The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises

The present paper addresses the impact of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Foresight and the resulting STI policy thereof on the critical issue of future industry studies, the demand for employment. The impact evaluation exercise relating STI Foresight and employment proposed here conver...

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Main Author: Ricardo Seidl da Fonseca
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Language:English
Published: National Research University Higher School of Economics 2017-12-01
Series:Foresight and STI Governance
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Online Access:https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19137
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description The present paper addresses the impact of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Foresight and the resulting STI policy thereof on the critical issue of future industry studies, the demand for employment. The impact evaluation exercise relating STI Foresight and employment proposed here converges and integrates different scientific sectors such as the interdependence between employment and welfare framework; the role and weight of technology change to employment dimension; the prospects of emerging and future technologies impacting employment in future industry; the contribution of science, technology and innovation (STI) policies to promoting the generation and real application of new technologies. The paper follows the premise that STI Foresight, as well as Future Technology Analysis, offer a robust basis for the elaboration and monitoring of STI policies with anticipatory intelligence. The core of the paper is dedicated to address the main question of how to identify and choose variables and indicators able to reflect vectors towards the future of employment. The selected vectors are referred to cross effects, trends, and time scales. As far the relationship of technology and employment is concerned, the paper examines cross effect impacts resulting from an input-output analysis, trends indicated in Future Technology Analysis, and time scaling of the technology lifecycle. These parameters are meant to constitute the basic elements for impact evaluation algorithms. In this connection, the paper proposes concepts, measurement techniques, and methods for the evaluation of foresight exercises influencing future changes on employment. Linking policy-making, Foresight, and specific future-looking themes, the paper offers building blocks for constructing standards for the evaluation of foresight exercises.
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spelling doaj-art-8ca2e3dc5a6c4b3ca376af0cbbee4b972025-08-20T02:35:53ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsForesight and STI Governance2500-25972017-12-0111410.17323/1995-459X.2016.4.9.22The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight ExercisesRicardo Seidl da Fonseca0International Researcher and Advisor, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) The present paper addresses the impact of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Foresight and the resulting STI policy thereof on the critical issue of future industry studies, the demand for employment. The impact evaluation exercise relating STI Foresight and employment proposed here converges and integrates different scientific sectors such as the interdependence between employment and welfare framework; the role and weight of technology change to employment dimension; the prospects of emerging and future technologies impacting employment in future industry; the contribution of science, technology and innovation (STI) policies to promoting the generation and real application of new technologies. The paper follows the premise that STI Foresight, as well as Future Technology Analysis, offer a robust basis for the elaboration and monitoring of STI policies with anticipatory intelligence. The core of the paper is dedicated to address the main question of how to identify and choose variables and indicators able to reflect vectors towards the future of employment. The selected vectors are referred to cross effects, trends, and time scales. As far the relationship of technology and employment is concerned, the paper examines cross effect impacts resulting from an input-output analysis, trends indicated in Future Technology Analysis, and time scaling of the technology lifecycle. These parameters are meant to constitute the basic elements for impact evaluation algorithms. In this connection, the paper proposes concepts, measurement techniques, and methods for the evaluation of foresight exercises influencing future changes on employment. Linking policy-making, Foresight, and specific future-looking themes, the paper offers building blocks for constructing standards for the evaluation of foresight exercises. https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19137new technologiesforesightevaluationemploymentSTI policyimpact assessment
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The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises
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new technologies
foresight
evaluation
employment
STI policy
impact assessment
title The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises
title_full The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises
title_fullStr The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises
title_full_unstemmed The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises
title_short The Future of Employment: Evaluating the Impact of STI Foresight Exercises
title_sort future of employment evaluating the impact of sti foresight exercises
topic new technologies
foresight
evaluation
employment
STI policy
impact assessment
url https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19137
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