IFA
International Foresight Academy
| Coordinatore | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Organization address
address: Donau-City-Strasse 1 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Austria [AT] |
| Totale costo | 391˙300 € |
| EC contributo | 368˙500 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES |
| Funding Scheme | MC-IRSES |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-05-01 - 2015-04-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Organization address
address: Donau-City-Strasse 1 contact info |
AT (WIEN) | coordinator | 81˙300.00 |
| 2 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Organization address
address: OXFORD ROAD contact info |
UK (MANCHESTER) | participant | 97˙200.00 |
| 3 |
INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE
Organization address
address: Schlossplatz 1 contact info |
AT (LAXENBURG) | participant | 46˙700.00 |
| 4 |
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING
Organization address
address: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Ramat-Aviv contact info |
IL (RAMAT AVIV TEL AVIV) | participant | 46˙100.00 |
| 5 |
Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii
Organization address
address: Mendeleev Street 21-25 contact info |
RO (Bucharest) | participant | 45˙400.00 |
| 6 |
ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN
Organization address
address: GERTRUDSTRASSE 15 contact info |
CH (WINTERTHUR) | participant | 30˙900.00 |
| 7 |
TURUN YLIOPISTO
Organization address
address: YLIOPISTONMAKI contact info |
FI (TURUN YLIOPISTO) | participant | 20˙900.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The proposed International Foresight Academy is the first organization to bind together Foresight activities around the globe and from contrasting cultural and political contexts. As the Mapping Report of the European Foresight Monitoring Network (2009) has documented, Foresight is used differently in various regions of the world. Foresight activities vary according to sponsors and customers, methods used, topics explored, actors involved etc. They vary also with regard to their functions in political strategy formulation of modern democracies.
During the past 30 years in Europe, Foresight has become an unconventional means of political priority setting and strategic decision making that affect a wide set of societal stakeholders. The added value of foresight is seen in the shared goals and visions among a group of participating actors from different sectors, the development of networks, and the combination of relevant information on current trends and future developments with actor-based information and attitudes. Many foresight practitioners value the possibility granted by foresight exercises to bring topics on the political agenda that need to be discussed not behind closed doors but with broad public involvement.
The proposal for the IFA consists two parts: a research part dedicated to the issue of FS as a format of participation in different democratic traditions; and a second part that manages the networking of the partners doing research on the FS field with regard to democracy and participation. The network will involve activities such as mutual exchange among the partners, summer/winter schools for early stage researchers, seminars and academic workshops. The outreach of some of these activities will address additional actors as well, e.g. stakeholders, organizers, practitioners of FS exchanging knowledge in the envisaged conferences.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU team studied the varying international approaches to foresight analysis regarding political and social topics. The work examined whether foresight can address complex issues and public engagement, and involved a set of researcher secondments.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Foresight, as an academic activity, means to make reasoned projections about the future by extrapolating from current conditions. The method has political and social applications, but varies considerably depending on regional and other contexts.
The EU-funded 'International Foresight Academy' (http://ifa.cgee.org.br/ (IFA)) project was the first endeavour to unite international foresight activities. The seven-member group questioned how the collective practice of foresight can organise democratic participation, particularly regarding the solving of major social challenges.
IFA further investigated whether foresight can address technically complex issues and overcome public disinterest in those subjects. From empirical evidence, the team aimed to describe international best practice so as to support foresight practitioners and to foster debate.
The means by which the project addressed its goals included international exchange programmes for scientists, summer schools for young researchers and seminars for established researchers. IFA operated for three years to April 2015.
During the first reporting period, the group achieved a number of secondments. The team also organised its first summer schools and academic seminars, each the first of a planned series.
The IFA project studied foresight in terms of international democratic participation, particularly about complex social challenges.
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