Outline of futures studies

Short description: Overview of and topical guide to futures studies

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to futures studies:

Futures studies (also called futurology) - study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them. There is a debate as to whether this discipline is an art or science. In general, it can be considered as a branch of the social sciences and parallel to the field of history. History studies the past, futures studies considers the future. Futurology (colloquially called "futures" by many of the field's practitioners) seeks to understand what is likely to continue and what could plausibly change. Part of the discipline thus seeks a systematic and pattern-based understanding of past and present, and to determine the likelihood of future events and trends.

## Contents

* 1 General concepts
* 2 Futures techniques
* 3 Organizations
* 3.1 Research centers
* 3.2 Academic programs
* 4 Futurologists
* 5 Publications
* 5.1 Books
* 5.2 Periodicals and monographs
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## General concepts

* Accelerating change
* Calculating demand forecast accuracy
* Clarke's three laws
* Collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment
* Causal layered analysis
* Coolhunting
* Decision support systems
* Digital library (initiatives)
* DIKW pyramid – Harlan Cleveland
* Emerging technologies
* List of emerging technologies
* End of civilization
* Eschatology
* Failure mode and effects analysis
* Forecasting
* Foresight
* Future
* Future energy development
* Global Consciousness Project
* Hubbert peak theory
* Interdependence
* Kardashev scale
* Kondratiev wave
* Malthusian catastrophe
* Memetics
* Moore's law
* Morphological analysis
* Neo-futurism
* Omega Point
* Optimism bias
* Planetary phase of civilization
* Planning
* Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
* Prediction
* Prediction market
* Psychohistory (fictional)
* Race of the future
* Reference class forecasting
* Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
* Scenario analysis
* Social network analysis
* Strategic foresight
* Systems theory
* Technological singularity
* Technology
* Technology forecasting
* Theory of constraints
* Thought experiment
* Transhumanism
* Twelve leverage points
* Ultimate fate of the universe

## Futures techniques

* Anticipatory thinking
* Causal layered analysis (CLA)
* Environmental scanning
* Scenario method
* Delphi method
* Future history
* Monitoring
* Backcasting (eco-history)
* Cross-impact analysis
* Futures workshops
* Failure mode and effects analysis
* Futures wheel
* Technology roadmapping
* Social network analysis
* Systems engineering
* Trend analysis
* Morphological analysis
* Technology forecasting
* Theory U

## Organizations

* The Academy for Futures Studies
* The Arlington Institute
* Association of Professional Futurists
* Australia Foresight Institute
* Australian Futures Foundation
* Bakken Museum
* Club of Amsterdam
* Club of Rome
* Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
* Finland Futures Academy
* Foundation For the Future
* Future of Humanity Institute
* Future of Life Institute
* The Futures Academy
* Futures Group International (formerly part of GRM Futures Group, now part of Palladium International)
* Futures Research Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
* Futures Research Centre
* Futures Studies Department
* Futuribles,[1]
* Global Business Network
* Global Change Ltd
* Global Scenario Group
* Global Scenario Group
* Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies
* Hudson Institute
* Institute for Futures Research
* Institute for the Future
* International Institute of Forecasters
* Long Now Foundation
* Kjaer Global Ltd (Anne Lise Kjaer)
* Laboratory for Investigation in Prospective Strategy and Organization
* Mankind 2000
* Moroccan Association of Future Studies
* NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
* Naval Postgraduate School
* Pakistan Futuristics Institute
* RAND Corporation
* Devi Ahilya University
* Shaping Tomorrow
* Strategic Business Insights, Inc.
* Swedish Morphological Society
* Tellus Institute
* The Millennium Project
* UK Futures Analysts Network
* World Future Society
* World Futures Studies Federation

### Research centers

* Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies [2]
* Futures Studies Department, Corvinus University of Budapest
* Department of Futures Studies, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India[2][|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
* Futures Research Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences[3]
* Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
* Foresight and Futurology Unit, a BT Group think tank
* Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
* Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia
* Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, California
* Laboratory for Investigation in Prospective Strategy and Organization, CNAM Paris[4]
* National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington DC,[5]
* Tellus Institute, Boston MA
* UK Horizon Scanning Centre, London[6]
* The Futures Academy, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
* SUBITO! Research&Futures, Europe/Norway[7]
* Zukunftsinstitut, Europe/Germany[8]
* proGective, Europe/France[9]
* World Futures Studies Federation, world[10]
* Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Europe/Germany[11]
* Future-Institute, Europe/Germany[12]

### Academic programs

See also: Acceleration Studies Foundation's annotated list of 10 primary and 60+ secondary graduate futures studies programs.

