Futures Studies Resources

Futures Studies Resources Compiled by Alireza Hejazi1 Aug. 4th, 2012 Research & Aid Tools Trend Analysis & Horizon Scanning Books Journals, Articles & Publications Professional Websites, Newsletters & Listservs Universities & Colleges Futurists, Institutes & Think Tanks Research & Aid Tools Futures Research Methodology - Version 3.0 http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/FRMV3.html Scenario Planning http://www.12manage.com/methods_scenario_planning.html Thinking Futures Scanning Resources http://thinkingfutures.net/scanningresources Acceleration Studies Foundation http://futuresphd.wetpaint.com Futures Education Wiki http://merlotfutureseducation.wikispaces.com Foresight Wiki http://www.forwiki.ro/ Online PhD http://onlinephd.org Bloom’s Taxonomy http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm Drivers of Change http://www.driversofchange.com Implications Wheel http://implicationswheel.com Entering Strategic Foresight http://prezi.com/sn7mz4l9snj-/entering-strategic-foresight Practical Foresight http://practicalforesight.wetpaint.com Preparing Future Faculty http://www.preparing-faculty.org 1 Alireza Hejazi, MSF. Founding Editor of FuturesDiscovery.com 1 www.futuresdiscovery.com Faculty Focus http://www.facultyfocus.com Resources for Futures Research http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rdr/Ant547/ftrrcrcs.htm Postdoctoral Useful Resources http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/publications Bigger Brains http://www.biggerbrains.com Trend Analysis & Horizon Scanning The Herman Group http://www.herman.net Trend Watching http://www.trendwatching.com The Millennium Project http://www.millennium-project.org Tech Cast http://www.techcast.org Trend Search http://www.trendsresearch.com Innovation Watch http://innovationwatch.com Trends Map http://www.trendsmap.com The Trends Journal http://www.trendsresearch.com Understanding Foresight and Horizon Scanning (FHS) http://community.iknowfutures.eu/pg/blog/popper/read/12065/understanding-foresight-and-horizonscanning-fhs Books WFS Book Picks http://www.wfs.org/book-picks Global Foresight Books http://www.globalforesightbooks.org Practical Foresight Guide http://www.shapingtomorrow.com/media-centre/pf-complete.pdf The Image of the Future http://storyfieldteam.pbworks.com/f/the-image-of-the-future.pdf Keys to the 21st Century http://www.berghahnbooks.com/prelims/BindeKeys_prelims.pdf Advanced strategic thinking: Visionary management http://info.tse.fi/julkaisut/vk/Ae8_2004.pdf Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New Era http://books.google.com/books?vid=9780-7658-0566-9&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Future Savvy: Identifying Trends to Make Better Decisions, Manage Uncertainty, and Profit from Change http://futuresavvy.net/#futuresavvybook 2 www.futuresdiscovery.com http://books.google.com/books/about/Future_savvy.html?id=2JqPnvoSJqYC When Things Start To Think http://www.kurzweilai.net/ebooks/when-things-start-to-think The Art of the Long View http://books.google.com/books?id=fILtwg777hsC Great Transition http://www.gtinitiative.org/documents/Great_Transitions.pdf The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies http://ebookee.org/-request_ebook-The-Knowledge-Base-ofFutures-Studies-Professional-Edition_158130.html Limits to Growth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth The State of the World http://www.worldwatch.org/node/7157 The State of the Future http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/publications.html The Art of Conjecture http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/36600/The-Art-of-Conjecture The Age of Spiritual Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed SuperStruct http://archive.superstructgame.net/ Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives http://www.borndigitalbook.com/ Innovation Killers http://www.innovationkiller.com/ Scenario Planning-the Link between Future and Strategy http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/books/view_book/category_sname/scenario_planning/asin/details_03339931 79.doc The Art of Conjecture http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-art-of-conjecture-by-bertrand-dejouvenel-nikita-lary.jsp?CRID=the-art-of-conjecture-by-bertrand-de-jouvenel-nikitalary&OFFID=se2qbp&KEY=art+of+conjecture Strategic Foresight for Corporate and Regional Development http://en.laprospective.fr/downloadtranslations/5-file.html Journals, Articles & Publications