Participatory foresight – a demand side approach...Participatory foresight – a demand side approach Cross-linking knowledge of citizens, stakeholders and experts 4. The method

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Participatory foresight – a demand side approach

Cross-linking knowledge of citizens, stakeholders and experts

The method was developed as part of an EU project and

tested in eight countries (2008-2011). The goal: creating

recommendations for European R&D policy,

namely Horizon 2020.

Between 2013 and 2014 the method was adapted and

applied in local context, namely the city of Vienna to

generate input on the specific topic “autonomous living

of older adults” and “ambient assisted living”.

Within the scope of RIO +20, ITA conducted a small CIVISTI-

study with high-school students in 2012. It won a creativity

prize, awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science

and Research.

Currently, the method is applied to give advice for framing the

long term research program of the Austrian Agency for Health

and Food Safety (2013-2016): ‘Future Foods 4 Men & Women’

looks at new and emerging topics concerning food safety and

a healthy diet from a gender perspective.

How does it work? 25-50 citizens initially formulate visions for and concepts of a

desirable future in 30-40 years. After a content analysis, a highly

interdisciplinary group of experts and stakeholders produce tangible

recommendations for research, development and innovation. The

initial citizens review and assess the recommendations before

they are presented to decision makers and the public. An web

based voting can be used to add the opinion of the general public.

Final results are available after one to one and a half years.

Optionally, a steering board consisting of addressees may support

the process ensuring that results reach appropriate channels.

Why use it?

Niklas Gudowsky, Mahshid Sotoudeh & Leo Capari

Institute of Technology Assessment

Austrian Academy of Sciences

[email protected]

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5th International Conference on Future-Oriented

Technology Analysis (FTA)

Engage today to shape tomorrow Brussels, 27-28 November 2014

In brief

What should the city of the future look like?

How do we want to live in 2050?

CIVISTI, a new participatory method cross-links

social values and citizens’ everyday knowledge

with expertise to answer these kinds of questions.

Results broaden the basis for robust decisions

and support long-term planning.

civisti.org, EU-project

leben2050.at, Autonomous Living of Older Adults

ages.at/ages/futurefoods, Future Foods 4 Men & Women

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Assessing fundamental values in visions

CIVISTI provides a setting, which allows for inter- and trans-disciplinary

communication for agenda setting within the research policy context.

Public opinion maintains its authenticity when compared to prevailing

experts’ believes and stakeholder interests.

The method can be adapted relatively easily to cope with case-specific

and practical challenges. Application to broad topics as well as to very

specific ones is possible.

Applying CIVISTI helps to find answers on how

we, as society, want to live. This allows decision

makers to detect challenges for implementation

early on; bad planning can be avoided and

policies can be shaped proactively. Additionally,

results stimulate the development of innovative

and responsible services and products. CIVISTI is

a qualitative method. Even though results are not

statistically representative, they are socially

robust. They provide a roadmap which forward-

looking policies can use as a guide.

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Inventing the future – Experts and stakeholders transform citizens’ visions of desirable futures into tangible policy advice for long-term planning