Foresight evaluation is a broad concept that includes monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of specific foresight activities and using foresight as a set of tools and skills to enhance M&E practice.
Laurent Bontoux
Dr Laurent Bontoux is a Senior Foresight for Policy Expert at the EU Policy Lab of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre where he works to provide the best possible foresight evidence to EU policymaking.
He has engineering degrees in food technology (ENSIA - FR) and in environmental engineering (UC Berkely - USA). Prior to joining the European Commission, he worked to ensure the environmental safety of household products at Procter & Gamble. At the European Commission, he spent most of his career working at the science/policy interface with a focus on sustainable development, health and environmental risk assessment. Since 2012, he works in strategic foresight, where the challenge of measuring policy impact is only becoming more necessary.