Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIThe Competence Center Foresight develops, implements and conducts foresight processes within business, politics and society.
We view Foresight as the structured analysis of complex futures.
Our aim is to use foresight activities to strengthen the future viability of our clients and society as a whole. With the help of participatory and discursive formats, we promote the exploration of alternative developments, initiate learning processes, question thought structures and perceptual filters, and open up new design possibilities.
Our clients develop future competence (futures literacy) and are sensitized for a conscious handling of uncertainties and changes.
Our interdisciplinary team
- searches for and evaluates signs of change in technology and society,
- works alongside our clients and stakeholders to develop alternative scenarios for the future, and
- supports the development of long-term goals and robust future strategies.
In our research and consulting projects
- We work with scientifically based foresight methods.
- We develop a specific approach, targeting group-oriented result formats that can be integrated into the ongoing strategic processes of the respective organization.
- We offer a transparent procedure with documentation of future expectations and interdependencies.
- We involve experts and stakeholders in individual phases to ensure the validity of the results and promote future competence.
- Symposium for NISTEP’s 30th Anniversary on November 1, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan – Presentation by Dr. Kerstin Cuhls: "Foresight and Horizon Scanning for Science and Technology in the EU context"
- Project "Time rebound, time prosperity, and sustainable consumption (ReZeitKon)" started on September 1st, 2018
- New perspectives for the EU’s future research and innovation policy
- New directions for involving citizens in research and innovation agendas
- 8th CIMULACT Newsletter published
- FTA Conference "Future in the Making" – On June 4th and 5th, in Brussels, Belgium, Dr. Kerstin Cuhls and Dr. Aaron Rosa will present the results of the projects BOHEMIA, CIMULACT, OBSERVE, and RIBRI.
- Final i³-Food Roadmaps now onlineFinal i³-Food Roadmaps now online
- What does the bioeconomy of the future look like?What does the bioeconomy of the future look like?
- Paper on stakeholder-based visioning for responsible research and innovation presented at the Eu-SPRI Annual Conference 2017 in Vienna, AustriaPaper on stakeholder-based visioning for responsible research and innovation presented at the Eu-SPRI Annual Conference 2017 in Vienna, Austria
- New publication: BMBF-Foresight-Zyklus II – Vorgehensweise und Ergebnisse. In Zeitschrift für Zukunftsforschung 5 (1), pp. 42–56.New publication: BMBF-Foresight-Zyklus II – Vorgehensweise und Ergebnisse. In Zeitschrift für Zukunftsforschung 5 (1), pp. 42–56.