The futures field

The futures field: Functions, forms, and critical issues - ScienceDirect

Five basic functionsgoals formulation; methods development; applications; coupling; implementation—are explored and some existing institutional forms are ...

Futures studies - Wikipedia

Futures studies, futures research, futurism research, futurism, or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of ...

An epistemology for the futures field: Problems and possibilities of ...

This article claims that prediction is a legitimate purpose of the futures field and proposes four solutions to the paradox.

A community of futurists and the state of the futures field

Criticisms of futures studies ought to be evaluated in comparison with those of other fields. For example, compared to the established disciplines, ...

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Examining the Theory Base of the Futures Field in Light of Survey ...

Theories in futures studies are further divided into theories of action, practices, and behavior; theories of change; and theories on the micro- ...

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Understanding the Futures Field | World Yearbook of Education 1998

In this chapter, I briefly describe a few highlights of the history of the futures field, detailing some of its pioneers, publications, and purposes.

Your Guide into the Futures/Foresight Field! - LinkedIn

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The Futures Field. Paper P-95 [microform] / Roy Amara

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(PDF) Paradigms in futures field - ResearchGate

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Rigor and diversity in the futures field: A commentary on Fergnani ...

The paper raises numerous issues that hinder incremental theory development in the futures and foresight field together with proposed solutions.

The Story of Futures Studies: An Interdisciplinary Field Rooted in ...

By the 1980s and 1990s, futures studies had advanced to achieve a global, institutional, systemically embodied status and had become a mature ...

About Futures Studies - WORLD FUTURES STUDIES FEDERATION

Futures Studies is a scientific research field involving scholars and researchers across many disciplines. There are undergraduate and post graduate programs ...

What is 'futures studies' and how can it help us improve our world?

Futures studies, or futures research, is the systematic study of possible, probable and preferable futures. The field has broadened into an ...

Theories in Futures Studies - Sage Journals

It is crucial that actors in the futures field are aware of the theories that guide them because influential theories take part in making the future. Keywords.

A primer on Futures Studies, foresight and the use of scenarios

The 'futures field' is very broad, and goes by a variety of different names: 'futures research', 'futures studies', sometimes 'futures analysis', 'futurism', ' ...

Development tendencies and turning points of futures studies

... the futures field. Scientific-based futures studies has a long history, drawing from a variety of fields including sociology, policy ...

(PDF) "Understanding the futures field" - ResearchGate

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Rigor and diversity in the futures field: A commentary on Fergnani ...

Historical institutionalism and science and technology studies (STS) are presented as complementary refer- ence fields. This discussion is intended as a ...