Foresight in Ecosystems FORECO

Foresight in Ecosystems CCR

Timetable: 01.01.2026- 30.06.2028

Project status: Active

Principal Investigator

Nordberg-Davies, Sini

Project personnel:

Unit

Centre for Collaborative Research (CCR)

Fields of Science

512 Business and management

Funders: Innovaatiorahoituskeskus Business Finland

Budget: 300 000€ - 350 000€

Project external partners: VTT, ABB, Kempower, Meyer Turku, Tamlink, Fibres online, HeadAI

Project website: https://foreco-project.fi/

Project web pages 2: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/turku-school-of-economics/ccr/research-projects/FORECO

Strategic research and education profiles: Uudet teknologiat ja digitalisaatio

Sustainable development goals: Edullista ja puhdasta energiaa; Kestävää teollisuutta, innovaatioita ja infrastruktuureja; Yhteisö ja kumppanuus

Keywords

Summary: FORECO on ekosysteemeissä tapahtuvan strategisen ennakoinnin käytäntöjen ja niitä tukevien AI-avusteisten työkalujen monitieteinen projekti, joka tutkii miten toimijoiden välistä strategista ennakointia tulisi harjoittaa, jotta se tuottaa arvoa sekä ekosysteemille että yksittäisille yrityksille. Ennakointitiedon keräämisen lisäksi tarkastellaan ekosysteemin strategista päätöksentekoa ja markkinamuokkaamista. Osapuolet: ABB, Kempower, Meyer Turku, Tamlink, Fibres Online, HeadAI, VTT, UTU, LUT.

Additional info: In the FORECO project, coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, researchers are developing practices and processes for strategic foresight and supporting AI solutions for ecosystems. The goal is to strengthen the international competitiveness of these ecosystems and their constituent companies. Beyond merely producing foresight data, FORECO examines how this information is utilized in collective strategic decision-making and proactive shaping of markets. The primary subjects of research and process development in the project are the participating leading ecosystem programs of Business Finland. Turku School of Economics focuses specifically on the latter aspects: decision-making, market shaping, and the integration of these approaches with foresight activities. In addition to the Centre for Collaborative Research (CCR), the project is being implemented by the Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC).