Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISISelected projects from the Business Unit Foresight for Research and Civil Society
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Foresight for Research and Civil Society
- FOODCITYBOOST – Growing Together: Cultivating a sustainable future across Europe’s urban landscapes
- Quanten(t)räume (Quantum Spaces/Dreams) – Networked Outreach Concept for Application Potentials of Quantum Technologies
- QUANTA – Quantic for beginners
- Creating Future Societal Resilience through Innovative, Science-based Co-creation Labs (FutuResilience)
- Foresight Fraunhofer - Future topics with relevance to application-oriented research
- 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)
- Future Infectious Disease Threats to Europe
- What the FAQ, Informatik?
- 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
- Future of City Centers - Rethinking Sustainable Scenarios for Inner City Development with Foresight Methods
- Future Lives with Oceans and Waters (FLOW)
- Which bioeconomy do you want to live in - the choice is yours!
- Communication and Participation for the Societal Transformation towards the Bioeconomy (BioKompass)
- Made in China 2025
- Participatory regional dialogs for the further development of the Federal Government's High-Tech Strategy (HTS)
- Circadian Rhythms and Technology - Desynchronization in Everyday Life (CIRCADIA)
- Increasing International STI Cooperation between Brazil and the European Union (INCOBRA)
- Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon 2020 (CIMULACT)
- A Delphi survey on the topic "Futures of language learning"
- Joining Efforts for Responsible Research and Innovation (JERRI)
- Umfeldanalyse für die Strategieentwicklung Oberösterreichs
- Time rebound, time prosperity, and sustainable consumption (ReZeitKon)
- Horizon scanning for radical innovation breakthroughs – Radical Innovation Breakthrough Inquirer (RIBRI)
- 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
- 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
- Beyond the Horizon – Foresight in Support of the Preparation of the EU‘s Future Policy in Research and Innovation (BOHEMIA)
- 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)
Foresight for Policy and Administration
Selected projects from the Business Unit Foresight for Policy and Administration
- HOLOSEU - A Comprehensive Digital Platform for Land Use Planning, Carbon Footprinting, and Decision Making in European Agriculture
- German industry's potential – value creation, resilience and strategic advantages
- Fod 2 – Foresight on Demand in Science, Technology, Research and Innovation Policy
- Eye of Europe – The Research and Innovation Foresight Community
- Klimascan - Strategic horizon scanning of developments relevant to climate protection
- Future Economy Baden Württemberg
- Asylum Scenarios 2032
- Studie zur Institutionalisierung von Strategischer Vorausschau als Prozess und Methode in der deutschen Bundesregierung
- European Topic Center Sustainability Transitions
- Environmental research and governance in the digital age (UfoUgo)
- Future Lives with Oceans and Waters (FLOW)
- Future of City Centers - Rethinking Sustainable Scenarios for Inner City Development with Foresight Methods
- Which bioeconomy do you want to live in - the choice is yours!
- Communication and Participation for the Societal Transformation towards the Bioeconomy (BioKompass)
- China Scenarios für Xi Jinping's third term
- Creating Future Societal Resilience through Innovative, Science-based Co-creation Labs (FutuResilience)
- 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
- 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 Business and Industry Associations
Selected projects from the Business Unit Foresight for Business and Industry Associations
- HOLOSEU - A Comprehensive Digital Platform for Land Use Planning, Carbon Footprinting, and Decision Making in European Agriculture
- 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
- Future Analysis BWI 20X0
- 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
Futures and Innovation
The core competency of the Futures and Innovation Unit is to develop future knowledge for the use of new technologies and services with the help of our interdisciplinary team. To this end, we examine the market development potential and relevant advances in technology and services in their broader context (e.g. social, economic, or political aspects).
Current projects
- Climate Assessment of Cultural Institutions with the "E-Tool Culture" (»E-Tool Kultur«)
- Speculative Futures: Speculative design as a catalyst for bio.based value creation (in German)
- Wertschöpfungsradar, the value creation radar: AI-supported foresight for recognizing signals relevant to value creation
- CoCo – Connect & Collect: AI-supported cloud for interdisciplinary networked research and innovation for the work of the futuret
- MIRO - Mitteldeutsche Innovationsregion Obstbau
Completed projects
- EXPRESS: Data-driven networking and digitalization in agriculture
- REGINA – Regional Value Chains for Organic Agricultural Products (publica.fraunhofer.de)
- 2030 – Data based added value in Germany
- Foresight Fraunhofer - Future topics with relevance to application-oriented research
- Drei Zukunftsszenarien. Additive Fertigung im Jahr 2025 in Deutschland (publica.fraunhofer.de)
- Zukunftsmarkt Künstliche Intelligenz. Potenziale und Anwendungen (publica.fraunhofer.de)