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Patient-centred education in diabetes is a radical social innovation that alters the social and medical relationship between patients and medics. This paper discusses the ways in which institutional work conducted by national and international professional associations has shaped development and diffusion of this social innovation within the Austrian health system. The case study contributes to our understanding of social innovation and institutional change in two respects. First, it highlights the need for purposive institutional work in order to disrupt pre-existing institutions and, thereby, ensure the development and diffusion of a social innovation amongst a community of medical practitioners. Second, the case shows the overtly political work, policing, and educating work that professional associations undertook with funding bodies and key policy-makers in order to develop a national programme for diabetes education.

PurposeForesight often encompasses participative approaches for decision making. This paper aims to give a first overview of the authors' research on immediate learning and networking in the context of foresight. The paper seeks to introduce a practical concept for an accompanying social research of a participatory foresight process for empirically identifying and mapping impacts; and to present empirical results from the study of a specific foresight process.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply three approaches to analyze impacts. Accordingly data were gathered in moderated workshops for process analysis; structured telephone interviews for qualitative analysis; and surveys for social network analysis.FindingsThe accompanying social research produced direct insights on experiences and knowledge acquisition of participants in a large, complex foresight process, as well as a measurable increase of personal ties in this process. This research shows that the perception of the wider spectrum of actors in a social system, as well as their rationales and approaches, are one identifiable and crucial achievement of participative foresight processes.Research limitations/implicationsThis research focuses on immediate learning impacts, while additional impacts of mid‐ or longer‐term scales were not captured in this study. Accompanying social research (e.g. longitudinal studies) of broader scale would be beneficial to foresight research and process design.Originality/valueThe authors use a specific foresight process to analyze its immediate impacts. They introduce and demonstrate ways forward to use practical concepts for impact description, empirical data acquisition, and how it relates to underlying process design. The results are relevant for foresight project managers, process counselors and accompanying social research.

Konzept, Definition, Operationalisierung Mit der Beschleunigung des technologischen Wandels und der verstärkten Ausrichtung auf gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen ist die F&I-Politik gefordert agiler zu handeln. Das betrifft sowohl die strategische Ebene der F&I-politischen Begründung und Prioritätensetzung als auch die operativen Ebene der Politikumsetzung. Unter Rückgriff auf relevante sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Konzepte wird im vorliegende Projektbericht das Konzept einer agilen F&I-Politik samt zugehöriger Agilitätsdimensionen und -kriterien entwickelt. Anhand von aktuellen Pilotanwendungen und Fallstudien wird das Konzept für die Politikanalyse herangezogen, um Bestimmungsfaktoren für die Agilität F&I-politischer Praktiken herauszuarbeiten. Neben den drei deutschen Pilotanwendungen (KMU Innovationsförderung, nachfrageseitigen F&I Politik für den Strommarkt in der Energiewende, Antworten der F&I-Politik auf die Corona Krise) werden zehn internationale Fallbeispiele agilen F&I politischen Handelns herangezogen, um Hinweise und neue Impulse für die Agilitätsdebatte in Deutschland auf strategischer und operativer Ebene zu geben.

With the publication of the booklet "Food2030 Pathways for Action" on 16 October 2020 (World Food Day) , the European Commission officially started the operationalisation process of the Food2030 framework in view of deploying the R&I action, as well as the investments needed to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal , the Farm to Fork and the Bioeconomy strategies . The clustering exercise, led by DG Research and Innovation with contributions from DG SANTE, DG MARE, DG AGRI and from relevant food value chain stakeholders, has led the European Commission to identify ten focus areas which are considered 'levers of change': Governance & Systems Change; Urban Food System Transformation; Food from the Oceans & Freshwater Resources; Alternative Proteins & Dietary Shift; Food Waste & Resource Efficiency; The Microbiome World; Healthy, Sustainable & Personalised Nutrition; Food Safety Systems of the Future; Food Systems Africa; Food Systems & Data. The object of Deliverable 3.4 is to build on the D. 3.3 analysis of the R&I action needed in each pathway and provide concrete R&I recommendations for policy makers at the EU and Member States level. Particular attention is dedicated to expose the interconnectedness of the pathways to identify the most relevant and urgent cross-pathway actions to adopt.

In light of the urgent need to identify concrete R&I actions to feed into the upcoming Horizon Europe Programme, the European Commission has developed an approach structured around 10 focus areas that are considered pathways with the potential to deliver impact on EU food systems transformation (European Commission, 2020). This report aims to deepen and expand the analysis of pathways areas building on the experience and results of previous activities from the FIT4FOOD2030 project, including the findings contained in the policy briefs produced by the EU Think Tank; the training modules developed by City and Policy Labs; and the previous mapping of trends, barriers, enablers & potential breakthroughs for transformation. This in-depth analysis of 10 pathway areas is one of the first European reports to include a discussion of the potential impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic – and the measures EU Member States have taken to contain it – on food systems. While the Covid-19 event is too recent to predict its full impact and produce tailored R&I recommendations to exploit its potential to accelerate the food systems transformation, the analysis produced in this report takes the current context into account. Whenever possible and appropriate, the most recent scientific evidence has been used to substantiate the arguments made in the areas researched.

The deliverable is intended as the basis for a common understanding of visions, trends and drivers and serves the emerging instruments of the FOOD 2030 platform, namely the FIT4FOOD2030 EU Think Tank, Policy Labs and City Labs. These instruments are engaging in the foreseen processes of vision development, system understanding, road-mapping and action planning. We do not claim that this selection of trends and the short descriptions are complete and cover all aspects, as the intention behind these descriptions is rather to serve as resource for information and stimulate discussions within the instruments of FIT4FOOD2030.

This document is intended to serve as the basis for a common understanding within the FIT4FOOD2030 consortium when it comes to potential R&I breakthroughs, but also to stimulate the discussion taking place at the three interconnected structures of the FIT4FOOD2030 platform (City Labs, Policy Labs and the EU Think Tank) and support their roadmap definition. The process to develop this report started with initial desk research and discussion within the project consortium to define key terms, in close cooperation with WP2 and WP3 to clearly distinguish trends, breakthroughs and showcases. The compilation of an inventory for past R&I breakthroughs was based on desk research and an internal meeting with WP4 partners. Findings from WP2 and WP3 were also used in the identification of potential R&I breakthroughs. Furthermore, the survey conducted in WP3 was used to direct questions on potential R&I breakthroughs to the participants.