Foresight on Demand

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

FOD EEA Food System

FOD I Completed
Client
EEA
Lead organisation
ISINNOVA
Year
2021
Start date
2021-06-22
Duration
6 months

Project summary

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 collection, PESTLE(V)-based trend analysis, and a participatory sense-making workshop to identify, prioritise, and characterise emerging issues, providing key inputs to the broader foresight process on reimagining Europe’s food system through social innovations.

Resources

Final report

European Environment Agency, Reimagining the food system: the transformative potential of social innovations, Briefing No. 16/2022, European Environment Agency, 2022, https://doi.org/10.2800/74246.

Project focus

Topics

Agriculture & Food SystemsSustainabilityConsumer Behaviour

Foresight methods

Horizon ScanningWeak Signal DetectionTrend AnalysisParticipatory Workshops

Policy objectives

SustainabilityGreen TransitionHuman-Centric Innovation

Outputs

RecommendationsPolicy Brief

Project type

Strategic ForesightStakeholder Engagement