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	MSF Integral Futures Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Because Futures Studies is, by its very nature, a broadly inter-, trans-, multi- and meta-disciplinary activity, it is well suited to the conscious use of more inclusive and integral frameworks, such as the one proposed by Wilber.
		With a philosophy consisting, in part, of methodological pluralism and a post-metaphysical stance regarding the ontological status of 'the future', Integral Futures Studies welcomes, embraces and values all careful and sincere approaches to knowledge-seeking, in all spheres of human activity to which they are both appropriate and adequate—including analytical rationality, intuitive insight, and spiritual inspiration.
		Integral Futures Studies takes this simple but profound recognition as central to its program for understanding how the past was laid down; how the present has come to be; and what futures may yet come to pass.
	www.swin.edu.au /agse/courses/foresight/integral_futures.htm (506 words)

	Futures Studies As Applied Knowledge
		Thus, one of the things futures studies tries to do is to help people examine and clarify their images of the future--their ideas, fears, hopes, beliefs, concerns about the future--so that they might improve the quality of their decisions which impact it.
		Another thing futures studies tries to do is to help people move their images and actions beyond an attempt passively to forecast the future and then to develop plans of action on the basis of the forecasts.
		Futures studies has never been a strictly educational or theoretical enterprise to me. It has always been driven by the need to be useful to both ordinary people and to elite decision-makers without giving in to their desire to have The Wondrous Things To Come Foretold by Ye Ole Mystic Soothsayer.
	www.futures.hawaii.edu /dator/futures/appliedknow.html (3629 words)

	Futures studies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Futures studies takes as one of its important attributes (epistemological starting points) the on-going effort to analyze images of the future and distinguish possible, probable and preferred (normative) futures.
		For this task, futures studies, as it is generally undertaken, uses a wide range of theoretical models and practical methods, many of which come from other academic disciplines (including economics, sociology, geography, history, engineering, mathematics, psychology, technology, physics, biology, astronomy, and theology).
		Futures studies, although typically informed by science, does not strictly utilize the scientific method in the sense of repeatable experiments creating consensus assertions, lacking the ability to control or repeat the time variable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Futures_studies (3356 words)

	Methods for Studying the Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Generally, methods for studying the future do not pretend to be able to predict the future, although assessing the probabilities of alternative futures is an important aspect of futures studies methods.
		Futures methods help people to deal with this uncertainty by clarifying what is known, what can be known, what the likely range of possibilities is, what the most desirable possibilities are, and how today's decisions may play out in each of a variety of possible futures.
		Futures studies can also be thought of as encompassing five stages, although many individual projects will focus on one or two stages and leave the rest to other projects.
	crab.rutgers.edu /~goertzel/futuristmethods.htm (3048 words)

	disinformation \| is futures studies a science or an art? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After the utopian excesses of the late 1970s, futures studies in the early 21st century is undergoing a process of academic and professional legitimization.
		Richard Slaughter observes that "All science, all futures work is committed," (Slaughter, 1988: 17), yet by focusing on different layers, Niinuluoto and Ravetz show that the nature of this commitment and to who it is given remains varied.
		Niiniluoto's focus on "futures studies as a branching tree with alternative possibilities" and "graphical, statistical, and quantitative methods" (Niiniluoto, 2001: 373) limits his discussion to the level of problem-oriented futures, in contrast to Ravetz's critical mode.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/article/id2576/pg1/index.html (1170 words)

	Limiting urban futures: scenario-based urban planning.
		The Amsterdam futures study TVA is set out in 3 Interim Reports, an Atlas, and a report from a 'think-tank' organised by Alderman Duco Stadig (responsible for planning).
		Suppose the TVA study was the subject of a referendum in Amsterdam.
		The legitimacy of future studies such as the TVA is one aspect of this basic moral issue.
	web.inter.nl.net /users/Paul.Treanor/few.futures.html (4201 words)

