What do you want the future to look like? In which future would you like to live? These are questions of high relevance for policy and they were at the heart of the Conference on the Future of Europe. This EU initiative has created a new space for debate with citizens on how to respond...Continue Reading

Work is a turbulent field closely interconnected with all aspects of life. It is expected that the twin transitions (green and digital) will profoundly change labour markets and skills, in response to which social and economic cohesion must be strengthened. In this raplex (rapidly changing and complex) environment, it is required that people, trade unions,...Continue Reading

The Futures Literacy Cognitive Skills training was designed with a view to helping Net-zero Emissions Maritime Hubs Deep Demonstration Design Partners and Challenge Owners dig deeper into Futures Literacy capability so they can apply it in their own innovation work. The training covered important aspects related to how imagining futures relates to preparation and planning,...Continue Reading

On the 3rd and 4th of December 2020, the FLxDeep Consortium, represented by UNESCO Chair on Futures Research_ FORTH/PRAXI Network, in collaboration with the Regional Development Agency of West Macedonia (ANKO SA/Enterprise Europe Network) and the “C4SDGRows” Research Team of the Department of Journalism & Mass Communications of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organized: An...Continue Reading

The first futures thinking book for children in Greek is now available from the Crete University Press_ FORTH. UNESCO Chair on Futures Research_FORTH/PRAXI Network supported the publication. The Futures Thinking playbook by Katie King and Julia Rose West is designed for students and teachers alike, to help the younger generations anticipate and influence the future....Continue Reading

Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), 1 Morihovou Sq, 55236, Thessaloniki, Greece Laurent Bontoux, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Rue du Champ de Mars 21,1050 Brussels, Belgium Irianna Lianaki-Dedouli, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), 1 Morihovou Sq, 55236, Thessaloniki, Greece Daniela Ilieva, VUZF University,  1 Gusla Str., Ovcha Kupel Distr.,...Continue Reading

People are using the future to search for better ways to achieve sustainability, inclusiveness, prosperity, well-being and peace. In addition, the way the future is understood and used is changing in almost all domains, from social science to daily life. This book presents the results of significant research undertaken by UNESCO with a number of...Continue Reading

by Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and The Millennium Project Team Pages: 208; includes some 50 graphs ISBN: 978-0-9882639-5-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672 “An important example of using scientific methods and collective intelligence to help us understand and act better for the future.” — Phil Mjwara, Director General, Ministry of Science & Technology,...Continue Reading

The research is performed by KAIROS FUTURE, FORTH/PRAXI, and Phemonoe Lab/Emetris, in the context of the DRAGON-STAR Plus project which was funded by the European Commission under the HORIZON 2020 program. This report presents the outcome of a cooperative foresight work that took place simultaneously in EU and China, aiming to produce scenarios for the Chinese innovation environment in 2030, drawing special focus in...Continue Reading

Part of the Dragon-Star project (2012-2015) was the execution of a foresight exercise that revealed future development scenarios regarding the research environment in China. The research also idenitifed future cooperation opportunities and threats, as well as trends and strategies in the fields of science and innovation. The overall work was structured around a single focal question:...Continue Reading