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BOHEMIA - Beyond the Horizon - Foresight in Support of the Preparation of the EU‘s Future Policy in Research and Innovation

Beyond the Horizon - Foresight in Support of the Preparation of the EU‘s Future Policy in Research and Innovation has different Foresight steps. The overarching objective of this project is to identify priorities and themes for Future European R&I policy and to provide a description of the issues that should be ad-dressed by R&I policy and funding. The time horizon considered in the project is 2040, by when results of research and innovation activities funded by the next European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation are likely to have an impact in practice. The project relies on horizon scanning, scenario writing and expert opinion (Delphi) to accomplish this identification task.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/support-policy-making/support-eu-research-and-innovation-policy-making/foresight/activities/current/bohemia_en

Lead organisation

Austrian Institute of Technology - Research and education actor ( Private research and innovation support organisations (RTOs) )

https://www.ait.ac.at/en/

Geographical scope

EU countries, Europe (non-EU), North America, Latin America, Asia, Oceania

Top foresight methods

  • Delphi Surveys
  • Scenarios
  • Horizon Scanning
  • Interviews
  • Expert Panels
  • Environmental Scanning
  • Literature Review
  • Conferences
  • Surveys
  • Brainstorming

Application Area

  • Science and Research Policy - for DG RTD and in preparation of Horizon Europe, selection of new themes but also new policies for the future and to be included in the next Framework programme of the European Commission

Objectives

  • contribute to the preparation of the next Framework Programme of the European Commission
  • address demand-oriented and supply-driven questions/ developments
  • define new ways of policy-making
  • combine technology and societal questions
  • test Foresight
  • test a Delphi survey in EC context
  • frame the world with meta scenarios
  • bring Foresighters from the whole European Commission together - Network FCN funded

Critical Issues from assessment: