... some 150 prominent experts composed seven thematic panels devoted to broad priority S&T areas. These thematic panels intensively operated during the whole period of project implementation. The EU Horizon 2020 Programme has been focused on a number of grand challenges, such as health...

... to understand how they can be realized in practice. Representatives from federal authorities, science and business were involved in the project to create future visions of technological directions; analyze grand challenges, weak signals and wild cards; and set research and development (R&D) priorities...

... facilitating structural change by offering outlooks into a variety of transformed R&I futures and generate strategic anticipatory intelligence. Research Innovation Research policy Grand challenges Responsible research and innovation Scenario assessment To produce knowledge is to accept...

...Vicente Carabias; Peter De Smedt; Thomas Teichler; Martin Rhisiart Purpose The paper seeks to discuss how foresight is used to understand the implications of global changes for research and innovation policies. It aims to present a recent Irish case study that identified grand challenges...

...Vicente Carabias; Peter De Smedt; Thomas Teichler; Vicente Carabias; Peter De Smedt; Thomas Teichler Purpose This Guest Editorial aims to demonstrate the diversity of application fields in which FTA methods are being used and to offer a glimpse into possible consequences that grand challenges...