	Futures Studies Alumni
		The graduate program in Studies of the Future was established in 1974 (when the Clear Lake campus of the University of Houston was founded) by Dean of Human Sciences and Humanities, Calvin Cannon, and Chancellor of UH-Clear Lake, Alfred Neumann.
		The mid-1970s was a high point of futures studies in the U.S. with the founding of the World Future Society and the publication of futures best-sellers, such as Future Shock and The Limits to Growth.
		Schultz studied under Dr. Jim Dator at the University of Hawaii where she received her degree in political science with a strong concentration in futures studies.
	b3308-adm.cl.uh.edu /FutureWeb/history.htm (1168 words)

	the_futures-lab
		With a Masters Degree in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston, he is one of the few futurists with professional credentials in the field.
		She is a Board member of Japan Futures Research Center, Tokyo Chapter Coordinator of the World Future Society, co-representative of the Creative Futurists Node and a member of the World Future Society.
		She is passionate about helping businesses prepare for their future, and believes the process works best when people are fully engaged, so her approach is practical and 'hands on,' helping businesses and brands to ‘have fun with the future’.
	www.futures-lab.com /index.cml-id=26.htm (1372 words)

	Futures Studies
		Social foresight is the ability to create and sustain a variety of high quality images and understandings about futures and apply these in a range of socially useful ways.
		FHI will study how anticipated technological developments may change human beings and transform the human condition.
		We encourage systemic, non-linear approaches to planning and believe that effective thinking about the future is enhanced by applying newly emerging technology.
	www.hent.org /futures.htm (683 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO FUTURE STUDIES
		While there have always been futurists, in the sense of people who looked to the future and who tried to understand change, the field of Future Studies itself--which tends to be very interdisciplinary --really arose during World War II and in the postwar period since then.
		Since the future has not yet happened, futurists have had to develop a number of different methodologies for studying the future and change that are different from traditional scientific methodologies for studying the present and the past--on which data already exists or can be generated.
		Futures Wheels: A group brainstorming technique to quickly determine what some of the first, second, and third order consequences might be, 'if' some event were to occur in the future--either for the first time, or if something were to either decrease or increase in value in future.
	www.csudh.edu /global_options/IntroFS.HTML (3240 words)

	Futures Studies Department - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Futures Studies Department (FSD) is a research and educational unit for developing and teaching Futures Studies (FS) at the Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB).
		In the remarkable year of 1968, by introducing a research seminar of Futurology for students, the first seed of the future-oriented education was planted at the university.
		The Green Futures Course is inspired by the need to find time and place for students, colleagues and friends close to the nature, and discuss emerging topics to the future through various academic workshops and socializing-networking events.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Futures_Studies_Department (473 words)

	HRCFS and Futures Studies at UH
		HRCFS and Futures Studies at UH The HRCFS and Futures Studies at the University of Hawaii
		In 1978, the Alternative Futures* M.A. Option* was created in order to offer an advanced degree for people who wish to engage in futures research professionally from a political science perspective.
		The final year entails a paid internship where the student applies futures theories and methods to planning and policy making in an organization providing an intern position.
	www.soc.hawaii.edu /future/futuresstudiesatUH.html (339 words)

	Futures studies: Methodology
		You can easily predict its future in taking in account the availability of fresh water and the resources such as fish and games compared to the natural growth of the population.
		By the same token, the future of an Authoritarian society based on predatory conducts cannot integrate a scenario based on the well being of its population.
		Moreover, all the future new products are yet in the laboratories because there is a long span of time between an invention and its marketing.
	www.freeworldacademy.com /globalleader/futures.htm (3025 words)

	Futurology: Futures Studies - Future
		Futures studies is "the forward-looking equivalent of history.
		Futures studies therefore constitute a natural basis for subnational, national and international, and both interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary activities tending to become a new forum for the basis of political decision making".
		60 key works — a beginner's guide to the futures literature — a history of the development of futures research and a list of most valuable and influencial books.
	future.wikia.com /wiki/Futures_studies (191 words)

	Amazon.com: Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New Era: History, Purposes, Knowledge: Books: Wendell ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The author writes, "purpose of future studies are to discover or invent, examine and evaluate, and propose possible, probable and preferable future." Looking to alternative futures and furthering that discussion the author mentions Alvin Toffler.
		Case studies are then offered to illustrate either how forecasting can predict possible disasters and/or show how alternative futures can shape the future.
		Re-iterating that point, the author presents nine "key assumptions" and three "general assumptions." Last sections in the book the author looks to the discussion of whether future studies is "science or an art." Followed by a proposal for epistemology for future studies.
	www.amazon.com /Foundations-Futures-Studies-Purposes-Knowledge/dp/1560002719 (860 words)

	the_futures-lab
		He is a frequent conference speaker, panelist and commentator on the future, particularly with regard to the changing global economy, emerging industries, youth culture and marketing and its relevance to the future business landscape.
		Garry was drawn towards future studies, not by science fiction, but through visions of business and social entrepreneurs intent on redefining their industries and society.
		Prior to The Futures Lab, Garry was on staff at the Center for Houston’s Future, assisting business civic leaders in understanding local and global issues critical to the region’s future.
	www.futures-lab.com /index.cml-id=1.htm (1938 words)

