight community that brings together practitioners, experts, policymakers and foresight enthusiasts alike. Leveraging the experience of 18 partners across Europe coming from all walks of foresight expertise and practice, the project will integrate mutual learning and sharing of practices among foresight practitioners and R&I policy-makers, mobilise diverse stakeholders in joint pilot activities, and engage an active, broad audience in deliberating and shaping future imaginaries. Eye of Europe will continue the work undertaken by its predecessor, ‘FOD European R&I Foresight and public engagement for Horizon Europe’. More specifically, the online platform futures4europe launched in early 2023 will carry on its function as the heart of the foresight community, undergoing further upgrades towards mapping organisations and experts and sharing foresight results and capabilities, as well as an amplifier for current foresight activities and events.
Eye of Europe will also continue the series of Mutual Learning Workshops on R&I foresight, which have been carried in 2022-2023 as part of a dedicated Policy Support Facility.
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📢 Join our Community! Have you or your organisation just published a foresight report? Do you have interesting insights on the potential futures of a certain science and technology niche? Or maybe there is a book on futures thinking that you warmly recommend? futures4europe.eu is the place to share these contents, as the online hub for research and innovation foresight in Europe. It welcomes foresight practitioners, beneficiaries, science and technology experts, and futures enthusiasts to explore, engage and contribute with foresight projects and results, as well as to interact and exchange with other members of the community. Joining as a member is easy: 1) Click on Log in on the top right corner and set up your account. 2) To post your own content, log into your account and click on your profile to post a project or a blog post. |
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🌍 Global Level Initiatives and Projects |
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Paulo Carvalho, with over 25 years of experience in futures and foresight, serves as a professor at the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Economics and Management. Additionally, he founded IF Insight Foresight, a consulting firm specializing in horizon scanning, strategic intelligence, and innovation. He talked to Futures4Europe about Insight Foresight’s recently developed tool ORION and how it could revolutionise foresight practices. | | |
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FAO's Office of Innovation collaborated on a Chief Scientist initiative focused on foresight for emerging agri-food technologies, in line with the UN 2.0 process and FOFA 2022. This involved engaging key actors in agricultural innovation systems to anticipate future scenarios, inform anticipatory action, and foster global dialogue and knowledge exchange. The goal was to assist policymakers, investors, and innovation stakeholders in their decision-making. | | |
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🇪🇺 EU Level Initiatives and Projects |
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Reshaping Supply Chains for a Positive Social Impact As a result of the recent pandemic, global value chains have completely transformed. This has raised concerns over the ensuing social, economic and environmental trends and related impact on the way supply chains are organised. In this context, the EU-funded ReSChape project will analyse social, economic and environmental changes and disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and evaluate their impact on supply chains. | | |
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Futures of Green Skills and Jobs in Europe 2050 This policy brief explores alternative future outcomes for green skills and jobs in Europe 2050. Based on participatory workshops and a foresight deep dive, the policy brief presents four alternative scenarios and their implications for R&I policy. | | |
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Futures of Civic Resilience in Europe – 2040: Scenarios and Policy Implications Exploring alternative futures addressing radical changes in society can help better prepare for future crises and strengthen the resilience of civil society today. This post expands on a study conducted by the 'Foresight on Demand' consortium for the European Commission. | | |
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Future of Big Tech in Europe Big Tech is rewiring the world. These very large private companies are leaders in research and development (R&D) and now wield unprecedented and unparalleled influence in the economy and beyond. In this redefined world, Europe faces a number of agenda-setting questions. This policy brief aims to anticipate the implications of ‘Big Tech’ for Europe’s future by 2040. | | |
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🇬🇷 National Level Initiatives and Projects |
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Futures of Generative AI in Greece Discover groundbreaking insights from Greece's first empirical strategic foresight research on Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI). This study explores trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the Gen AI ecosystem by 2030. Dive into the collective wisdom of Greek experts and explore proposed strategic initiatives and policy recommendations. | | |
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☕️ Eye of Europe Coffee Corner ☕️ |
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This issue’s Eye of Europe Coffee Corner features an insightful interview with Eye of Europe’s Coordinator, Radu Gheorghiu, foresight expert at UEFISCDI, the Romanian Research & Innovation funding agency. What does the future look like for R&I in Europe? How does foresight play a role? Radu provides a glimpse into these questions and Eye of Europe’s central role in them. | | |
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| | Can Europe afford to rely solely on fragmented value chains? Explore critical questions with EU representatives, CEOs, and researchers at the Conference on "The future of EU industry: resilience or dependence”. | | |
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| | Join the 2024 European Commission's Research and Innovation Week from March 18 to 21, in Brussels (Belgium). Explore the future of R&I, engage with policymakers, researchers, and innovators, and seize funding opportunities. | | |
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| | Introduction to Applied Futures Methodology & Toolkit is a free online session organised on March 20. You will learn about the core principles of futures studies and strategic foresight, essential for applied futures methodology. | | |
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📢 Always Looking for Contributors! |
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Want to share interesting projects and foresight findings on the platform and be part of the community? Sign up to Futures4Europe and post your blog or project! |
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