An independent think tank at the Riigikogu Advisory Role of Academies in the Information-Rich Society
Increasing number of academic and policy books and articles are focusing on how to design and implement foresight in policy setting. However, foresight in policy-making also implies involvement of considerable number external stakeholders who have heterogeneous understanding of the role of strategic foresight. The heterogeneity goes beyond traditional debates among different schools of thought in strategic foresight concerning design and implementation.
Dr Meelis Kitsing (Research Manager, Foresight Centre, Parliament of Estonia) explores the role of foresight on the basis of recent work performed by Foresight Centre in Estonia. Challenges in domestic policy-making as well as in development of policy scenarios in collaboration with various European think-tanks will be discussed. The presentation will suggest some options for strengthening scientific insights through involvement of strategic foresight in policy-making.
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18.09 2025Report: If higher education funding is frozen, the introduction of tuition fees seems unavoidable
Over the past decade, gross domestic product and average salaries have grown twice as fast as public funding for higher education. The Foresight Centre finds in its new short report that if the state’s contribution to higher education will no longer increase after 2026, the only alternative is the introduction of tuition fees.