Fig 1.
Evidence as the focus of foresight research.
Situated conceptually between novel technology emergence and adoption future(s), examination of the attitudes towards co-production of technology-related evidence by the innovation ecosystem constituents (e.g., scientists and policymakers) can help build strategic foresight on the innovation trajectory.
Fig 2.
Delphi study flowchart.
Fig 3.
Word cloud generated from the Delphi round 1 responses.
Table 1.
Six Thematic Categories Used to Generate and Structure the Delphi Survey.
Fig 4.
Radar chart for Delphi survey round 2 and round 3 responses.
Distribution of the standard deviations for each of the 107 Delphi survey questions (from 1 to 107, in the clockwise direction) in round 2 (blue line) and round 3 (red line). Note that the distribution of the standard deviations across the 107 survey questions is dampened in round 3 (red line) as anticipated in Delphi surveys.
Table 2.
Description of the Respondents who Completed the Delphi Survey (N = 24).
Table 3.
Top 10 Decision Criteria to Adopt Metagenomic Testing for Water Safety.
Table 4.
Ranking of the Issues with CONSENSUS Among Experts in Regards to Metagenomic Tests for Water Safety.
Table 5.
Ranking of the Issues with DISSENSUS Among Experts in Regards to Metagenomic Tests for Water Safety.