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The results of Cycle 1

In 2007 the Federal Ministry of  Education and Research started the BMBF Foresight process to identify new focus areas for research and technology. The results of the search phase became available in May 2010 and are accessible on this site.

Below please find an overview of the seven "New future fields" identified in the Foresight process. Alternatively, the complete report can be downloaded here.

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  ProductionConsumption2.0

  Transformative innovations to achieve sustainable production and consumption
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14972.php)
   
  
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  Human-Technology Cooperation

  Integrative research about the interplay of man and technical change in a new quality
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14979.php)
   
  
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  Ageing Deciphering

  Understanding ageing as a central, multifactorial process in human development throughout the entire life span
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14980.php)
   
  
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  Sustainable Living Spaces

  Development of adequate infrastructure systems in the area of tension between new spatial planning, lifestyles and technology
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14981.php)
   
  
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  Transdisciplinary Models and Multi-Scale Simulation

  Integrative simulation methods to manage complexity in science and humanities research
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14983.php)
   
  
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  Time Research

  Investigating time-related technologies and time-critical processes in new depth
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14984.php)
   
  
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  Sustainable Energy Solutions

  Coordinated diversity in research on sustainable energy (energy concert) and using micro-energy from the environment in autonomous, decentralised, mobile applications and systems (Micro-energy from the environment)
  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14985.php)