* Australia: Australian Catholic University
* Australia: Swinburne University of Technology
* Argentina: Universidad Nacional de La Plata[13]
* Australia: Curtin University of Technology[14]
* Australia: University of the Sunshine Coast
* Canada: Futurismos, OCAD University[15]
* Colombia: Universidad Externado de Colombia[16]
* Colombia: Uniandes[17]
* Czech Republic: Charles University of Prague
* Finland: Finland Futures Academy, FFRC, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration[18]
* France: CNAM / LIPSOR[19]
* Germany: Institut für Zukunftsforschung und Technologiebewertung, Berlin
* Hungary: Corvinus University of Budapest[20]
* India: Devi Ahilya University [3] [M. Tech. Futures Studies and Planning]
* India: University of Kerala[2]
* Italy: Gregorian University[21]
* Mexico: Monterrey Institute of Technology[22]
* Pakistan: Pakistan Futuristics Institute
* Romania: Babeș-Bolyai University
* Russia: Moscow State University
* South Africa: Stellenbosch University[23]
* South Korea: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
* Taiwan: Tamkang University[24]
* Taiwan: Fo Guang University[25]
* USA: Global Options[26][27]
* USA: University of Hawaii[28]
* USA: University of Houston[29] Longest running futures degree program in the world.
* USA: Stanford University,[30] a program that seems both critical and normative because of its work with futurists and designers.
* USA: Regent University[31]

## Futurologists

Further information: Futurist and Biography:List of futurologists

* Alex Steffen
* Alvin Toffler
* Anne Lise Kjaer
* Arthur C. Clarke[32]
* Arthur Harkins[33]
* Aurelio Peccei
* Bertrand deJouvenel
* Bill Joy
* Bruce Sterling
* Charles Babbage
* Clem Bezold
* Daniel Bell
* Danila Medvedev
* David Passig[34]
* Earl Bakken
* Edgar Morin
* Edward Cornish[35]
* Erich Jantsch
* Fabienne Goux-Baudiment[36]
* Frank Feather[37]
* Fred Polak
* Gaston Berger
* Gerard O'Neill
* Grace Hopper
* Harlan Cleveland
* Hazel Henderson
* Herman Kahn
* Homer A. McCrerey
* Hugo de Garis
* Irma Wyman
* Jacque Fresco
* James Burke
* James Martin
* Jaron Lanier
* Jeff Cornish[38]
* Jeremy Rifkin
* James Dator
* Joel A. Barker[39]
* John Brunner (novelist)[40]
* John McHale
* John Naisbitt
* John Tomsyck[41]
* John Zerzan
* Joseph Voros[42]
* Kevin Warwick
* Kim Stanley Robinson
* Kirit Parikh
* Mahdi ElMandjra
* Max More
* Michael E. Arth
* Michael Walzer
* Natasha Vita-More
* P. Alexandré Gagne[43]
* Patrick Dixon
* Paul Raskin
* Paul Saffo
* Peter C. Bishop
* Peter Schwartz
* Ray Kurzweil
* Retzbach Roman[44]
* Richard A. Slaughter
* Richard Lamb[45]
* Robert A. Heinlein
* Robert Anton Wilson
* Robert Heilbroner
* Robert Jungk
* Robert Prechter
* Scott W. Erickson[46]
* Sohail Inayatullah[47]
* Stephen Hawking[48][49]
* Stewart Brand
* Strauss and Howe
* Stanislaw Lem
* Thorkil Kristensen
* Wendell Bell
* Willis Harman

## Publications

### Books

* The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
* Brave New World
* The Communist Manifesto
* Future Frequencies
* Future Primitive
* Future Shock
* Futurewise
* Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead
* The Limits to Growth
* Macroshift
* Our Final Hour
* Phoenix: A Tale of the Future
* The Revenge of Gaia
* The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
* The Skeptical Environmentalist
* The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler
* Visions of the Future in the Last Century
* Analyzing and Modeling Global Development
* Physics of the Impossible
* Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

### Periodicals and monographs

* European Journal of Futures Research [50]
* Five Regions of the Future[51]
* Forecasting
* foresight[52]
* FutureOrientation[53]
* Future Orientation Index
* Future Survey
* Futures
* Futures Research Quarterly[54]
* Futuribles
* Futurics[55]
* Futurist[56]
* GTI Paper Series
* Integral Futures[57]
* International Journal of Forecasting[58]
* International Review of Strategic Management[59]
* Journal of Futures Studies[60]
* Long Range Planning[61]
* State of the Future
* Technological Forecasting and Social Change
* WFSF Bulletin[62]

## See also

* List of futurologists
* List of Theory of Constraints topics
* Outline of transhumanism

