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The FNR Foresight

The FNR Foresight. A participative Process. Aims of the Foresight exercise. Identification of National Research Priorities in the public sector with short-term and/or long-term socio-economic interest for Luxembourg Scientific and political rationale for this choice of priorities

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The FNR Foresight

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  1. The FNR Foresight A participative Process

  2. Aims of the Foresight exercise • Identification of National Research Priorities in the public sector with short-term and/or long-term socio-economic interest for Luxembourg • Scientific and political rationale for this choice of priorities • Shared understanding of stakeholders • Proposal of set of priorities to government • Identification of research priorities for future FNR programmes • Consolidation of communication networks among stakeholders

  3. Models of Science Production and Exploitation Luxembourg should not invest in basic research but implement ideas generated abroad • This strategy is based on the linear model (Mode 1) of knowledge production • Mode 2 knowledge production: • transdisciplinary • back and forth between: fundamental and applied theoretical and practical • Mode 1 and 2 co-exist today • Pure opportunistic strategy would not work • Need residential expertise to absorb new knowledge • Science is a (constantly changing) networking activity • The question remains the same for small or big countries: in which areas should Government concentrate public funding for science? Mode 1 Mode 2

  4. The Exercise Setting a Context Identifying Priorities Creating a Baseline Aims: Method: Input: Results: Interviews Data collection Bibliometrics International research trends Evaluation of FNR programmes Mapping of Lux. Research landscape ‘Long list’ of possible research domains Online Questionnaire Exploratory Workshop ‘Long list’ of research domains Initial assessment Selection of broad research fields Stakeholder Workshops No formal input General Challenges for Luxembourg Expert workshops per field SWOT Analysis Initial assessment of domains Future trends Luxembourg context Research priorities candidates Conclusion and recommendations

  5. Phase 1 • Interviews (50 2-hour interviews + 9 phone interviews) • Young researchers workshops (97 participants, 57% public, 8% private, 35% abroad) • Exploratory Workshop • Online Questionnaire (298 questionnaires of 900 people contacted): • 8 % Ministries/Agencies, 56% public, 14% private, 22% abroad

  6. Phase 2 • 13 workshops (approx 200 participants) + CS/CA meetings • More than 300 individual participants (not including questionnaires) in whole exercise

  7. Prioritization Funnel Phase 1: „Long List“: 56 possible research areas with about 250 research issues End of Phase 1: about 25 Research Domains Phase 2: 19 Research Domains + 4 Technology Platforms Official Presentation of the Final Report to the MCESR: June 18th, 2007 FNR CS CA prioritisation 6 Research Priorities Rational based on 11 criteria Further prioritization

  8. NationalPriorities • Technology Platforms: • Modelling and Simulation • High performance scientific computing and powerful computation infrastructure • Information Infrastructure • Central infrastructure acquiring and managing scientific information/databases • Tissue Bank • Systematic collection of human samples of tissue, cells or body fluids • Other Technology Platforms like Proteomics, Genomics, etc.

  9. Added value of Foresight • 6 Research priorities of great interest to Luxembourg • Existing synergies between priorities and various sub-domains • Topics of great future scientific interest • Based on the existing competences and new boundaries • Results generated by participative process • Many different actors of R&D environment • Research priorities of particular interest for Luxembourg • Important part of the process: wiring-up of the actors! • Momentum built & Leasons learned

  10. Presentations • Innovation in Services • Sustainable Resource Management • New Materials, Surfaces and Sensing Devices • Biomedical Sciences • Labour Market, Educational Requirements and Social Protection • Identities, Diversity and Integration

  11. Conclusion Outlook Next steps

  12. Based on communication from www.gouvernement.lu

  13. Presentation of domains according to prioritisation criteria

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