Futurology and Transformation
Futures research at the IZT provides orientation knowledge. It deals with possible, probable and desirable future developments as well as their preconditions and design options. It counters uncertainties by pointing out different paths and designing alternative futures. At the societal level, it supports negotiation processes on the shaping of futures. It does all this on the basis of scientific knowledge, systematically and methodically.
One subject area of futurology is the transformation of complex systems - and probably the greatest transformation is the sustainable design of our world. Futurology can analyse and influence what this will look like by designing and communicating scenarios of a sustainable world and thus contributing to their realisation.
In this respect, futurology at the IZT is explicitly action- and implementation-oriented. Based on a transdisciplinary approach, it works across topics and research fields, integratively and with a focus on methods, in order to transform our modern society towards sustainability.
Projects
A selection of projects from the past five years is presented below. A complete overview is available via the search.
Turning point: Scenarios for Germany's role in international relations in 2040
DIGNITY - Digital Transport in and for Society
Dit is Berlin! The capital and its living conditions
Evolution2Green - Transformation Pathways to the Green Economy: Shaping the Path Change
Environment and scenario analysis: The future of the global motorbike market in 2030
Berlin Sustainability Profile
NAT Thuringia
MENARA - Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: mapping geopolitical shifts, regional order and domestic transformations
T4 For Under 2° - The Global Foresight Project on Transforming Mobility by Mid-Century
Mobility Foresight Study China & Germany. Within the framework of the BMU IKI-Project "Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport" (CLCT)
Study on the future of Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
Future workshops at garden exhibition (IGA)
HERBIE - Comparative Evaluation of Vegetation Control and Management Methods for European Railways
Mobility services - employment, distribution effects, access opportunities
Trend radar resource policy
Global trends and scenarios: Compass Agenda 2030. More Policies for Sustainable Development
Innovative Intelligent Rail - In2Rail
Resilient mobility - approaches for a crisis-proof and social transport system
Scientific preparation and monitoring of four expert workshops on the topic of "mobility transition
WE! - Elbe Valley: Region as a campus
School of the Future - Futures of Education. Transformation processes at schools in Germany
Resilient mobility in Baden-Württemberg
Sustainability 2.0 - Modernisation approaches to the guiding principle of sustainable development
"How to keep the EU power sector on track to decarbonisation"
Conference and congress of the future
Demographic change and municipal environmental protection
Institutions and procedures of parliamentary sustainability policy (2nd phase)
Overview of institutions and procedures of parliamentary sustainability policy
Shaping the mobility transition fairly
SF4S - Strategic Foresight for Sustainability
Mobile Elbe Valley - Future lab
Sustainability transformation in times of crisis: Using foresight methods to support forward-looking policy making