Node SurveyConducted by the German Node

Planning Commitee Meeting, Boston 2010

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Why conduct a survey among all Nodes?

In the Interest of the MP:

we wanted to establish better knowledge among all MP Nodes

- of what other Nodes and also Node members are working on

- what is regarded as key future topics in the different regions they represent.

Our very personal Interest:

The idea also came up, because the members of the German Node felt like they would like to be in

closer contact with members from other nodes.

– Who do I call, if I need an expert opinion on XY in XY?

 

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Preliminary Remarks on the Methodology

- 32 of 34 Nodes (at the time) participated in the survey

- Challenge: Survey Design very open => Answers hard to compare

- Solution: Discourse Analysis

=> Clustering of topics to make them comparable

=> Quantitative analysis of clusters

 

 

Business/EconomyInnovation, Business and Sustainable Development Innovation and Sustainable Development Startegic management Future of Sci/Tech management Future Economic & Innovation systems Future Jobs

Business/EconomyInnovation, Business and Sustainable Development Innovation and Sustainable Development Startegic management Future of Sci/Tech management Future Economic & Innovation systems Future Jobs

1. Clustering of 130 Topics into 9 clusters, e.g.

2. Quantitative Analysis

Environment and ResourcesWater Energy Transportation Energy questions and climate change ENERGY: Global Energy Scenarios

Environment and ResourcesWater Energy Transportation Energy questions and climate change ENERGY: Global Energy Scenarios

2. Intepretation of Results

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What are the key results of the survey?

Key result in a nutshell

• The current emphasize of work of the nodes lies in the fields of „Transfer & Education“, „Science &

Technology“ and  “Environment & Resources“.

•A majority of the nodes consider cultural and social issues to be underestimated AND these are precicly the the topic least represented in the Nodes´ profiles.

„It is `peopleware` which is crucial to any sustainable shift in consciousness necessary to finding a new path for humanity“ (Cyberspace Node)

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What are the key results of the survey?

Map of Future Issues: Current Activities of Global Millennium Nodes

 

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Current Activities in the Regions – Regional Cluster

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What are the key results of the survey?

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What are the key results of the survey?

Map of Underestimated Future Topics: Thematic Relevance According to Survey

 

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What else could be derived from the data?

- We did not yet analyse the question „International on Cooperation on Future Topics“ and „Favoured

International Future Topics“ – this could be used to

- Map existing and possible cooperations between nodes (idea: Social network á la facebook?

How can we make single people and their expertise more visible?)

- The data on could be visualised in an interactive map or another kind of nice Visualization

(mentioning more names & activities)

- We could use the date to update the profile of each Node on the website

 

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