Research and innovation are the driving forces in our search for new responsible and climate-friendly economic models, socio-ecological transformation, cohesion in our society and the ongoing fight against inequalities. How do we want to and how can we live and work in the future? The Researchers at the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research in Bolzano, Italy, use an interdisciplinary approach to analyze social, economic and political processes and look ahead to their impacts on the future. The team combines expertise from political science, sociology, economics, socio-economics and philosophy. It consists of both specialists and generalists working closely together to inform and provide food for thought – in critical exchange and with different scientific methods. It keeps an eye on world events and highlight their impacts at the local level.