{"id":4849,"date":"2022-07-13T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fteval.osulzer.at\/event\/futures-literacy-for-next-generation-ri-policy-seminar-und-workshop\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T13:06:54","slug":"futures-literacy-for-next-generation-ri-policy-seminar-und-workshop","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/fteval.at\/en\/event\/futures-literacy-for-next-generation-ri-policy-seminar-und-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eFUTURES LITERACY FOR NEXT-GENERATION R&I POLICY\u201d – SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP"},"content":{"rendered":"
Organized by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Joanneum Research and the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation in cooperation with UNESCO.<\/div>\n
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What the future holds seems to be associated with ever greater uncertainty for many people. We live in a complex, rapidly changing world. As a result, there is an increasing need for structured anticipation of possible future paths that may challenge our current practices and institutions. This phenomenon can be observed especially in the field of research and innovation policy. It is increasingly challenged to initiate future developments of benefit to society, embracing innovations that include technological developments as well as organizational and institutional components.<\/p>\n

One consequence of this is the shift towards a new generation of research and innovation policies that place greater emphasis on the social benefits of research and the focus of innovation activities on longer-term goals (“mission orientation”). In order to achieve this reorientation, there are anticipatory intelligence processes that have been particularly promoted by UNESCO in recent years. Pioneer of the mindset and Head of Futures Literacy of UNESCO is Riel Miller, who has for many years been supporting institutions and various government departments in the reorientation of their future strategies.<\/p>\n

The workshop in Vienna aims to highlight the possibilities of using futures literacy methods to question established assumptions of current research and innovation policy, to overcome blockades and to create new paths. At the center of the discussion are the following questions:<\/p>\n