” technologies to help Europe manage change and respond to major new economic opportunities. Research is required in fields such as …

As knowledge is released from the bounds of libraries, as research becomes no longer confined to The academy, and …

methods that social research institutions have used to define their priorities. The UK’s Economic and Social research Council … Futures (IAF) and the Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), to develop quickly a process for informing the … choice of social science research priorities related to genomics. Four major reports were developed as background inputs to a …

Speculation, hypothesizing and imagination are the dreamer’s tools. Advanced research and novel technology for the …

The Radar project describes what developments are taking place in areas relevant for agricultural research. In the … evident, for example, in a rise in the global cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In the economic area, the … warming. The investment of large multinational companies in research is on the increase. Conclusions for agricultural research …

data and literature search, decision analysis, case studies and personal involvement in research conferences on this and …Purpose – To analyze several complex issues which are being addressed by biotechnological research and identify … partly resolved by proper planning mechanisms, the use of think tanks and applied foresight analysis. Research limitations …

and scan data validation can enhance credibility. Research limitations/implications – Current horizon scanning work in the … research and horizon (environmental) scanning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a brief history of foresight … as a method; highlights the contradictions between horizon scanning and more traditional empirical research; and offers …

Purpose – In this paper, an analysis is presented of the research funding towards nanotechnology at the National … Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and its relationship to the research output in Nanoscope, an application area of nanotechnology …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes the data collected from 1997 till 2006 and derives a definitive time lag …

concept highlighted in furthering the creation of the European Research Area (ERA). Design/methodology/approach – The paper …, synergistic and complementary role in relation to other sources in defining the way to go forward in joint foresight. Research … states as well as for further research to clarify and enrich understanding of the governing conditions and variables …