Forum. Venturing Futures.

The Forum. Venturing Futures. is the inter- and transdisciplinary space for action of the research focus Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Society. Building on our scientific findings, we develop dialogue formats and application-oriented tools that connect entrepreneurial thinking with societal responsibility. We understand entrepreneurial thinking as a proactive, future-oriented mindset that actively shapes change, questions established patterns and treats uncertainty as an opportunity for innovation and sustainable progress.

Our focus is on harnessing this mindset for systemic challenges in our digital society — for example, bureaucratic gridlock, or the slow transfer of research ideas into practice. We bring together expertise from academia, politics, public administration, civil society and business to shape alternative futures. Using participatory research approaches such as ideathons, prospection labs and multi-stakeholder dialogues, we uncover the complex problems embedded in long-established rules and procedures. We also draw international comparisons of organisational forms and innovation cultures in other countries.

Building on this, we develop approaches that spark new transformation processes, connecting economic success with social benefit. In this sense, the Forum understands itself as a platform for exchange, in order to rethink, discuss and test scientific findings and options for action.