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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

FROM DATA TO FUTURES: THE 4GROWTH VISUALISATION PLATFORM IS NOW COMPLETE The 4Growth Visualisation Platform is now fully available, bringing together data and foresight analysis on the digital transformation of agriculture and forestry across Europe.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

CIRCULAR ECONOMY MEETS RESILIENCE ♻️ On September 28-29, the @bertelsmannst.bsky.social will bring together its network in Berlin for a networking meeting and Barcamp. We have been working on circular economy transformation and the policy conditions needed to support it for several years.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

DEATH OF THE AUTHOR BY NNEDI OKORAFOR The Africanfuturist novel moves between the life of a struggling writer, Zelu, the imagined world of her science fiction story, and interviews with her loved ones. The story also illustrates the challenges faced by Black disabled women in the US and Nigeria.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

SYNERGY DAYS 2026 🌱 On October 20-21, the Synergy Days will bring together the agri-food community in Kilkenny, Ireland, to connect, exchange knowledge and discuss the future of European agriculture.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

FUTURE AI–AGI: EXPLORING THE CHOICES THAT COULD SHAPE 2035 Jerome C. Glenn and the @millennium-project.org have just released ‘Future AI–AGI: Issues, Governance, Scenarios’- a report examining what the transition from today’s AI systems toward AGI could mean for humanity.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

CHILDREN OF TIME BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY ‘Children of Time’ begins with humanity’s attempt to engineer the future. But when the experiment goes wrong, evolution takes a path that unfolds over thousands of years and challenges everything we think we know about intelligence, civilisation, and progress.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

FROM SCENARIOS TO MARKET INSIGHTS: NEW FEATURES ON THE 4GROWTH VISUALISATION PLATFORM The 4Growth Visualisation Platform continues to evolve—with a new beta feature that brings together foresight and market analysis in one place.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

STRENGTHENING CIVIL PROTECTION THROUGH FORESIGHT How can strategic foresight become part of decision-making in civil protection? This was at the center of a workshop as part of the STRATOS research project, bringing together colleagues from the Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz & Katastrophenhilfe,

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

12 YEARS OF BUILDING FORESIGHT ACROSS EUROPE A new article on the history of the Foresight Europe Network (FEN) has just been released in the latest issue of the edited volume “Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic, Part 2,” published by @yhys.bsky.social

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

STRATEGIC FORESIGHT AND CORPORATE VENTURING Last week, Jessica from our team was at the 2026 Advanced Training Forum, organised by Forest Valley Institute in collaboration with Edison.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

POLICYMAKING IN TIMES OF POLYCRISIS: INSIGHTS FROM POLYFUTURES Recently, Eckhard from our team joined the PolyFutures Conference in Brussels, hosted by the EU Policy Lab of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Bringing together perspectives from foresight, behavioral insights, and …

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

THE ROAD BY CORMAC MCCARTHY In Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road,’ a father and his young son traverse a desolate, post-apocalyptic world. The novel's prose is minimalist, stripping away anything unnecessary and leaving only the essentials: survival, love, and the bond between parent and child.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

NEW BLOG POST: NAVIGATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN AGRICULTURE 🌾 How is digitalisation in agriculture and forestry evolving—and what does it mean for policy? The 4Growth Visualisation Platform brings together real-world data, market projections up to 2040, …

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

CLIMATE POLICY & EU ENLARGEMENT As the EU moves toward greater climate ambition & enlargement, these agendas are becoming increasingly intertwined. At a recent public hearing by @eesc.bsky.social, Jess from our team contributed to the discussion on pathways to climate neutrality in an enlarged EU.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

WHY ENGAGING WITH THE FUTURE IS A STRATEGIC NECESSITY In a recent interview with Impulse Medien, Cornelia from our team highlights a key challenge for organisations: not engaging with the future is a risk in itself. It limits room for action and increases vulnerability in times of uncertainty.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

IDEAS FOR A CONFIDENT FUTURE: INSIGHTS FROM THE MEGATHON IN COLOGNE At the recent Megathon in Cologne—organized by Projekt Zuversicht, an initiative of UseTheNews, Rheingold Salon, and Initiative18—participants came together to develop forward-looking ideas for media, politics, and the economy.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

