Ewa J. Dönitz - Fraunhofer ISI

Coordinator of Business Unit Foresight for Strategy Development

Dr. Ewa J. Dönitz has been a senior researcher in the Competence Center Foresight at Fraunhofer ISI since 2009. She is an expert in scenario development and supports colleagues across the Institute in developing scenarios in various thematic areas and leads national and European Foresight projects. Her research is focussing on the whole range of Foresight methods in particular scenarios, visions and roadmaps and its application for underpinning strategy building and innovation processes.

Since June 2013, she has been a coordinator of the Business Unit Foresight for Strategy Development. She is teaching innovation and project management at the Femtec Berlin. In 2011, she was a lecturer for futures research methodology at the University of Kassel.

After having studied economics at the Oskar Lange Economics Academy in Wrocław (Poland) and economics at the University of Bremen, she worked as a research associate at the Institute for Project Management and Innovation (IPMI) at the University of Bremen and received her PhD with a thesis on advancing the scenario methodology.

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Work focus
Foresight for strategy development

Corporate Foresight

Roadmapping, Trend analysis and Scenario processes

Innovation management
Projects
Study on Energy Savings Scenarios 2050

Future|Food|Commons (FuFoCo): Scenarios for the sharing economy in food supply - New models of consumer-producer interactions, trends and impact assessment, BMBF (2016–2017)

Identification and analysis of trends and future factors for a global automotive company (2016)

New technologies and societal trends in the context of digitization: trend-based roadmapping for a global auditing and tax consultancy (2016)

Trend-based future of work scenarios in the context of digitization and automation for a German foundation (2016)

Scientific consultancy for the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Qingdao ISTIQ on the development of a technology foresight research system (2016)

Guiding Principles of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (2015)

i³-food: Roadmapping-Prozess for implementation of innovative food processing technologies by an identification of market barriers and potentials (2015–2018)

Societal Trend Radar for a big sized energy company (2015)

Strategic Roadmapping on behalf a global company in the household appliance sector (2015)

Support of the strategy process in an international company in the electrical engineering sector (2015)

Living Labs in der Green Economy (INNOLAB): Integrated multi-level Roadmapping to strengthen the Living Lab approach in the Research and Innovation System of a Green Economy. Support the co-creation processes in the Innovative Retail Laboratory – Practice project "Sustainable Shopping: customer guidance at Point of Sale" (2015–2018)

COWERK – Commons-based Peer Production in Open Tinker Workshops: Future workshops and stakeholder dialogues for exploration of futures of the collaborative economy (2014–2017)

Opening up the Innovation system framework towards new actors and institutions (2014–2015)

INTRA r³ + ─ Integration and transfer of the r³ research results on securing a sustainable supply of strategic metals and minerals: Identification of future challenges to resource efficiency (2012–2015)

Living Rail: Vision 2050: How rail can contribute to a Europe worth living in – Roadmapping (2012–2015)

MORE (Motor Recycling): Roadmap for Recycling Electric Motors (2011–2014)

ETTIS - European security trends and threats in society: Development of context and threat scenarios (2012–2014)

ETCETERA - Evaluation of critical and emerging technologies for the elaboration of a security research agenda: Scenario development for evaluating of future technology capabilities (2011–2012)

Molecular Sorting for Resource Efficiency: Evaluating of future recycling technology capabilities with scenarios (2011-2014)

Supporting the strategy process of one of the Alliances of the Fraunhofer Society (2012)

BMBF Verlaufssystem is a tracking system for future fields that are derived from the BMBF Foresight, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Analysis of the experiences from existing foresight projects (2009–2012)

Global scenarios for supporting of planning the entrepreneurial future (2009–2012)

E-Mobility: Roadmap for coordination of activities in the pilot regions (2011)

E-Mobility: Scenarios, roadmaps and visions to establish a business unit in a company (2011)

FhG Scenarios: Scenarios of the Fraunhofer Society 2025 and creating a conceptual framework for development of an orientation scenario ( 2010–2011)

SzeDem: Scenarios according to the health care of dementia patients (2010)

FhG Environmental Scenarios: Scenarios for the European Research and Innovation area 2025 (2010) Envisioning future research horizons. Scenarios for the European research landscape 2025

