Author: Olivia Bina
An inquiry into how art and science can at times disagree about our future, and why it matters
Science and research agendas are an exercise in future thinking. They help to shape futures by planning to create the knowledge that will bring about desired change and transformation. For this reason, research policy, matters. And when it happens to reach a budget of almost 80 billion euros – as is the case of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020) from 2014 to 2020 –it matters a great deal. Horizon 20202 is meant to help member states and the EU to respond to seven “societal challenges” that essentially define the strategic focus of Europe’s programme and of all the annual calls that arise from it.


