The Futures Research Directory
The Futures Research Directory

Author: World Future Society

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780930242305

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The World Future Society is an independent, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization concerned with how people will live in the coming decades. Founded in 1966, the Society currently has over 25,000 members worldwide. Individuals and groups from all nations are eligible to join the Society and participate in its programs and activities. The Society publishes a number of periodicals and books, sponsors local chapters, and holds conferences and assemblies. The publications include THE FUTURIST, a bimonthly magazine reporting trends, forecasts, and ideas about the future; FUTURE SURVEY, a monthly digest of abstracts of futures-relevant literature; and FUTURES RESEARCH QUARTERLY, a professional journal providing information on more technical future-oriented topics. The Society also maintains a unique bookstore that enables members to purchase future-related books, cassette recordings of Society conference sessions, videocassettes, and more, all at special member prices. Chapters of the World Future Society are active in both the United States and abroad. Chapters offer speakers, educational courses, seminars, and other opportunities for members in local areas to meet and work together. World Future Society conferences and general assemblies provide opportunities to hear and meet many outstanding thinkers. The Society's next major conference will be held in Washington, B.C., in August 1989.

Knowing Tomorrow?
Knowing Tomorrow?

Author: Patrick A. Duin

Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9059722299

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"In Knowing Tomorrow, well known futures researchers from around the world [e.g., Italy, the U.K., the U.S.A, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and Australia) discuss how the future is being dealt with in different sciences. They describe how scientists have incorporated the future in their theories, thereby often taking a historical perspective. The findings of this book can offer strong support to the scientific foundations of futures research and thus improve futures research as a scientific discipline."--BOOK JACKET.

Long-range Planning
Long-range Planning

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13:

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Technological Planning and Social Futures
Technological Planning and Social Futures

Author: Erich Jantsch

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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Monograph on forecasting techniques for the systematic and long term planning of technological change and social change, with particular reference to the orientation of research and development for the future - covers theoretical and institutional frameworks of international cooperation, systems analysis and guidance functions, development policy formation and decision making, the role of the university and of science etc. Bibliography, flow charts and references.

Looking Forward
Looking Forward

Author: Olaf Helmer-Hirschberg

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1983-08

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13:

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A review of the concepts and methods of futures research, and what they tell us about the possible futures of urgent social problems. The author is best known for his development of the Delphi forecasting procedure, of cross-impact analysis, and of many other predictive techniques now used by business and government. This collection of his key essays amounts to a history of the field, showing us key events in its conceptual and methodological development. The growth of decision oriented prediction out of operations research, its relation to systems analysis, the introduction of specific techniques such as Delphi and cross-impact analysis, technology assessment, and game theory are all discussed. A series of applications of futures research follows, providing fascinating and persuasive predictions on the future of computerization, space travel, biomedicine, urban change, population trends, military technology, education, international relations, and development. The author closes with a consideration of the future of futures research.