IT-Scenarios „Smart Metering“ for a company (2010–2011)

Roadmapping – Development of an overarching roadmap for the future strategy planning of the R&D activities for a company (2011)

Scenarios and Roadmaps for companies: Gas Grids (2010), Energy management (2011), Energy storage (2010), Smart Home and Smart Meter (2010), Smart Grid (2009)

BMBF Foresight Process: large scale national German Foresight Process in research and technology fields, applying different methods for proposing long-term funding priorities for German Research and Innovation Policy (2007–2009)

Demographic Change – resistance or opportunity for Innovations?: Stocktaking of demographic-related innovation indicators (2008–2009)
Publications (selection)
Brugger, H.; Eichhammer W.; Dönitz, E. (2019): Energy efficiency vision 2050: how do societal changes shape energy efficiency and energy demand?

Brugger, H.; Eichhammer, W.; Dönitz, E. (2019): Study on Energy Savings Scenarios 2050.

Moller, B.; Dönitz, E.; Jung-Erceg, P.; Siemer, C.; Roeder, I. (2018): Roadmap Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) Preservation. i³-Food – New treatments for better food. Karlsruhe.

Warnke, P.; Dönitz, E.; Opitz, I.; Zoll, F.; Doernberg, A.; Specht, K.; Siebert, R.; Piorr, A.; Berges, R. (2018): Szenarien zur Zukunft der Nahrungsmittelversorgung. Chancen und Herausforderungen für alternative Versorgungsnetzwerke. Edited by Fraunhofer ISI. Karlsruhe.

Erdmann, L.; Dönitz, E. (2016): Zukunftsbilder für Offene Werkstätten. In: Wulfsberg, J.; Redlich, T.; Moritz, M. (Hg.): 1. Interdisziplinäre Konferenz zur Zukunft der Wertschöpfung. Konferenzband. Hamburg: Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Universität der Bundeswehr Laboratorium Fertigungstechnik, S. 15–35.

Gabriel, J.; Warnke, P.; Schirrmeister, E.; Dönitz, E. (2016): Qualitative Szenarien als Tool des organisationalen Lernens. In: Schnurr, M.; Glockner, H. (Hg.): Strategische Vorausschau in der Politikberatung. Beiträge und Diskussionsergebnisse eines UBA-Fachgesprächs. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt (UBA-Texte, 49/2016), S. 13–19.

Erdmann, L.; Dönitz, E.; Geibler, J. von (2016): Zukünfte für Forschung und Innovation – Implikationen für Living Labs. Arbeitspapier im Arbeitspaket 2 (AS 2.3) im INNOLAB Projekt: „Living Labs in der Green Economy: RealweltlicheInnovationsräume für Nutzerintegration und Nachhaltigkeit“. Karlsruhe.

Bartsch, B. (2016): China 2030. Szenarien und Strategien für Deutschland. Unter Mitarbeit von E. Schirrmeister, P. Warnke, E. Shala, E. Dönitz, A. S. Laudien, A. Hmaidi und P. Hedemann. Hg. v. Bertelsmann Stiftung. Gütersloh.

Warnke, P.; Koschatzky, K.; Dönitz, E.; Zenker, A.; Stahlecker, T.; Som, O.; Cuhls, K.; Güth, S. (2016): Opening up the innovation system framework towards new actors and institutions.

Berner, S. H.; Dönitz, E. J.; Westhofen, A.; Moller, B. P. (2016): Szenariobasierte Bewertung der Zukunftsrelevanz von Nachhaltigkeitstechnologien. In: Chemie Ingenieur Technik 88 (4), S. 427–436. DOI: 10.1002/cite.201400163.

Doll, C.; Dönitz, E.; Peters, A.; Köhler, J.; Kühn, A.; Fiorello, D.; Martino, A.; Jaroszweski, D.; Chapman, L.; Ulied, A.; Biosca, O.; Jürgens, F.; Geißler, A.; Klecina, A.; Steficar, S.; Pasalic, A.; Gützkow, P.; Nash, A.; Skala, F. (2015): The LivingRAIL Railmap 2050. LivingRAIL Deliverable 5.1. Fraunhofer ISI. Karlsruhe.

