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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 focus on the current forces for change in the minerals industry: community drivers regarding social licence to operate, new technologies and consumer and government drivers on responsible minerals, and propose a research agenda for an expanded notion of responsible minerals which recognises the complexity of the mineral-energy nexus and connects it to progressing sustainable futures.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a framework that uses scientific papers and patents as data resources and integrates the text mining and expert judgment approaches to identify technology evolution paths and forecast technology development trends within the short term.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors attempt to strengthen the bridge between futurists and planners and illustrate past, current, and potential contributions of futures studies to planning as follows: (1) the beginnings of future studies in science fiction films, journals, and international development; (2) the role of envisioning, polling, and forecasting methods; and (3) the challenges of linking futures studies methods to planning.
Abstract: Futures studies and planning follow parallel and sometimes overlapping paths. Both are idealistic activities seeking to make people's futures more secure and more fulfilling. Many futurists wish that their dreams could be implemented, and many planners dream that their work could be less shortsighted and parochial. If only to fulfill these needs, these groups should pay more attention to each other. In this article, I attempt to strengthen the bridge between futurists and planners. My observations come from the perspective of someone with a professional and pedagogical interest in both planning and futures studies. I illustrate past, current, and potential contributions of futures studies to planning as follows: (1) the beginnings of futures studies in science fiction films, journals, and international development; (2) the role of envisioning, polling, and forecasting methods; and (3) the challenges of linking futures studies methods to planning. I then argue for a diverse approach in terms of me...
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TL;DR: The Future is Cloned by Kirk W. Junker Rethinking Futures Studies by Eleonora B. Masini Reorienting Future Studies by Sohail Inayatullah Feminising Future Studies and Coevolutionary Futures by Anne Jenkins and Morgen Witzel.
Abstract: Introduction by Ziauddin Sardar The Problem of Futures Studies by Ziauddin Sardar How the Future is Cloned by Kirk W. Junker Rethinking Futures Studies by Eleonora B. Masini Reorienting Futures Studies by Sohail Inayatullah Feminising Futures Studies by Ivana Milojevic De-Westernising Futures Studies by Susantha Goonatilake Implementing Critical Futures Studies by Richard A. Slaughter Futures Studies and Futures Facilitators by S.P. Udayakumar Futures Studies and Future Surprises by Graham H. May Futures Studies and Foresight by Ted Fuller Futures Studies and Global Futures by Jan Nederveen Pieterse Futures Studies and Co-evolutionary Futures by Anne Jenkins and Morgen Witzel Futures Studies and the Future of Science by Steve Fuller Futures Studies and the Future of Art by Sean Cubitt Futures and Knowledge by Vinay Lal Futures and Prophecies by Jerome Ravetz Futures and Dissent by Ashis Nandy Other Futures Studies: A Bibliographic Essay by Merryl Wyn Davies Index
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TL;DR: In this article, a new integrated roadmapping approach that combines the market pull and technology push approach is presented, which can be used for planning firms' and public authorities' long-term innovation strategies.
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