Tatiana Chernyavskaya is currently a doctoral student at the Institute for Economic Geography and GISciences of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Austria. Her research area is related to the future of public-private partnerships in the innovation systems of BRICS economies where she applies foresight as a tool for future-oriented study. She recently completed an internship at the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace and hopes to continue her experience working with and exploring the research agenda of the UN.