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Recent Developments in Foresight Methodologies (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Recent Developments in Foresight Methodologies (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: Complex Networks and Dynamic Systems, 1
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Foresight is an area within Futures Studies that focuses on
critical thinking concerning long term developments, whether within
the public sector or in industry and management, and is something
of a sub-section of complexity and network science. This book
examines developments in foresight methodologies and relates in its
greater part to the work done in the context of the COSTA22 network
of the EU on Foresight Methodologies. Foresight is a professional
practice that supports significant decisions, and as such it needs
to be more assured of its claims to knowledge (methodology).
Foresight is practiced across many domains and is not the preserve
of specialized 'futurists', or indeed of foresight specialists.
However, the disciplines of foresight are not well articulated or
disseminated across domains, leading to re-inventions and practice
that does not make best use of experience in other domains. The
methodological development of foresight is an important task that
aims at strengthening the pool of the tools available for
application, thereby empowering the actors involved in foresight
practice. Elaborating further on methodological issues, such as
those presented in the present book, enables the actors involved in
foresight to begin to critique current practice from this
perspective and, thirdly, to begin to design foresight practice.
The present trends towards methodological concerns indicates a move
from 'given' expert-predicted futures to one in which futures are
nurtured through a dialogue among "stakeholders." The book has four
parts, each elaborating on a set of aspects of foresight
methodologies. After an introductory section, Part II considers
theorizing about foresight methodologies. Part III covers system
content issues, and Part IV presents foresight tools and
approaches.
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