BIO

Director of the Łukasiewicz – Centre for Foresight and Internationalisation (CFI). Dr. Popper is also Scientific and Foresight Advisor at the Łukasiewicz Research Network (ŁRN) in Poland, Founder and Director of Futures Diamond Ltd in the United Kingdom, Director of Executive Education in Foresight at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) of the University of Manchester in the UK, and Adjunct Professor in Futures Studies, Foresight and Innovation Management at the Finland Futures Research Centre of the University of Turku in Finland. Dr. Popper has also been Principal Scientist in Business, Innovation and Foresight at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (2016-2021). Dr. Popper has 20+ years of experience as foresight and innovation policy consultant for several international organizations (e.g. European Commission, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, World Bank), as well as for government and business organisations in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Dr. Popper’s areas of work include: ‘foresight’ as an instrument of innovation policy, the development of foresight and horizon scanning methodology, the design of forward-looking activities and their evaluation with a focus on technological and social innovation policies, and the assessment and management of sustainable innovations.