[PDF] Top 20 The rise and promise of participatory foresight

... in foresight activities has been justified. A participatory approach requires the in- clusion of agents, which have traditionally been considered ‘external’ for the foresight ... See full document

... the promise of valuable reputation held out by both reality television production and online web participation are evidence of a contemporary structure of feeling where personal visibility and surveillance is chic ... See full document

... to rise drastically in the coming years. Biodiesel offers the promise of numerous benefits related to energy security, economics, and expansion of the agriculture sector and reduction of pollutant ... See full document

... Michael also has a very strong commitment to family. He is dedicated to his family and proud of their accomplishments. Talk of his family is a natural and enjoyable part of interacting with Michael. When his children ... See full document

... the foresight activities by synthesizing the results into a ...the foresight process because foresight is, ideally, the launching point for other actions by the ...how foresight outputs were ... See full document

... In response to this recommendation both the Tánaiste and the Minister for Science, Technology and Commerce, have secured Government approval for a Technology Foresight Fund of £560 million as outlined in the ... See full document

... This paper, however, has rather modest aims, it does not intend to classify, characterise and analyse all the possible methods used to predict, influence or shape our future in different periods of time in different ... See full document

... In this sense, there is apparently a growing interest among public and private institutions to identify and understand citizens’ expectations and wishes, which has led both types of institutions to promote actions in ... See full document

... either Foresight or specifically scenario consulting service, they react with scep- ticism, and the only pro-Foresight arguments that are not au- tomatically rejected are those of real evidence of ... See full document

... The CFA using the AMOS software was conducted based on the results of the EFA analysis (see table 2). ML estimation on the covariance matrix did not yield good model fit (CMIN) statistics. The x²/df fell within the ... See full document

... in foresight quality criteria is at the very ...validating foresight outcomes in regard of their comprehensibility and relevance for lay people as well as for ... See full document

... On the whole, the agricultural holding, as defined in farm structure statistics, can be positioned at the intersection of various types of questions on total household activity and socio[r] ... See full document

... glance. Foresight is costly in terms of time and money, but even more so in terms of the participants’ time required by meetings, workshops and ...their foresight programmes, and their ‘products’ – reports, ... See full document

... The best known Italian embryologist of the second half of the XIX century was Angelo Ruffini (1864-1930) (Fig. 8). He became professor of histology at the University of Bologna in 1894. In 1901 he moved to the University ... See full document

... For this reason, we believe it is important and valuable to identify more successful cases, broaden the scope of research and incorporate the sophisticated creativity and collaboration tools emerging today within the Web ... See full document

... months of the main foresight phase, however, it seemed to be inevitable to develop macro visions, too. The Steering Group did not want to impose anything on the panels, though, and thus the idea was ‘frozen’ for a ... See full document

... This paper responds to policy from the Foresight Review on adult education (2016) and the Department of Education (DfE) Adult Learners Policy (2018). The objective of this paper is to develop critical thinking ... See full document

... UK foresight programmes; see Boxes 1-2 in Section ...A foresight programme, based on this rationale, can deliver solutions in various forms: by strengthened, re-aligned networks as ‘process’ results of the ... See full document

... On a daily basis, NATO has to cope with challenges inherent in its defence planning: 1) developing credible and realistic plans covering all possible Allied missions, 2) coordinating[r] ... See full document

... Goia and Chittipeddi’s (1991) work explains that sensemaking is a continuous process of interpretation and enactment. In our case, interpretation concerns external cues from the environment. However, as we have shown in ... See full document