Briefs
EFP Brief No. 192: Delphi-based Disruptive and Surprising Transformation Scenarios on the Future of Aviation
Our study intends to present disruptive and challenging events, i.e. wildcard scenarios, with a significant impact on the aviation industry. We aim to assist decision and policy makers in preparing [...]
EFP Brief No. 191: Transportation & Logistics 2030
The following foresight brief presents the findings of the innovative real-time Delphi study “Transportation and Logistics 2030 Vol. 2” prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ transportation unit and the Supply Chain Management Institute [...]
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EFP Brief No. 190: Agriculture and the Challenges of Energy
Energy in agriculture is all too often seen as a purely cyclical issue whereas it brings more complex challenges in terms of economic stability for agricultural holdings, impacts on the [...]
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EFP Brief No. 189: Foresight for EU-Russia R&D and Innovation Cooperation
R&D and innovation cooperation between the EU, its member states (MS), the countries associated (AC) to the FP7 and Russia is developing dynamically at the multilateral as well as bilateral [...]
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EFP Brief No. 188: Improving Foresight through Methodological Innovation
We present insights into the design and execution of an international large-scale project on the future of logistics by the year 2025. The basis of our research was an innovative [...]
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EFP Brief No. 187: Using Foresight to Involve Industry in Innovation Policy
The brief describes the design and implementation of a success scenario workshop used in Malta to allow industry to give a foresight-based input to the design of innovation policy. The [...]
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EFP Brief No. 186: Is Technology Still Enough to Change the World?
The EU has a long tradition of legitimating its policies based on its “technical charisma”. The European Commission’s initiatives are justified economically and supported politically through a strong link between [...]
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EFP Brief No. 185: Practical Applications of Foresight Approaches in U.S. Analytical Studies of S&T Futures
Foresight activities at the U.S. National Research Council have a long history (nearly 150 years) and have occurred under various names. They are best known in the form of evidence-based [...]
EFP Brief No. 184: Future Potential of Nanoelectronics in Germany
Nanoelectronics is one of the key enabling technologies to open up new paths for inventing new products and processes and advancing current technology. Potential for Germany as a location for [...]
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EFP Brief No. 183: Prospects of Quantum Key Distribution: Making Data Communication Secure for the Future
The application of the highest information-theoretically secure cryptographic primitives for securing data transmission was long considered unfeasible because of a missing primitive for the distribution of the necessary cryptographic keys [...]