Doll, C.; Peters, A.; Köhler, J.; Kühn, A.; Dönitz, E.; Jaroszweski, D.; Ulied, A.; Biosca, O.; Jürgens, F.; Geißler, A.; Klecina, A. (2015): Special Report 2: Vision 2050 for a Positive State of Rail and Spatial Patterns. Research project LivingRAIL (Living in a sustainable world focussed on electrified rail) funded under the 7th framework programme of the European Commission.

Dönitz, E. J.; Shala, E.; Leimbach, T. (2014): Future Threat Scenarios for Identifying Societal Security Needs – the Methodological Approach Based on European Project ETTIS. In: Thoma, K. (Hg.): 9th future security. Berlin, September 16 - 18, 2014 ; proceedings. Future Security 2014. Berlin, September 16 – 18, 2014. Security Research Conference. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer-Verlag

Publications (comprehensive list)

Year	Title/Author	Document Type
2019	50 Trends influencing Europe's food sector by 2035 Moller, Björn; Voglhuber-Slavinsky, Ariane; Dönitz, Ewa; Rosa, Aaron	Report full text
2019	Energy efficiency vision 2050: How do societal changes shape energy efficiency and energy demand? Brugger, Heike; Eichhammer, Wolfgang; Dönitz, Ewa	Conference Paper full text
2019	Regionale Entwicklungsstrategie TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe 2030: Fokusthema Mobilität. Fokusthema Digitalisierung. Fokusthema Energie. Wirtschaft. Wissenschaft. Kommunen Ehlgötz, Jochen; Jung-Erceg, Petra; Fahrenberg, Jens; Hauck, Thorsten; Suikat, Ralph; Dönitz, Ewa; Voglhuber-Slavinsky, Ariane; Kimpeler, Simone; Stahlecker, Thomas; Zenker, Andrea	Report
2019	Study on energy savings scenarios 2050: This study was commissioned by The Coalition for Energy Savings as part of the project "Developing a 2050 Energy Efficiency Vision" Brugger, Heike; Eichhammer, Wolfgang; Dönitz, Ewa	Study full text
2018	Roadmap high pressure thermal sterilisation (HPTS) Moller, Björn; Dönitz, Ewa; Jung-Erceg, Petra; Matser, Ariette; Vollebregt, Martijntje	Report full text
2018	Roadmap Living Labs für eine Green Economy 2030. Kurzfassung: Broschüre zum Arbeitspaket 7 (AP 7.4). Im INNOLAB Projekt: "Living Labs in der Green Economy: Realweltliche Innovationsräume für Nutzerintegration und Nachhaltigkeit" Geibler, Justus von; Erdmann, Lorenz; Dönitz, Ewa; Stadler, Karin; Zern, Rubina	Report full text
2018	Roadmap Living Labs für eine Green Economy 2030. Langfassung mit Roadmaps in den Konsumfeldern Wohnen, Einkaufen und Mobilität: Ergebnis des Arbeitspakets 7 (AP 7.4); Im INNOLAB Projekt: "Living Labs in der Green Economy: Realweltliche Innovationsräume für Nutzerintegration und Nachhaltigkeit" Erdmann, Lorenz; Geibler, Justus von; Dönitz, Ewa; Stadler, Karin; Zern, Rubina	Report full text
2018	Roadmap low shear extrusion (LS-Extrusion) Moller, Björn; Dönitz, Ewa; Jung-Erceg, Petra; Rudzick, Juliette	Report full text
2018	Roadmap pulsed electric field (PEF) preservation Moller, Björn; Dönitz, Ewa; Jung-Erceg, Petra; Siemer, Claudia; Roeder, Isabell	Report full text
2018	Szenarien zur Zukunft der Nahrungsmittelversorgung: Chancen und Herausforderungen für alternative Versorgungsnetzwerke Warnke, Philine; Dönitz, Ewa; Opitz, Ina; Zoll, Felix; Doernberg, Alexandra; Specht, Kathrin; Siebert, Rosemarie; Piorr, Annette; Berges, Regine	Book full text
2018	Zukünfte für Offene Werkstätten: Antizipation neuer Wertschöpfungsmuster in einem Visioning-Prozess Erdmann, Lorenz; Dönitz, Ewa; Fuchs, Maureen; Rosa, Aaron; Teufel, Benjamin; Warnke, Philine	Book Article
