The future has more than one shape.
In a world of accelerating change and structural uncertainty, organisations and governments can no longer rely on linear planning. They need to anticipate disruptions, test strategies against multiple futures, and build shared visions that hold across scenarios.
ISINNOVA’s foresight team can accompany you on a journey of innovative thinking and actions, help prepare for you for change and future-proof your strategies.
ISINNOVA has been a leading foresight practice for over 50 years — bridging science, policy and society through rigorous, participatory futures work. As the only Italian partner in the European Commission's Foresight-on-Demand consortium, we bring methodological depth and institutional reach to every engagement.
Pick a topic, select a PESTLE dimension and a title style — ScenarioLab generates your 2×2 scenario matrix in under 30 seconds, drawing on ISINNOVA's 50-year foresight database.
Open ScenarioLabA guided, AI-supported platform with human expertise at its centre. Purpose-built for institutions, cities and research bodies — covering the full foresight cycle from horizon scanning to strategic pathways.
From complexity
to strategy
Foresight is a systematic, participatory process for building medium- to long-term visions that inform today's decisions and unlock coordinated action. It does not predict the future — it helps prepare and shape it.
Since 2020, strategic foresight has been embedded at the heart of EU governance through the annual Strategic Foresight Reports, and integrated into the Better Regulation agenda to stress-test policies against alternative futures. From 2026, it will cut across all EU policy areas.
ISINNOVA combines systems thinking with participatory quantitative and qualitative methods. We focus on identifying weak signals, emerging trends and structural disruptions — translating them into plausible scenarios and actionable strategic priorities for institutions, cities and companies.
Our methodology
An integrated approach spanning research, participation and communication — designed to move from evidence to shared vision and strategic action. Our analyses are structured around the Three Horizons framework, distinguishing near-term pressures, emerging transition dynamics and long-term transformational possibilities.
From strategy
to delivery
ISINNOVA foresight engagements produce concrete, actionable outputs — not just reports. Every project ends with a strategic toolkit that decision-makers can use immediately.
Foresight in action
Strategic foresight engagements across EU policy, health, mobility, cities and research & innovation.
Rebalance — Sustainable mobility 2050
Conceived and coordinated by ISINNOVA, Rebalance explored how cultural reflection on shared social norms can shift mobility decisions. Engaging anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers and technical experts to build a long-term critical vision for sustainable mobility in Europe.
Ruggedised — Smart city solutions across six European cities
ISINNOVA led the mentoring process across Rotterdam, Glasgow, Umeå, Brno, Gdańsk and Parma — helping communities explore desirable futures and co-create technological and social solutions integrating ICT, e-mobility, energy efficiency and renewables.
Trans-Urban EU-China — Sustainable cities East and West
ISINNOVA coordinated EU–China knowledge sharing across 8 European and 6 Chinese organisations, fostering cross-fertilisation through urban foresight web narratives, the SITEE© replicability method and social cost–benefit analysis.
BOHEMIA — EU flagship foresight for Horizon Europe
The EU's flagship foresight study supporting the European Commission's proposal for Horizon Europe — the first large-scale foresight exercise to identify R&I priorities with full alignment to the UN SDGs.
FOD FRA — Fundamental rights in foresight
A six-task foresight process for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), assessing drivers of change impacting fundamental rights up to 2040, retrofitting JRC reference scenarios, developing future pathways and stress-testing resilient policy options. ISINNOVA led the scenario retrofitting task.
Rare2030 — Foresight for rare diseases
Coordinated by EURORDIS with 250+ experts across Europe, Rare2030 used a full four-phase participatory foresight process to deliver a strategic roadmap already influencing European rare disease policy.
Build your first
scenario matrix
Pick a topic and a title style. ScenarioLab selects the critical axes and generates your 2×2 scenario matrix set to a 2040 time horizon — drawing on ISINNOVA's project database and leading European foresight initiatives. Register free to save your work.
Choose a topic
Select a PESTLE dimension
Choose a title style for your scenarios
Critical axes — selected by the tool
Based on your topic, the tool identified these critical uncertainties
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ForesightOS is a guided, AI-supported platform designed around the full foresight cycle — from signal detection to strategic roadmaps and co-created visions. Human expertise is embedded at every step: ISINNOVA's team works alongside your organisation and its stakeholders, combining rigorous analysis with structured participation to ensure outputs are validated, shared and ready to act on.
Monitoring dashboard
Track signals, indicators and horizon shifts in real time — know when your futures change before they do.
Horizon Scanning
Systematically detect weak signals and drivers across all PESTLE dimensions using the Three Horizons framework.
Scenario Building
Develop plausible futures using a range of techniques (2×2 matrices, morphological analysis, cross-impact methods) guided by critical uncertainties and expert input.
Backcasting & pathways
Work backwards from desired futures to define strategies, timelines and milestones across scenarios.
Training & workshop mode
Applied foresight training built into the platform — hands-on exercises, living labs and real-time collaboration.
Full export
Narrative reports, visual decks and raw data — validated by ISINNOVA's expert team before delivery.
The people behind
the scenarios
A multidisciplinary team combining pioneering foresight experience with deep knowledge of EU policy processes and participatory methods.
Lead Researcher
Andrea Ricci
A pioneer of European foresight and experienced facilitator of strategic and forward-looking scenario processes. Chair of the Scientific and Technical Committee of APRE; co-leads the Research task force of Ecosistema Futuro.
Senior Partner & Senior Researcher
Giovanna Giuffrè
Expert in participatory foresight, with leadership across foresight studies in health, research and innovation, agriculture, energy and transport.
Senior Researcher
Daniel Rodríguez Cassolà
Expert in forward-looking methods applied to the design and development of European research and innovation projects.
Foresight-on-Demand (EC)
Futures4EuropeReady to shape the future — from vision to execution
Whether you need a full scenario building engagement, a foresight workshop, or a demo of the ScenarioLab tool — we'd like to hear about your challenge.