FFRAF report:
foresighting food, rural and agri-futures link pdf
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Foresight Expert Group
An expert group has been appointed to synthesise the existing analytical and foresight material in relation eight “major driving forces” for agriculture in Europe and has issued a foresight paper on each area:
* Climate change
* Environment
* Economy and trade
* Energy
* Societal changes
* Health
* Rural economy
* Science and Technology
From: EC Research, Agriculture, SCAR, Initiatives: foresight
28 Feb 2007
30 Jan 2007
29 Dec 2006
Sustainable Innovation
This book presents empirical research and cases to develop a theory of sustainable innovation LINK
The Organisational, Human and Knowledge Dimension
Contributing Editor: René Jorna
The Organisational, Human and Knowledge Dimension
Contributing Editor: René Jorna
Research on Science Policy in European countries
"Managing with Uncertainty in Science Policy"
Financed within the Improving Human Potential Programme, STRATA activity under the European 5th Framework Programme
http://www.afsk.au.dk/Muscipoli.htm
Introduction
Financed within the Improving Human Potential Programme, STRATA activity under the European 5th Framework Programme
http://www.afsk.au.dk/Muscipoli.htm
Introduction
30 Nov 2006
Knowledge Management - Australia
SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIAN KM STANDARD
by Kim Sbarcea link pdf
ThinkingShift.com
"aim is to offer new ways of thinking on topics as varied as knowledge management; social networks; chaos and complexity theory; cyberspace. "
Kim Sbarcea and ThinkingShift.com - personal website
http://www.thinkingshift.com/index.php
by Kim Sbarcea link pdf
ThinkingShift.com
"aim is to offer new ways of thinking on topics as varied as knowledge management; social networks; chaos and complexity theory; cyberspace. "
Kim Sbarcea and ThinkingShift.com - personal website
http://www.thinkingshift.com/index.php
EFMN - mapping foresight initiatives across the world
10 Oct 2006
Learning THINKING SKILLS
Rupert Wegerif, School of Education, Open University
Literature Review in Thinking Skills, Technology and Learning
REPORT 2
a link (pdf)
FUTURELAB
Innovation in Education
Literature Review in Thinking Skills, Technology and Learning
REPORT 2
a link (pdf)
FUTURELAB
Innovation in Education
10 Sept 2006
Social Knowledge Management
Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe Local Social Knowledge Management: Community Actors, Institutions and Multilevel Governance in Regional Foresight Exercises," Futures, (36)
2004, 45-65.
At:
Recent publications.
Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems,
Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
16 Aug 2006
Pragmatics
Dealing with Language Challenge
Pragmatics LINGUISTICS the study of how particular words in a language are chosen and used
(Macmillan English Dictionary Online)
Tarja Nikula
Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland
Roles, Functions and Uses of English in EFL and Content-based Classrooms
a link
In recent years, perspectives on language learning have been changing as researchers have started to place more emphasis on socio-cultural and constructivist aspects of language learning and language use (e.g. Ochs 1993, Donato & McCormick 1994, Wells 1999, Lantolf 2000, Zuengler et al. 2001).
Proponents of this more social view, in the words of Zuengler et al. (2001:1) "have conceived of language as a dynamic and socially grounded practice" rather than as an autonomous system that is made up of abstract representations at the levels of phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis.
The focus has thus shifted from individual learners and what they need to do and know to communicate to a more social view of communication as a joint process. As Young (2001:3) puts it, "current research has advanced the position that abilities, actions, and activities do not belong to the individual but are jointly constructed by all participants".
English voices in Finnish society: The use of English in media, education and professional settings
Project
Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä
Pragmatics LINGUISTICS the study of how particular words in a language are chosen and used
(Macmillan English Dictionary Online)
Tarja Nikula
Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland
Roles, Functions and Uses of English in EFL and Content-based Classrooms
a link
In recent years, perspectives on language learning have been changing as researchers have started to place more emphasis on socio-cultural and constructivist aspects of language learning and language use (e.g. Ochs 1993, Donato & McCormick 1994, Wells 1999, Lantolf 2000, Zuengler et al. 2001).
Proponents of this more social view, in the words of Zuengler et al. (2001:1) "have conceived of language as a dynamic and socially grounded practice" rather than as an autonomous system that is made up of abstract representations at the levels of phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis.
The focus has thus shifted from individual learners and what they need to do and know to communicate to a more social view of communication as a joint process. As Young (2001:3) puts it, "current research has advanced the position that abilities, actions, and activities do not belong to the individual but are jointly constructed by all participants".
