Foresight on Demand

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

FOD Future of AI

FOD II Completed
Client
DG RTD
Lead organisation
Visionary Analytics
Year
2024
Start date
2024-12-20
Duration
14 months

Project summary

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 development, and sense-making activities, it examined AI adoption pathways, assessed their implications for research, innovation, and governance, and identified policy options to support the EU’s long-term AI strategy and research and innovation policy.

Resources

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Final report

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Mehnert, W., Ferrari, A., Strauka, O., Chachava, M. et al., The futures of artificial intelligence – Implications for Europe’s R&I ecosystem. Part 5, Final report, Publications Office of the European Union, 2026, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/7322666

Project focus

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceEmerging TechnologiesResearch & Innovation

Foresight methods

InterviewsSurveysParticipatory WorkshopsScenario Development

Policy objectives

Anticipatory GovernanceCompetitivenessDigital TransitionHuman-Centric Innovation

Outputs

ScenariosRecommendations

Project type

Technology ForesightStrategic Foresight