Briefs
EFP Brief No. 102: Creative System Disruption: Towards a Research Strategy Beyond Lisbon
Europe is currently facing the challenge of a highly dynamic and fluid policy context. It is confronted with a seemingly accelerating pace of change, both internally and externally. Internally, a [...]
EFP Brief No. 101: Corporate Foresight in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
The objective of this research project is to identify the foresight requirements of German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), their corporate foresight activities, to the extent that they exist, and [...]
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EFP Brief No. 100: Potential for Biomimetics in Austria
The field of biomimetics (biomimicry, bionics) has in recent years gained scientific acceptance and standing, and has become an innovative research area at academic institutions and in industry worldwide. Many [...]
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EFP Brief No. 99: Luxembourg First National Technology Foresight
In the context of the Lisbon strategy and the Barcelona targets, the Luxembourg government intends to increase the level of public spending n R&D from about 50M€ in 2005 to [...]
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EFP Brief No. 98: Technology and Innovation in Flanders
Knowledge and innovation are the key factors in ensuring Flanders’ future prosperity and welfare. The government, companies and knowledge institutions must join forces to create focus and critical mass in [...]
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EFP Brief No. 97: Long-term Innovation Priorities for Bashkortostan
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation started systemic foresight activities aimed at different issues related to science, technology and innovation. Following development of national S&T priorities [...]
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EFP Brief No. 96: User Centred Innovation in Manufacturing
‘User Centered Innovation in Manufacturing’ (UCIM) was investigating possible pathways towards user centred innovation approaches in European manufacturing industry with the following two main purposes: Support the European Commission and [...]
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EFP Brief No. 95: ICT and Robotics in Agriculture and the Related Industries – a European Approach
A Collaborative Working Group (CWG) under the Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR) has been formed to raise awareness on the research and development within the area of ICT and [...]
EFP Brief No. 94: Iris Futures – Foresight in the Brussels Capital Region
Iris Futures (IF) is a study of prospective activities and futures thinking in Brussels conducted at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the framework of ‘Prospective Research for Brussels’. The point [...]
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EFP Brief No. 93: Changes in German Production and Demography – the Supporting Role of ICT
The automobile industry is one of the most important industries in Germany and one of the key areas for R&D. To hold this position the industry has to face two [...]