Scenario building is a technique to stimulate different perspectives and images on the future. This technique allows to better predict the evolution of a certain domain beyond short-term forecasting based on the scenarios developed. The EC co-funded project eGovRTD2020 aims to develop scenarios of e-government in 2020 and beyond. The vision is to transform the EC government landscape into a coh...

We show a lot of respect for science today. To back up our claims, we tend to appeal to scientific methods. It seems that we all agree that these methods are effective for gaining the truth. We can ask why science has its special status as a supplier of knowledge about our external world and our bodies. Of course, one should not always trust what scientists say. Nonetheless, epistemological jus...

1066 POLICYFORUM O n 30 November, the European Commission is to issue legislative proposals for a decision of the European Parliament and Council of the European Union (EU) concerning Horizon 2020, the next Framework Programme (FP) for Research and Innovation. The decision process and adoption by the Parliament and the Council is to follow I offer a critical preview of Horizon 2020, addressing ...

By 2020 it is very likely that nano-CMOS will reach the end of the scaling roadmap. Such end will not mean the demise of silicon technology at all. While there are uncertainties as to what will be the show-stoppers, there is a large number of transitional and compatible to CMOS technologies that will be more important than just 2-D scaling. This paper discusses possible limitations bringing the...

Abstract We point out problems with the article Productivity beyond density: A critique of management models for reindeer pastoralism in Norway by Marin and co-workers published Pastoralism 2020. In our opinion, there are several misleading claims about governance pastoralist system Norway, Røros model herd density dependence herds their article. errors empirical re-evaluation previous work on ...