Bianca Dragomir, vice-president of Institutul de Prospectiva (prospectiva.ro), has been working in foresight for the last ten years, especially within the field of Research and Innovation. She’s been involved in designing and implementing complex foresight projects, at national and European level, with components such as horizon scanning, scenario and vision building, large online expert consultations, speculative design, citizen participation, futures education. She is currently contributing to maturing a Europe-wide foresight community hosted by futures4europe.eu
In addition, Bianca has contributed to the advancement of the smart specialisation process in Romania, designing and facilitating over a dozen entrepreneurial discovery workshops, coordinating expert panels, co-implementing online Delphi consultations with thousands of contributors, running co-creation workshops, some of which including citizen engagement, all of which fed into the development of the latest Research, Innovation and Smart Specialization Strategy in Romania.
Her practice of foresight - particularly its functions of imagining and deliberating potential futures - capitalises on her extensive experience in academic and public debate: a former national debate champion and European vice-champion, Bianca has worked as a debate trainer in Europe, the Middle East, and South-East Asia, and has represented Romania as a youth delegate to the United Nations.
