User:Rafael popper

Rafael Popper is an international researcher on Foresight and Prospective Studies (especially for the public sector and the scientific community), and Regional Development and Regional Integration (with a focus on Latin American science and technology and industrial policies).

Besides various book chapters and reports on Foresight practices & methods, he has worked as researcher in several international projects: European Knowledge Society (EUFORIA), Information Society Technologies Foresight (FISTERA), Research and Technology Development Cooperation between Europe and Developing Countries (SCOPE), and the European Foresight Monitoring Network (EFMN), among others. These activities are mainly funded by governmental agencies & international organisations (i.e. European Commission and bodies of the United Nations system). At the governmental level he has been adviser and delivered courses in many countries (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, and Spain, among others).

Founder and Scientific Coordinator of SELF-RULE Network (2005-2007). From 2000-2002 he worked for the United Nations at ICS in Italy as UNIDO's Technology Foresight Delphi System Manager.

More detailed information about his work in the field of foresight can be found at www.rafaelpopper.info