Foresight

Horizon scanning provides awareness of what is new or changing. The goal is to identify risks, as well as opportunities, that these signal of change can create. It also allows early reflection on the intended and unintended effects of these developments.

How can futures thinking boost Europe’s innovation in deep tech? This is the question at the heart of the yearlong collaboration between the Joint Research Centre’s EU Policy Lab and the European Innovation Council, which has now reached its conclusion.

How can EU policymakers ensure that their efforts today are futureproof and adapted to the constantly changing realities of our world?

What does the future hold for farmers and rural communities? What will agriculture look like in 2040? More importantly, how can we ensure that rural communities reap the benefits of digital technologies, while staying true to their values and needs?

Discover the foresight process the EU Policy Lab undertakes every year to inform the European Commission’s Strategic Foresight report. Join us as we take you behind the scenes and unveil the innovative methodologies we have used in the process.

In our fast-paced world, every day, policymakers face the critical challenge of making informed decisions that will shape the future. To meet this challenge head-on, the cultivation of foresight and anticipation skills are essential.

Technologies are not the future. However, the future is shaped by our capacity to anticipate them.

#OurFutures collects EU citizen’s images through a narrative inquiry method. In Greece we did this in close collaboration with the Foresight Unit - Presidency of the Government. We reached out to Greek citizens and gained insights about how people in this part of Europe imagine the future.

A portrait of how EU citizens imagine their futures; analysis of stories collected by #OurFutures