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Participation and Interaction in Foresight
Dialogue, Dissemination and Visions
9781781956137 Edward Elgar Publishing
This illuminating book combines theory and practice to analyse the experiences and impacts of foresight activities in various European countries. It includes case studies with a focus on different societal issues including national development, science and technology, and sustainable development.
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This illuminating book combines theory and practice to analyse the experiences and impacts of foresight activities in various European countries. It includes case studies with a focus on different societal issues including national development, science and technology, and sustainable development.
The contributors expertly describe and analyse foresight projects carried out in countries at various stages of economic development including mature market economies, transition economies and young democracies. The theoretical chapters on stakeholder participation, negotiation and dialogue, learning, and visioning are useful in the planning and analyses of foresight activities. The case study chapters explicitly demonstrate how the societal context can influence the planning and impact of foresight policy.
Scholars of foresight and technology assessment will find plenty of information in this invaluable book. It will also prove essential for Masters courses on foresight or future studies, and public policy courses with a focus on future policy and planning.
The contributors expertly describe and analyse foresight projects carried out in countries at various stages of economic development including mature market economies, transition economies and young democracies. The theoretical chapters on stakeholder participation, negotiation and dialogue, learning, and visioning are useful in the planning and analyses of foresight activities. The case study chapters explicitly demonstrate how the societal context can influence the planning and impact of foresight policy.
Scholars of foresight and technology assessment will find plenty of information in this invaluable book. It will also prove essential for Masters courses on foresight or future studies, and public policy courses with a focus on future policy and planning.
Critical Acclaim
‘The ten national foresight case studies presented, covering a wide-ranging set of themes (research, science and technology, education and training and the environment) and countries, help to underline the practical aspects of using dialogue and participation effectively in foresight exercises. The book is particularly useful in defining the concept of dialogue, debate, interaction and participation and in outlining a range of uses in different foresight contexts. This book constitutes an important contribution to the futures field and will prove an inspiration to those embarking on foresight exercises and similar open, participatory forward-looking processes.’
– Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Malta Council for Science and Technology
– Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Malta Council for Science and Technology
Contributors
Contributors: A. Alvarenga, K. Borch, P. De Smedt, S.M. Dingli, E. Göll, L. Groff, É. Hideg, T. Kristóf, C. Kroeze, F. Mérida, E. Nemcová, E. Nováky, L.A. Pace, O. Saritas, M. Søgaard Jørgensen, S.I.P. Stalpers
Contents
Contents:
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Role of Interaction in Foresight
Kristian Borch
PART II: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
2. Interactions Between Foresight and Decision-Making
Peter De Smedt
3. Stakeholder Participation and Dialogue in Foresight
Ozcan Saritas, Lisa A. Pace and Serge I.P. Stalpers
4. Learning Theory in Foresight
Tamás Kristóf
5. Dialogue in Foresight: Consensus, Conflict and Negotiation
Kristian Borch and Fredesvinda Mérida
6. Dialogue as a Tool of Foresight with Insights on the Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations
Linda Groff
7. Visions and Visioning in Foresight Activities
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
8. The Dissemination and Implementations of Results of Forecast Activities
Sandra M. Dingli
PART III: CASE STUDIES
9. Dialogues in the COOL Project
Serge I.P. Stalpers and Carolien Kroeze
10. The Analysis of the UK Technology Foresight Programme from the Dialogue, Vision and Dissemination Perspectives
Ozcan Saritas
11. Dialogues on Air Pollution: An Asian Example
Carolien Kroeze and Serge I.P. Stalpers
12. Hungarian Educational Foresight: ‘Vocational Training and Future’
Éva Hideg, Erzsébet Nováky and Tamás Kristóf
13. Foresight as a Tool of Policy Formulation: The Slovak Foresight Exercise
Edita Nemcová
14. CASE DENMARK: Green Technology Foresight, Phase 1
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
15. The Danish Technology Foresight on Environmentally Friendly Agriculture
Kristian Borch
16. Strategic Planning for the Future: Malta’s eFORESEE Experience
Lisa A. Pace
17. Futur – the Research Dialogue in Germany
Edgar Göll
18. Analysis of the Foresight Components of the Portuguese Economic and Social Development Plan 2000–2006 (PNDES 2000–2006)
António Alvarenga
PART IV: CROSS-CUTTING CONCLUSIONS
19. Foresight as Governance of Science, Technology and Society: Cross-Cutting Conclusions
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
Index
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Role of Interaction in Foresight
Kristian Borch
PART II: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
2. Interactions Between Foresight and Decision-Making
Peter De Smedt
3. Stakeholder Participation and Dialogue in Foresight
Ozcan Saritas, Lisa A. Pace and Serge I.P. Stalpers
4. Learning Theory in Foresight
Tamás Kristóf
5. Dialogue in Foresight: Consensus, Conflict and Negotiation
Kristian Borch and Fredesvinda Mérida
6. Dialogue as a Tool of Foresight with Insights on the Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations
Linda Groff
7. Visions and Visioning in Foresight Activities
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
8. The Dissemination and Implementations of Results of Forecast Activities
Sandra M. Dingli
PART III: CASE STUDIES
9. Dialogues in the COOL Project
Serge I.P. Stalpers and Carolien Kroeze
10. The Analysis of the UK Technology Foresight Programme from the Dialogue, Vision and Dissemination Perspectives
Ozcan Saritas
11. Dialogues on Air Pollution: An Asian Example
Carolien Kroeze and Serge I.P. Stalpers
12. Hungarian Educational Foresight: ‘Vocational Training and Future’
Éva Hideg, Erzsébet Nováky and Tamás Kristóf
13. Foresight as a Tool of Policy Formulation: The Slovak Foresight Exercise
Edita Nemcová
14. CASE DENMARK: Green Technology Foresight, Phase 1
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
15. The Danish Technology Foresight on Environmentally Friendly Agriculture
Kristian Borch
16. Strategic Planning for the Future: Malta’s eFORESEE Experience
Lisa A. Pace
17. Futur – the Research Dialogue in Germany
Edgar Göll
18. Analysis of the Foresight Components of the Portuguese Economic and Social Development Plan 2000–2006 (PNDES 2000–2006)
António Alvarenga
PART IV: CROSS-CUTTING CONCLUSIONS
19. Foresight as Governance of Science, Technology and Society: Cross-Cutting Conclusions
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
Index
