Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIThe focus of the Business Unit Futures and Society is on the examination of the future interplay of social domains such as civil society, economy, politics, technology and environment.
Projects
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Futures and Society
- Horizon scanning of developments relevant to climate protection - Klimascan
- Fostering Food System Transformation by Integrating Heterogeneous Perspectives in Knowledge and Innovation within the ERA (FOSTER)
- European Topic Center Sustainability Transitions
- Circadian Rhythms and Technology - Desynchronization in Everyday Life (CIRCADIA)
- A Delphi survey on the topic "Futures of language learning"
- Foresight on Demand (FOD) After the new normal: Scenarios for Europe in the post Covid-19 world
- Foresight on Demand (FOD) Impact of Covid-19 on European Consumer Behaviour - Foresight Study
- Environmental research and governance in the digital age
- Foresight on Demand “Fighting Cancer“
- Realtime Delphi survey on the future of African-European relations
- Orientation towards the common good in the digital age
- Time rebound, time prosperity, and sustainable consumption (ReZeitKon)
- Foresight Fraunhofer - Future topics with relevance to application-oriented research
- Horizon scanning for radical innovation breakthroughs – Radical Innovation Breakthrough Inquirer (RIBRI)
- Beyond the Horizon – Foresight in Support of the Preparation of the EU‘s Future Policy in Research and Innovation (BOHEMIA)
- Supporting the FET mission by identifying new opportunities and directions for interdisciplinary research towards new and visionary technology of any kind (OBSERVE)
- Models of Horizon Scanning – How to integrate Horizon Scanning in EU Research and Innovation Policy
- BMBF Foresight Cycle 2
- Scenarios for Artificial Intelligence in public administration
- Activities against the impacts of demographic change – shrinking societies in comparison (SHRINK)
- Monitoring the German Cultural and Creative Economy (continuation)
- Foresight on the Impact of Changing Value Systems on European Research and Innovation Policies: Signals, Drivers, and Responses (ForeValue)
Futures Dialogs
The Business Unit Futures Dialogs develops alternative scenarios for branches, actors or subject fields (research and innovation, civil security or new materials, among others).
- China Scenarios für Xi Jinping's third term
- Creating Future Societal Resilience through Innovative, Science-based Co-creation Labs (FutuResilience)
- Future Lives with Oceans and Waters (FLOW)
- Asylum Scenarios 2032
- Future Analysis BWI 20X0
- Future Economy Baden Württemberg
- Tech-Trends Münsterland
- Scenarios for the Commission on the Future of Agriculture
- What the FAQ, Informatics?
- Und was machst Du so?
- Future Infectious Disease Threats to Europe
- Which bioeconomy do you want to live in - the choice is yours!
- Made in China 2025 - What China's industrial policy means for the German economy
- QUANTA – QUANTisch für AnfängerInnen (‘Quantic for beginners‘)
- WIRtschaften 2040 - Wachstum, Wohlstand und Teilhabe (WEconomy 2040 - Growth, Welfare and Inclusion)
- Development of a hydrogen roadmap for Baden-Württemberg
- Participatory regional dialogs for the further development of the Federal Government's High-Tech Strategy (HTS)
- TRIGGER − Trends in Global Governance and Europe's Role
- Communication and Participation for the Societal Transformation towards the Bioeconomy (BioKompass)
- Design and implementation of a scenario process for The Bertelsmann Stiftung: scenarios and strategies for Germany (China 2030)
- Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon 2020 (CIMULACT)
- BMBF Future Food Commons (FuFoCo)
- Future Business in the VDMA - images of the future in mechanical engineering
- Increasing International STI Cooperation between Brazil and the European Union (INCOBRA)
- Joining Efforts for Responsible Research and Innovation (JERRI)
- Minerals Intelligence Capacity Analysis (MICA)
- Transition design for sustainable innovations (TransNIK)
Foresight for Strategy Development
The Business Unit Foresight for Strategy Development supports decision-making under uncertain conditions by developing and conducting foresight-based strategy processes for clients from industry, politics and science.
- Future of City Centers - Rethinking Sustainable Scenarios for Inner City Development with Foresight Methods
- Making agricultural trade sustainable (MATS)
- Scenario Study - Decarbonisation of Shipping in 2050
- Forschung und Innovation – Südtirol 2030
- Umfeldanalyse für die Strategieentwicklung Oberösterreichs
- Foresight on Demand ”Soil health and food”
- The contribution of the Creative Industries towards the Digital Transformation of the overall economy in Austria
- Digital Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (DAKIS)
- Regional Development Strategy TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe 2030
- FOX (Food processing in a box)
- Study on Energy Savings Scenarios 2050
- Scenarios of textile machinery 2030 (2017) (in German only)
- Living Labs in a 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) (in German only)
- i³-Food - New treatments for better food
- VDMA Food Processing Machinery: Specific foresight process to the projects for the Mechanical Engineering Industry “Future Business at VDMA“ for the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (since 2019)
- Trends and scenarios as framework conditions for the future development of energy chains for a supplier to the automotive and mechanical engineering industries (2017–2018)
- Identification and analysis of trends and future factors for a global automotive company (since 2016)
- Social trend radar for a large energy supply company: linking social trends with technologies (2015)