Journal of Futures Studies
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Journal of Futures Studies
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A leading academic journal in Futures and Foresight, established in 1996.
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can #dataenabled predictions and recommendations improve #learningoutcomes and strengthen connections between #education and #workforce development? Find out in this excellent essay by Joann Kozyrev. Explore how #emergent and multiple #futures remain possible
The Data-enabled Futures of Learning and Employment * Journal of Futures Studies
Essay Joann Rishel Kozyrev Vice President, Learning Design and Analytics, Western Governors University, USA Abstract There is great promise that data-enabled predictions and recommendations can improv...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can #causallayeredanalysis be utilized to explore better #healthoutcomes for #women during #menopause? Start the journey with Luisa Ilper. Join the discussion to fill-in the limited #knowledge and #treatmentoptions available for women experiencing life-constraining
Menopause Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
Essay Luisa Ilper Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Abstract Women in menopause around the world and across cultures suffer from a lack of support during menopause and beyond. This exploratory s...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can a hashtag#reflexive outlook to #futuresstudies help #emerging #futurists to create better practices in #futures & #foresight work? Find out in this refreshing essay by Simon Önnered and Valeriy Chichilanov. See how they utilize #insights through #collaborative
Navigating the Maze of Futures Studies - a reflexive outlook * Journal of Futures Studies
Essay Simon Önnered1, *, Valeriy Chichilanov2 1 Department of Innovation Management, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden. 2 Independent Researcher, Bangkok, Thailand. Abstract Emerging as a futu...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025/11/14/a... In the newest Perspectives publication, Diana Stafie Parfeni and Luana Galoiu invite you to explore how #CLA can open fresh ways of understanding Romania’s most pressing societal challenges. They dive into topics like low #youth #participation in #politics, brain drain
Application of Causal Layered Analysis to Contemporary Romanian Societal Challenges * Journal of Futures Studies
Diana Stafie  and Luana Galoiu  Introduction The complexity of modern societal challenges requires methodologies that can probe beyond surface-level analysis (Inayatullah, 1998). Causal Layered Analys...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can #TikTok be utilized to promote #futuresthinking and #futuresliteracy and increase #engagement in #urbanyouth? Find out in this excellent exploration by Rachel Cranmer and Jenny Liu Zhang! See how they utilized #socialmedia posts and comments about the
The Seeds of Futures Engagement: Oslo’s Future Library and Mortality Awareness on TikTok * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Rachel Cranmer1*, Jenny Liu Zhang2* 1Midwest Futures, United States; Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. 2Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can #futuresstudies and #futuresmethods and practices serve as guides for #youth in their quest to become “good ancestors"? Can #youthengagement in decision-making and the promotion of #futuregenerations, converge to create a pivotal moment? Come explore these
Intergenerational Fairness: What Should Our Futures Methods and Practices Look Like? * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Felipe Bosch1, Daouia Chalali2* 1Executive Director, Intergenerational Centre for Global Action, Brussels, Belgium 2Founding Member, Intergenerational Centre for Global Action, Lyon, France Ab...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How do we navigate the ruins left all around us in the used #futures that constrain our concepts of what's possible? Do the structures that we experience constrain and wound us, just as much as they constitute something we perceive as stable, secure and #identity
Navigating the Ruins of the Future * Journal of Futures Studies
The Ruins of the Future are all around us. We usually experience these as oppressive and threatening. This paper argues that we can reframe this experience and that it is the role of the Futurist to a...
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September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... Are #LLMS and #generativeai really hallucinating? Or do they simply have information and insights that we do not? How can we capitalize on the concept of #liminality to help #automate the practice of #foresight? Find out in this delightful essay by Dennis D Draeger
Automating Liminality in Foresight Practice * Journal of Futures Studies
The purpose of this reflexive essay is to add to the discussion around AI-enabled foresight with a systematic review of one specific phenomenon, namely Generative AI hallucinations. These are seemingl...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can we best apply #Polyvagal Theory to #futuresthinking, and uncover exciting and potent set of #futurestools, both #conceptual and #practical, for understanding and working with the body in #futures thinking? Find out in this wonderful essay by
Exploring a Polyvagal Futures Literacy * Journal of Futures Studies
Polyvagal Theory, developed by clinical psychiatrist Stephen Porges in the mid-1990s, offers a scientific theory for understanding the role of the autonomous nervous system in how we meet and respond ...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can we better explore the relationship between #futuresthinking and #disabilitystudies as crucial steps in starting the dialogue on how #criptheory, #disability studies and #futuresstudies can mutually benefit each other? In this fantastic essay by Craig Slee
Dis/abling Futures: What Ableism Stops Us Noticing * Journal of Futures Studies
Let’s sit absolutely still for a few minutes.In Paris at the World Futures Studies Federation’s 2023 conference, we asked attendees during our keynote on (Dis)abling futures, to sit absolutely still f...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can Ontological Distancing help us better understand #futures in a #liminal world? Take the #theoretical journey with Liam Greenacre as he explores the boundaries of #futuresmethods such as #causallayeredanalysis, #morphologicalanalysis, and #integralfutures.