English voices in Finnish society: The use of English in media, education and professional settings
Project
Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä
7 Aug 2006
foresight, FP7
Frictions and Lubricants in Shaping Ways to European Future - Foresight as a Permanent Policy Tool
Werner Wobbe, European Commission, DG Research - Directorate K, Unit "Science and Technology Foresight"; links with the IPTS
presentation
at
"The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic in cooperation with Technology Centre AS CR organized a conference "Ways to European Future - A Dialogue between Policy Makers and Foresight Practitioners" on 11-12 May 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. The conference was organized within the ForSociety ERA-NET which is focused on coordinating national foresight exercises. The project website: http://www.eranet-forsociety.net/.
Presentations presented at the conference are now available to download."
a link
Werner Wobbe, European Commission, DG Research - Directorate K, Unit "Science and Technology Foresight"; links with the IPTS
presentation
at
"The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic in cooperation with Technology Centre AS CR organized a conference "Ways to European Future - A Dialogue between Policy Makers and Foresight Practitioners" on 11-12 May 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. The conference was organized within the ForSociety ERA-NET which is focused on coordinating national foresight exercises. The project website: http://www.eranet-forsociety.net/.
Presentations presented at the conference are now available to download."
a link
KM, learning and research in Latvia
Dace Apshvalka
The Riga Technical university, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute of Applied Computer Systems, Department of System Theory and Design
List of publications - 2003-2005
The Riga Technical university, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute of Applied Computer Systems, Department of System Theory and Design
List of publications - 2003-2005
28 Jul 2006
SCAR foresight activities
European Commission > Research > Agriculture > SCAR > SCAR mandate
Foresight activities
Following the second plenary meeting, the SCAR decided to launch a long-term foresight process aimed at assessing the outlook of European agriculture by 2015-2020.
The SCAR-WG is currently preparing the ground for a research agenda on foresight initiatives undertaken by SCAR, based on existing foresight studies/activities and possible mapping/networking of foresight activities at national, EU and international level.
An important step towards this objective might be a foresight conference on the future of European agriculture to be held in the first half of 2007 during the German presidency.
Source: Standing Committee on Agricultural Research mandate
The scope and role of the ‘new SCAR’
SCAR net
Foresight activities
Following the second plenary meeting, the SCAR decided to launch a long-term foresight process aimed at assessing the outlook of European agriculture by 2015-2020.
The SCAR-WG is currently preparing the ground for a research agenda on foresight initiatives undertaken by SCAR, based on existing foresight studies/activities and possible mapping/networking of foresight activities at national, EU and international level.
An important step towards this objective might be a foresight conference on the future of European agriculture to be held in the first half of 2007 during the German presidency.
Source: Standing Committee on Agricultural Research mandate
The scope and role of the ‘new SCAR’
SCAR net
30 Jun 2006
Published on KnowledgeBoard
Technologies for Personal and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Knowledge Management
Eric Tsui
Financial Services, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), North Sydney, Australia and School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Peter Bond, Understanding Technology as Knowledge and Culture (2006)
a link
Eric Tsui
Financial Services, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), North Sydney, Australia and School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
a link
"There has been numerous articles published on the role of IT and KM systems in organisations but there is a lack of research into KM tools for individuals and server-less KM tools/systems. By adopting a bottom-up approach, this research focusses on tools that assist the Individual Knowledge Worker (IKW) who, in today’s competitive knowledge-based society, has a constant need to capture, categorise and locate/distribute knowledge on multiple devices and with multiple parties."
Peter Bond (Learning Futures Ltd)
The Reconciliation of Knowledge and Technology Management
Peter Bond, Understanding Technology as Knowledge and Culture (2006)
a link
21 May 2006
Strategic Policy Intelligence: RegStrat
The RegStrat Project
Strategic Policy Intelligence Tools for Better S&T Investment Strategies in Europe's Regions project description (pdf)
"The 2-year project adopts an ambitious cross-cutting and integrating approach to harness synergies from past and present developments, and knowledge stocks regarding Strategic Policy Intelligence (SPI1) tools. The approach takes account of the different governance levels, different policy and policy research fields, and the different actor communities of Europe's (trans-) regional, national and sectoral innovation systems." (...)