Journal of Futures Studies http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/sarticles.html Foresight http://www.emeraldinsight.com/fs.htm World Futures Review http://www.wfs.org/wfr/ Futures http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30422/description 3 www.futuresdiscovery.com On The Horizon http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1074-8121 Futurist http://www.wfs.org Foresight Magazine http://forecasters.org/foresight/ Managing the Future http://www.futuringassociates.com/thoughts/Managing_the_Future_6_JANUARY_2011.pdf Future-proofing Your Organization http://www.gbn.com/articles/pdfs/GBN_Futureproofing.CEO%20j.pdf RT Delphi: An Efficient, “Round-less” Almost Real Time Delphi Method http://www.realtimedelphi.org/library/delphi_article.html The Art and Strategy of Scenario Writing http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=872864&show=html Anticipatory Management: Tools for Better Decision Making http://horizon.unc.edu/courses/papers/AnticipatoryManagement.html How Experienced Examiners Assess Research Theses http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@raid/documents/doc/uow016364.pdf The Social Side of Strategy http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_social_side_of_strategy_2965 Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning http://www.uctc.net/mwebber/Rittel+Webber+Dilemmas+General_Theory_of_Planning.pdf Looking Back on the Limits of Growth http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Looking-Backon-the-Limits-of-Growth.html Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development? http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Is-it-TooLate-for-Sustainable-Development.html Higher Education in a Global, Knowledge Networked World http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=10748121&volume=18&issue=4&articleid=1886431&show=pdf Six Pillars: Futures Thinking for Transforming http://www.metafuture.org/Six%20pillars%20%20futures%20thinking%20for%20transforming%20Foresight%20vol%2010%20issue%201%202008.p df Introducing hybrid thinking for transformation, innovation and strategy http://www.gartner.com/resources/172000/172065/introducing_hybrid_thinking_172065.pdf Should probabilities be used with Scenarios? http://www.futuringassociates.com/text/Probabilities_with_Scenarios_DEC_2008.pdf 4 www.futuresdiscovery.com Making the future visible: psychology, scenarios and strategy http://www.hardintibbs.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/10/future-landscape-tibbs-a4.pdf Trend analysis as pattern recognition http://www.futuringassociates.com/text/Trend_Analysis_FINAL_REV_20_Sept_08.pdf Combining Foresight Methods for Impact http://www.nistep.go.jp/IC/ic071119/pdf/3-3_Keenan.pdf To Predict or to Build the Future? http://www.wfs.org/futurist/may-june-2012-vol-46-no-3/predict-orbuild-future-reflections-field-and-differences-between Futurists’ Forecasts http://www.wfs.org/Forecasts_From_The_Futurist_Magazine A Look at the Future of Science: 2021 http://www.iftf.org/system/files/feature/IFTF_SR1454A_FutureofScience_rdr.pdf Envisioning Emerging Technology http://envisioningtech.com/envisioningtech.pdf List of Futurist Blogs http://www.vernewheelwright.com/id14.html 21 Issues for 21st Century http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/foresightreport/Portals/24175/pdfs/Foresight_Report21_Issues_for_the_21st_Century.pdf Future Global Shocks http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/36/48256382.pdf StoryTech: A personalized guide to the 21st century http://www.educationfutures.com/res/StoryTech.pdf Global Risks 2012 http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2012 Envisioning the Future of Education Technology http://envisioningtech.com/envisioning-the-future-ofeducation.pdf The Future of Science, Technology & Well-Being http://www.iftf.org/2020ForecastMap The Re-working of "Work" http://www.iftf.org/reworkingwork Why Companies Fail http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/03/why-companies-fail The Origins of Futurism http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Origins-of-Futurism.html Thinking about Futurism http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Thinking-About-Futurism.html Ecosystems of Well-being & Ecosystems of Well-being in 4 Futures http://www.iftf.org/wellbeingecosystems The Future of the Internet http://www.elon.edu/docs/eweb/predictions/expertsurveys/2012survey/PIP_Future_of_Internet_2012_Gen_Always_ON.pdf 5 www.futuresdiscovery.com Mind in a Designed World http://www.iftf.org/system/files/deliverable/SR1345%20Mind%20in%20a%20Designed%20World%20(1).pdf Global Think Tank Index http://www.gotothinktank.