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FUTURES STUDIES RESOURCESA useful collection of useful futures Internet links.

Alireza Hejazi, MSF. Founding Editor of FuturesDiscovery.com

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Order of Links• Research & Aid Tools• Trends & Scanning• Books• Journals, Articles & Publications• Professional Websites, Newsletters & Listservs• Universities & Colleges• Futurists, Institutes & Think Tanks

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Research & Aid Tools - 1• Futures Research Methodology - Version 3.0 http://

www.millennium-project.org/millennium/FRM-V3.html • Scenario Planning http://

www.12manage.com/methods_scenario_planning.html • Thinking Futures Scanning Resources http://

thinkingfutures.net/scanningresources • Acceleration Studies Foundation http://

futuresphd.wetpaint.com • Futures Education Wiki http://

merlotfutureseducation.wikispaces.com • Foresight Wiki http://www.forwiki.ro/ • Online PhD http://onlinephd.org

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Research & Aid Tools - 2• Bloom’s Taxonomy http://

www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

• Drivers of Change http://www.driversofchange.com • Implications Wheel http://implicationswheel.com • Entering Strategic Foresight

http://prezi.com/sn7mz4l9snj-/entering-strategic-foresigh t• Practical Foresight http://practicalforesight.wetpaint.com • Preparing Future Faculty http://www.preparing-faculty.org • Faculty Focus http://www.facultyfocus.com

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Research & Aid Tools - 3• Resources for Futures Research http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~

rdr/Ant547/ftrrcrcs.htm • Postdoctoral Useful Resources http://

www.nationalpostdoc.org/publications • Bigger Brains http://www.biggerbrains.com

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Trend Analysis & Horizon Scanning - 1

• The Herman Group http://www.herman.net • Trend Watching http://www.trendwatching.com • The Millennium Project http://www.millennium-project.org • Tech Cast http://www.techcast.org • Trend Search http://www.trendsresearch.com

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Trend Analysis & Horizon Scanning - 2

• Innovation Watch http://innovationwatch.com • Trends Map http://www.trendsmap.com • The Trends Journal http://www.trendsresearch.com • Understanding Foresight and Horizon Scanning (FHS)

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Books - 1• WFS Book Picks http://www.wfs.org/book-picks • Global Foresight Books http://www.globalforesightbooks.org • Practical Foresight Guide http://

www.shapingtomorrow.com/media-centre/pf-complete.pdf • The Image of the Future http://

storyfieldteam.pbworks.com/f/the-image-of-the-future.pdf • Keys to the 21st Century http://

www.berghahnbooks.com/prelims/BindeKeys_prelims.pdf • Advanced strategic thinking: Visionary management http://

info.tse.fi/julkaisut/vk/Ae8_2004.pdf • Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New Era

http://books.google.com/books?vid=978-0-7658-0566-9&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Books - 2• Future Savvy: Identifying Trends to Make Better Decisions, Manage• Uncertainty, and Profit from Change http://futuresavvy.net/#

futuresavvybook • http://

books.google.com/books/about/Future_savvy.html?id=2JqPnvoSJqYC • When Things Start To Think http://

www.kurzweilai.net/ebooks/when-things-start-to-think • The Art of the Long View http://

books.google.com/books?id=fILtwg777hsC • Great Transition http://

www.gtinitiative.org/documents/Great_Transitions.pdf • The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies http://ebookee.org/-

request_ebook-The-Knowledge-Base-of-Futures-Studies-Professional-Edition_158130.html

• Limits to Growth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth

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Book - 3• The State of the World http://www.worldwatch.org/node/7157 • The State of the Future http://

www.millennium-project.org/millennium/publications.html • The Art of Conjecture http://

www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/36600/The-Art-of-Conjecture

• The Age of Spiritual Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed

• SuperStruct http://archive.superstructgame.net/ • Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digita

http://www.borndigitalbook.com/

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Book - 4• Innovation Killers http://www.innovationkiller.com/ • Scenario Planning-the Link Between Future and Strategy

http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/books/view_book/category_sname/scenario_planning/asin/details_0333993179.doc

• The Art of Conjecture http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-art-of-conjecture-by-bertrand-de-jouvenel-nikita-lary.jsp?CRID=the-art-of-conjecture-by-bertrand-de-jouvenel-nikita-lary&OFFID=se2qbp&KEY=art+of+conjecture

• Thinking about The Future: Strategic Anticipation and RAHS http://www.rahs.org.sg/rahs+publication/RAHS_book.pdf