"What has been shown, e.g. through EU- or self-supported regional initiatives or the Irish experience, is that some territories in Europe and also in other continents made considerable progress through the application of appropriately conceived SPI tools. As regional progress in this respect is also convincing to policy makers and program managers at other governance levels, these territories tend to attract additional resources from national, EU (Regional Development, Agriculture, Infrastructure etc.) and foreign direct investment budgets more successfully.
RegStrat aims, therefore, at supporting regional actors in the acquisition of such expertise. As strategic knowledge is both expensive to generate and difficult to translate into day-to-day decision-making, it is also important to facilitate networking and knowledge-exchange between regions and with EU level organizations, taking advantage of the different regional structures, preconditions and processes. Exchanging strategic knowledge across a broader range of policy fields, policy actors and governance levels also meets the growing demand for greater transparency and participation in public decisions."
The RegStrat project http://www.regstrat.net/ is a Co-ordination Action supported by the Regions of Knowledge 2-Program of the European Commission’s DG Research. The project consortium is composed of Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ), for Baden-Württemberg, as co-ordinator and the following partners:
IRER, the Regional Institute for Research of Lombardy, for Lombardia, Italy;
Forfás, the National Policy Advisory Board for Enterprise, Trade, Science, Technology and Innovation, for Ireland;
Fundecyt, the Foundation for the Development, for Extremadura, Spain;
WUT, Wroclaw University of Technology, for Lower Silesia, Poland; and
IBS, the Institute of Baltic Studies, for Tartu Region, Estonia.
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The Roles of Foresight in (Regional) Policy Making
http://www.innovating-regions.org/download/2-clar_mlp.pdf
Dr. Günter Clar
Stuttgart, 31 March, 2006
MLP workshop "Regional Foresight"
The Conference on Strategic Policy Intelligence for Regional Decision-Making and the second MLP Regional Foresight Workshop are organised as a joint undertaking on 30 and 31 March 2006 in Stuttgart. The events are organized by Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ) in collaboration with the Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) Secretariat and the Ministries of Economic Affairs, and Research, Science and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg. a link
Dr. Günter Clar:
Innovation – there’s more to it than new products
- Innovations are embedded in everyday activities of enterprises and all other social actors, not only in scientific contexts
- There are many kinds of innovations: technological innovations, service innovations, societal innovations
- In addition to radical inventions, the importance of incremental improvements for competitiveness are not to be underestimated
- Innovation is closely connected to learning, in tacit forms and explicit ones
- Innovation is a complex process, from the creation of 'the new‘ to recombining the ‘old’ to embedding it in an application context, to its dissemination
- Different types of co-operation of many kinds of actors is important for successful innovation processes.
Strategic Policy Intelligence Tools for Better S&T Investment Strategies in Europe's Regions project description (pdf)
"The 2-year project adopts an ambitious cross-cutting and integrating approach to harness synergies from past and present developments, and knowledge stocks regarding Strategic Policy Intelligence (SPI1) tools. The approach takes account of the different governance levels, different policy and policy research fields, and the different actor communities of Europe's (trans-) regional, national and sectoral innovation systems." (...)
"What has been shown, e.g. through EU- or self-supported regional initiatives or the Irish experience, is that some territories in Europe and also in other continents made considerable progress through the application of appropriately conceived SPI tools. As regional progress in this respect is also convincing to policy makers and program managers at other governance levels, these territories tend to attract additional resources from national, EU (Regional Development, Agriculture, Infrastructure etc.) and foreign direct investment budgets more successfully.
RegStrat aims, therefore, at supporting regional actors in the acquisition of such expertise. As strategic knowledge is both expensive to generate and difficult to translate into day-to-day decision-making, it is also important to facilitate networking and knowledge-exchange between regions and with EU level organizations, taking advantage of the different regional structures, preconditions and processes. Exchanging strategic knowledge across a broader range of policy fields, policy actors and governance levels also meets the growing demand for greater transparency and participation in public decisions."
The RegStrat project http://www.regstrat.net/ is a Co-ordination Action supported by the Regions of Knowledge 2-Program of the European Commission’s DG Research. The project consortium is composed of Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ), for Baden-Württemberg, as co-ordinator and the following partners:
IRER, the Regional Institute for Research of Lombardy, for Lombardia, Italy;
Forfás, the National Policy Advisory Board for Enterprise, Trade, Science, Technology and Innovation, for Ireland;
Fundecyt, the Foundation for the Development, for Extremadura, Spain;
WUT, Wroclaw University of Technology, for Lower Silesia, Poland; and
IBS, the Institute of Baltic Studies, for Tartu Region, Estonia.
