Global Horizon Scanning Research Prioritisation Project

The Global Horizon Scanning Research Prioritization Project aims to collect and prioritize the most important future research questions as recognized by scientists from around the globe working in government, academia and business. The results of this project contribute to the mission of SETAC to achieve Environmental Quality Through Science^®.

The need for this initiative was proposed in a recent issue of Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.

Submit questions online relevant to:

• Africa
• Asia/Pacific: English | Chinese
• Europe
• Latin America: English | Portuguese | Spanish
• Middle East
• North America

The survey started in Africa, then moved to North America, Middle East and Europe.

Questions submitted via this website will be synthesized by a team of public, private, academic and non-profit sector experts into a list of the top research priorities of relevance to each geographic region and will be disseminated to the policy, business and scientific communities. 

All responses to the solicitation will be strictly confidential.

The SETAC EU Horizon Scanning Workshop will be held on Wednesday and Thursday (6-7 May) during the annual SETAC Europe meeting in Barcelona. On these days, workshop participants are expected to concentrate their effort on the workshop with minimum exceptions (e.g., give a platform presentation).  Output from each of the Geographic Unit workshops will include a multi-authored publication in one of the SETAC journals (Environmental  Toxicology and Chemistry, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management). 

Global Horizon Scanning project steering committee:

• Bryan Brooks 
• Gary Ankley 
• Alistair Boxall 
• Murray Rudd
• Pedro Carriquiriborde, Academia
• Anne Fairbrother, Industry
• Rai Kookana, Government
• Lorraine Maltby, Academia
• Derek Muir, Government
• Ilse Schoeters, Industry
• Keith Solomon, Academia
• Shu Tao, Academia
• Paul van den Brink, Academia
• Rudolf Wu, Academia

SETAC Europe Horizon Scanning Workshop steering committee:

• Joke van Wensem (chair)
• Paul van den Brink (co-chair)  
• Violaine Verougstraete (co-chair)