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Future scenarios for research & innovation policies in Europe : extended summary
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The growing complexity of the world will require that society develop more options for coping. Options will come from new discoveries, inventions, ideas – in short, from research and innovation. This document summarizes a foresight report, commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, draws on a broad range of sources about megatrends shaping the world
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today and projects them forward into the 2030s. The report describes two possible outcomes: That the trends go on unmanaged and uncontrolled, or that society takes action. The fi rst outcome would be negative: climate change, environmental degradation, explosive migration, an unhealthy population, crowded and dangerous cities, mass unemployment and global strife – and Europe a victim. The second outcome would be positive: climate control, sustainable land and sea management, a circular economy with greater productivity, a healthier and longer-lived population with fulfi lling work and leisure, peace – and Europe a leader. The report goes on to illustrate specifi c ways in which research and innovation could help Europe realise the positive scenario or at least minimise the harm of the negative.
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Published:
2017-04-18
Corporate author(s):
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
(
European Commission
)
Personal author(s):
Weber, Matthias
;
Sessa, Carlo
;
Ricci, Andrea
Themes:
Scientific and technical research
Subject:
EU policy - national policy
,
innovation
,
long-term forecast
,
new technology
,
report
,
scientific research
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978-92-79-66619-3
10.2777/96675
KI-04-17-246-EN-N
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978-92-79-66620-9
10.2777/739121
KI-04-17-246-EN-C
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