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/01/2011_Global_Go_To_Think_Tanks_Report__January_20_Edition_WITH_LETTEr-1.pdf Towards Planetary Consciousness? http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/16-2/S05.pdf Envisioning Emerging Technology http://envisioningtech.com/envisioningtech.pdf Professional Websites, Newsletters & Listservs Club of Rome http://www.clubofrome.org Futuribles http://www.futuribles.com Global Business Network http://www.gbn.org World Future Society (WFS) http://www.wfs.org WFS newsletter subscription futuristupdate@wfs.org Shaping Tomorrow (ST) http://www.shapingtomorrow.com Shaping Tomorrow Network http://shapingtomorrowmain.ning.com Foresight Research & Education Network (FERN) http://www.fernweb.org iKnow Community http://community.iknowfutures.eu Institute for the Future (IFTF) http://www.iftf.org Association of Professional Futurists (APF) http://www.profuturists.org/ APF listserv http://groups.google.com/group/apflist APF listserv e-mail apflist@googlegroups.com World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) http://www.wfsf.org/ WFSF listserv e-mail WFSF-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu The Futures Network http://www.thefuturesnetwork.com Foresight Planning http://www.foresightplanning.eu Global Foresight http://www.globalforesight.org Inward Bound http://www.inwardboundvisioning.com/ 6 www.futuresdiscovery.com The Foresight Epidemic http://theforesightepidemic.com/ Universities & Colleges The Santa Fe Institute http://www.santafe.edu University of Houston http://www.houstonforesight.org/ University of Houston Futures Studies http://www.tech.uh.edu/Programs/Futures_Studies Regent University School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship http://www.regent.edu/global/msf Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies http://www.futures.hawaii.edu Anne Arundel Community College http://www.aacc.edu/future Angers University http://master-foresight-innovation.fr/programme/ PhD on Organizational Future Orientation http://www.au.dk/en/phd/graduate_schools/graduate-school-ofbusiness-and-social-sciences/general-call/ Anticipating the Future http://cals.arizona.edu/futures Foresight / Futures Studies Programs http://www.accelerating.org/gradprograms.html Swinburn University, Master of Strategic Foresight http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/agse/courses/strategic-foresight.htm SoFor: Social Foresight http://www.unitn.it/en/sofor Tamkang University http://www2.tku.edu.tw/tddx The Futures Academy http://www.thefuturesacademy.ie University of Arizona http://ag.arizona.edu/futures School of International Futures http://www.soif.org.uk/ Azerbaijan Foresight Course http://www.futurestudies.az/2011/index.php Futurists, Institutes & Think Tanks Rand http://www.rand.org Metafuture http://www.metafuture.org The Long Now Foundation http://www.longnow.org Hinesight http://www.andyhinesight.com 7 www.futuresdiscovery.com Foresight International http://www.foresightinternational.com.au Infinite Futures http://www.infinitefutures.com/ Institute for Alternative Futures http://www.altfutures.com The World's Biggest Problems http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/wbp/portal/home Future Think http://www.futurethink.com Fast Futures http://fastfuture.com Leading Futurists http://leadingfuturists.biz Resilient Futures http://resilientfutures.com Hardin Tibbs http://www.hardintibbs.com Verne Wheelwright (Personal Futures) http://www.personalfutures.net Shaping Our Future http://www.ffof.org Finland Futures Research Centre http://utu.fi/ffrc Finland Futures Academy http://www.tvanet.fi/en/ Smart Insights http://www.smartinsights.com Education Futures http://www.educationfutures.com/ The Museum of the Future http://themuseumofthefuture.com/ CogNexus Institute: A Portal to Wicked Problems http://www.cognexus.org/ Accelerating Change http://www.accelerating.org/ Center for Future Consciousness http://www.centerforfutureconsciousness.com Christian Futures Network http://www.christianfutures.com Kurzweil Artificial Intelligence http://www.kurzweilai.net Police Futurists http://www.policefuturists.org The World Network of Religious Futurists http://www.wnrf.org Social Technologies http://www.socialtechnologies.com/ 8 www.futuresdiscovery.com