CIRCULAR ECONOMY: A STRATEGIC NECESSITY FOR GERMANY? 🎧 Germany lacks many raw materials. Global crises directly impact our markets. There is thus a need to adjust governmental resource policy and incorporate a circular economy strategy across economic, security, energy, and social policies.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

JOIN US IN COLOGNE On April 24, we will be part of a so-called Megathon in Cologne – organised by Projekt ZUVERSICHT, an initiative of UseTheNews, Rheingold Salon and Initiative18 that brings together individuals committed to strengthening an informed, optimistic, and resilient democracy.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

FROM SCENARIOS TO ACTION: EUDA SCENARIO WORKSHOP TOOLKIT 🔍 The scenario workshop toolkit by the European Union Drugs Agency supports stakeholders, researchers, and other actors in the drugs and addictions field to understand uncertainties, analyse implications, and identify actions for the future.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

DISRUPTION DOESN’T START TOMORROW—IT’S ALREADY HERE How can organisations better navigate disruption? In a recent interview with Impulse Medien, Cornelia highlights a common challenge: we tend to view the future as an extension of the past. But real change rarely follows a straight line.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

UND ALLE SO STILL BY MAREIKE FALLWICKL Set in the near future, this book imagines a society in which women quietly withdraw from the expectations placed upon them. Instead of protesting loudly, they choose silence, stillness, and refusal—and in doing so, begin to reshape the social order.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURE 🌾 AND FORESTRY 🌳 At the third 4Growth Consortium Meeting, we tested a newly developed foresight tool, “Foresight Actor Ecosystem Mapping,” to better understand the complex ecosystem of actors shaping the future of digital solutions in agriculture and forestry.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

CLIMATE ACTION IN AN ENLARGED EU: FORESIGHT IN ACTION Recently, the European Climate Foundation (ECF) hosted an event to share and discuss the results of the Foresight project “Climate Action in the European Union of 2035: Enlargement Perspectives“.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

THE WESTERN BALKANS IN 2040 We are thrilled to see the publication of ‘Imagining Democratic Futures: The Western Balkans in 2040’ by @internationalidea.bsky.social

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

WORLD FUTURES DAY 2026 On March 1, we (the Future Impacts Team and the German Node of the Millennium Project) will celebrate World Futures Day with a 24-hour global conversation on possible futures—open, online, and free for everyone.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

NEW PAPER PUBLISHED: „ANTICIPATING AGI. THE FUTURE OF WORK / TECH 2050 SCENARIOS – REVISITED THROUGH AN AGI LENS” In 2020, the @millennium-project.org outlined 3 scenarios for how AI could transform the world of work.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: NEW STUDY PUBLISHED A new circular economy study by the @bertelsmannst.bsky.social in cooperation with Future Impacts, has just been published. It compares political strategies for the circular economy at the EU and German levels.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

OPENING THE HORIZON OF IMAGINABLE FUTURES OF WORK The December 2025 issue of Skills Magazin, a German magazine about vocational education, features an interview with Cornelia from our team. The interview explores the futures of work and the transformations that will shape tomorrow’s working world.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Am Samstag gehen die Mädchen in den Wald und jagen Sachen in die Luft by Fiona Sironic This book is a dystopian novel about growing up at the end of the world and imagines a planet on the brink of ecological collapse. Climate change has turned everyday life into survival, children have become rare.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

NEW REPORT: CLIMATE ACTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION OF 2035 🌍 Over the last year, the European Climate Foundation and Future Impacts hosted a series of forward-looking conversations with over 240 experts from across Europe. These discussions explored the future of EU enlargement and its implications

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

MAPPING FORESIGHT ACROSS THE EU-ANSA The EU Agencies Network for Scientific Advice (EU-ANSA) Futures Cluster published a paper on the evolution of foresight across the Network of EU agencies, a period marked by geopolitical tensions, COVID-19, political volatility, and technological advances in AI.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

SHAPING FUTURE-ORIENTED POLICYMAKING THROUGH FORESIGHT Jess recently joined the 5th Mutual Learning Event of the Eye of Europe project in Chișinău. The event brought together foresight experts and R&I policymakers to exchange ideas on how foresight can help shape more future-oriented policymaking

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

SEA OF TRANQUILITY BY EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL ‘Sea of Tranquility’ by Emily St. John Mandel spans roughly five centuries. The story begins in 1912 and reaches all the way to the year 2401, moving from early-twentieth-century Canada to future moon colonies and quiet experiments in time travel.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

👋 WELCOME TO THE TEAM, MORITZ VON STETTEN! @moritzvon.bsky.social studied in Heidelberg and Manchester before earning his Ph.D. in Cologne. He has conducted research at international collaborative research centers and taught at several universities.

