Objectives

The aim of the iKnow project is to elucidate and examine events and developments potentially shaking (wild cards) or shaping (weak signals) the future of science, technology and innovation (STI) in the European Research Area (ERA).

In so doing, the project has two general objectives:

1. To develop and pilot conceptual and methodological frameworks to identify, classify, cluster and analyse wild cards and weak signals (WI-WE)
   
2. To assess WI-WE implications for, and expected impact on, the key dimensions of the ERA Vision:

• Researchers mobility
• Research infrastructures
• Research institutions
• Knowledge sharing
• Cross-national research programmes (aka Joint Programming)
• International science and technology (S&T) cooperation