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    How will the city of tomorrow grow? How is food production changing in the future? In their new brochure โ€œ100+ Trends Cultivating Urban Agricultureโ€, Dr. Anna Kirstgen and Dr. Bjรถrn Moller from Fraunhofer ISI Foresight Department provide answers within the framework of the FOODCITYBOOST project โ€“ and show just how diverse and dynamic urban agriculture is becoming.

    ๐Ÿ“Œ Included in the brochure:
    โ€ข A trend radar featuring over 100 key developments, offering a structured overview and strategic orientation on emerging trends and future perspectives
    โ€ข 15 deep dives exploring key topics such as social innovations, new technologies, regulations, new business models, and ecological challenges like food waste

    A compact overview for anyone involved in urban development, agricultural innovation, or sustainable food systems.

    Posted on: 03/05/2025

    Last Edited: 12 days ago

    FOODCITYBOOST1December 2023 - November 2027

    Growing Together: Cultivating a sustainable future across Europeโ€™s urban landscapes

    FOODCITYBOOST is a trailblazing project that will help develop the foundations for turning urban jungles into lush, green, food-producing hubs! We imagine cities where rooftops, balconies, and even vertical spaces are bursting with greenery and fresh produce. This is the future that FOODCITYBOOST is planting seeds for, whilst tackling the major contemporary difficulties such as: climate change, biodiversity loss, and the great divide between urban, peri-urban, and rural areas.

    Posted on: 03/05/2025

    Last Edited: a month ago

    Anne-Katrin Bock1

    Posted on: 17/04/2025

    Last Edited: a month ago

    ISINNOVA1

    Institute for Studies on the Integration of Systems

    Delivering solutions for a more sustainable future

    ISINNOVA provides research services and strategic consultancy to public and private actors pursuing sustainable visions, solutions, and policies.

    Five Pillars of Our Approach

    1. Anticipate โ€“ Apply systems thinking and foresight methodologies to identify emerging challenges, reveal interdependencies, and inform proactive, future-resilient strategies.

    2. Integrate โ€“ Connect disciplines, sectors, and knowledge systems to foster richer analysis and tackle complex challenges holistically.

    3. Align โ€“ Ensure research, innovation, and governance processes reflect the values, priorities, and needs of society through ethical, participatory, and responsible approaches.

    4. Co-create โ€“ Engage diverse stakeholders โ€” researchers, policymakers, citizens, and industry โ€” in collaborative processes to design solutions that are inclusive, relevant, and impactful.

    5. Transform โ€“ Drive systemic change by translating shared knowledge and co-created solutions into sustainable, scalable actions, supported by continuous assessment to ensure applicability, effectiveness, and long-term value.

    Track Record

    • 50+ years in the game (and counting).
    • Involved in over 130 research projects (ISINNOVA designs, develops, and manages sector-specific & cross-sector EU and global projects)
    • 15 staff members with multidisciplinary backgrounds (engineering, statistics, economics, politics, law, social sciences, computer science and media studies)

    Posted on: 03/04/2025

    Last Edited: a month ago

    Romanian Mountain Areas 20351May 2023 - August 2023

    The stages of the implemented process were as follows:

    1. Shared understanding of the current situation in the mountain areas
    The discussions within the working groups started from a set of summarized information from the extensive analyses previously conducted, structured by strengths and weaknesses, along with additional synthetic data on the tourism, agriculture, forestry, and wood industry sectors.

    2. Selection of the drivers of change
    The working groups explored and enriched a list of factors/trends that influence the contextual change toward the 2035 horizon, across various dimensions: social, technological, economic, ecological, geopolitical, and values-based factors.

    3. Scenario projection for 2035
    Based on thematically grouped change drivers, the working groups envisioned and described the state of mountain areas in 2035 under the influence of these drivers, in the absence of strategic corrective interventions.

    4. Identification of aspirations โ€“ key values, opportunities, best practices
    The groups proposed and debated a series of values and aspirations for the future of mountain areas by 2035, including inspiration from best practices in other countries.

    5. Consolidation of aspirations into clear directions for transforming mountain areas
    This stage involved grouping aspirations by thematic areas, more clearly articulating the transformation vector, and partially exploring concrete actions that would enable these transformations. The sum of these transformation directions forms the **Vision for mountain areas by 2035**.

    6. Roadmapping - includes the set of actions that support progress toward the desirable transformation of the mountain areas, across multiple levels.

    7. Priority directions
    Participants in the workshops identified the actions perceived as the most impactful and/or urgent in transforming mountain areas.

    Posted on: 01/04/2025

    Last Edited: a month ago

    Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies1

    CIFS an independent, non-profit futures think tank

    We help people and organisations imagine, work with, and shape their future. 

    CIFS is one of the worlds oldest think tanks exclusively focusing on foresight. CIFS teach very popular courses in foresight, gives key notes and launch various initiatives and do research projects. CIFS is a self-owned think tank, completely independent of special interests. 

    Posted on: 31/03/2025

    Last Edited: 2 months ago

    The Applied Research and Communications Fund1

    Building bridges between science and business

    Supports the economic growth in South-East Europe by promoting innovative solutions and facilitating the transfer of technologies and know-how. 

