On concepts and methods in horizon scanning: Lessons from initiating policy dialogues on emerging issues

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-221

  Amanatidou, Effie ^a   Butter, Maurits ^b   Carabias, Vicente ^c,d   Könnölä, Totti ^e   Leis, Miriam ^f   Saritas, Ozcan ^a   Schaper Rinkel, Petra ^g   van Rij, Victor ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^e Impetu Solutions   (Spain)

^f C 912 BSEL Tech Park   (India)

^g AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^h Technology and Innovation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early warning signals; Emerging science and technology issues; Horizon scanning; Policy support; Weak signals

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84865973083     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs017     Document Type: Article

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