• Strategic Foresight for Corporate and Regional Development http://en.laprospective.fr/download-translations/5-file.html

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 1• Journal of Futures Studies http://

www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/sarticles.html • Foresight http://www.emeraldinsight.com/fs.htm • World Futures Review http://www.wfs.org/wfr/ • Futures http://

www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30422/description

• On The Horizon http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1074-8121

• Futurist http://www.wfs.org • Foresight Magazine http://forecasters.org/foresight/

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 2• Managing the Future http://

www.futuringassociates.com/thoughts/Managing_the_Future_6_JANUARY_2011.pdf

• Future-proofing Your Organization http://www.gbn.com/articles/pdfs/GBN_Futureproofing.CEO%20j.pdf

• RT Delphi: An Efficient, “Round-less” Almost Real Time Delphi Method http://www.realtimedelphi.org/library/delphi_article.html

• The Art and Strategy of Scenario Writing http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=872864&show=html

• Anticipatory Management: Tools for Better Decision Making http://horizon.unc.edu/courses/papers/AnticipatoryManagement.html

• How Experienced Examiners Assess Research Theses http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@raid/documents/doc/uow016364.pdf

• The Social Side of Strategy http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_social_side_of_strategy_2965

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 3• Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning http://

www.uctc.net/mwebber/Rittel+Webber+Dilemmas+General_Theory_of_Planning.pdf

• Looking Back on the Limits of Growth http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Looking-Back-on-the-Limits-of-Growth.html

• Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development? http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Is-it-Too-Late-for-Sustainable-Development.html

• Higher Education in a Global, Knowledge Networked World http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1074-8121&volume=18&issue=4&articleid=1886431&show=pdf

• Six Pillars: Futures Thinking for Transforming http://www.metafuture.org/Six%20pillars%20-%20futures%20thinking%20for%20transforming%20Foresight%20vol%2010%20issue%201%202008.pdf

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 3• Introducing hybrid thinking for transformation, innovation and strategy http://

www.gartner.com/resources/172000/172065/introducing_hybrid_thinking_172065.pdf

• Should probabilities be used with Scenarios? http://www.futuringassociates.com/text/Probabilities_with_Scenarios_DEC_2008.pdf

• Making the future visible: psychology, scenarios and strategy http://www.hardintibbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/future-landscape-tibbs-a4.pdf

• Trend analysis as pattern recognition http://www.futuringassociates.com/text/Trend_Analysis_FINAL_REV_20_Sept_08.pdf

• Combining Foresight Methods for Impact http://www.nistep.go.jp/IC/ic071119/pdf/3-3_Keenan.pdf

• To Predict or to Build the Future? http://www.wfs.org/futurist/may-june-2012-vol-46-no-3/predict-or-build-future-reflections-field-and-differences-between

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 4• Futurists’ Forecasts

http://www.wfs.org/Forecasts_From_The_Futurist_Magazine

• A Look at the Future of Science: 2021• http://www.iftf.org/system/files/feature/IFTF_SR1454A_Fu

tureofScience_rdr.pdf• Envisioning Emerging Technology

http://envisioningtech.com/envisioningtech.pdf• List of Futurist Blogs

http://www.vernewheelwright.com/id14.html• 21 Issues for 21st Century

http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/foresightreport/Portals/24175/pdfs/Foresight_Report-21_Issues_for_the_21st_Century.pdf

• Future Global Shocks http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/36/48256382.pdf

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 5• StoryTech: A personalized guide to the 21st century

http://www.educationfutures.com/res/StoryTech.pdf • Global Risks 2012 http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2012 • Envisioning the Future of Education Technology

http://envisioningtech.com/envisioning-the-future-of-education.pdf

• The Future of Science, Technology & Well-Being http://www.iftf.org/2020ForecastMap

• The Re-working of "Work" http://www.iftf.org/reworkingwork• Why Companies Fail http://

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/03/why-companies-fail

• The Origins of Futurism http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Origins-of-Futurism.html

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Journals, Articles & Publications - 6• Thinking about Futurism

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Thinking-About-Futurism.html

• Ecosystems of Well-being & Ecosystems of Well-being in 4 Futures http://www.iftf.org/wellbeingecosystems

• The Future of the Internet http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2012survey/PIP_Future_of_Internet_2012_Gen_Always_ON.pdf

• Mind in a Designed World http://www.iftf.org/system/files/deliverable/SR-1345%20Mind%20in%20a%20Designed%20World%20(1).pdf

