About Eyvor Institut

In times of rapid technological progress and the shorten­ing of innovation cycles, we are faced with the task of identifying and systematically monitoring trends that are capable of having a significant impact on society and economy. Systematic monitoring of prospective science and technology trends is an important tool for flexible and timely strategic decision-making in response to technological changes.

Emerging technologies are technical innovations that are currently developing or will be developed over the next five to ten years, and which represent progressive developments within an application area. Our emerging technologies monitoring benefits from a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, which ranges from bibliometrics, horizon scanning and technology mining to scenarios and expert panels. Large scientific, patent and media databases are analysed by using data mining techniques. The input from the scanning phase is elaborated further by in-house desk research and external expert consultations through interviews and workshops. Emerging technologies are then described in detail with additional attributes such as the time of realisation, stage of development, disruptive capacity, key players, expected effects, new applications and consumer properties, drivers and barriers, impacts for society and further implications for science, technology, and innovation policy.

The anticipatory intelligence gathered through our Emerging Technologies Monitoring is able to provide stakeholders the opportunity to develop early responses to, capitalise on, protect against, or mitigate negative impacts of the reviewed technologies. The results obtained are suitable to be used by public authorities, business organisations, academic communities or other stakeholders that are interested in getting comprehensive view of major trends characterising the future of a particular application area, as well as their impact on social and economic developments.

Investment is booming in green and sustainable technologies. But can they be implemented quickly enough to meet current challenges? We contribute studies and analytical inputs to government policy and industry's decision making processes related to sustainable development. For this purpose, we undertake technological assessments of sustainable development challenges. Assessing and selecting the optimal technological alternatives is a fundamental tool to improve and adapt the industrial processes to government legislation. 

Decision-making in corporate technology management and government technology policy is increasingly influenced by the environmental impact of technologies. On the other hand, contribute environmental technologies to sustainable development by protecting our environment and enhance economic growth. Environmental technologies are currently regarded as one of the fastest growing global markets. Environmental technology foresight is an important new instrument in the governance of the transformation of innovation and industry towards environmental sustainability. To participate in this process, we strongly believe in the power of partnerships and collaborative efforts. 

Risk and vulnerability are important features of modern life. Our current societies are increasingly referred to as risk societies, in which their members are challenged to manage potentially negative outcomes of newly emerging scientific and technological developments, failure of critical infrastructure, pandemics, the changing nature of knowledge production and use, environmental change, and resource based conflicts.

Broadening the analysis from risk to vulnerability allows us to achieve a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of key questions related to risks and benefits of science and technology in modern societies. Understanding trends in emerging technologies can help security professionals, leaders of organizations, and others identify areas for further evaluation.

Our risk and vulnerability assessments provide a foundation for determining the options and countermeasures available for mitigating a variety of threats. We further investigate which implications the various analyses of vulnerability may have for addressing issues of politics and governance of risk and vulnerability.

The only constant is change. Urbanization, globalization, environmental change, and security risks have a formative influence on future developments in society and industry. Selection of appropriate technology solutions is a multicriteria decision issue influencing the advantages of companies and nations. Today, it is more and more difficult to identify appropriate technologies because of their increasing number and complexity. Our Technology Options Assesments are designed to encourage and support different stakeholders (public authorities, business organisations, academic communities) that are interested in getting comprehensive view of the major trends characterising the future of a particular sience & technology field, as well as their impact on different areas of social and economic development, to:

• consider a broad range of possible long-term outcomes from techno-scientific innovations,
• understand the relevance of present changes to achieving desirable futures,
• align decisions with anticipation of the possible, and desirable, long-term outcomes during the strategic planning process

Advancements in science and its resulting technologies have expanded the perspectives and perceptions with which people at many levels of society now view their world. In the coming years, the rate of change of natural and human conditions and issues can be expected to continue to accelerate. The demand for research to meet the challenges of the future is obvious. The first question to be posed is what are the societal and environmental challenges of the future? The second question concerns the translation into research. There are many approaches, views, and ideas about the planning of research nowadays. We are undertaking strategic research planning with a focus on environmental and security issues. The following tasks are addressed:

• Advise on the formulation of R&D programmes in terms of rationales, target groups, thematic priorities, types of R&D activities supported;
• Conceiving the layout of programme monitoring and evaluations and the procedures to learn from the findings of these activities;
• Assessing the impact of R&D programmes on innovation