Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
The Competence Center Foresight develops and conducts strategic foresight processes in enterprises, politics and society.
Our aim is to strengthen the futures literacy of our clients and of society as a whole with customized foresight activities. Our foresight methods are suitable for the analysis of future options and challenges and provide orientation for dealing with uncertain futures and crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
We support you in the development of future strategies, e.g. by applying horizon scanning, trend analyses, creative dialogues, scenario processes or road mapping. With our methods, we promote the exploration of alternative future scenarios, initiate learning processes, question biases and open up new options to create your future for you. This also includes participatory methods for stakeholder involvement, e.g. in scenario development or co-creation workshops.
Our interdisciplinary team
- searches for and evaluates signals of change in technology and society,
- works alongside our clients and stakeholders to develop alternative scenarios for the future, and
- supports the development of robust future strategies.
In our research and consulting projects
- We work with scientifically based foresight methods.
- We customize the processes and formats in order to integrate them into the ongoing strategic processes of the respective organization.
- We offer transparent, well-documented processes which reveal future expectations and interdependencies.
- We involve experts and stakeholders whenever possible to increase the validity of the results and strengthen the futures literacy.
News
- Start of the FlOW workshops: exploring the future human-water relations with speculative futures
- Final conference of the 4-year FOX project
- Elna Schirrmeister discusses the BWI scenario process in a Tagesspiegel background interview
- Five scenarios for China's future: MERICS study with methodological guidance from Fraunhofer ISI published
- Pre-announcement: Open call for Foresight pilots in the FutureResilience project. Apply now, up to 60K funding
- FutuResilience project official launch: Anticipatory resilience and role of R&I in fostering resilience, March 22, 2023
- »Alternative Futures of EU Integration after the Covid-19 pandemic« published in cooperation with CEPS
- Article published in Futures: »The potential of futures literacy for impact-oriented business schools«
- Kickoff-Meeting of the EU project SOLO
- Asylum Scenarios 2032 published together with the European Union Agency for Asylum
- Podcast "Neugefragt"by Katrina Günther, Lilith Boettcher, Wenzel Mehnert and Bernd Hopfengärtner on the speculative future narratives explored during the Berlin Science Week
- A journey into different futures at the Berlin Science Week on 07.11.22, for more details visit the project FAQInformatics