Future Studies

Future studies, futures research or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social and technological advancement, and other environmental trends, often for the purpose of exploring how people will live and work in the future. Predictive techniques, such as forecasting, can be applied, but contemporary futures studies scholars emphasize the importance of systematically exploring alternatives. In general, it can be considered as a branch of the social sciences and parallel to the field of history. Futures studies (colloquially called "futures" by many of the field's practitioners) seeks to understand what is likely to continue and what could plausibly …

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RAND Corporation · 22 April 2024 English

Drawing on findings from focus groups with diverse Village Movement members and leaders, the authors explore participants' views about healthy aging, their views on how Villages support healthy aging, and …

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DEval: Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungs-Zusammenarbeit · 22 April 2024 English

Communications Earth & Environment, doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01356-0

outcome category, and effects direction inform future studies. First, there was the potential for a sample


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English

All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …

expected to serve as valuable references for future studies related to marine ecological protection red


The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment · 17 April 2024 English

The Institute is funded by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and a number of other sources. [...] The selecon of the analysis depends on the type …

analysis, and secon 5 discusses limitaons, potenal future studies, and concluding remarks. 2. Background and


AERA: American Educational Research Association · 12 April 2024 English

Gender and racially based employment disparities, differences in perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and workplace discrimination remain significant issues in the field of educational measurement, according to this …

blueprint for other fields to do the same. Future studies should aim to explore additional dimensions racial-ethnic group differences are warranted in future studies. We also chose to report on the experiences


World Bank Group · 11 April 2024 English

This study’s aim was to assess the growing flood risk Sao Tome and Principe (STP) faces due to climate change. It achieved this by carrying out a nationwide risk assessment …

needs to undergo repairs or reconstruction. Future studies could assess possible impacts and risks on


PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 11 April 2024 English

Process-based forest models combine biological, physical, and chemical process understanding to simulate forest dynamics as an emergent property of the system. As such, they are valuable tools to investigate the …

assessments and should thus be the focus of future studies. 17 2. Background 18 The objective was


World Bank Group · 10 April 2024 English

This study’s aim was to assess the growing flood risk Sao Tome and Principe (STP) faces due to climate change. It achieved this by carrying out a nationwide risk assessment …

needs to undergo repairs or reconstruction. Future studies could assess possible impacts and risks on


GFCC: Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils · 8 April 2024 English

Sustainable Future so well describes, We invite you to read this report to sustainability involves a complex set learn more about the work and the of interconnected elements across achievements …

continue to undertake SIGNED BY foresight and future studies initiatives across multiple industry sectors


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 5 April 2024 English

As the measurement of public opinion and attitudes toward gender issues has gained increasing attention in gender policy and research, the accurate design, implementation, and analysis of survey data has …

thereby enhancing the accuracy and reliability of future studies. 2 Interviewer Characteristics and Potential


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