Purpose – The 9th S&T Foresight for Japan has recently been completed. A key element of this Foresight is that S&T is … address Japan's most urgent challenges (e.g. energy, aging population). This mission‐oriented foresight is novel for the … Japanese, since prior foresight exercises have been done with a technology focus. This paper aims to address how the new view …

Purpose – Foresight often encompasses participative approaches for decision making. This paper aims to give a first … overview of the authors’ research on immediate learning and networking in the context of foresight. The paper seeks to … introduce a practical concept for an accompanying social research of a participatory foresight process for empirically …

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to contribute to improved practice and impact of foresight through the … development and testing of a Foresight Impact Evaluation Schema. The schema is designed to guide foresight practitioners in the … more effective design and conduct of foresight exercises to optimise impact. Design/methodology/approach – The development …

Purpose – This paper aims to depict foresight programmes as extended service encounters between foresight practitioners … explored. Design/methodology/approach – The range of activities comprising foresight is reviewed, along with the various … objectives that may underpin these activities. The more substantial foresight programmes are seen in terms of a series of steps …

principles of foresight and project design, an educated client with clear expectations and a strong commitment, well …

Purpose – The aim of this article and special issue is to propose a framework for foresight impacts on policy and … objective of the special issue and, as outlined in the article, represents a critical addition to the foresight field. On the … factors that may help policy makers, academics, consultants, and others involved in foresight produce impactful results …

/methodology/approach – The vision building process combines four futures methods that support the long‐term foresight approach: transition …

, the ones that exist lack proper methodology, failing to encompass the use of forecasting methods or foresight tools in the …‐oriented analysis (FTA) – as a common umbrella term that encompasses foresight, forecasting and technology assessment methods and tools …

Purpose – This paper attempts to examine the efficacy of combining outputs from a foresight exercise by different … at the last stage of a national foresight exercise to identify areas where future innovation is expected. It suggests the …

Purpose – The mere generation of foresight results is not sufficient in itself to influence research policy. Research … policy makers need specific information and insight on how the structured view of the future provided by foresight affects … their strategic planning. Therefore, deriving the maximum benefit from foresight activities requires a carefully designed …