Transcript Zukunftsforschung vs. Trendforschung

The FNR Foresight
A participative Process
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Aims of the Foresight exercise
Identification of National Research Priorities in the public sector with
short-term and/or long-term socio-economic interest for Luxembourg
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Scientific and political rationale for this choice of priorities
Shared understanding of stakeholders
Proposal of set of priorities to government
Identification of research priorities for future FNR programmes
Consolidation of communication networks among stakeholders
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Models of Science Production
and Exploitation
Luxembourg should not invest in basic research but implement ideas generated abroad
Mode 1
This strategy is based on the
linear model (Mode 1) of knowledge production
Mode 2 knowledge production:
• transdisciplinary
• back and forth between:
fundamental and applied
theoretical and practical
Mode 2
Basic research
Applied research
Mode 1 and 2 co-exist today
Application
Pure opportunistic strategy would not work
• Need residential expertise to absorb new knowledge
• Science is a (constantly changing) networking activity
Development
Technology
The question remains the same for small or big countries: in which areas should Government
concentrate public funding for science?
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The Exercise
Aims:
Creating a Baseline
Interviews
Data collection
Method:
Input:
Bibliometrics
Mapping of Lux.
Research
landscape
‘Long list’ of
possible research
domains
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Exploratory
Workshop
Stakeholder
Workshops
Identifying Priorities
Expert workshops
per field
SWOT Analysis
Initial assessment
of domains
International
research trends
Evaluation of FNR
programmes
Results:
Online
Questionnaire
Setting a Context
‘Long list’ of
research
domains
Initial
assessment
Selection of
broad research
fields
No formal input
Future trends
Luxembourg
context
General
Challenges for
Luxembourg
Research
priorities
candidates
Conclusion and
recommendations
Phase 1
• Interviews (50 2-hour interviews + 9 phone interviews)
• Young researchers workshops (97 participants, 57% public, 8% private, 35% abroad)
• Exploratory Workshop
Participants
Minister & Secretary of State, Members of Parliament (Lux.
and EU), Ministries, Agencies
12%
CRPS, CEPS, University of Luxembourg, other public inst.:
58%
Private sector
16%
Universities abroad, Institutions abroad
14%
Online Questionnaire (298 questionnaires of 900 people contacted):
8 % Ministries/Agencies, 56% public, 14% private, 22% abroad
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Phase 2
13 workshops (approx 200 participants) + CS/CA meetings
Participants
Minister & Secretary of State, Members of Parliament (Lux. and
EU), Ministries, Agencies
33%
CRPS, CEPS, University of Luxembourg, other public inst.:
23%
Private sector
21%
Universities abroad, Institutions abroad
24%
More than 300 individual participants (not including questionnaires) in whole exercise
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Prioritization Funnel
Phase 1: „Long List“:
56 possible research areas
with about 250 research issues
End of Phase 1:
about 25 Research Domains
Phase 2:
19 Research Domains
+ 4 Technology Platforms
FNR CS CA prioritisation
6 Research Priorities
Rational based on 11 criteria
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Official Presentation of the Final
Report to the MCESR: June 18th, 2007
Further
prioritization
National Priorities
Innovation in Services
Sustainable Resource Management
New Materials, Surfaces and Sensing Devices
Biomedical Sciences
Labour Market, Educational Requirements and Social Protection
Identities, Diversity and Integration
Technology Platforms:
•Modelling and Simulation
•High performance scientific computing and powerful computation infrastructure
•Information Infrastructure
•Central infrastructure acquiring and managing scientific information/databases
•Tissue Bank
•Systematic collection of human samples of tissue, cells or body fluids
•Other Technology Platforms like Proteomics, Genomics, etc.
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Added value of Foresight
6 Research priorities of great interest to Luxembourg
• Existing synergies between priorities and various sub-domains
• Topics of great future scientific interest
• Based on the existing competences and new boundaries
Results generated by participative process
• Many different actors of R&D environment
• Research priorities of particular interest for Luxembourg
• Important part of the process: wiring-up of the actors!
Momentum built & Leasons learned
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Presentations
• Innovation in Services
• Sustainable Resource Management
• New Materials, Surfaces and Sensing Devices
• Biomedical Sciences
• Labour Market, Educational Requirements and
Social Protection
• Identities, Diversity and Integration
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Conclusion
Outlook
Next steps
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Innovation in Services
Business Service Design and Innovation
Performance and Development of the Financial Systems
Fostering the Economic and Legal Environment for Innovation
Information Security and Trust Management
Telecommunications and Multimedia
Sustainable Resource Management in
Luxembourg
Understanding Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Sustainable Management of Water Resources
Sustainable Uses and Sources of Energy
Sustainable Agro-Systems Management
Spatial and Urban Development
Identities, Diversity and Integration
Labour Market, Educational Requirements and Social Protection
New Functional and Intelligent
Materials and Surfaces, and new
Sensing Applications
New Functional and Intelligent Materials and Surfaces
New sensing applications
Age-related Biomedical Research
Age-related Diseases
Translational Biomedical Research
Public Health, including aspects of Environmental Health
Based on communication from www.gouvernement.lu
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Presentation of domains according to
prioritisation criteria
C1. Environment
Socio-economic
contribution
C2. Economy
C3. Society
C4. Accordance with the political agenda in Luxembourg
Feasibility
C5. Public and political acceptance
C6. Private sector activities in Luxembourg
C7. Public research capacity in Luxembourg
C8. Infrastructure / Critical Mass
C9. International research context
C10. Contribution to national competences, scientific excellence and international
reputation
C11. Cross-linkages
with other Priorities
identified
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Domain A
Domain B