The development of technology foresight: A review |
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Authors: | Ian Miles [Author Vitae] |
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Institution: | Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, MBS, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK |
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Abstract: | The term “foresight” has long been used to describe readiness to deal with long-term issues (especially on the part of governments). This term “Technology Foresight” took off in the 1990s, as European, and then other, countries sought new policy tools to deal with problems in their science, technology and innovation systems. Large-scale exercises drew in numerous stakeholders as sources of knowledge and influence, and the prominence of these exercises led to “foresight” being used much more widely to describe futures activities of many kinds. While few new tools and techniques have been developed in these exercises, they represent an unprecedented diffusion of forecasting, planning and participatory approaches to long-term issues. Futures approaches are, in consequence, far more officially acceptable and legitimate than in the past. |
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Keywords: | Foresight Innovation policy Innovation studies Technological forecasting |
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