2017	Alternative food networks at the urban-rural interface Opitz, Ina; Zoll, Felix; Doernberg, Alexandra; Specht, Kathrin; Siebert, Rosemarie; Piorr, Annette; Berges, Regine; Dönitz, Ewa; Warnke, Philine	Report full text
2017	Alternative Netzwerke zur Nahrungsmittelversorgung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Stadt und Land Opitz, Ina; Zoll, Felix; Doernberg, Alexandra; Specht, Kathrin; Siebert, Rosemarie; Piorr, Annette; Berges, Regine; Dönitz, Ewa; Warnke, Philine	Report full text
2016	Der digitale Wandel der Arbeitswelt und Herausforderungen für die Bildung: Eine Foresight-Studie des Fraunhofer-Instituts für System- und Innovationsforschung im Auftrag der Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland Kimpeler, Simone; Dönitz, Ewa	Report full text
2016	Opening up the innovation system framework towards new actors and institutions Warnke, Philine; Koschatzky, Knut; Dönitz, Ewa; Zenker, Andrea; Stahlecker, Thomas; Som, Oliver; Cuhls, Kerstin; Güth, Sandra	Report full text
2016	Qualitative Szenarien als Tool des organisationalen Lernens Gabriel, Johannes; Warnke, Philine; Schirrmeister, Elna; Dönitz, Ewa	Book Article full text
2016	Szenariobasierte Bewertung der Zukunftsrelevanz von Nachhaltigkeitstechnologien Berner, Simon; Dönitz, Ewa; Westhofen, Aline; Moller, Björn	Journal Article full text
2016	Zukünfte für Forschung und Innovation - Implikationen für Living Labs. Arbeitspapier im Arbeitspaket 2 (AS 2.3): Im INNOLAB Projekt "Living Labs in der Green Economy": Realweltliche Innovationsräume für Nutzerintegration und Nachhaltigkeit" Erdmann, Lorenz; Dönitz, Ewa; Geibler, Justus von	Book full text
2016	Zukunftsbilder für Offene Werkstätten Erdmann, Lorenz; Dönitz, Ewa	Conference Paper
2015	Living in a sustainable world focused on electrified rail. The LivingRAIL Railmap 2050: LivingRAIL Deliverable 5.1. Doll, Claus; Dönitz, Ewa; Peters, Anja; Köhler, Jonathan; Kühn, André; Fiorello, Davide; Martino, Angelo; Jaroszweski, David; Chapman, Lee; Ulied, Andreu; Biosca, Oriol; Jürgens, Frauke; Geißler, Andreas; Klecina, Ante; Steficar, Slavko; Pasalic, Antonio; Gützkow, Padideh; Nash, Andrew; Skala, Franz	Report full text
2014	D4.2 ETTIS methodology note: Deliverable submitted in February 2014 in fulfilment of the requirements of the FP7 project, ETTIS - European security trends and threats in society Klerx, Joachim; Dönitz, Ewa; Grigoleit, Sonja; Carlsen, Henrik	Report full text
2014	Future threat scenarios for identifying societal security needs - the methodological approach based on European Project Ettis Dönitz, Ewa; Shala, Erduana; Leimbach, Timo	Conference Paper
2014	Health care for people with dementia in 2030 - results of a multidisciplinary scenario process Vollmar, H.C.; Goluchowicz, K.; Beckert, B.; Dönitz, E.; Bartholomeyczik, S.; Ostermann, T.; Boustani, M.; Buscher, I.	Journal Article
2014	Leben mit Demenz im Jahr 2030: Ein interdisziplinäres Szenario-Projekt zur Zukunftsgestaltung Vollmar, Horst Christian (Hrsg.); Bartholomeyczik, Sabine; Beckert, Bernd; Buscher, Ines; Bohnet-Joschko, Sabine; Dönitz, Ewa; Goluchowicz, Kerstin; Graf, Rabea; Kutzleben, Milena von; Vollmar, Horst; Wilm, Stefan	Book
2014	Leben mit Demenz im Jahr 2030. Kapitel 2: Methodisches Vorgehen Goluchowicz, Kerstin; Beckert, Bernd; Dönitz, Ewa J.; Vollmar, Horst Christian	Book Article
2014	Leben mit Demenz im Jahr 2030. Kapitel 4: Entwicklung der Deskriptoren Buscher, Ines; Beckert, Bernd; Dönitz, Ewa J.; Vollmar, Horst Christian	Book Article