Ontological Distancing in a Liminal World * Journal of Futures Studies
We live in a liminal world, Sardar (2010) has characterized it as ‘postnormal times’, a phase in which time is accelerated, complex and proceeding at different paces. Such a world is hard to navigate,...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can Van Gennep's classic concept of #ritesofpassage and #liminality from #cultural #anthropology be adapted to #futures and #futuresstudies to bring about hashtag#empowerment in the #hospitality and #catering sector in #France? Find out in this excellent essay by
“Words And Dreams”: Using Liminality for Empowerment * Journal of Futures Studies
This essay presents « Words and Dreams », a field-based foresight intervention grounded in liminality theory to foster agency among vocational hospitality students in France. Drawing on Van Gennep’s t...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025/07/29/f... 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 – 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁?
In this new 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 article, Abril Chimal and Lena Tünkers share insights from their winning project in the IFRC Solferino Academy
Futures of Humanitarian Aid – A Speculative Lens * Journal of Futures Studies
By Abril Chimal & Lena Tünkers In 2024, the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent was held to address pressing global humanitarian challenges. As part of this important event, we were honored to be among the four winners of the IFRC Solferino Academy Speculative Competition. Our participation in this competition gave
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July 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can trauma-transformative #foresight, an approach that integrates trauma healing with #futuresthinking to enhance the #futuresconsciousness, draw on #neurobiological insights and #participatoryforesight methods, help address and resolve unresolved #trauma that
Trauma-Transformative Foresight: Exploring the Liminal Spaces between Futures Unconsciousness and Futures Consciousness * Journal of Futures Studies
This article introduces the concept of trauma-transformative foresight, an approach that integrates trauma healing with futures thinking to enhance the futures consciousness of Kenyan youth. Drawing o...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025/07/14/t... 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁? As the world watches escalating violence between Iran, Israel, & the U.S., most analyses stay at the surface focused on politics, weapons, & power shifts. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿?
Transforming the Trauma of the Besieged Guardian * Journal of Futures Studies
by Sohail Inayatullah, Eva Oloumi and Shadi Rouhshahbaz   As bombs rained down on Iran from Israel and the USA (and Iranian missiles onto Israel and American bases in Qatar) in late June, with an over...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can we challenge traditional models that view the #future as a linear projection from the present? By exploring the #Futures Telescope in this great piece by Eva Tomas Casado! See how we can use the #futurestelescope to explore multiple futures by adjusting
The Futures Telescope: A Dynamic Tool for Exploring The Space of Possibilities * Journal of Futures Studies
The Futures Telescope is an innovative framework for futures thinking that merges structured foresight with subjective perspectives. Building on complexity theory, it challenges traditional models tha...
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July 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can we meaningfully engage with new wave in of #foresight activities? In what ways can we gain new understandings for how info-communicational technologies #ICT and artificial intelligence #AI are being applied in wider ranges of every field in #sociallife?
The Ways of Informatization in Foresight Activities: Informatization in Foresight * Journal of Futures Studies
The study deals with the new wave in the life cycle of foresight activities. It is associated with the new info-communicational technologies (ICT) and the artificial intelligence (AI) applied in wider...
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June 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can #gaming the #future expand upon and improve the field of #futuresstudies? Explore how the game of #futures can be played in this great piece by Tamás Gáspár, Fabienne GOUX BAUDIMENT, and Peter Hayward. See how #gamification of the future emerged from the
Navigating the Great Transition – Lessons from Gaming our Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Tamás Gáspár1, *, Fabienne Goux-Baudiment2, Peter Hayward3 1Faculty of International Management and Business, Budapest Business University, Budapest, Hungary 2ProGective, France 3Croydon South...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can the novel #futures method 'Paradox Probing' help us explore #transformativefutures for #peace? How does peace materialize in #society, in spaces – especially in the new emerging #societaltransformation? Find out in this insightful article by Sirkka Heinonen,
Teasing Paradoxes to Explore Transformative Futures of Peace * Journal of Futures Studies
This paper discusses the outcome of a methodologically innovative foresight exercise. A Futures Clinique was conducted to address paradoxes of peace. For the purpose, a novel method of 'paradox probin...
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June 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... The latest issue of Journal of Futures Studies is here! Read the introduction to the special issue based on the World Futures Studies Federation XXV conference in #Paris, Exploring #Liminalities; Creating Spaces for Unlimited #Futures, guest edited by Maree Conway PhD
WFSF XXV Conference Special Issue: The New, The Novel, and the Liminal in Futures Studies * Journal of Futures Studies
This special issue of the Journal of Futures Studies is focused more on thinking about futures than the methods we used to design and run futures processes. When I was asked – with Steven Litchy – to ...
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June 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... Have a quick read of Ralph Mercer, PhD's review of Ivana Milojević's 'The Hesitant Feminist's Guide to the Future'. Get an overview of the key themes discussed in the book regarding #feminism and the modern #feministmovement as well as its historical origins, touching
Book Review: The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future by Ivana Milojević * Journal of Futures Studies
“The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future” is a fast-paced journey through 20 short sections of 2-5 pages. It builds from a historical vantage point by exploring how language defines feminism and v...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... What WILD (Wild, Interconnected, Liminal, Deep) #feminist #Futures can #futuresstudies can we use to link ecological thought and re-wilding the inner landscape is a necessary step in fostering futures that embrace #equity, #justice, and #interconnectedness? Find out in
WILD Feminine Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
This article examines the WILD (Wild-Interconnected-Liminal-Deep Futures) woman as a transformative framework for feminist futures. Drawing from feminist theory, futures studies and ecological thought...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM