“The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future” explores crucial questions emerging from futures workshops and among practitioners and theorists in the field of gender studies. The monograph examines the current relevance and definition of feminism, and the degree of its inclusiveness, including the roles of boys and men within it. Additionally, it summarises how most feminists foresee a gender-equitable future and suggests cognitive strategies for facilitating positive social change toward such futures. The work begins with a historical overview, addressing some long-standing stereotypes and misconceptions about women’s and feminist movements. It then investigates the evolving nature of feminism, questioning whether…
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2022 was a busy year of publishing innovation for the Journal of Futures Studies, publishing our first monograph and our first book anthology. These titles are now available to buy on hard copy and digital download. If you’re looking for some good reading to kick off your 2023, have a look at these publications. Anticipation to Emancipation: Toward a Stage Theory of the Uses of the Future by Sohail Inayatullah Drawing on hundreds of case studies and decades of using the future in professional settings, this article moves toward a stage theory of the uses of the future, inquiring…
Special Issue – International Conference on Design Futures 2022 (ICDF 2022) Website: http://www.designfutures.cn/en/ Deadlines: Please send your abstracts to: paper@designfutures.cn Note: After submitting your abstract, please submit the complete paper here when you receive the acceptance notice. https://ojs.jfsdigital.org/index.php/jfs/about/submissions Submission of the full paper deadline extended : February 7, 2023 Guest Editors: Zhiyong Fu (Department of Information Art and Design, Tsinghua University, China) Anna Barbara (Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Peter Scupelli (School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, USA) ***** On December 2-3, 2022, the International Conference on Design Futures 2022 (ICDF 2022), focusing on educational action and social transformation,…
As part of our book launch we invited the public to contribute a meme that responds to our call to action: “How do we make futures thinking / analysis / studies infectious? So that we are better prepared for future epidemics and pandemics?” These are some of the entries for the #infectiousfutures meme competition. Event participants will be able to vote at the event for their favourite meme during the event. …
Book Launch Infectious Futures: Reflections, Visions, and Worlds through and beyond COVID-19, is an anthology of 28 essays written during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, published by Tamkang University through JFS digital. It explores the symptoms, causes and futures of COVID-19 and offers a wide range of perspectives that provide pathways out of the pandemic, as well as strategies to deal with epidemics and pandemics into our futures. (see Table of Contents below). The launch will feature an introduction to the book content, and a conversation between editors and participating authors discussing the kind of thinking required…
The Journal of Futures Studies announces the launch of its first monograph, “Anticipation to Emancipation: Toward a Stage Theory of the Uses of the Future”, written by Professor Sohail Inayatullah. The monograph represents his latest work and synthesis, drawing on hundreds of case studies and decades in using the future in professional settings. It deepens the Six Pillars framework and accompanying tools (scenarios, causal layered analysis, visioning) by inquiring which methods and tools are appropriate for which national, institutional, organizational and personal contexts. Seven stages are suggested. The first is perceived injustice – “it is not fair.” The second is risk…
In September 2021, we gathered online for the 7th Annual Asia-Pacific Futures Network (APFN) Conference titled “Recipes for Change: Co-Creating Post-Pandemic Futures Today”. The conference focused on fostering the co-creation of equitable, inclusive, and sustainable futures for Asia-Pacific and beyond. We tasted many dishes from the full menu ranging from future studies theoretical evolution to actual experiences of using the futures approach in tourism, higher education, the Blue Pacific Continent, fake news, climate change, post-normal pandemics, social media, natural disasters, youths, food, citizens, conflict transformation, the Philippines, and more. We introduced numerous methods and tools for advancing future literacy. They…
COVID-19 has brought about a rupture in the trajectory of our societies, presenting the world with an unprecedented crisis, but also providing a point of reflection and an opening to imagine and articulate alternative futures. “Infectious Futures: Reflections, Visions, and Worlds Through and Beyond COVID-19” brings together 28 essays, articles and conversations from leading scholars and thinkers from around the world, who explore the existential questions that COVID-19 confronts us with, and who analyse and imagine how we may navigate this crisis to create preferred futures. This book challenges many of the core assumptions of our era, and invites us…
Special Editors: Maisha T. Winn, Chancellor’s Leadership Professor University of California, Davis Maisie Gholson, Assistant Professor University of Michigan Introduction In this proposed issue of the Journal of Future Studies, contributors engage the question, “What are the futures of Black education?” through a series of forecasts and essays from the perspectives of philosophers, artists, designers, futurists, and education researchers. In many ways the intersection of the spread of COVID-19 and the trilogy of murders (Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor) spurring a new anti-racism movement are exposing histories and futures that multiply – marginalized people were already living with…
by Khadija El Alaoui, Sohail Inayatullah and Muamar Salameh Illustration: Manar Husainemail – manarhusain17@gmail.com No part of the world has been left untouched by the path of COVID-19. Nations and regions have responded differently. East Asia was quick to implement lockdowns, social distancing, hand washing and other recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO). Tracing, the use of AI and apps have all been helpful. Australia and New Zealand have successfully suppressed the virus. They are keeping borders closed at this stage, though they are likely to adopt a traffic light model of opening (green, orange, and red zones of…