Lorenz Erdmann

Coordinator of Business Unit Future Alternatives and Society

Lorenz Erdmann joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in October 2011. He works as research associate and project manager at the Competence Center Foresight. Among his major research topics are the development and application of foresight methods (e.g. scenarios, roadmapping, future-oriented surveys and dialogues), and their integration into inter- and transdisciplinary research processes (e.g. combination with methods of industrial ecology and social-ecological research).

Lorenz Erdmann graduated at the Technical University Berlin (Germany) in Environmental Engineering. Afterwards (1999-2011) he worked as research associate and project manager at the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT), Berlin. In 2010, he passed a research stay at the Center for Industrial Ecology of Yale University.

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Work focus
Foresight and Future Sudies

Scenario development

Innovations for Sustainable Development

Search and analysis of hidden trends

Research and Innovation Futures
Projects
Digi and Eco – Digitisation and environment, trend & impact analyses and lead of stakeholder dialogues (German Federal Environmental Agency, 2007–2019)

MICA – Minerals Intelligence Capacity Analysis: Stakeholder identification and appraisal of emerging information needs in the field of primary and secondary raw materials

Models of Horizon Scanning (EU DG Research and Innovation, 2015), Analysis of Horizon Scanning processes of government institutions

Critical Raw Materials Innovation Network (CRM_InnoNet) – Substitution of Critical Raw Materials

Foresight on the Impact of Changing Value Systems on European Research and Innovation Policies: Signals, Drivers, and Responses (EU DG Research and Innovation, 2015), Lead of work package "Weak Signals " (search, profiles)

Living Labs in the Green Economy: Real-world innovation spaces for user-integration and sustainability (INNOLAB) (BMBF FONA, 2015-2018), Lead of work packages " Inventory of the innovation context for Living Labs" and "Integrated Multi-level Roadmapping"

Commons-based Peer Production in Open Workshops: A decentralized path into the Green Economy (COWERK) (BMBF FONA, 2014-2017), Development options – future workshops to anticipate social future perspectives

BMBF Foresight Zyklus II (BMBF, 2012-2014); deputy manager at ISI

NLL: Nachhaltigkeitsinnovationen in Living Labs [Sustainability Innovations in Living Labs] (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2011-2012); manager of strategic dialogue

RIF: Research and Innovation Futures 2030: From explorative to transformative scenarios (European Commission, 2011-2013); leader of scenario development

Scenarios on social cohesion in Germany

VERA Visions for the European Research Area (European Commission, 2012-2014); scenario development
Publications (Selection)
Erdmann, L.; Lange, B. (2019): Technology assessment for the society of singularities. New impulses from a cultural theory perspective using the example of open workshops. In: TATuP 28 (1), pp. 65–70.

Geibler, J. v.; Baedeker, C.; Liedtke, C.; Rohn, H.; Erdmann, L. (2017): Exploring the German Living Lab Research Infrastructure: Opportunities for Sustainable Products and Services. In: Keyson D., Guerra-Santin O., Lockton D. (eds) Living Labs, pp 131-154. Springer, Cham.

Machacek, E.; Falck, W.E.; Delfini, C.; Erdmann, L.; Petavratzi, E.; van der Voet, E.; Cassard, D. (2017): Clearing the sky from the clouds – The Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis (MICA) project. European Geologist, Geology and Sustainable Future 44(2017) pp. 48-53.

Erdmann, L.; Moller, B.; Tercero Espinoza, L.A.; Oers, L. van; Bisevac, V.; Correia, V.; Delfini, C.; Thorsøe, K.; Falck, E.; Petavratzi, E.; Lauinger, D.; Radwanek-Bak, B.; Arnbom, J.-O. (2017): Stakeholder Needs. H2020-Project MICA, Deliverable D2.2.

Erdmann, L.; Eckartz, K.; Moller, B.; Tercero Espinoza, L.A.; Teufel, B.; Fuchs, M.; Machacek, E.; Thorsøe, K.; Petavratzi, E.; Brown, T.; Voet, E. van der; Falck, E.; Bisevac, V.; Hofmeister, T.; Quental, L.; Katalin, S.; Radwanek-Bak, B.; Arnbom, J.-O. (2016): Stakeholder Identification and Analysis. H2020-Project MICA, Deliverable D2.1.

Erdmann, L.; Schirrmeister, E. (2016): Constructing transformative scenarios for research and innovation futures. In: Foresight 18 (3), pp. 238–252.

Weber, K. M.; Amanatidou, E.; Erdmann, L.; Nieminen, M. (2016): Research and innovation futures. Exploring new ways of doing and organizing knowledge creation. In: Foresight 18 (3), pp. 193–203.

Fraunhofer ISI; Intrasoft International SA (2016): European Value Changes: Signals, Drivers, and Impact on EU Research and Innovation Policies. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission).

Erdmann, L.; Bette, K.; Merino, J. M.; Velte, D. (2015): Roadmap for the Substitution of Critical Raw Materials in Electric Motors and Drives. CRM_Innonet Substitution of Critical Raw Materials.

Cuhls, K.; van der Giessen, A.; Toivanen, H.; Erdmann, L.; Warnke, P.; Toivanen, M.; Seiffert, L. (2015): Models of Horizon Scanning. How to integrate Horizon Scanning into European Research and Innovation Policies. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission).
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Dipl.-Ing. Lorenz Erdmann

Coordinator of Business Unit Future Alternatives and Society

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