Competence Centre on Foresight

There is a growing impact of technology and digital connectivity on how we live, from how we socialize and work, to production and governance.

Scenario Exploration System that facilitates societal debate around nanotechnology development in Europe.

AI Watch. Defining Artificial Intelligence, JRC, 2020 AI Watch, European Commission - Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) and Directorate General for Communications...

Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) and blockchains have been on the spotlight the last few years. Blockchains are based on the principal that there is no central entity that controls...

Number of Data Professionals by Member State (units) ( interactive map) Source: The European Data Market Monitoring Tool

Technological change has had little effect on the aggregate number of jobs so far, but estimates suggest that AI-enabled machines may expand the scope and spectrum of future...

R&D intensity in OECD countries and selected economies, 2017 Source: OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2019

R&D Intensity in OECD countries and other economies Source: OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2019

Atomically precise manufacturing, genetic manipulation, robotics, space technology, photons manipulation, brain imagery and cognitive science advancements, computer controlled-telepathy, synthetic biology, augmented...

STOA - European Parliament Think Tank, Horizon scanning and analysis of techno-scientific trends, (2017). WEF - World Economic Forum: The Global Risks Report...