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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 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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- 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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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-79-66619-3 | DOI 10.2777/96675 | Catalogue number KI-04-17-246-EN-N |
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-79-66620-9 | DOI 10.2777/739121 | Catalogue number KI-04-17-246-EN-C |
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