Facing the future: Scanning, synthesizing and sense-making in horizon scanning

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-231

  Könnölä, Totti ^a   Salo, Ahti ^b   Cagnin, Cristiano ^c,d   Carabias, Vicente ^c,e   Vilkkumaa, Eeva ^b  

^a Impetu Solutions   (Spain)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d Ed Corporate Financial Center   (Brazil)

^e ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foresight; Futures; Grand challenges; Horizon scanning; Policy coordination

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84865958958     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs021     Document Type: Article

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