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Roberto Poli
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8837-4370
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Published:
30 Jul 2024
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2024
Keywords:
Future studies
;
Critical futures
;
Strategic foresight
;
Corporate foresight
;
Anticipation
;
Future methods
;
Systems theory
;
Complexity
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Handbook of Futures Studies
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Roberto Poli
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8837-4370
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Published:
30 Jul 2024
Print ISBN:
9781035301591
eISBN:
9781035301607
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035301607
Pages:
542
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2024
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Table of Contents
Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: the subtle interplay between Futures Studies and Anticipation Theory
Part I: UNDERSTANDING FUTURES STUDIES
Chapter 2: About the history of Futures Studies
Chapter 3: History and future
Chapter 4: Futures in a dance with systems theory: fields in an overlapping paradigm
Chapter 5: As through a glass darkly: a complex systems approach to futures
Chapter 6: Studying the future in the present moment
Chapter 7: A pluriversal definition of Futures Studies: critical futures studies from margin to centre
Chapter 8: Futures Studies: from perceived injustice to the transformational present
Chapter 9: Liberating the human imagination: futures literacy and the diversification of anticipation
Chapter 10: Creativity and Futures Studies
Chapter 11: Museum futures and other heritage futures
Chapter 12: Education’s futures and Futures in education
Chapter 13: The future as an educational instrument: FutLabs in the classroom
Chapter 14: From normal to postnormal futures
Chapter 15: Queer futuring: transformational transcendence
Chapter 16: Science fiction futures: historical foundations
Chapter 17: Science fiction futures: contemporary developments
Chapter 18: Conflict transformation futures
Part II: USING FUTURES STUDIES
Chapter 19: Responsible futures
Chapter 20: Anticipatory risk management: steps forward
Chapter 21: Between: a fieldnote on moving from futures and foresight to effective action (and back again)
Chapter 22: Measuring foresight’s maturity: Future Orienteering Evaluation Model
Chapter 23: Futures studies methods: a typology and guide to research design
Part III: POLICY FORESIGHT
Chapter 24: Helping people think about the future: insights from cognitive science
Chapter 25: Overcoming the Cassandra syndrome: limits to and conditions of anticipatory governance
Chapter 26: The interplay between international relations and futures studies in the complexity context
Chapter 27: Foresight and anticipation in multilateral organisations
Chapter 28: Regional Foresight
Chapter 29: The benefits of negative thinking: strategic foresight in military planning
Part IV: CORPORATE FORESIGHT
Chapter 30: An inquiry into my entanglement with corporate foresight – and beyond
Chapter 31: The use of foresight in corporate innovation
Part V: SELECTED SOCIAL FORESIGHTS
Chapter 32: Future scenarios according to Alpha and Beta Gen
Chapter 33: Water and the climate crisis
Chapter 34: Exploring pathways of smart city futures: insights from engaged foresight
Part VI: CONCLUSION
Chapter 35: The future of Futures Studies: a utopian tale
Back Matter
Index
Subjects
Business and Management
Knowledge Management
Development Studies
Development Studies
Economics and Finance
Economics of Innovation
Environment
Biotechnology
Innovation and Technology
Biotechnology
Economics of Innovation
Innovation Policy
Knowledge Management
Technology and ICT
Science and Technology Studies
Politics and Public Policy
Public Policy
Sociology and Social Policy
Sociology of Knowledge
Science and Technology Studies
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