## References

1. ↑ Futuribles – Revue – Formation – Etudes
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "University Departments". http://www.keralauniversity.edu/universitydepartments.htm#ncvzx.
3. ↑ MTA Jövőkutatási Bizottság – nyitó lap
4. ↑ "LIPSOR : Laboratoire d'Investigation en Prospective Stratégie et Organisation". http://www.cnam.fr/lipsor.
5. ↑ Welcome to the National Intelligence Council (NIC)
6. ↑ "Welcome to the Horizon Scanning centre". http://www.foresight.gov.uk/HORIZON_SCANNING_CENTRE.
7. ↑ SUBITO! Research&Futures
8. ↑ Zukunftsinstitut | Wissen für die Wirtschaft von morgen
9. ↑ proGective – futures-oriented solutions
10. ↑ Welcome to the World Futures Studies Federation
11. ↑ IZT – Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung: Homepage
12. ↑ "FUTURE-INSTITUTE international | Zukunftsinstitut, Trend-Academy & Future-University – future studies, mega-trends, forsights, scenarios, timelines, utopia, visions". http://www.future-institute.com/2008/.
13. ↑ Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales – Universidad Nacional de La Plata
14. ↑ "Curtin Courses Online Handbook 2005 - Futures and Foresight Research Methodologies 505". Archived from the original on July 17, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050717151332/http://handbook.curtin.edu.au/units/13/13629.html. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
15. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.ocad.ca/programs/graduate_studies/mdes_strategic_foresight_innovation/. Retrieved January 21, 2012.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http://www.ocad.ca/programs/graduate_studies/mdes_strategic_foresight_innovation/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Unsolved:Outline_of_futures_studies">
16. ↑ http://www.uexternado.edu.co
17. ↑ Universidad de los Andes|Departamento de Filosof&#237a
18. ↑ "TVA - Tulevaisuudentutkimuksen VerkostoAkatemia". Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070911030721/http://www.tukkk.fi/tutu/tva/. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
19. ↑ "LIPSOR : Laboratoire d'Investigation en Prospective Stratégie et Organisation". http://www.cnam.fr/lips/.
20. ↑ "Tanszék: Jövőkutatás Tanszék". http://www.bkae.hu/jkut/.
21. ↑ Università Gregoriana – Home Page
22. ↑ "Maestría en Prospectiva Estratégica". http://www.mty.itesm.mx/dhcs/deptos/ri/maestrias/prospectiva/Prospectiva.html.
23. ↑ Institute For Futures Research :::::: Home
24. ↑ [1]
25. ↑ ¦ò¥ú¤j¾ÇªÀ·|¾Ç°|¥¼¨Ó¾Ç¨t©Ò
26. ↑ Introduction to Future Studies Topics
27. ↑ Global Options Home Page
28. ↑ "Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies". http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/.
29. ↑ "Master of Science in Foresight". http://www.uh.edu/technology/departments/hdcs/graduate/fore/.
30. ↑ Stanford Center for Foresight and Innovation
31. ↑ "Regent University: School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship – Academics – MSF – Home". http://www.regent.edu/global/msf.
32. ↑ "Compressed Data; On a Futurists' Forum, Money Backs Up Predictions". 1 April 2002. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9E07E4DC143AF932A35757C0A9649C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times Topics/People/C/Clarke, Arthur C..
33. ↑ Harkins
34. ↑ "Prof. David Passig - ליצירת קשר - האתר הרשמי היחיד של פרופ דוד פסיג - Futures Studies - חקר העתיד". http://www.passig.com.
35. ↑ "TAI". http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/futuredition/fe_archive/fe_08_10archive_05.asp.
36. ↑ "proGective". http://www.progective.com/fr/progective/equipe/fabiennegouxbaudiment/.
37. ↑ Feather
38. ↑ "Futurist Update -- News & Previews from the World Future Society". http://www.wfs.org/futupmay06.htm.
39. ↑ "Barker "Five Regions of the Future" WFS.org - Google Search". https://www.google.com/search?q=Barker+"Five+Regions+of+the+Future"+WFS.org.
40. ↑ John Brunner (novelist)
41. ↑ Tomsyck
42. ↑ Voros
43. ↑ "Dyer". http://www.millennialproductions.com/ca/staff.html.
44. ↑ "Retzbach". http://www.future-institute.com/2008/.
45. ↑ Lamb
46. ↑ "Erickson "Five Regions of the Future" WFS.org - Google Search". https://www.google.com/search?q=Erickson+"Five+Regions+of+the+Future"+WFS.org.
47. ↑ "Articles by Sohail Inayatullah". http://www.metafuture.org/articles.htm.
48. ↑ Nick Paton Walsh. "Alter our DNA or robots will take over, warns Hawking". the Guardian. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,545653,00.html.
49. ↑ "BBC NEWS - UK - Move to new planet, says Hawking". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6158855.stm.
50. ↑ European Journal of Futures Research
51. ↑ ISBN 1-59184-089-9 – Joel A. Barker and Scott W. Erickson
52. ↑ Emerald for Managers has changed
53. ↑ http://www.futureorientation.com/
54. ↑ Futures Research Quarterly Main Page
55. ↑ Minnesota Futurists
56. ↑ THE FUTURIST magazine
57. ↑ ISBN 0-415-30269-2 – Joseph Voros
58. ↑ International Institute of Forecasters
59. ↑ "International Strategic Management Review Journal". Elsevier. http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-strategic-management-review/. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
60. ↑ Journal of Futures Studies
61. ↑ "Long Range Planning Journal". Elsevier. http://www.journals.elsevier.com/long-range-planning/. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
62. ↑ Welcome to the World Futures Studies Federation

## External links

* Future at Curlie
* – list of recent publications from the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies

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