• Global Think Tank Index http://www.gotothinktank.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2011_Global_Go_To_Think_Tanks_Report_-_January_20_Edition_WITH_LETTEr-1.pdf

• Towards Planetary Consciousness? http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/16-2/S05.pdf

• Envisioning Emerging Technology http://envisioningtech.com/envisioningtech.pdf

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Professional Websites, Newsletters & Listservs - 1• Club of Rome http://www.clubofrome.org • Futuribles http://www.futuribles.com • Global Business Network http://www.gbn.org • World Future Society (WFS) http://www.wfs.org • WFS newsletter subscription futuristupdate@wfs.org• Shaping Tomorrow (ST) http://www.shapingtomorrow.com • Shaping Tomorrow Network

http://shapingtomorrowmain.ning.com• Foresight Research & Education Network (FERN)

http://www.fernweb.org• iKnow Community http://community.iknowfutures.eu

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Professional Websites, Newsletters & Listservs - 2• Institute for the Future (IFTF) http://www.iftf.org • Association of Professional Futurists (APF)

http://www.profuturists.org/• APF listserv http://groups.google.com/group/apflist • APF listserv e-mail apflist@googlegroups.com• World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) http://www.wfsf.org/• WFSF listserv e-mail WFSF-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu• The Futures Network http://www.thefuturesnetwork.com • Foresight Planning http://www.foresightplanning.eu• Global Foresight http://www.globalforesight.org• Inward Bound http://www.inwardboundvisioning.com/• The Foresight Epidemic http://theforesightepidemic.com/

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Universities & Colleges - 1• The Santa Fe Institute http://www.santafe.edu • University of Houston http://www.houstonforesight.org/• University of Houston Futures Studies

http://www.tech.uh.edu/Programs/Futures_Studies• Regent University School of Global Leadership &

Entrepreneurship http://www.regent.edu/global/msf • Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies

http://www.futures.hawaii.edu • Anne Arundel Community College http://www.aacc.edu/future• Angers University

http://master-foresight-innovation.fr/programme/• PhD on Organizational Future Orientation

http://www.au.dk/en/phd/graduate_schools/graduate-school-of-business-and-social-sciences/general-call/

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Universities & Colleges - 2• Anticipating the Future http://cals.arizona.edu/futures• Foresight / Futures Studies Programs

http://www.accelerating.org/gradprograms.html• Swinburn University, Master of Strategic Foresight

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/agse/courses/strategic-foresight.htm

• SoFor: Social Foresight http://www.unitn.it/en/sofor• Tamkang University http://www2.tku.edu.tw/tddx• The Futures Academy http://www.thefuturesacademy.ie• University of Arizona http://ag.arizona.edu/futures• School of International Futures http://www.soif.org.uk/ • Azerbaijan Foresight Course http://

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Futurists, Institutes & Think Tanks - 1• Rand http://www.rand.org • Metafuture http://www.metafuture.org • The Long Now Foundation http://www.longnow.org • Hinesight http://www.andyhinesight.com • Foresight International http://www.foresightinternational.com.au• Infinite Futures http://www.infinitefutures.com/• Institute for Alternative Futures http://www.altfutures.com • The World's Biggest Problems

http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/wbp/portal/home• Future Think http://www.futurethink.com• Fast Futures http://fastfuture.com• Leading Futurists http://leadingfuturists.biz

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Futurists, Institutes & Think Tanks - 2• Resilient Futures http://resilientfutures.com• Hardin Tibbs http://www.hardintibbs.com• Verne Wheelwright (Personal Futures)

http://www.personalfutures.net• Shaping Our Future http://www.ffof.org• Finland Futures Research Centre http://utu.fi/ffrc • Finland Futures Academy http://www.tvanet.fi/en/ • Smart Insights http://www.smartinsights.com • Education Futures http://www.educationfutures.com/ • The Museum of the Future

http://themuseumofthefuture.com/

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Futurists, Institutes & Think Tanks - 3• CogNexus Institute: A Portal to Wicked Problems

http://www.cognexus.org/• Accelerating Change http://www.accelerating.org/• Center for Future Consciousness

http://www.centerforfutureconsciousness.com• Christian Futures Network http://www.christianfutures.com• Kurzweil Artificial Intelligence http://www.kurzweilai.net• Police Futurists http://www.policefuturists.org• The World Network of Religious Futurists

http://www.wnrf.org• Social Technologies http://www.socialtechnologies.com/

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The End?• No!

The Beginning