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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 article, the authors develop four principles for the design and management of global foresight exercises building on the experience of designing and managing the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) 2020 project.
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01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore parallels between action research and futures studies to suggest approaches to future action research (FAR) and propose a futures action model and a cycle for anticipatory design.
Abstract: This chapter explores parallels between action research and futures studies to suggest approaches to “Futures Action Research (FAR)” I describe links between foresight inquiry and action research, and how futures studies as a field has evolved toward participatory action modalities I then provide examples of future studies approaches that exemplify what Reason and Bradbury call 1st-, 2nd- and 3rd-person approaches to action research Contemporary issues in the confluence of action research and futures studies are explored to provide two approaches I have developed, the Futures Action Model and Co-creation Cycle for Anticipatory Design It concludes with a call to further develop a Futures-oriented Action Research that can more directly provide value to both fields
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TL;DR: This report provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work in the sciences and social sciences that indicates the drivers, opportunities, threats, and barriers to the future evolution of cyberspace and the feasibility of crime prevention measures.
Abstract: This report provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work in the sciences and social sciences that indicates the drivers, opportunities, threats, and barriers to the future evolution of cyberspace and the feasibility of crime prevention measures. It is based on 10 state-of-the-art science reviews commissioned by the UK Office of Science and Technology Foresight Project. Each of the papers highlights the current state of knowledge in selected areas as well as gaps in the evidence base needed to address issues of cyber trust and crime prevention in the future.
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01 Jun 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the framings and proposed pathways of eleven selected foresight reports from a food system perspective, with a focus on environmental and climate change implications, are examined and discussed.
Abstract: Agriculture and food systems are in urgent need of transformation. Various foresight reports unpack food systems’ challenges and propose diverse pathways of change towards sustainability. We interrogate the framings and proposed pathways of eleven selected reports from a food system perspective, with a focus on environmental and climate change implications. We synthesize key drivers of food systems and their impact on food system outcomes. We distil trends and strategies identified across the reports and their scenarios and discuss the diversity of ‘sustainability pathways’ and ‘solution spaces’. There is general agreement that resource protection and adaptation balanced with significant greenhouse gas emission reductions are vital to food system transformation. There is less consensus on the choice of change options and how to address potential trade-offs. While new technologies or consumption changes are described, more attention needs to be paid to overcoming blind spots like implications for equity or changes in governance mechanisms.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on how organisations create knowledge about futures, and how these knowledge creation practices could be improved based on empirical data on Finnish companies as well as on conceptual work on the nature and the use of futures knowledge.
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