Foresight has evolved as a distinct prospective analytical tool: it considers alternative futures of various S&T fields or socio-economic systems by bringing together the perspectives of various stakeholder groups, and thus assists the decision-making processes at different levels. However, in...

The growing complexity of the world will require that society develop more options for coping. Options will come from new discoveries, inventions, ideas - in short, from research and innovation. This document summarizes a foresight report, commissioned by the European Commission's...

The growing complexity of the world will require that society develop more options for coping. Options will come from new discoveries, inventions, ideas - in short, from research and innovation. This document summarizes a foresight report, commissioned by the European Commission's...

The growing complexity of the world will require that society develop more options for coping. Options will come from new discoveries, inventions, ideas - in short, from research and innovation. This foresight report, commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and...

IPTS hosted a thematic workshop on the "Socio-Economic Aspects of the Knowledge-based Europe: The role of Information Society Technologies (ISTs)", which set out to diagnose major problems for Europe in achieving the Lisbon 2010 objectives. It also aimed to elaborate on possible new initiatives...