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Futures studies
About: Futures studies is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2996 publications have been published within this topic receiving 49505 citations. The topic is also known as: futurology & futurism.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss technology foresight in selected countries which were politically dependent (colonial) before World War II and considered as "under-developed" in the post-war period.
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01 Jul 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the planning academy needs a "futures infusion" to retain and strengthen its strategic relevance to policy making, respect and engagement from the community, and educational and societal obligations to graduates.
Abstract: Planning is inherently about looking ahead. The future orientation entwined in the DNA of the discipline is crucial given the environmental, social and economic challenges confronted at the start of the 21st century. Planning practice shows signs of responsiveness, but what about planning education? Academic discourse suggests concerns often lie elsewhere, with only tokenistic gazes to longer-term futures. The proposition explored in this paper is that the planning academy needs a ‘futures infusion’ to retain and strengthen its strategic relevance to policy making, respect and engagement from the community, and educational and societal obligations to graduates.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a novel interconnected multilevel approach containing two elements of policy making to support innovation for inclusive development: a) the close interplay between foresight and policy making, and b) the linking of local community-level to national level foresight.
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TL;DR: A three-dimensional policy framework, which includes ‘complementarity’, ‘networking’ and ‘strategic scalar positioning’ is suggested to be taken into account during the design and operation of science parks.
Abstract: This paper reports a Foresight exercise, which was carried out to develop a research strategy and a business model for the science park of Ankara University (AU). Science parks have been crucial elements of innovation systems both in developed and developing countries because their role in bridging the gap between academia and business through knowledge spill-overs and spin-offs. Although there is a widespread consensus about the usefulness of the science park concept, the actual performance of science parks and how well they meet expectations have been controversial. This paper discusses the success factors for science parks. A three-dimensional policy framework, which includes ‘complementarity’, ‘networking’ and ‘strategic scalar positioning’ is suggested to be taken into account during the design and operation of science parks. The paper describes the Foresight process and the policies and strategies developed by using the three-dimensional policy framework proposed for the newly established science pa...
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26 Jul 2019
TL;DR: A call for responsible innovation on the basis of a diagnosis of 6 current deficits of the global innovation system is made in this paper, where the authors propose an anticipatory governance mechanism for outcomes of science, technology and innovation.
Abstract: A call for responsible innovation on the basis of a diagnosis of 6 current deficits of the global innovation system
6 Deficits are:
1Need for governance mechanisms for outcomes of Science, Technology and Innovation
2 Address market failures in order to deliver on socially desirable innovations
3 Align Science Technology and innovation policy with broadly shared public values
4 Shift focus from technological potentials to societally desirable objectives
5 Shift to open scholarship in order to make science better by improved reproduceabilty, efficiency and more responsiveness to societal challenges
6 Implement anticipatory governance mechanisms in the policy making process by using a combination of Foresight, technology assessment and normative (participatory) design
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