The New, The Novel, and the Liminal in Futures Studies Call for Papers: WFSF XXV Conference Special Issue Background The Journal of Futures Studies (JFS) will publish a special issue drawing on the 50th Anniversary World Futures Studies Federation Conference (WFSF)* held October 2023 in Paris. The conference explored a range of themes related to the liminality of Futures Studies: the futures of futures studies – pushing the boundaries of futures thinking, the futures of humanity – exploring the liminal spaces between sustainability, equity and planetary justice, the futures of becoming(s) – exploring the liminal spaces between consciousness and spirituality,…
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Pakistan-Afghan Community Building using Foresight by: Umar Sheraz and Hiba Umar, 31 Aug 2023 I had the tremendous opportunity to facilitate a session on “Pakistan-Afghan Community building using Foresight”. The participants were young Afghan students enrolled in Pakistani universities and brought together by Pak-Afghan Youth Forum and Hanns Seidel Foundation, Pakistan. We had an amazing and energetic time, thinking about emerging issues, closed-eye visioning of preferred futures and then translating those visions into drawings. Some emerging issues (which could either be an opportunity or a disruption) which the Afghan students identified for Pak-Afghan community building over the next 10 years…
AI and Future of Futures Abstract submission deadline extended – 30 September 2023. Call for Papers This special issue looks at AI and Futures in light of transformative developments in the fields broadly described as artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning, natural language processing, Large Language Models, or expert systems). How will AI help reimagine the practice of Futures? How would it shape the ways in which communities imagine and build Futures? How might Futures evolve in an AI dominated environment? How might this emergence of knowledge shape the body of knowledge? The editors invite contributors in the areas of…
Calling Emerging Futurists! What do our futures look like? Guest Editors: Yelena Muzykina (CPPFS, Kazakhstan) and Dr Cheryl Doig (Aotearoa, New Zealand) Call for Papers The popularity of Futures Studies has grown exponentially in recent decades. It overtakes all shears of human (and not only human) life and spreads out through generations. Futures studies is no longer a tool that works like magic in the hands of the Gandalf-age professional. Instead, it has become a practical instrument for younger people who apply it skillfully and creatively. Various programs and grants have emerged in the futures’ community in recent years to…
Welcome to the JFS Community of Practice This is a place for teachers and learners: for the futures-passionate, the futures-curious, and anyone in between who believes, as we do, that futures thinking is a survival skill for the 21st Century. You’ll find ways to teach futures studies to students of all types; ideas for futures-oriented projects, workshops, and exercises; and resources for making futures thinking accessible to people of all ages, from many different continents. We have global challenges; we need a global network. Visit the JFS Community of Practice space to see what others elsewhere in the world are…
Welcome to the JFS Community of Practice. This is a place for the futures-passionate, the futures-curious, and anyone in between who believes, as we do, that futures thinking is a basic skill for the 21st Century. You’ll find ways to teach futures studies to students of all types; ideas for futures-oriented projects, workshops, and exercises; and resources for making futures thinking accessible to people of all ages, from across the globe. We have global challenges; we need a global team. Join us. Visit this space to see what others elsewhere in the world are trying, thinking, wondering. Build your futures…
by Dr. Anisah Abdullah / 陳思思 Futures Studies for High School in Taiwan began with a call for Bilingual Education Initiatives in Taiwan. In September 2021, the Department of Education and Design Futures in the College of Education at Tamkang University was invited to develop a Futures Studies program to be integrated into the Senior High School curriculum. “Futures Studies for High School” was designed by Dr. Anisah Abdullah [陳思思] to be delivered in four modules/semesters over two years. This is Chapter 2 : An Introduction to Futures Studies: The Ten Principles of Futures Studies This first module of Futures…
by Dr. Anisah Abdullah Futures Studies for High School in Taiwan began with a call for Bilingual Education Initiatives in Taiwan. In September 2021, the Department of Education and Design Futures in the College of Education at Tamkang University was invited to develop a Futures Studies program to be integrated into the Senior High School curriculum. “Futures Studies for High School” was designed by Dr. Anisah Abdullah [陳思思] to be delivered in four modules/semesters over two years. This is Session 3 : An Exploration into the Past, Present, and the Preferred Future. This first module of Futures Studies for High…
Futures Literacy Project created and designed by Dr. Anisah Abdullah, 陳思思 Background Our students will be spending much or all of their adult lives in the 21st Century. We are currently experiencing looming shocks exacerbated by the pandemic and climate crisis. Our education practice tends to be concerned with the problems and conditions of the past rather than with the decisions of tomorrow, which will be very difficult to make when the environment we live in is changing drastically. Educating and training our younger generation in alternative problem solving skills for the future is an urgent task. Teaching about the future…
by Dr. Anisah Abdullah Futures Studies for High School in Taiwan began with a call for Bilingual Education Initiatives in Taiwan. In September 2021, the Department of Education and Design Futures, College of Education, Tamkang University was invited to develop a Futures Studies program to be integrated into the Senior High School curriculum. The Futures Studies for High School curriculum was designed by Dr. Anisah Abdullah [陳思思] to be delivered in four modules/semesters over two years. This is the curriculum’s first chapter: Introducing Futures Studies. Chapter 1: Introducing Futures Studies This first module of Futures Studies for High School aims…