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FOD I 2019

FOD Cancer

Support to the Mission Board on 'Fighting Cancer in Horizon Europe'

The foresight project Support to the Mission Board Cancer focused on the contribution of foresight knowledge to support the reflections of the Mission Board concerning the identification of missions within the broader …

Completed HealthResearch & Innovation
FOD I 2019

FOD Soil

Support to the Mission Board on 'Soil Health and Food of Horizon Europe'

The foresight project Support to the Mission Board Soil Health and Food aimed to provide forward-looking evidence to support the Mission Board in the drawing of a shared vision, making the most of the geographical and …

Completed SoilAgriculture & Food Systems
FOD I 2020

FOD POST COVID19 Scenarios

After the new normal: Scenarios for Europe in the post Covid-19 world

The Covid-19 pandemic has shattered our sense of ‘normal’, and amplified uncertainties and issues at the core of what the future may hold. The project ‘After the new normal: Scenarios for Europe in the post Covid-19 …

Completed Research & InnovationEnvironment
FOD I 2020

FOD EEA Urban Mobility

European urban mobility 2050: A horizon scanning project

The aim of the project was to scan the horizon for emerging issues that may affect what urban mobility might look like in Europe in 2050. Furthermore, implications of these possible developments for air quality, …

Completed Mobility & TransportEnvironment
FOD I 2021

FOD Con Protect

Impact of COVID-19 on European consumer behaviour - Foresight study

This project explored alternative futures for consumer behaviour and consumer policy in Europe in response to the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other systemic disruptions. Through horizon scanning, …

Completed Consumer Behaviour
FOD I 2021

FOD Retail Ecosystems

The EU retail ecosystem in the future - a vision for 2040

This project explored alternative futures for the European retail ecosystem to support its green and digital transition. Through horizon scanning, a Delphi survey, scenario development, visioning, roadmapping, and …

Completed Consumer BehaviourCircular Economy
FOD I 2021

FOD ERA ITR

Studies and workshop series on Industrial technology roadmaps

This project supported the European Commission in preparing ERA Industrial Technology Roadmaps by providing evidence, technology assessments, and stakeholder engagement to inform future research and innovation investment …

Completed Industrial TechnologiesManufacturing
FOD I 2021

FOD 2nd Strategic Plan HE

Foresight towards the 2nd Strategic Plan of Horizon Europe

This foresight study aimed at supporting the development of the Strategic Plan of Horizon Europe (2025-2027), by providing early-stage strategic intelligence and sense-making that could contribute novel elements to the …

Completed Research & Innovation
FOD I 2021

FOD EEA Food System

Reimagining the Food System: scanning the horizon for emerging social innovations

This project focused on conducting a systematic horizon scanning exercise to identify emerging issues related to social innovations with transformative potential for sustainable food systems. It combined weak signal …

Completed Agriculture & Food SystemsSustainability
FOD I 2021

FOD EEA Urban Mobility 2

Urban Mobility 2050: Further development of the emerging issues and narratives

The purpose of the project was to strengthen the outputs of the previous contract (European urban mobility 2050), which covered a horizon scan for emerging issues that may affect what urban mobility might look like in …

Completed Mobility & TransportEnvironment
FOD I 2022

FOD Education

Scenarios for the Future of School Education in the EU - A Foresight Study

A foresight study on school education (ISCED levels 1-3) in the EU, which aimed at developing four scenarios, describing potential alternative futures of the school education in the EU by 2040, identifying the preferred …

Completed EducationSkills & Employment
FOD I 2022

FOD Public Engagement R&I

European R&I foresight and public engagement for Horizon Europe

This project supported Horizon Europe by generating and sharing foresight knowledge on emerging research and innovation challenges through thematic foresight briefs and in-depth analyses. It established the …

Completed Research & Innovation
FOD I 2023

FOD Futures Garden

Futures Garden

This project explored the use of speculative design as a participatory foresight approach for future-oriented policymaking. Through horizon scanning, worldbuilding, and the co-creation of fictional future artefacts, it …

Completed Research & InnovationFundamental Rights
FOD II 2024

FOD Future of AI

The future of AI: implications for Europe's R&I ecosystem and policy

This foresight project explored alternative futures for artificial intelligence and their implications for Europe’s research and innovation ecosystem. Combining interviews, a survey, expert workshops, scenario …

Completed Artificial IntelligenceEmerging Technologies
FOD II 2024

FOD Demographic Change

Demographic Change: what implications and opportunities for Europe R&I's systems?

This project focused on exploring how demographic change could shape the future of Europe’s research and innovation (R&I) system. Through a participatory strategic foresight process, it engaged experts and stakeholders …

Completed Demographic ChangeResearch & Innovation
FOD II 2024

FOD EUDA Drug Technology Foresight

Mapping and assessing the future challenges and new opportunities for innovative response created by the introduction of new technologies in the drugs area

This technology foresight project explored how emerging technologies could transform drug production, supply, consumption, prevention, treatment, and monitoring, and their implications for European drug policy. Combining …

Completed Emerging TechnologiesDrugs & Security
FOD II 2024

FOD OSHA Foresight

Foresight on climate change-related developments and crisis - Part I

This foresight project explored how climate change and related crises could reshape occupational safety and health (OSH) across Europe by 2050. Combining horizon scanning, trend analysis, expert consultations, …

Completed Climate ChangeOccupational Safety & Health
FOD II 2025

FOD SCAR Foresight

6th SCAR Foresight exercise

This foresight project explored alternative futures for resilient European agriculture and food systems by revisiting and extending the SCAR transition pathways in the context of polycrises, technological change, and …

Ongoing Agriculture & Food SystemsNatural Resources
FOD II 2024

FOD FRA Foresight

Fundamental rights in foresight

This project is aimed at supporting FRA in providing advice to foresight practitioners, the EU institutions and Member States on how to foster a more focused attention on fundamental rights (FR) in foresight activities …

Completed Fundamental Rights
FOD II 2025

FOD RTD RTI

Foresight Study on Future Research and Technology Infrastructures

This foresight project explores alternative futures for Europe’s research and technology infrastructures (RTIs) to support their long-term development and contribution to European scientific and technological …

Ongoing Research InfrastructuresResearch & Innovation
FOD II 2025

FOD RTD Futures of Researchers

Foresight Study on Futures of Researchers

This foresight project explores alternative futures for researchers’ careers in Europe and their implications for the EU research and innovation system. Combining horizon scanning, trend analysis, weak signal detection, …

Ongoing Research CareersResearch & Innovation
FOD II 2025

FOD Promotion Synthetic Drugs Deep Dive

From foresight to action: promoting outcomes of EUDA synthetic drugs deep dive

Building on a previous FOD foresight project on the future of synthetic drugs, this project supports the transition from scenario development to practical application within the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA). …

Ongoing Drugs & SecurityHealth
FOD II 2025

FOD OSHA Follow up to RfS 05

Foresight on climate change-related developments and crises - Part II

Building on a previous FOD foresight study on the implications of climate change for occupational safety and health (OSH), this project translates long-term scenarios into practical guidance for priority sectors. …

Ongoing Climate ChangeOccupational Safety & Health
FOD II 2026

FOD EUDA EU4MD

Foresight study on drug-related developments in the MENA region to 2050

This proposed foresight study will explore alternative futures for drug-related developments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and their implications for European drug policy. Combining horizon scanning, trend …

Planned Drugs & SecurityHealth