Futures Studies

Rough definition: the academic field dealing with images of the future (s. The Image of the Future)

The Difference between Present Futures and Future Presents is the premise for a scientific approach to futures.

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Books on Futures
If people ask me for book recommendations on the topic of foresight and futures studies, I usually recommend two books...
Causal layered analysis (cla)
A comprehensive guide to understanding and applying Sohail Inayatullah’s transformative futures methodology
Critical Futures Studies
The field of [[Futures Studies]] describes “the scientific concern with possible, desirable and probable future developments”1. While the majority of...
Paper – From Critique to Cultural Recovery
A monograph by [[José M. Ramos]] titled From Critique to Cultural Recovery – Critical futures studies and Causal Layered Analysis...
Futures Triangle
A diagnostic tool for mapping competing forces that shape futures
Goals
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 1. [[Introduction]]
Imaginaries from Lockton and Candy
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 2.3.3 [[Sociotechnical Imaginaries]] from Jasanoff
Interesting Questions in Futures Studies & Foresight
The following is an ongoing list of questions that I bump into in my work in [[futures studies]] and foresight....
Introduction
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]].
Master's Thesis – Future Imaginaries
I did my master’s in futures research from 2017 to 2020 at the FU Berlin. In my master’s thesis, submitted...
Metamodernism and Futures Studies
A comprehensive synthesis of metamodernist philosophy’s intersection with futures and foresight practice
Methods
A comprehensive overview of methods, frameworks, and tools in foresight and futures studies
Polak Game
A diagnostic futures tool for surfacing assumptions about agency and optimism
Real Utopias
Real Utopias represent sociologist Erik Olin Wright’s influential framework for pursuing emancipatory social transformation through pragmatic, institutionally grounded alternatives to...
Roles of Future Imaginaries
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 3.2.2 [[Components of future imaginaries]]
Sohail Inayatullah
UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies and Developer of Causal Layered Analysis
Utopia as Method
Utopia as Method represents Ruth Levitas’s groundbreaking reconceptualization of [[Utopia utopian thinking]] from static blueprint to dynamic methodology. Rather than...
Utopia
_This is a [[Primer primer]] on utopia. Related notes: [[Utopia as Method]], [[Real Utopias]]_
What good is scientific rigor when nobody gives a shit?
This note is based on a Twitter thread I wrote while attending a futures studies conference in Finnland.
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AI and science fictionAI, future imaginaries, and futures studiesArtificial IntelligenceAnti-Dystopia – A Third Way Between Utopia and...ApproachDr. Armin GrunwaldArticle - Future FailArticle – Future of Terranascient Futures Studies...Article - Futures from RuinsArticles on FuturesArtificial general intelligence (agi)Artificial Intelligence and future imaginariesArticle – Beyond Capitalist RealismThe Blue Ant TrilogyBooks on FuturesCLA GameCausal layered analysis (cla)Characteristics of Future ImaginariesCollective MemoryCommon SenseComparable and related approachesComparison of national AI strategiesComponents of Future ImaginariesConceptual challenges and inconsistenciesConclusionCondensation of Future ImaginariesCritical Futures StudiesCultural UndercurrentsCyberpunkDates and eventsDifferentiation from similar termsDigital GardenEarly Approaches to ImaginariesEffect of performativity on future imaginariesFictional Expectations from BeckertFred PolakPaper – From Critique to Cultural RecoveryFuture Imaginaries from CookFuture Imaginaries from Goode and GodheFuture ScenarioFutures StudiesFutures terminologyFutures TriangleFuturesGlobal business networkGoalsImages of the Future from InayatullahImaginaries from Lockton and CandyImaginaries from an anthropological perspectiveImaginariesInteresting Questions in Futures Studies &...IntroductionIntroductions to Futures Thinking & ForesightJargon WatchKey questions in critical futures studiesLeitbildLiterature on Critical Futures StudiesLongtermismMaster's Thesis – Future ImaginariesMeaning-Making and AIMegatrendsMetamodernism and Futures StudiesMetamodernismMetaphorMethodsMinimum group size for (future) imaginariesMythNele fischer on critical futures studiesNo future is neutralNo such thing as “future-proof”Observations from the examination of futures and...Official futureOutlook – Application of future imaginariesOverton WindowPattern recognitionPolak GamePresent futures from GrunwaldPrimerPull of the FutureQuestions for the Start of a Foresight ProjectRationalistsReal UtopiasResearch QuestionsRoles of Future ImaginariesSarkar gameSituating the ResearcherSocial ImaginariesSociotechnical Imaginaries from JasanoffSohail InayatullahTescrealThe Difference between Present Futures and Future...Book – The Image of the FutureThe JackpotThe network stateThe Role of Futures in CapitalismThe distinction between imaginaries and future...The paradox of foresightThe vagueness of future imaginariesThinkers on futuresFuture NotesTools for the examination of future imaginariesTowards a definition of Future ImaginariesTraining Practice for FuturistsSorry, but this is not a trend reportTrendsUtopia as Method and Metamodernism: A SynthesisUtopia as MethodUtopiaVerge frameworkVisionWhat good is scientific rigor when nobody gives a...William GibsonMethod: WindtunnelingWorldbuildingCritical FuturesFuture ImaginariesIndex