    The first organization in the South- East region to implement foresight methods to shape public policy.

    Posted on: 19/03/2025

    Last Edited: 4 months ago

    Mission Area: Soil Health and FoodJuly 2021

    Foresight on Demand Brief in Support of the Horizon Europe Mission Board

    The EU introduced missions as a new instrument in Horizon Europe. Mission Boards were appointed to elaborate visions for the future in five Areas: Adaptation to Climate Change, Including Societal Transformation; Cancer; Healthy Oceans, Seas, and Coastal and Inland Waters; Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities; Soil Health and Food. Starting in autumn 2019, five Foresight on Demand projects supported them with foresight expertise and methodology.

    This report provides the work in support of the Mission Board on Soil Health and Food. Adopting a long-term perspective, the project first contributed to better understand the drivers, trends and weak signals with the most significant potential to influence the future of soil health and food. With the Mission Board, three scenarios for 2040 were sketched. In the final step, system-thinking knowledge was applied to identify concepts, solutions, and practices able to promote systematic change in the sector.

    Posted on: 28/01/2025

    Last Edited: 4 months ago

    FOD Soil1July 2019 - July 2020

    Support to the Mission Board on 'Soil Health and Food of Horizon Europe'

    The EU introduced missions as a new instrument in Horizon Europe. Mission Boards were appointed to elaborate visions for the future in five Areas: Adaptation to Climate Change, Including Societal Transformation; Cancer; Healthy Oceans, Seas, and Coastal and Inland Waters; Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities; Soil Health and Food. Starting in autumn 2019, five Foresight on Demand projects supported them with foresight expertise and methodology. This report provides the work in support of the Mission Board on Soil Health and Food. Adopting a long-term perspective, the project first contributed to better understand the drivers, trends and weak signals with the most significant potential to influence the future of soil health and food. With the Mission Board, three scenarios for 2040 were sketched. In the final step, system-thinking knowledge was applied to identify concepts, solutions, and practices able to promote systematic change in the sector.

    Posted on: 28/01/2025

    Last Edited: 4 months ago

    Ariane Voglhuber-Slavinsky1

    Posted on: 13/01/2025

    Last Edited: 5 months ago

    Vangavis1

    Home of Innovation

    Posted on: 22/12/2024

    Last Edited: 5 months ago

    4CF The Futures Literacy Company1

    4CF The Futures Literacy Company is a consultancy entirely focused on strategic foresight and long-term strategies. For nearly two decades, 4CF has been on the mission to help its clients prepare for an uncertain tomorrow. The Company has executed hundreds of projects for private companies, public institutions and international entities, including the European Commission and its agencies (EUDA, ENISA), FAO, UNFCCC, UNESCO, UNEP and UNDP. 4CF is at the forefront of global innovation, and actively contributes to the development of cutting-edge foresight tools, including 4CF HalnyX (Delphi platform), 4CF Sprawlr, 4CF FLEx.

    Posted on: 17/12/2024

    Last Edited: 5 months ago

    FOSTER1August 2022 - July 2026

    Fostering Food System Transformation by Integrating Heterogeneous Perspectives in Knowledge and Innovation within the ERA

    The vision of FOSTER is to build a foundation from which a new Knowledge and Innovation System (KIS) for Europeโ€™s food system can emerge. The current structure is insufficient to address the emerging challenges of nourishing people in a healthy and sustainable way. Key objective is to gain insights into how it can be built to be more inclusive and better governed. 

    FOSTER shall help to transform Europeโ€™s food system outcomes and will achieve this by: 

    • building a FOSTER Platform including food system-state of the art knowledge, foresight by semi-automated Horizon scanning, trend and threats-analysis and new multi-dimensional scenarios of EU food systems to 2040; 
    • implementing the FOSTER Academy โ€“ including four Summer Schools โ€“ for integrating food system-related disciplines and citizen science to enhance food system understanding across the ERA; 
    • initiating and assessing a co-creation and co-learning process within six national resp. regional Citizen Driven Initiatives (CDIs), in which new knowledge, strategies and Action Research Agendas are gained; 
    • scaling out and deep CDIs solutions and approaches to other territorial contexts; 
    • studying different R&I mechanisms of policy support for mission-oriented R&I policy for food systems transformation, and analysing and ground-proofing them in each CDI; 
    • strengthening science-policy interfaces by co-learning processes with external experts and developing recommendations for food systems R&I policies tailored to different geographies and sectors; 
    • identifying the trigger points to help โ€˜unlockโ€™ system lock-ins and support further dynamics towards system transformation; 
    • and applying reflective monitoring on all FOSTERโ€™s co-learning activities to develop insights into how the KIS can be broadened from an agricultural-KIS to a food system-KIS.

    To inspire adoption of FOSTER learnings, over 20 workshops and a final conference will be conducted; scientific position papers and policy briefs will be widely communicated. 