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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🌍 Between 15-17 Oct, @internationalidea.bsky.social & BIRN Albania hosted “The Future of Democracy in the Western Balkans” foresight workshop in Albania, marking our renewed focus on the region. We explored possible scenarios for #democracy through 2040 and the key factors that may shape its future.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🔮 FORESIGHT 👀 Foresight • A structured way of looking ahead. • Uses various methods. • Helps prepare for change. 🚫 Not fortune-telling • Foresight doesn’t claim to know the future. • It helps us explore different possible futures.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Foresight Guide on Future Issues and Trends in Gender Equality by EIGE The European Institute for Gender Equality recently published a foresight guide on future issues and trends in gender equality.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

FUTURES THINKING AND DESIGN: HOW TO CREATE THE FUTURE Recently, Cornelia from our team joined the German podcast “Besser mit Design” (‘Better with Design’) by wahnsinn design to discuss with Alexander Hachmann about what it means to actively shape the future rather than simply predict it.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

EARTHSEED BY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER ‘Parable of the Sower’ (1993) is set in a 2020s America ravaged by climate disaster, economic inequality, and state failure. At its center is Lauren Olamina, who creates a new belief system, Earthseed.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🔮 FUTURE vs. FUTURES ⏳ Future * Think of it as one path forward. * Often seen as predictable or inevitable. 🌍 Futures * There’s not just one future, but many possibilities. * Emphasizes uncertainty, choice, and human agency.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

WILD DARK SHORE BY CHARLOTTE MCCONAGHY This novel imagines the near future of our climate-changed world. Set on the fictional Shearwater Island, the story unfolds in the shadow of environmental collapse, as rising seas threaten to swallow the last refuge of the Salt family.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF GENDER EQUALITY IN EUROPE A few weeks ago, Clara and Cornelia from our team co-hosted an online workshop representing the German Node of the Millennium Project.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

CLIMATE FUTURES + EU ENLARGEMENT We recently hosted a workshop in the Belgian town of La Hulpe at the European Climate Foundation Partners Retreat. There, we discussed how EU enlargement could shape climate action by 2035.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

New project: STRATOS - on foresight for civil protection - exploring how foresight can support resilient systems in the face of simultaneous crises. With @tu-braunschweig.de and funded by the German Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. #StrategicForesight #CivilProtection

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Planning for safer futures: We supported EU-OSHA in running a foresight game on occupational safety and health and the circular economy. Serious play for serious change - designed to help stakeholders think ahead, connect policy dots, and prepare for what's next. #Foresight #OSH #FutureThinking

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

CLIMATE FUTURES + EU ENLARGEMENT Last month’s campfire session in Skopje brought together stakeholders to discuss how EU enlargement could shape climate action by 2035. This forward-looking conversation was part of our ongoing foresight work with the European Climate Foundation.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

HOW TO SHAPE THE FUTURE IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY Cornelia from our team joined the German podcast “Jetzt erst recht“ (“Now more than ever”) by impulse Medien GmbH to talk with Nikolaus Förster about how to navigate and actively shape the future in times of uncertainty -

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

ANTICIPATING AGI: STRATEGIC INSIGHTS FOR GLOBAL POLICYMAKING The governance of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is rapidly becoming one of the most critical challenges of our time. Jerome Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project, has just contributed to a new UN report on AGI governance,

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

FUTURES BOOK TIP: CLOUD ATLAS BY DAVID MITCHELL What we read: ‘Cloud Atlas’ by David Mitchell is a brilliant, ambitious novel - a story within a story within a story (times six) - that explores how lives echo across time and how even the smallest actions can ripple into the future.

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Future Impacts | Foresight Consultancy & Research @future-impacts.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

EU DIGITAL AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY: NEW SCENARIO OUT NOW How might corporate power shape the digital future of Europe’s agriculture and forestry sectors?

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