	World Futures Studies Federation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Asia-Pacific Futures Course: An Introduction to Futures Studies Visioning for the Future and Educational Perspectives.
		Asia-Pacific Futures Course: An Introduction to Futures Studies Futures of Ecology.
		In cooperation with the Centre for Integrative Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo; The Centro de Estudios EconÇmicos y Sociales del Tercer Mundo; and UNEP: Approaches to the Study of the Future of Canada.
	www.wfsf.org /about/pactivities.shtml (953 words)

	Futures Studies
		A list of recent futures studies which are publicly available and published in English.
		EU Forward Studies Unit Study on the future of Europe, available in all EU languages.
		Series of reports and discussions on future aspects of an ageing population, healthcare, work and lifestyles and the built environment.
	www.alpha2omega.co.uk /Futures_Sources/Futures_Studies/futures_studies.html (743 words)

	the Futures Foundation - Future News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was one of the few forums anywhere in the world specifically aimed at bringing together foresight practitioners to share their experiences, learn from each other and help foster the development of the foresight field.
		The challenge companies face in developing innovative and profitable products and services that will be in demand in the future can be facilitated by futures studies techniques.
		This article presents a case study where an organization in the general insurance industry used a combination of futures studies techniques (including scenario development, causal layered analysis and backcasting) to develop over 40 new product concepts for evaluation by their strategic product development team.
	www.futuresfoundation.org.au /section/Future-News (546 words)

	The Finnish Society for Futures Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The purpose of futures studies is to investigate the various kinds of futures that are possible.
		The Finnish Society for Futures studies was established in 1980 on the recommendation of the government's Central Board of Research Councils.
		The Finnish Society for Futures Studies aims to influence the long-term development of Finnish society by advancing futures research and its utilization in our country.
	www.futurasociety.fi /tts_english.htm (445 words)

	Futures studies links
		World Futures Studies Federation - the main world body for serious futurists.
		Futures - the longest-established journal in this field, published by Elsevier.
		The Futurist, Future Survey, and Futures Research Quarterly - all from the World Future Society.
	business.unisa.edu.au /cid/references/futlinks.asp (265 words)

	Hawaii Futures
		Rather than trying to predict the most likely future, they instead (at their best) describe plausible, compelling, internally coherent visions of, and stories leading from the present into, potential future worlds in which we could find ourselves.
		He offered some excellent insights into the "democratisation of futures", which is what he sees as the gradual supplanting (or supplementing) of broadcast-model "genius forecasting" with collaborative exploration.
		The future, he pointed out, is both exhilarating and frightening to consider, but, like the exercise, is best seen as a synthesis -- the result of what we do together.
	www.futures.hawaii.edu /index.php (971 words)

	Elsevier.com - Futures
		In terms of citation share within the ISI Economics category, in 2004 Futures was ranked 123 out of 172 and within the ISI Planning and Development category, in 2004 Futures was ranked 33 out of 38.
		Futures® is an international, refereed, multidisciplinary journal concerned with medium and long-term futures of cultures and societies, science and technology, economics and politics, environment and the planet and individuals and humanity.
		Covering methods and practices of futures studies, the journal seeks to examine possible and alternative futures of all human endeavours.
	www.elsevier.com /locate/futures (259 words)

	Futures Studies Mannermaa Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In futures studies, several different methodologies and approaches have been developed to do that.
		is an enterprise specialized in futures work: creat-ing and working with scenarios, strategies, forecasts, futures barometers and futures studios.
		The core expertise is based on 20 years experience in futures field: on academic futures research (theory, methodology), international activities (conferences, articles in journals like the FUTURES), and on practical applications like scenario and strategy projects with several customers both in the private and public sectors.
	onet.tehonetti.fi /mannermaa_en/onet (311 words)

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