    Posted on: 09/12/2024

    Last Edited: 6 months ago

    Arctik1

    Communication for sustainability

    Arctik is a Brussels-based communications agency recognised for its strategic and creative communication capacity in the field of sustainability. Arctik develops tailored public relations and communication strategies that take both objectives and resulting impact into account. We facilitate the creation of communities and networks that contribute towards circulating content, whilst cultivating meaningful dialogues and synergies between influencers and decision-makers.

    Arctik has substantial experience in designing and implementing communication campaigns and projects which mix creative communication and sustainability. We believe in communication campaigns which provide a setting where opportunities are created, and knowledge is shared between actors. It is an occasion to convey a message and collect insights and intelligence.
    Our team has a strong commitment to sustainability. We incorporate sustainable values into operations Arctik has substantial experience in designing and implementing communication campaigns and projects which mix creative communication and sustainability. We believe in communication campaigns which provide a setting where opportunities are created, and knowledge is shared between actors. It is an occasion to convey a message and collect insights and intelligence. and consider environmental and social factors in every business decision, while encouraging our partners and clients to think circular! Arctik is also registered to obtain the Brussels โ€˜Enterprise ecodynamiqueโ€™ label. 

    Arctik, as part of Technopolis Group is present in more than 10 countries with 300 consultants originating from +45 countries and speaking +30 languages. This diversity offers a unique perspective on what local-level stakeholders are receptive to. 

    Our offices are located in : โ€ข Austria โ€ข Belgium โ€ข Colombia โ€ข France โ€ข Germany โ€ข Ivory Coast โ€ข Netherlands โ€ข Greece โ€ข Portugal โ€ข Sweden โ€ข Ivory Cost โ€ข Colombia โ€ข United Kingdom.

    Our solutions: Strategy โ€ข Messaging and copywriting โ€ข Online and offline engagement โ€ข Thought-provoking design โ€ข Web services โ€ข Project Management โ€ข Video and animation โ€ข Data-driven communication โ€ข Events โ€ข Social media campaigns & monitoring โ€ข Knowledge management and Capitalisation โ€ข Media and visibility.

    Our expertise: Regional Policy, Circular Economy, Climate Services, Education, Entrepreneurship, Science & Innovation.

    Arctik is part of Technopolisย |group|
    Website www.arctik.eu
    LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/arctik/
    Bluesky bsky.app/profile/arctik.eu 

    Posted on: 27/11/2024

    Last Edited: 6 months ago

    Insight Foresight Institute1

    IF-Institute

    Posted on: 25/11/2024

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    Last Edited: 2 years ago

    Harvesting Hope

    Future-Proofing Plants for Bountiful 2050 Crop Yields

    Considering prevalent trends, such as population growth, increasing demand for animal protein, land use change, and resource scarcity, a blueprint for future crops may help prioritise sustainable and efficient agriculture practices, as well as improved food systems. CropBooster-P, funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme, is a project that aimed to find a solution to this question by looking into innovative crop-breeding technologies for improving climate adaptability, resource use efficiency, yield, and quality.

    Posted on: 12/05/2023

    Last Edited: 6 months ago

    S&T Foresight - Food

    Results for the working group Food are available at: http://foresight.cnr.it/working-groups/wg-food.html 

    Posted on: 25/11/2024

    Last Edited: 6 months ago

    Strategic Foresight for Sustainability1June 2022 - May 2025

    SF4S

    SF4S is a collaborative action with partners from Higher Education institutions (HEIs), Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers, innovation networks and business entities from the Agri-food, Health and the Mobility sectors.

    Carried out between July 2022 - June 2025, SF4S supports our transition to a more sustainable European economy by helping to address the lack of green, digital and future (i.e. sustainability foresight) skills among students and professionals and by connecting knowledge flows between HEI, VET and industry actors that are necessary for Europe to develop cooperative solutions on a large-scale and support the recommendations for action in the major reports and initiatives: Green Deal, NextGenerationEU, European Skills Agenda and OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030.

    Lead

    Posted on: 30/10/2024

    Last Edited: 7 months ago

    Bianca Dragomir1

    Live deeply and tenderly

    Vice-president, foresight expert
    Foresight expert

    Posted on: 14/10/2024

    Last Edited: 7 months ago

    Prospectiva1

    Institutul de Prospectiva

    Institutul de Prospectiva is a research organisation (NGO) with the mission to stimulate future-awareness aimed at addressing the challenges of contemporary societies. To this end, we implement tailored foresight exercises supporting strategic orientation in the public sector, with a focus on foresight for R&I policy at European and national level.

    Prospectiva is part of the Foresight-on-Demand (FOD) consortium, tasked with advising the European Commission and fourteen other EU organisations on science and technology policy programming for a period of four years (April 2024 โ€“ March 2028).
    This is an extension of the previous successful cooperation within the Foresight on Demand framework contract (2019-2023); during this period Prospectiva has contributed to numerous projects, on components related to horizon scanning, large scale Delphi consultations, scenario building, co-creation workshops, speculative design, and the elaboration of various briefs, in-depth case studies and reports. These projects addressed a range of themes, among which the future of food, of retail, of ecosystemsโ€™ flourishing, and even of the human condition.

    Posted on: 14/10/2024