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Publication from “Stories from 2050: Radical forward-looking imagery of sustainability opportunities and challenges ahead”

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The overall objective of the project is to support the implementation and further development of the ‘European Green Deal’ in order to achieve the ‘Clean Planet 2050’ vision. ‘Stories from 2050’ aims to bring new narratives, out of the box thinking and controversial/ contrasting visions into the policy debate on sustainability and the interconnection with science, technology and innovation. Client: DG RTD Project website.

Publication: Scientific, technological and societal conditions for the end of the Covid-19 crisis

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COVID-19 has led to a global public health crisis and changed the course of lives for billions with ensuing social and economic damage. The study used the Dynamic Argumentative Delphi method to explore experts’ views on what Europe may look like in 2023, in domains relating to medicine, public health, and socio-economic conditions. Based on the experts’ responses, the points of consensus and the areas of diverging opinions, the study developed five scenarios of exit from the crisis in 2023, associated with the relative success of efforts to develop immunity and with lessons learned as a result of those efforts. The report draws some conclusions for EU R&I policy, but together with its data annex, it can support strategic discussions across many different policy fields.

Retail Ecosystems 2040 Platform has been launched!

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The FOD-Consortium behind the ongoing project The EU retail ecosystem in the future – a vision for 2040 for DG GROW (co-lead by Technopolis Consulting Group and the Insight Foresight Institute in collaboration with AIT, ISINNOVA, Institutul de Prospectiva, Visionary Analytics and IDEA Consult) created an online platform to present project activities and results. URL: … Read more