2014	Leben mit Demenz im Jahr 2030. Kapitel 6: Entwicklung der Szenarien Buscher, Ines; Goluchowicz, Kerstin; Dönitz, Ewa J.; Vollmar, Horst Christian	Book Article
2014	Leben mit Demenz im Jahr 2030. Kapitel 9: Hintergründe Goluchowicz, Kerstin; Dönitz, Ewa J.; Beckert, Bernd; Vollmar, Horst Christian	Book Article
2013	D.4.1 Threat scenarios. Results of Interviews and Weak Signal Scanning as well as first results of Focus Group Workshops for the preparation of Threat Scenarios: Deliverable submitted in April 2013 (M16) in fulfilment of the requirements of the FP7 project, ETTIS - European security trends and threats in society Grigoleit, Sonja; Dönitz, Ewa; Klerx, Joachim; Wepner, Beatrix	Report full text
2013	D4.3 Focus group report: Deliverable submitted in April, 2013 (M16) in fulfilment of the requirements of the FP7 project, ETTIS - European security trends and threats in society Dönitz, E.; Shala, E.; Bierwisch, A.	Report full text
2013	D4.4 Catalogue of Threat Scenarios: Deliverable submitted in September, 2013 (M21) in fulfilment of the requirements of the FP7 project, ETTIS – European security trends and threats in society Dönitz, Ewa; Shala, Erduana; Leimbach, Timo; Bierwisch, Antje; Grigoleit, S.; Klerx, Joachim	Report full text
2013	D4.5 Scenario Validation: Deliverable submitted in September, 2013 (M21) in fulfilment of the requirements of the FP7 project, ETTIS – European security trends and threats in society Dönitz, E.; Shala, E.; Leimbach, T.	Report full text
2013	Foresight and scenarios at Fraunhofer ISI Dönitz, Ewa; Schirrmeister, Elna	Journal Article
2013	Fraunhofer-Zukunftsforschung für die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Cuhls, Kerstin; Dönitz, Ewa; Schirrmeister, Elna; Behlau, Lothar	Book Article
2013	Szenarien zur Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz im Jahre 2030 - Ergebnisse eines interdisziplinären Projektes (Sze-Dem) Vollmar, Horst Christian; Beckert, Bernd; Goluchowicz, Kerstin; Dönitz, Ewa J.; Bartholomeyczik, Sabine; Buscher, Ines	Book Article
2012	Molecular Sorting. Szenarien für die Welt von Übermorgen Seitz, Ralph; Moller, Björn P.; Dönitz, Ewa; Berner, Simon; Woidasky, Jörg	Report full text
2011	Praxisbericht zur Szenario-Methode: Varianten der workshopbasierten Annahmen-Entwicklung Schirrmeister, Elna; Dönitz, Ewa	Conference Paper
2010	Bestandsaufnahme demografiebezogener Innovationsindikatoren zur Untersuchung der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Demografie und Innovationen: Arbeitspapier im Rahmen des Strategieprojektes "Demografie und Innovation" Dönitz, E.J.	Report full text
2010	Envisioning future research horizons: Scenarios for the European Research Landscape 2025 Behlau, Lothar; Kulas, Andreas; Dönitz, Ewa; Schirrmeister, Elna	Report
2010	In welcher Zukunft forschen wir?: Der Europäische Forschungs- und Innovationsraum 2025 Behlau, L.; Dönitz, E.; Kulas, A.; Schirrmeister, E.	Report full text
2010	Innovation management: Optimizing the structures of innovation processes Möhrle, M.; Dönitz, E.J.	Book Article
2009	Consistency accelerator - teilautomatische Ausfüllung von Konsistenzmatrizen im Rahmen der Szenario-Technik Dönitz, E.J.; Möhrle, G.	Conference Paper
2009	Effizientere Szenariotechnik durch teilautomatische Generierung von Konsistenzmatrizen: Empirie, Konzeption, Fuzzy- und Neuro-Fuzzy-Ansätze Dönitz, E.J.	Dissertation

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Dr. rer. pol. Ewa J. Dönitz

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