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The Roles of Foresight in (Regional) Policy Making
http://www.innovating-regions.org/download/2-clar_mlp.pdf
Dr. Günter Clar
Stuttgart, 31 March, 2006
MLP workshop "Regional Foresight"
The Conference on Strategic Policy Intelligence for Regional Decision-Making and the second MLP Regional Foresight Workshop are organised as a joint undertaking on 30 and 31 March 2006 in Stuttgart. The events are organized by Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ) in collaboration with the Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) Secretariat and the Ministries of Economic Affairs, and Research, Science and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg. a link
Dr. Günter Clar:
Innovation – there’s more to it than new products
- Innovations are embedded in everyday activities of enterprises and all other social actors, not only in scientific contexts
- There are many kinds of innovations: technological innovations, service innovations, societal innovations
- In addition to radical inventions, the importance of incremental improvements for competitiveness are not to be underestimated
- Innovation is closely connected to learning, in tacit forms and explicit ones
- Innovation is a complex process, from the creation of 'the new‘ to recombining the ‘old’ to embedding it in an application context, to its dissemination
- Different types of co-operation of many kinds of actors is important for successful innovation processes.
10 Apr 2006
Knowledge Society Foresight for Europe, 2006
Ireland and the knowledge society
Author: Ian Miles
Research institute: PREST, Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester
Foundation project: Knowledge society
Research manager: Timo Kauppinen
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2005
"This report was prepared as a contribution to discussions about Knowledge Society Foresight (KSF) in the Republic of Ireland. It draws on earlier work completed for the EUFORIA project by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (the Foundation)."
a link
p.48 "To conclude, this report emphasises the point that for successful KSF in Ireland, it is important to ensure that:
- there is demand for this activity from within Ireland;
- specific Irish sponsors are prepared to champion the work;
- Irish foresight practitioners are available to design the process;
- they can enlist researchers, experts and stakeholders into the programme.
In accordance with this philosophy, the report has tried to avoid being too prescriptive in relation to what should be done. There is no standard solution for KSF. EUFORIA, for instance, was a pilot study designed to explore and demonstrate the applicability of foresight tools to KSF. It did not consist of a set of extensive national exercises and, in particular, lacked the close connection to local sponsors and decision-makers that is really required for comprehensive foresight studies. It did succeed, nevertheless, in demonstrating the applicability of various tools, which have described in this report, to give an indication of the lessons learned in relation to types of approaches.(...)
The experience of KSF will be an interesting one to watch, given the very distinctive circumstances in which Ireland finds itself, and the mission that has been set out above for the Irish exercise. It is likely that an Irish KSF will produce results that will be of great interest to those of us in other countries. This will probably be recognised most immediately among new Member States of the EU, given their interest in emulating Irish development. However, the overall strategy of conducting a national KSF study is highly relevant to all EU countries, as they continue to shape their own styles of KS."
Author: Ian Miles
Research institute: PREST, Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester
Foundation project: Knowledge society
Research manager: Timo Kauppinen
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2005
"This report was prepared as a contribution to discussions about Knowledge Society Foresight (KSF) in the Republic of Ireland. It draws on earlier work completed for the EUFORIA project by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (the Foundation)."
a link
p.48 "To conclude, this report emphasises the point that for successful KSF in Ireland, it is important to ensure that:
- there is demand for this activity from within Ireland;
- specific Irish sponsors are prepared to champion the work;
- Irish foresight practitioners are available to design the process;
- they can enlist researchers, experts and stakeholders into the programme.
In accordance with this philosophy, the report has tried to avoid being too prescriptive in relation to what should be done. There is no standard solution for KSF. EUFORIA, for instance, was a pilot study designed to explore and demonstrate the applicability of foresight tools to KSF. It did not consist of a set of extensive national exercises and, in particular, lacked the close connection to local sponsors and decision-makers that is really required for comprehensive foresight studies. It did succeed, nevertheless, in demonstrating the applicability of various tools, which have described in this report, to give an indication of the lessons learned in relation to types of approaches.(...)
The experience of KSF will be an interesting one to watch, given the very distinctive circumstances in which Ireland finds itself, and the mission that has been set out above for the Irish exercise. It is likely that an Irish KSF will produce results that will be of great interest to those of us in other countries. This will probably be recognised most immediately among new Member States of the EU, given their interest in emulating Irish development. However, the overall strategy of conducting a national KSF study is highly relevant to all EU countries, as they continue to shape their own styles of KS."
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