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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
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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